Veres Counters 2026: Best Counter Picks & Builds

Veres is a chain-wielding fighter whose strength comes from a nonstop attack rhythm. Her passive Blood Chain builds stacks from basic attacks and from chains that hit heroes. At 4 stacks she sweeps her chains around her, healing when they hit heroes, reducing her cooldowns and making Veres immune to crowd control while it plays out. Twin Chains launches two chains, and anyone hit by both is stunned for 1 second. Shackle Chain knocks back nearby enemies or pulls distant ones in and stuns them. Her ultimate Death Chain leaps in, deals true damage based on missing HP and activates Bloodlust. Her weaknesses: she has to land skills and get into melee range for basic attacks to build her passive, she has almost no dashes apart from her ultimate’s leap, and her sustain depends on healing from Blood Chain. Anti-heal, kiting from range and CC immunity are what Veres hates most. The heroes that give Veres the most trouble are Florentino, Amily, Allain in the Dark Slayer lane, Lauriel, Ignis in the mid lane and Hayate in the Abyssal Dragon lane.

• Florentino
• Amily
• Allain

Florentino

Both Twin Chains and Shackle Chain end with a stun, and that’s how Veres keeps opponents inside the sweep of Blood Chain . Florentino wipes out that advantage completely with Gentlemen's Duel : during the 5-second Duel, he is immune to all crowd control, reduces Veres’ armor and deals extra damage to her. Outside his ultimate, the Sword Step dash and its Assault from Shuffle can’t be crowd-controlled either, so Florentino can still close in right after she throws her chains. Three hits of Triple Threat add true damage based on max HP, faster than Blood Chain can heal.

Amily

In a 1v1 in the Dark Slayer lane, Amily has something Veres lacks: speed. Kickblade throws a blade that bounces up to 4 times and heavily slows the first victim for 1 second. When the blade returns, Amily also gets 20% movement speed for 3 seconds, heals and has her cooldowns reduced by 30%. Her passive Duel makes basic attacks and Combo deal 50% extra damage when they hit only one target, which is very strong when Veres is alone. When Veres starts sweeping with Blood Chain , Enrage gives Amily damage reduction and extra physical attack for 8 seconds so she can trade head-on.

Allain

Blood Chain only triggers once Veres reaches 4 stacks, most of which come from basic attacks. Allain breaks that rhythm with Meteor Strike : the skill hits several times and knocks up, forcing Veres to stop attacking. Use it before she reaches full stacks, because during the Blood Chain sweep she is cleansed and immune to crowd control. His passive Howling Sword increases armor penetration and magic penetration and heals him once he lands enough hits, making Allain every bit as durable as Veres. When she is low, Death at Sunset makes Allain vanish, lock onto Veres and land 1.5 seconds later for true damage.

• Lauriel
• Ignis

Lauriel

Veres has to basic attack to build Blood Chain , but Lauriel never stands within her reach. Wings of Purity lets Lauriel dash out of the way of Twin Chains (which only stuns if both chains hit) and Shackle Chain , then beat her wings to fire 3 bolts of light. Hitting enemies with them also reduces her cooldowns. Inside Great Judgment , her cooldowns recover twice as fast, enough to keep dashing and poking. At 4 stacks, Heaven's Punishment bursts out to deal area true damage, slow enemies and heal Lauriel, which makes her hard for Veres to catch.

Ignis

Veres has almost no dashes apart from the leap of Death Chain , so Ignis can kite her from start to finish. When Fire Crash hits, it applies Sacred Flame to the target and gives Ignis bonus movement speed for 1 second. Then Rain of Fire rains fire for 3 seconds, slowing the victim and stunning them for 0.75 seconds if they carry Sacred Flame, while Holy Embers converts the damage into true damage. The passive Sacred Flame empowers and heals Ignis every time Sacred Flame is triggered. Back off immediately when Veres dives in with her ultimate.

• Hayate

Hayate

Hayate doesn’t need to stand within the sweep of Blood Chain to deal damage. Hit the same target 6 times and his passive Blood of the Dragon turns the next 4 seconds into a string of attacks with bonus true damage, which hurts a lot against a beefy fighter like Veres . Shuriken Toss boosts his movement speed the whole time he’s throwing shurikens, so he can shoot while backing off. If he gets pulled back by Shackle Chain , Shadow Step lets Hayate dash in any direction, even over terrain. Once she’s low, Kunai Blitz blinks in and throws shurikens nonstop to finish her off.