Zerato

Who Counters Zerato in Epic Seven?

Ice Ice · Mage · 4★

Zerato, a speed-down aoe stun mage, is a 4★ Ice Mage in Epic Seven. Zerato's biggest weakness: his pressure comes from the Iceberg stun and the accuracy-down on Ice Shard; a hero who strips those debuffs immediately frees the team and undoes his control. Below are the heroes and team archetypes that counter Zerato in RTA, the matchups where Zerato struggles most, and how to draft against Zerato.

Best counters to Zerato

  • Cleansers — His pressure comes from the Iceberg stun and the accuracy-down on Ice Shard; a hero who strips those debuffs immediately frees the team and undoes his control.
  • Immunity and effect resistance — His stun and accuracy reduction are chance-based and can simply fail to land, so an enemy under immunity or high effect resistance shrugs off the crowd control he is built around.
  • Long stun cooldown windows — Iceberg is on a 5-turn cooldown, so after the opening stun he has no further team control for several turns, giving fast or burst teams a clear window to punish him.
  • Fragile, all-offense kit — He has no passive, no healing, no shields, and no defensive buffs, so heavy single-target burst or anyone who out-speeds his Combat Readiness push can drop him before he sets up.

How to beat Zerato

  1. His pressure comes from the Iceberg stun and the accuracy-down on Ice Shard; a hero who strips those debuffs immediately frees the team and undoes his control.
  2. His stun and accuracy reduction are chance-based and can simply fail to land, so an enemy under immunity or high effect resistance shrugs off the crowd control he is built around.
  3. Iceberg is on a 5-turn cooldown, so after the opening stun he has no further team control for several turns, giving fast or burst teams a clear window to punish him.
  4. He has no passive, no healing, no shields, and no defensive buffs, so heavy single-target burst or anyone who out-speeds his Combat Readiness push can drop him before he sets up.

What Zerato counters

  • Squishy backline carries he can lock down — His Iceberg hits the whole enemy team with a stun, and Ice Pick pushes his own Combat Readiness 50% to act again quickly, letting him stagger and re-target a key damage dealer before it gets going.
  • Teams that stack debuffs to win — He deals extra damage to enemies who are already debuffed, so against compositions that rely on landing their own debuffs first, Zerato turns their afflicted units into easy kills.
  • Dodge or accuracy-reliant attackers — Ice Shard can lower a target's hit chance, making evasion or attack-heavy enemies miss and stall their offense.

Zerato counters — FAQ

Who counters Zerato in Epic Seven?

Lady of the Scales, Perfumer Byblis, Ruele of Light and other hard counters counter Zerato. His pressure comes from the Iceberg stun and the accuracy-down on Ice Shard; a hero who strips those debuffs immediately frees the team and undoes his control.

What is Zerato weak to?

Cleansers: His pressure comes from the Iceberg stun and the accuracy-down on Ice Shard; a hero who strips those debuffs immediately frees the team and undoes his control. Immunity and effect resistance: His stun and accuracy reduction are chance-based and can simply fail to land, so an enemy under immunity or high effect resistance shrugs off the crowd control he is built around. Long stun cooldown windows: Iceberg is on a 5-turn cooldown, so after the opening stun he has no further team control for several turns, giving fast or burst teams a clear window to punish him. Fragile, all-offense kit: He has no passive, no healing, no shields, and no defensive buffs, so heavy single-target burst or anyone who out-speeds his Combat Readiness push can drop him before he sets up.

What does Zerato counter?

Squishy backline carries he can lock down: His Iceberg hits the whole enemy team with a stun, and Ice Pick pushes his own Combat Readiness 50% to act again quickly, letting him stagger and re-target a key damage dealer before it gets going. Teams that stack debuffs to win: He deals extra damage to enemies who are already debuffed, so against compositions that rely on landing their own debuffs first, Zerato turns their afflicted units into easy kills. Dodge or accuracy-reliant attackers: Ice Shard can lower a target's hit chance, making evasion or attack-heavy enemies miss and stall their offense.

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