Tachi Counters 2026: Best Counter Picks & Builds

Florentino

With his seal unlocked, Tachi has a shield equal to his max HP and keeps restoring lost HP, so fighting him with regular damage is exhausting. Florentino ‘s Triple Threat solves exactly that: each strike deals bonus true damage based on a portion of the enemy’s max HP, so the more HP Tachi has, the more it hurts. Gentlemen's Duel grants 5 seconds of immunity to all CC, so the slowing blade waves from Dragon Shatter or Moon Pierce can’t hold Florentino back, while Tachi’s armor is reduced. Throw Blossom when Tachi isn’t charging his Skill 1 slash, since he’s immune to CC while charging and the stun would be wasted.

Aleister

Tachi is only immune to CC at two moments: while charging the Skill 1 slash of Moon Pierce and while casting Dragon Shatter . Outside of those, Aleister can lock him down very easily: Magic Prison traps the target in a magic prison and deals magic damage per tick for 2.5 seconds, leaving Tachi unable to use Browbeat to dash out or keep slashing to stack marks. Wait until he has landed before casting the prison. Magic Barrier stuns and applies a Wicked Plot mark, and together with Matrix of Woe it lets the passive Wicked Plot detonate for true damage that his armor can’t reduce.

Volkath

Volkath duels Tachi very well thanks to both CC and true damage. Death Sweep stuns enemies in an area, and once it lands, every basic attack from Volkath deals bonus true damage that Tachi’s armor can’t reduce even if he builds defensive items. Execution deals damage based on the victim’s missing HP, becoming even more effective once Tachi has been brought low. When Tachi uses Dragon Shatter to slow, Ultima lets Volkath break free of the CC he’s under and gain damage reduction. The passive Doom Lord detonates at 4 stacks and creates a shield, helping him withstand the true-damage slashes.

Hayate

Hayate is both mobile and packs true damage, exactly what you need to break through Tachi ‘s tankiness. After 6 hits on the same target, the passive Blood of the Dragon makes his attacks over the next 4 seconds deal bonus true damage, ignoring armor even if Tachi builds defensive items. Shadow Step can dash through terrain, letting Hayate leave the moment Tachi blinks in with Dragon Shatter . Shuriken Toss fires shurikens continuously and boosts movement speed for kiting, while Kunai Blitz blinks to a chosen spot to dodge. Don’t let Tachi stay close for too long, since the dragon energy from his passive always hits the target nearest to him.

Baldum

In team fights, Tachi is very tanky and deals area damage, so the best approach is to take him out of the fight. Wild Prison from Baldum imprisons an enemy for 3 seconds: the victim can’t do anything and can’t be targeted. Drop Wild Prison right as Tachi lands after Dragon Shatter , just as his seal unlocks, so he wastes 3 precious seconds of his strongest state. Wild Charge knocks enemies airborne and deals bonus damage equal to 8% of the target’s max HP, very valuable against an HP-heavy hero. Wild Stomp reduces physical damage dealt to Baldum by its victims for 1 second, while the passive Hulking makes them take 8% more damage.