Who Counters Aki in Epic Seven?
Fire · Warrior · 5★ · 52% RTA win rate
Aki, a damage-cap burn-detonate berserker, is a 5★ Fire Warrior in Epic Seven. Aki's biggest weakness: her whole damage plan is putting Burns on a target and detonating them; if an ally wipes those Burns off before they detonate, she does very little, since the detonation has nothing left to trigger. Below are the heroes and team archetypes that counter Aki in RTA, the matchups where Aki struggles most, and how to draft against Aki.
Best counters to Aki
Perfumer Byblis60%
Disciplinary Prefect Aria64%
Genesis Ras60%
Setsuka61%
Harsetti60%
Shepherd of the Dark Diene57%
Lone Crescent Bellona57%
Estelle55%
School Nurse Yulha55%
Witch of the Mere Tenebria52%- Cleansers and debuff removal — Her whole damage plan is putting Burns on a target and detonating them; if an ally wipes those Burns off before they detonate, she does very little, since the detonation has nothing left to trigger.
- Immunity buffs — An immunity buff blocks her Burns from ever landing — and while her dispel can strip buffs, on the basic attack she has no buff-strip, so an enemy that pre-applies immunity simply refuses her main debuff.
- No healing and no damage-sharing — Her passive forbids her from being healed or shielded by damage-sharing, so her team cannot top her up; chip damage and sustained pressure that stays under her one-hit cap will grind her down with no way to recover.
- Long dispel cooldown — Her buff-stripping detonation sits on a 5-turn cooldown, so against teams that re-apply buffs and barriers every turn she can only break their protection occasionally and is left detonating with her weaker basic attack in between.
Hardest matchups — live RTA win rates against Aki
Heroes with the best head-to-head record into Aki from current Champion+ RTA data.
Perfumer Byblis60%Genesis Ras60%
Ruele of Light57%Lone Crescent Bellona57%
Belian56%
Notos56%How to beat Aki
- Her whole damage plan is putting Burns on a target and detonating them; if an ally wipes those Burns off before they detonate, she does very little, since the detonation has nothing left to trigger.
- An immunity buff blocks her Burns from ever landing — and while her dispel can strip buffs, on the basic attack she has no buff-strip, so an enemy that pre-applies immunity simply refuses her main debuff.
- Her passive forbids her from being healed or shielded by damage-sharing, so her team cannot top her up; chip damage and sustained pressure that stays under her one-hit cap will grind her down with no way to recover.
- Her buff-stripping detonation sits on a 5-turn cooldown, so against teams that re-apply buffs and barriers every turn she can only break their protection occasionally and is left detonating with her weaker basic attack in between.
What Aki counters
- Buff-stacked carries and tanks — Her cooldown skill strips every buff off the target before it hits, so heroes that pile on attack, defense, or barrier buffs lose all of it in one strike, and any protective barrier comes down with it.
- Defensive walls and revive/immortal setups — She layers multiple Burns and detonates them on the same turn for instant burst, and because the Burns ignore Effect Resistance they stick even on high-resist bruisers — letting her chunk down durable defensive units that would otherwise shrug off damage-over-time.
- Effect-resistance-built targets — Her Burns are only a chance to apply, so high-Effect-Resistance targets can resist them; her reliable pressure against them is the buff-dispel on her cooldown skill rather than guaranteed Burns.
- Burst attackers trying to one-shot her — Her passive caps the damage she takes from any single hit at 51% of max Health, so a big nuke that would normally kill her can never bring her below roughly half, letting her survive the opening blow and answer back.
Aki counters — FAQ
Who counters Aki in Epic Seven?
Perfumer Byblis, Disciplinary Prefect Aria, Genesis Ras and other hard counters counter Aki. Her whole damage plan is putting Burns on a target and detonating them; if an ally wipes those Burns off before they detonate, she does very little, since the detonation has nothing left to trigger.
What is Aki weak to?
Cleansers and debuff removal: Her whole damage plan is putting Burns on a target and detonating them; if an ally wipes those Burns off before they detonate, she does very little, since the detonation has nothing left to trigger. Immunity buffs: An immunity buff blocks her Burns from ever landing — and while her dispel can strip buffs, on the basic attack she has no buff-strip, so an enemy that pre-applies immunity simply refuses her main debuff. No healing and no damage-sharing: Her passive forbids her from being healed or shielded by damage-sharing, so her team cannot top her up; chip damage and sustained pressure that stays under her one-hit cap will grind her down with no way to recover. Long dispel cooldown: Her buff-stripping detonation sits on a 5-turn cooldown, so against teams that re-apply buffs and barriers every turn she can only break their protection occasionally and is left detonating with her weaker basic attack in between.
Which hero has the best win rate against Aki?
In current Champion+ RTA, Perfumer Byblis has one of the strongest records against Aki (60% win rate over 8,130 games).
What does Aki counter?
Buff-stacked carries and tanks: Her cooldown skill strips every buff off the target before it hits, so heroes that pile on attack, defense, or barrier buffs lose all of it in one strike, and any protective barrier comes down with it. Defensive walls and revive/immortal setups: She layers multiple Burns and detonates them on the same turn for instant burst, and because the Burns ignore Effect Resistance they stick even on high-resist bruisers — letting her chunk down durable defensive units that would otherwise shrug off damage-over-time. Effect-resistance-built targets: Her Burns are only a chance to apply, so high-Effect-Resistance targets can resist them; her reliable pressure against them is the buff-dispel on her cooldown skill rather than guaranteed Burns. Burst attackers trying to one-shot her: Her passive caps the damage she takes from any single hit at 51% of max Health, so a big nuke that would normally kill her can never bring her below roughly half, letting her survive the opening blow and answer back.