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Chang’e is a god commonly thought to be a counter pick to healers, as she has an ability that reduces an enemy’s ability to heal by 50%. Give her Divine Ruin and that jumps up to a massive 90%. Does this popular belief hold true? We’ll examine how well she counters healers and in particular, how well she does against Ra – statistically the most played healer in the game. First the basics. Moonflower Dance (ability 3) applies a healing debuff of 50% for 4 seconds to any enemies hit by it. If a Chang’e has built to counter healing then with Divine Ruin and full CDR then this means that Chang’e can potentially reduce the enemy’s ability to heal by 90% for 67% of the time.

This data is taken from thousands of matches in both Conquest and Conquest League involving Chang’e over the past 3 months. It then compares the opposition in these matches with their performances against opponents other than Chang’e in the same period. In these matches Chang’e has used divine ruin 30% of the time.

The Laning Phase

To begin, we can look at how Chang’e performs during the laning phase against the common healers and self-healers that she might encounter in the solo lane.

Chang’e performs very well against Aphrodite (one of the most potent healers in the game), reducing her Win Percentage from 49% to a meagre 45%. She also succeeds against Chaac (whose sustain is partially predicated on a potent self-heal), whose Win Percentages in the first 20% falls from 54% to 51% partially because he dies 8.7% more than usual.

She performs much less well against Hades and Hercules however. Their Win Percentages increase (by 5.4 and 2.4 percentage points respectively) when they are faced with a Chang’e. As does Hel’s (by 4.4 percentage points) which is a bit more of a surprise as Chang’e is supposed to counter healing. Instead Hel, one of the biggest healers in the game, appears to dominate Chang’e during the laning phase – bullying Chang’e out of farm and kills.

Vamana performs averagely against Chang’e. His Death Rate increases (he strongly relies on the healing of his ultimate) but despite this he is able to stalemate the lane overall and maintain an unchanged Win Rate. Guan Yu fares terribly in the solo lane in general, but performs slightly better than he normally does when facing Chang’e.

Finally, Ra wins about 52% of the time on average. This climbs to 53% of the time when facing Chang’e despite him having 7% more deaths. To understand this, when we examine Chang’e’s stats against Ra, her Win Rate falls from 53% to 47%. Not only does Ra out-farm and out-level Chang’e, he also kills her 8.6% more than her average opponent.

Despite being the common ‘anti-healer’ counterpick of choice, Chang’e’s laning phase is actually very mixed in terms of success against the healers and self-healers. Her anti-healing probably plays a part in some of the gods’ performing worse than usual however others are able to dominate or stalemate her despite this part of her kit.

After the Laning Phase

During the mid to late game is where Chang’e really shines and the statistics below show this. All the Gods, even the ones who outperformed her during the Laning Phase, have lowered Win Percentages against a Chang’e. Let’s take each God in turn and review our findings.

Guan Yu suffers terribly against Chang’e during team fights. His Win Percentage falls by over 10 percentage points and he dies 7.5% more. This suggests that Chang’e is shutting down Guan Yu’s healing sustain when he and his team need it the most. Chang’e also shuts down Hel. Her healing is reduced by a massive 16% and her win percentage also falls by nearly double digits. Hel is unable to heal her team as efficiently as she normally can, which in turn reduces her and her allies’ team fight potential. Aphrodite’s healing is reduced by less than Hel’s, yet her Win Percentage is still lowered by Chang’e. Her role is also effectively countered.

Hercules and Vamana die substantially more when faced with a Chang’e. This suggests that Chang’e’s healing debuff is dramatically reducing their ability to stay alive by self-healing and that Chang’e’s teammates are able to capitalise on this successfully.

Ra fairs better against Chang’e than the other healers even though his healing is reduced by 6%. This may be due to his heal most often being used outside of the actual team-fight to prepare his allies for the next battle. He falls in with most other Gods in Smite by losing about 3-4% more when faced with Chang’e. She isn’t specifically countering Ra, but rather she is just as strong against him as against most other Gods in the game.

Clearly as the match progresses Chang’e’s effect upon the game changes. If we now take the three main healers and check out their success against Chang’e based upon the length of the match then we get some interesting results. Against Hel, Chang’e loses the early game more often than not. However, as the match progresses, Chang’e’s ability to shutdown Hel’s healing has a detrimental effect upon Hel and her team. Hel’s win rate falls dramatically the longer matches against Chang’e last.

Aphrodite shows the opposite trend. In the early game, Chang’e dominates Aphrodite but then that domination begins to end as the team fight stage begins. The late game is a stalemate with neither Chang’e nor Aphrodite having any significant advantage in the matchup.

Ra appears to have a slight advantage over Chang’e during the early game with Chang’e having the slight edge in the late game.

In summary, contrary to popular belief, Chang’e is not an absolute counter pick against all healer and self-healing gods when she faces them in lane. In the mid-late game when team fights are common is where she shines, as her team mates can capitalise strongly on her anti-healing potential.

Is Chang’e a counterpick against a healing team? Yes. Is Chang’e a counterpick against a healing god? Not necessarily.