Raz Counters 2026: Best Counter Picks & Builds

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Heroes That Counter Raz

Raz Raz is a melee mid-lane mage who bursts enemies down with his fists instead of ranged spells. His Fancy Footwork Fancy Footwork passive lets him sidestep at extremely high speed right after each skill, while the first and third punches of his basic attack deal magic damage and knock back. Skill 1 Rising Uppercut Rising Uppercut dashes forward with an uppercut that knocks up an area, Skill 2 Power Surge Power Surge launches a wind blast that slows and reduces the magic defense of the first enemy hit, and his ultimate Explosive KO Explosive KO barrels forward and delivers an explosive punch that knocks back. All three skills restore energy on hit. Raz’s weakness is that every skill is a skillshot, so missing costs him both damage and energy; he has no crowd control immunity, must get up close to deal damage, and all of his damage is magic. Dodging his skills, landing crowd control right as he dashes in, and building magic defense are the three ways to shut him down. Raz’s counters include Lauriel, Zata, Ignis in the mid lane, Zanis in the jungle, Omen in the Dark Slayer lane, and Grakk at support.

Mid Lane Mages That Counter Raz

Lauriel Lauriel

All of Raz’s skills are skillshots and only restore energy on hit, so a constantly moving target like Lauriel Lauriel makes him lose both damage and energy. When Raz dashes in with Rising Uppercut Rising Uppercut or barrels forward with Explosive KO Explosive KO , Lauriel uses Wings of Purity Wings of Purity to dash in another direction, then fires 3 light bolts to counter; hitting enemies reduces its cooldown so she’s ready to dodge his next move. Path of Repentance Path of Repentance draws a path of light that explodes twice, blocking the exact direction Raz wants to slip in from. Standing inside her Great Judgment Great Judgment circle, Lauriel’s cooldowns recover twice as fast, and her Heaven's Punishment Heaven's Punishment passive at 4 stacks detonates for true damage, heals her and slows him.

Zata Zata

Heaven's Wing Heaven's Wing has a mechanic that Raz really hates: when Zata Zata dashes through his own skills or an enemy’s skills, Zata can make extra dashes with the movement joystick for 3 seconds. This means punches like Power Surge Power Surge , Rising Uppercut Rising Uppercut or Explosive KO Explosive KO can be dodged and also give Zata something to dash off. After all 3 dashes, Zata becomes untargetable and deals continuous magic damage to Raz nearby. This lands right after Raz has used all his skills and only has the dash from Fancy Footwork Fancy Footwork left. Waterspout Waterspout creates a slowing whirlwind that returns to Zata and keeps Raz in range, while the passive Wind Slash Wind Slash brings the ultimate back faster.

Ignis Ignis

Raz has to close the whole gap before he can hit anything, while Ignis Ignis never needs to get close. Fire Crash Fire Crash hurls a fireball that applies Sacred Flame to its victim and gives Ignis bonus movement speed for 1 second. If the target already carries Sacred Flame, Ignis also gets a damage-blocking shield for 2 seconds, which lines up with Raz’s dive. Drop Rain of Fire Rain of Fire on the path he’s about to take: the 3-second fire rain slows for 2 seconds, and if Raz is marked with Sacred Flame he gets stunned for 0.75 seconds just before he can cast Rising Uppercut Rising Uppercut . Then Holy Embers Holy Embers turns magic damage into true damage against targets marked with Sacred Flame, and the passive Sacred Flame Sacred Flame heals Ignis.

Jungle Fighters That Counter Raz

Zanis Zanis

All of Raz’s crowd control comes from the knock-up of Rising Uppercut Rising Uppercut , the knockback of Explosive KO Explosive KO and his passive punches. Meanwhile, the passive Dragoon Dragoon lets every skill of Zanis Zanis cleanse crowd control (except suppression). Whether he’s knocked up or pushed away, Zanis only needs to cast a skill to break free and dive back in. Blood Wyrm Blood Wyrm boosts movement speed to chase Raz when he dashes away after each skill. Tail Sweep Tail Sweep sweeps the spear and grants attack speed and lifesteal, helping Zanis trade with Raz’s magic damage head-on. Once Zanis is in close, Dragon Wraith Dragon Wraith deals true damage, stuns and slows. Raz has no CC immunity, so he can’t escape, and any extra damage dealt during this window is true damage.

Top Lane Fighters That Counter Raz

Omen Omen

Raz’s strength comes from his ability to dash in, sidestep, then dash back in thanks to his Fancy Footwork Fancy Footwork passive. Death's Embrace Death's Embrace from Omen Omen shuts down that loop: Omen charges at the first enemy hero hit, creating a death arena the target can’t escape for 5 seconds while also having their damage dealt reduced. Raz has no crowd control immunity, so he can’t dodge it with skills, and his reduced magic damage makes it hard for him to take down a tanky fighter. Untouchable Untouchable gives Omen increased damage reduction and movement speed for 2 seconds, while Death's Beckon Death's Beckon pulls Raz in front of him and slows him, keeping him in place after being knocked back by Explosive KO Explosive KO .

