Who Counters Fern in Epic Seven?
Ice · Mage · 5★ · 53% RTA win rate
Fern, a focus-stacking evasion speedster mage, is a 5★ Ice Mage in Epic Seven. Fern's biggest weakness: her damage leans on the self-Attack buff she grants before each strike; stealing it, cutting its duration, or dispelling it strips a big chunk of her burst right as she swings. Below are the heroes and team archetypes that counter Fern in RTA, the matchups where Fern struggles most, and how to draft against Fern.
Best counters to Fern
Frieren61%
Shepherd of the Dark Diene62%
Lady of the Scales59%
Swift Flagbearer Sigret58%
Perfumer Byblis55%
Estelle56%
Tori55%
Belian54%
Briar Witch Iseria53%
Solitaria of the Snow55%- Reliable attack-buff removal — Her damage leans on the self-Attack buff she grants before each strike; stealing it, cutting its duration, or dispelling it strips a big chunk of her burst right as she swings.
- Hits she cannot dodge — Her whole engine runs on Evasion converting into Focus and cooldown resets, so attacks that cannot be evaded, or anything that drains her Focus, collapse both her survivability and her cooldown loop.
- Tanks that lower incoming damage — She is purely single-target with no way through flat damage-reduction layers beyond her Defense penetration, so a sturdy front-liner mitigating each hit can simply outlast her nukes.
- Faster burst before she stacks up — Her base Speed is low and her power only materializes once Focus and Speed are rolling; a faster opener that bursts her down or controls her before she gets going never lets the kit come online, and her reliance on a strong Soul setup only widens that early window.
Hardest matchups — live RTA win rates against Fern
Heroes with the best head-to-head record into Fern from current Champion+ RTA data.
Tori55%Perfumer Byblis55%
School Nurse Yulha53%
Boss Arunka53%
Lone Crescent Bellona49%How to beat Fern
- Her damage leans on the self-Attack buff she grants before each strike; stealing it, cutting its duration, or dispelling it strips a big chunk of her burst right as she swings.
- Her whole engine runs on Evasion converting into Focus and cooldown resets, so attacks that cannot be evaded, or anything that drains her Focus, collapse both her survivability and her cooldown loop.
- She is purely single-target with no way through flat damage-reduction layers beyond her Defense penetration, so a sturdy front-liner mitigating each hit can simply outlast her nukes.
- Her base Speed is low and her power only materializes once Focus and Speed are rolling; a faster opener that bursts her down or controls her before she gets going never lets the kit come online, and her reliance on a strong Soul setup only widens that early window.
What Fern counters
- Fragile high-Defense single targets — Her ultimate penetrates 70% of the enemy's Defense and scales its damage with her Speed, so heavily armored bruisers and tanks that rely on raw Defense to survive get cut down anyway.
- Slow attackers and unreliable hitters — At full Focus she gains up to 60% Speed and 60% Evasion, so she usually moves first and frequently dodges incoming hits entirely; each dodge spends a Focus to drop her own cooldowns, letting her loop her big attacks faster against anything that cannot reliably connect.
- Enemies on long cooldown setups — Her speed and self-buffed Attack let her open with a powerful nuke before slower threats get rolling, and her main skill shaves a turn off her own cooldowns while Focus is high, so she pressures targets that need time to wind up their key skills.
Fern counters — FAQ
Who counters Fern in Epic Seven?
Frieren, Shepherd of the Dark Diene, Lady of the Scales and other hard counters counter Fern. Her damage leans on the self-Attack buff she grants before each strike; stealing it, cutting its duration, or dispelling it strips a big chunk of her burst right as she swings.
What is Fern weak to?
Reliable attack-buff removal: Her damage leans on the self-Attack buff she grants before each strike; stealing it, cutting its duration, or dispelling it strips a big chunk of her burst right as she swings. Hits she cannot dodge: Her whole engine runs on Evasion converting into Focus and cooldown resets, so attacks that cannot be evaded, or anything that drains her Focus, collapse both her survivability and her cooldown loop. Tanks that lower incoming damage: She is purely single-target with no way through flat damage-reduction layers beyond her Defense penetration, so a sturdy front-liner mitigating each hit can simply outlast her nukes. Faster burst before she stacks up: Her base Speed is low and her power only materializes once Focus and Speed are rolling; a faster opener that bursts her down or controls her before she gets going never lets the kit come online, and her reliance on a strong Soul setup only widens that early window.
Which hero has the best win rate against Fern?
In current Champion+ RTA, Tori has one of the strongest records against Fern (55% win rate over 2,128 games).
What does Fern counter?
Fragile high-Defense single targets: Her ultimate penetrates 70% of the enemy's Defense and scales its damage with her Speed, so heavily armored bruisers and tanks that rely on raw Defense to survive get cut down anyway. Slow attackers and unreliable hitters: At full Focus she gains up to 60% Speed and 60% Evasion, so she usually moves first and frequently dodges incoming hits entirely; each dodge spends a Focus to drop her own cooldowns, letting her loop her big attacks faster against anything that cannot reliably connect. Enemies on long cooldown setups: Her speed and self-buffed Attack let her open with a powerful nuke before slower threats get rolling, and her main skill shaves a turn off her own cooldowns while Focus is high, so she pressures targets that need time to wind up their key skills.