Who Counters Melissa in Epic Seven?
Fire · Mage · 5★ · 46% RTA win rate
Melissa, a lost-hp unhealable curse mage, is a 5★ Fire Mage in Epic Seven. Melissa's biggest weakness: her threat leans on debuffs sticking — unhealable on her opener and curse from her big hit. An ally cleanse, buff-steal, or anything that cuts debuff duration wipes those effects and blunts the kill setup. Below are the heroes and team archetypes that counter Melissa in RTA, the matchups where Melissa struggles most, and how to draft against Melissa.
Best counters to Melissa
- Cleansers and debuff shorteners — Her threat leans on debuffs sticking — unhealable on her opener and curse from her big hit. An ally cleanse, buff-steal, or anything that cuts debuff duration wipes those effects and blunts the kill setup.
- Debuff immunity — If the target already has immunity up, her unhealable and curse simply don't apply, leaving her with raw damage and none of the sustain-denial that makes her dangerous.
- Long cooldowns once a kill is denied — Her self-protection turn sits on a four-turn cooldown and only refreshes on a kill, and her buff-strip hits a six-turn cooldown. If she fails to finish a target, she is left exposed with both key tools down.
- Single-target reach only — Every one of her skills hits just one enemy, so she can be overwhelmed by wide teams or out-paced by fast openers that act before she can isolate and remove her priority kill.
How to beat Melissa
- Her threat leans on debuffs sticking — unhealable on her opener and curse from her big hit. An ally cleanse, buff-steal, or anything that cuts debuff duration wipes those effects and blunts the kill setup.
- If the target already has immunity up, her unhealable and curse simply don't apply, leaving her with raw damage and none of the sustain-denial that makes her dangerous.
- Her self-protection turn sits on a four-turn cooldown and only refreshes on a kill, and her buff-strip hits a six-turn cooldown. If she fails to finish a target, she is left exposed with both key tools down.
- Every one of her skills hits just one enemy, so she can be overwhelmed by wide teams or out-paced by fast openers that act before she can isolate and remove her priority kill.
What Melissa counters
Lady of the Scales59%
Perfumer Byblis63%
School Nurse Yulha58%
Ruele of Light59%
Lone Crescent Bellona56%
Setsuka58%
Belian55%
Boss Arunka54%
Briar Witch Iseria56%
Arbiter Vildred57%- Heal-reliant and immortal-stacking targets — Her opener can stop a target from being healed for a turn, and her whole kit is tuned to punch through sustain — letting her run down enemies who normally survive on healing, revives, or stacked immortality.
- Buff-heavy single threats — Her signature attack dispels all buffs off the enemy before it lands, so a carry hiding behind attack buffs, barriers, or invincibility loses every layer and then eats the hit in the same turn.
- Evasion and resistance-based defenders — That same strike cannot miss and ignores effect resistance, so dodge-stackers and high-resist heroes can't slip her damage or shrug off the curse she applies to non-boss targets.
- Same-element rivals on her own turn — She ignores elemental disadvantage on her signature skill and gains a free turn of immortality plus immunity to debuffs, letting her trade into Water heroes and control attempts without taking the usual penalty.
Melissa counters — FAQ
Who counters Melissa in Epic Seven?
Tori, Notos, Swift Flagbearer Sigret and other hard counters counter Melissa. Her threat leans on debuffs sticking — unhealable on her opener and curse from her big hit. An ally cleanse, buff-steal, or anything that cuts debuff duration wipes those effects and blunts the kill setup.
What is Melissa weak to?
Cleansers and debuff shorteners: Her threat leans on debuffs sticking — unhealable on her opener and curse from her big hit. An ally cleanse, buff-steal, or anything that cuts debuff duration wipes those effects and blunts the kill setup. Debuff immunity: If the target already has immunity up, her unhealable and curse simply don't apply, leaving her with raw damage and none of the sustain-denial that makes her dangerous. Long cooldowns once a kill is denied: Her self-protection turn sits on a four-turn cooldown and only refreshes on a kill, and her buff-strip hits a six-turn cooldown. If she fails to finish a target, she is left exposed with both key tools down. Single-target reach only: Every one of her skills hits just one enemy, so she can be overwhelmed by wide teams or out-paced by fast openers that act before she can isolate and remove her priority kill.
What does Melissa counter?
Heal-reliant and immortal-stacking targets: Her opener can stop a target from being healed for a turn, and her whole kit is tuned to punch through sustain — letting her run down enemies who normally survive on healing, revives, or stacked immortality. Buff-heavy single threats: Her signature attack dispels all buffs off the enemy before it lands, so a carry hiding behind attack buffs, barriers, or invincibility loses every layer and then eats the hit in the same turn. Evasion and resistance-based defenders: That same strike cannot miss and ignores effect resistance, so dodge-stackers and high-resist heroes can't slip her damage or shrug off the curse she applies to non-boss targets. Same-element rivals on her own turn: She ignores elemental disadvantage on her signature skill and gains a free turn of immortality plus immunity to debuffs, letting her trade into Water heroes and control attempts without taking the usual penalty.