Support Heroes That Counter Raz

Grakk Grakk

Raz needs to get right up to his target, and Grakk Grakk punishes him every time he does. Earthquake Earthquake pulls all nearby enemies to Grakk’s side and slows them by 30%; those standing right next to Grakk are also silenced for 0.5 seconds and take double the damage and slow. The silence keeps Raz from casting skills, and without casting skills there’s no sidestep from Fancy Footwork Fancy Footwork . Devil's Chain Devil's Chain fires a hook that drags him in from afar, then World Devourer World Devourer repeatedly stuns and sucks him in for 3 seconds while giving Grakk a shield. When Raz dumps a lot of damage, the Blood Ritual Blood Ritual passive also bursts, dealing magic damage around Grakk.

Items That Counter Raz

Gilded Greaves

Gilded Greaves grants 60 movement speed and 35% Resistance, reducing the duration of all crowd control. Raz’s punch combo chains crowd control nonstop: the slow from Power Surge, knock-ups, knockbacks. With less time held down, you get a chance to escape before he can land his next hit.

Medallion of Troy

The Protection passive grants a barrier that absorbs 460 – 1300 magic damage when out of combat, blocking exactly the opening strike from Raz, who always dives in from out of range. Internal Power adds up to 112 magic defense based on level, making up for the magic defense shredded by Power Surge.

Gaia's Standard

The Recovery passive restores 5% max HP over 2 seconds whenever you take damage (10-second cooldown), and Bloodline increases healing effectiveness by 5% for every 10% HP lost. When Raz has thrown his whole punch combo without taking you down, the HP you recover keeps you alive until he has to wait on his cooldowns.

Death Sickle

The Divine Intervention passive makes you immune to lethal damage, granting 0.75 seconds of invulnerability (1.5 seconds after carrying it for 4 minutes) and increasing movement speed and attack speed by 25%. Raz usually dumps all his skills in one go to take down the marksman; survive his final punch and you can counterattack once he’s out of skills.

Purify

Purify removes all debuffs and crowd control and grants crowd control immunity for 1.5 seconds. Raz needs to chain knock-ups and knockbacks to land his burst; use it right after the first CC to break his punch chain and get out of reach of his fists.

How to Counter Raz Solo 1vs1

Dodge his skillshots: Rising Uppercut Rising Uppercut , Power Surge Power Surge and Explosive KO Explosive KO are all directional and only restore energy when they hit. Move diagonally and don’t stand in a straight line with Raz. After a few misses, he loses damage and runs short on the energy he needs to keep fighting.

Don’t relax after he uses a skill: The passive Fancy Footwork Fancy Footwork gives Raz a very fast dash right after each skill, so your safe distance can disappear in an instant. Always leave extra space and keep an escape skill ready.

Stack magic resist: All of Raz’s attacks deal magic damage, and Power Surge reduces your magic resist. Building magic resist items like Medallion of Troy Medallion of Troy early makes his burst much less dangerous.

Counterattack when he closes in: Raz has no CC immunity. When he lunges in, a well-timed stun, silence or root turns him from the hunter into the target.

How to counter Raz in teamfights

Prioritize CC on Raz: Save skills like Death's Embrace Death's Embrace , Earthquake Earthquake or Rain of Fire Rain of Fire for when Raz dives into your team. Silence works especially well, because if Raz can’t cast skills he doesn’t get the dash he uses to escape.

Protect your carries: Raz always goes for squishy marksmen or mages. Supports and fighters should stand between him and the carry, ready to pull or lock him down as soon as he charges in with Explosive KO Explosive KO .

Don’t bunch up: Rising Uppercut Rising Uppercut knocks up every enemy in its area. Spread out a little so Raz can’t knock up the whole group and set up a burst for his teammates.

Wait until his skills are on cooldown: Once Raz has used all three skills, he only has basic attacks left. That’s when the whole team should counterattack instead of running away.

Tips for Countering Raz

Strengths to Watch Out For

  • His passive grants an extremely fast sidestep after each skill, making him very hard to read.
  • His kit chains knock-ups, slows and knockbacks back to back.
  • All magic damage, and Power Surge also reduces the target’s magic defense.
  • Skills restore energy on hit, allowing nonstop combos when aimed well.

Weaknesses to Exploit

  • Every skill is a skillshot; missing costs him both damage and energy.
  • No crowd control immunity, easy to lock down right as he dashes in.
  • Has to get close to deal damage, struggles against heroes who keep their distance well.
  • All magic damage, so magic defense items greatly reduce his threat.