Barley Counters

Best counters to Barley

• Mico

  Leaps over walls and slow bottles, bypassing Barley's cover to punish his low health at close range.

• Kenji

  Dashes around Barley's slow projectiles and heals with each hit, overwhelming his low health at close range.

• Edgar

  Jumps directly onto Barley, then unloads rapid healing punches faster than his low-health target can escape or reload.

• Mortis

  Dashes around Barley's slow bottles and into close range, exploiting his low health before he can reload.

Barley is a strong pick against

• Berry

  Outranges Berry and layers overlapping puddles, winning damage-over-time exchanges because Berry's zones cannot stack on one target.

• Charlie

  Pressures Charlie over walls and uses lingering puddles to clear Spiders before they can absorb incoming attacks.

• Emz

  Bombards Emz over walls beyond hairspray range, forcing movement through lingering puddles while Medical Use heals each throw.

• Glowy

  Bombards Glowy over walls, breaking tether sightlines while overlapping puddles outdamage his low-burst beam.

• Lumi

  Lobs lingering puddles over walls around Lumi, denying space while cover blocks her forward-thrown morning stars.

• Maisie

  Pressures Maisie over walls and blankets approaches with lingering puddles, denying clean lines for her slow-starting rockets.

• Najia

  Outlasts Najia's poison with Medical Use, healing on every artillery throw while pressuring her over walls.

• Willow

  Outlasts Willow's delayed poison with Medical Use, restoring health on every throw throughout their artillery exchanges.

Barley shines on these maps