Mina’s main threat#
Mina is a skirmisher: fights on the move, trading damage in and out of combat.
The kit is spirit-leaning, so spirit resistance and spirit shields do the most to blunt it.
Abilities to play around#
Ability 1
Rake
Slashes with her umbrella for Spirit damage that grows with the target's missing health, healing her for each kill. Holding alt-fire briefly makes her float.
Play around it Healing or sustain — buy healing reduction (Healbane, Toxic Bullets or Decay) so it’s worth less, and focus burst damage rather than chip damage.
Play around it Mobility — it’s also the escape. Don’t chase it into their team; force it out first, then commit. Slowing Hex shuts down many movement abilities.
Ability 2
Sanguine Retreat
Disperses into bats, becoming untargetable while flying to a chosen location. It can be recast within a short window.
Play around it Mobility — it’s also the escape. Don’t chase it into their team; force it out first, then commit. Slowing Hex shuts down many movement abilities.
Ability 3
Love Bites
Her bullets add extra Spirit damage, and ability damage builds toward a bonus bite burst on each target.
Play around it Respect its range and cooldown; fight when it’s been used.
Ultimate
Nox Nostra
Releases a swarm of seeking bats that deal Spirit damage and silence enemies. Landing Love Bites on heroes permanently adds bats.
Play around it Silence or disarm — keep a cleanse (Dispel Magic) or Debuff Reducer if this is landing on you every fight.
Counter items, with reasons#
Specific answers to this kit
General answers
General answers are our editorial reading of the kit. Counter items only help if you’re the one being hit — buy for the threat you actually face.
How to beat Mina#
- Slowing Hex disables Sanguine Retreat.
- Dispel Magic can remove Love Bites effects.
- Unstoppable suppresses Love Bites' crowd control.
Mistakes to avoid
- Chasing them through their own team.
- Losing track of their escape cooldown.
Want to see the hero from the other side? Read the Mina guide, or open the counter-pick helper to plan against a whole enemy team.