Who Counters Saria in Epic Seven?
Earth · Ranger · 5★ · 53% RTA win rate
Saria, a focus aoe team-invincibility ranger, is a 5★ Earth Ranger in Epic Seven. Saria's biggest weakness: heroes that steal or shorten buffs strip away the team invincibility from Blossoming Hope before it protects, neutralizing her main defensive trick. Below are the heroes and team archetypes that counter Saria in RTA, the matchups where Saria struggles most, and how to draft against Saria.
Best counters to Saria
Lady of the Scales61%
Frieren61%
Perfumer Byblis59%
Notos60%
Harsetti59%
Rinak56%
Shepherd of the Dark Diene54%
Solitaria of the Snow57%- Buff steal and buff-duration shrinkers — Heroes that steal or shorten buffs strip away the team invincibility from Blossoming Hope before it protects, neutralizing her main defensive trick.
- Enemy dispellers — An opposing dispel removes the one-turn invincibility she grants, so a well-timed strip cancels her team's survival window and the protection is wasted.
- Burst windows on her long cooldown — Blossoming Hope sits on a 5-turn cooldown, so once it's spent the team has no safety net; an opponent who waits out or forces the invincibility can kill into the gap.
- Single high-value targets behind one buff — Spirit Burst only strips one buff and only hits two enemies, so a heavily buff-stacked carry or a wide AoE board can keep key buffs and bodies intact until she charges Focus.
Hardest matchups — live RTA win rates against Saria
Heroes with the best head-to-head record into Saria from current Champion+ RTA data.
Moon Bunny Dominiel61%Lady of the Scales61%Frieren61%Notos60%Perfumer Byblis60%Harsetti59%How to beat Saria
- Heroes that steal or shorten buffs strip away the team invincibility from Blossoming Hope before it protects, neutralizing her main defensive trick.
- An opposing dispel removes the one-turn invincibility she grants, so a well-timed strip cancels her team's survival window and the protection is wasted.
- Blossoming Hope sits on a 5-turn cooldown, so once it's spent the team has no safety net; an opponent who waits out or forces the invincibility can kill into the gap.
- Spirit Burst only strips one buff and only hits two enemies, so a heavily buff-stacked carry or a wide AoE board can keep key buffs and bodies intact until she charges Focus.
What Saria counters
Swift Flagbearer Sigret54%
Witch of the Mere Tenebria54%
Boss Arunka51%
Hecate54%
Estelle46%
Spirit Eye Celine48%
Commander Pavel56%
Fern53%- Buff-stacking and protected lineups — Spirit Burst dispels an enemy buff and ignores Effect Resistance, so it tears down attack/defense/crit stacks, shields, and invincibility that those teams lean on, opening them up for follow-up damage.
- Evasion and dodge-reliant heroes — Wings of Liberation gains +50% Hit Chance, so dodge bunnies and other miss-fishing units can't slip her AoE the way they duck normal attacks.
- Earth-disadvantaged matchups — Her full-Focus spirit bird is unaffected by elemental disadvantage, so she still deals full damage into Fire enemies that would normally resist her, removing her one natural weakness on that hit.
- Whole enemy teams under burst pressure — The Focus payoff is an all-enemy nuke, and her passive pushes her own Combat Readiness off ally extra turns, letting her cycle that AoE faster to grind down spread-out compositions.
Saria counters — FAQ
Who counters Saria in Epic Seven?
Lady of the Scales, Frieren, Perfumer Byblis and other hard counters counter Saria. Heroes that steal or shorten buffs strip away the team invincibility from Blossoming Hope before it protects, neutralizing her main defensive trick.
What is Saria weak to?
Buff steal and buff-duration shrinkers: Heroes that steal or shorten buffs strip away the team invincibility from Blossoming Hope before it protects, neutralizing her main defensive trick. Enemy dispellers: An opposing dispel removes the one-turn invincibility she grants, so a well-timed strip cancels her team's survival window and the protection is wasted. Burst windows on her long cooldown: Blossoming Hope sits on a 5-turn cooldown, so once it's spent the team has no safety net; an opponent who waits out or forces the invincibility can kill into the gap. Single high-value targets behind one buff: Spirit Burst only strips one buff and only hits two enemies, so a heavily buff-stacked carry or a wide AoE board can keep key buffs and bodies intact until she charges Focus.
Which hero has the best win rate against Saria?
In current Champion+ RTA, Moon Bunny Dominiel has one of the strongest records against Saria (61% win rate over 4,341 games).
What does Saria counter?
Buff-stacking and protected lineups: Spirit Burst dispels an enemy buff and ignores Effect Resistance, so it tears down attack/defense/crit stacks, shields, and invincibility that those teams lean on, opening them up for follow-up damage. Evasion and dodge-reliant heroes: Wings of Liberation gains +50% Hit Chance, so dodge bunnies and other miss-fishing units can't slip her AoE the way they duck normal attacks. Earth-disadvantaged matchups: Her full-Focus spirit bird is unaffected by elemental disadvantage, so she still deals full damage into Fire enemies that would normally resist her, removing her one natural weakness on that hit. Whole enemy teams under burst pressure: The Focus payoff is an all-enemy nuke, and her passive pushes her own Combat Readiness off ally extra turns, letting her cycle that AoE faster to grind down spread-out compositions.