Birgitta

Who Counters Birgitta in Epic Seven?

Ice Ice · Soul Weaver · 5★ · 58% RTA win rate

Birgitta, a ice cc dispel cr-manipulator, is a 5★ Ice Soul Weaver in Epic Seven. Birgitta's biggest weakness: her win condition is keeping a target bound and silenced; an ally cleanse, an immunity buff applied before her turn, or shortened debuff duration removes those locks and turns her ultimate into a buff-strip with no follow-up control. Below are the heroes and team archetypes that counter Birgitta in RTA, the matchups where Birgitta struggles most, and how to draft against Birgitta.

Best counters to Birgitta

  • Enemy cleanse and immunity — Her win condition is keeping a target bound and silenced; an ally cleanse, an immunity buff applied before her turn, or shortened debuff duration removes those locks and turns her ultimate into a buff-strip with no follow-up control.
  • Enemy buff-strip and buff-steal — She leans on the swift-attack extra turn and Combat Readiness she grants her ally; if the enemy dispels or steals those buffs, the tempo she generates is erased and her support contribution collapses.
  • Long cooldowns force her to ration control — Her dispel-and-lock ultimate is on a 5-turn cooldown and the cleanse-and-rush on 3 turns, so once spent she is left only with a single-target Combat Readiness poke and cannot re-lock a second threat for several turns.
  • Low base damage and single-target reach — She brings almost no killing power and only ever affects one enemy at a time, so wide cleave teams or sustained bruisers that ignore being controlled can simply outlast her while she fails to actually remove a unit from the board.

Hardest matchups — live RTA win rates against Birgitta

Heroes with the best head-to-head record into Birgitta from current Champion+ RTA data.

FrierenFrieren62%NotosNotos60%Perfumer ByblisPerfumer Byblis57%Moon Bunny DominielMoon Bunny Dominiel56%Lady of the ScalesLady of the Scales53%Shepherd of the Dark DieneShepherd of the Dark Diene53%

How to beat Birgitta

  1. Her win condition is keeping a target bound and silenced; an ally cleanse, an immunity buff applied before her turn, or shortened debuff duration removes those locks and turns her ultimate into a buff-strip with no follow-up control.
  2. She leans on the swift-attack extra turn and Combat Readiness she grants her ally; if the enemy dispels or steals those buffs, the tempo she generates is erased and her support contribution collapses.
  3. Her dispel-and-lock ultimate is on a 5-turn cooldown and the cleanse-and-rush on 3 turns, so once spent she is left only with a single-target Combat Readiness poke and cannot re-lock a second threat for several turns.
  4. She brings almost no killing power and only ever affects one enemy at a time, so wide cleave teams or sustained bruisers that ignore being controlled can simply outlast her while she fails to actually remove a unit from the board.

What Birgitta counters

  • Buff-stacking carries and shielders — Her ultimate dispels every buff off the target at once and ignores Effect Resistance, so attack, defense, immunity, barriers and other stacked buffs are wiped before they matter, then the same skill tries to lock the now-naked target down.
  • Heavy turn-one openers and fast threats — Her first skill knocks down enemy Combat Readiness on hit, and her ability to bind a key enemy denies its turn entirely, letting her slow or deny a fast hyper-carry or cleave starter before it can act.
  • Effect-resistance fortresses — Because her ultimate ignores Effect Resistance, enemies who normally shrug off control still eat the bind and silence, so high-resist bruisers and tanks can be reliably locked down.
  • Allies drowning in debuffs or facing immortal/invincible setups — Her second skill cleanses two debuffs from a chosen ally and hands them a free turn plus Combat Readiness, undoing enemy crowd control, damage-over-time and silence on her own side while accelerating her team's answer.

Birgitta counters — FAQ

Who counters Birgitta in Epic Seven?

Frieren, Notos, Perfumer Byblis and other hard counters counter Birgitta. Her win condition is keeping a target bound and silenced; an ally cleanse, an immunity buff applied before her turn, or shortened debuff duration removes those locks and turns her ultimate into a buff-strip with no follow-up control.

What is Birgitta weak to?

Enemy cleanse and immunity: Her win condition is keeping a target bound and silenced; an ally cleanse, an immunity buff applied before her turn, or shortened debuff duration removes those locks and turns her ultimate into a buff-strip with no follow-up control. Enemy buff-strip and buff-steal: She leans on the swift-attack extra turn and Combat Readiness she grants her ally; if the enemy dispels or steals those buffs, the tempo she generates is erased and her support contribution collapses. Long cooldowns force her to ration control: Her dispel-and-lock ultimate is on a 5-turn cooldown and the cleanse-and-rush on 3 turns, so once spent she is left only with a single-target Combat Readiness poke and cannot re-lock a second threat for several turns. Low base damage and single-target reach: She brings almost no killing power and only ever affects one enemy at a time, so wide cleave teams or sustained bruisers that ignore being controlled can simply outlast her while she fails to actually remove a unit from the board.

Which hero has the best win rate against Birgitta?

In current Champion+ RTA, Frieren has one of the strongest records against Birgitta (62% win rate over 3,070 games).

What does Birgitta counter?

Buff-stacking carries and shielders: Her ultimate dispels every buff off the target at once and ignores Effect Resistance, so attack, defense, immunity, barriers and other stacked buffs are wiped before they matter, then the same skill tries to lock the now-naked target down. Heavy turn-one openers and fast threats: Her first skill knocks down enemy Combat Readiness on hit, and her ability to bind a key enemy denies its turn entirely, letting her slow or deny a fast hyper-carry or cleave starter before it can act. Effect-resistance fortresses: Because her ultimate ignores Effect Resistance, enemies who normally shrug off control still eat the bind and silence, so high-resist bruisers and tanks can be reliably locked down. Allies drowning in debuffs or facing immortal/invincible setups: Her second skill cleanses two debuffs from a chosen ally and hands them a free turn plus Combat Readiness, undoing enemy crowd control, damage-over-time and silence on her own side while accelerating her team's answer.

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