Mina Guide — Abilities, Builds & Strategy

Mina Base Stats

• Role: Marksman
• Max Health: 660
• Max Move Speed: 6.5
• Stamina: 2
• Base Health Regen: 2
• Light Melee Damage: 50
• Heavy Melee Damage: 116

Mina Weapon Stats

• DPS: 29.008
• Sustained DPS: 18.569
• Bullet Damage: 7.31
• Rounds Per Second: 3.9683
• Clip Size: 12
• Reload Time: 1.7s
• Bullet Speed: 762
• Can Crit: Yes

Mina Abilities

• Ability 1: Rake
• Ability 2: Sanguine Retreat
• Ability 3: Love Bites
• Ability 4: Nox Nostra

Mina Guide — Strategy & Tips

Quick Answer: Mina is a glass cannon Deadlock hero with only 660 base health. She pokes with Rake and her New Money pistol, builds up Love Bites to trigger bursts of Spirit damage, and escapes with Sanguine Retreat (she becomes untargetable and flies). Her ultimate, Nox Nostra, releases a swarm of bats that silence enemies. Play her at mid-range, never trade hits, and always keep Sanguine Retreat ready.

Mina is a glass cannon built around poke, burst, and getting out before she dies. She has only 660 base health, so she cannot trade hits — she wins by chipping enemies down with her umbrella and then deleting them with a Love Bites burst before they can respond. Her kit flows in a loop: Rake and her New Money bullets deal spirit damage, that damage builds up Love Bites, and every triggered Love Bite both hits hard and grows her ultimate. When a fight goes wrong, Sanguine Retreat disperses her into bats and makes her untargetable, which is the only reason a hero this fragile can play aggressively at all. Play her at mid-range, keep one Sanguine Retreat in the tank, and never stand still — a stationary Mina is a dead Mina.

Early Game

Farm carefully and poke from max range. Rake is your main tool: it deals damage that scales with the target's missing health, so throwing it at an enemy who is already chipped does far more than opening with it. It also executes non-heroes under 60 health, which makes last-hitting under pressure easier. Do not walk up for a trade — 660 health means any two-hero combo can kill you from the first mistake. Use the Rake passive (hold zoom to float) to dodge a skillshot or reposition without spending your dash, but remember the float lasts a maximum of four seconds and you fall faster once it expires, so it is an escape, not a hover. Your first goal is simply not dying and keeping pace on souls.

Mid Game

This is Mina's window. With a few items online, her poke actually threatens kills, and Love Bites becomes the finisher: land Rake (30% build-up) and a couple of headshots (27.6% each) and the bite triggers for a burst that most mid-heroes cannot survive. Sanguine Retreat is now your in-and-out tool — teleport in, land the burst, retreat out before the enemy's cooldowns come back. Play around your team: Mina is a follow-up damage dealer, not an initiator. If you dive first, you will be focused and killed; if you dive after your frontline commits, you get free damage on targets who have already spent their escapes.

Late Game

Late game Mina is a threat to any hero who steps out of position, but also the easiest hero on the map to kill. Stay at the back of your team and treat every engagement as a countdown — you have a burst window, and when it is used you leave. Her ultimate, Nox Nostra, is the exception: it unleashes a swarm of bats that silence everything they hit, which is one of the strongest team-fight openers in the game when used on two or more enemies. Do not waste it on a single kill. Keep your Sanguine Retreat available at all times in late game; the moment it is on cooldown, assassins will treat you as a free kill.

Combos

Poke combo: Rake first (it hits harder at low health and adds the biggest chunk of Love Bites build-up), then a couple of bullets or a headshot to trigger the bite. Kill combo: build Love Bites to near-full on a target with bullets and Rake, then finish with the triggered burst — do not open with the bite. Escape, when you get jumped: Sanguine Retreat immediately — it makes you untargetable while you fly, so it beats almost every point-and-click ability. Team fight opener: Nox Nostra first to silence the enemy backline, then walk in and Rake down whoever is lowest. One rule: never use Sanguine Retreat to move forward unless you are certain the burst will kill, because it is your only real escape.

Strong Against

Mina shreds any hero who cannot close the gap quickly. Poke-heavy lanes, slow frontline heroes, and anyone who has to walk at her through open ground all lose to a Mina who keeps distance and lands Rake on cooldown. She is especially good against heroes who rely on a long, telegraphed cast: Sanguine Retreat makes her untargetable mid-flight, and Nox Nostra silences key abilities outright. She also punishes low-health heroes disproportionately, because Rake scales with the target's missing health — the closer an enemy is to dying, the harder it hits.

Weak Against

Assassins and burst heroes are Mina's nightmare. With 660 health and negative debuff resist, she dies to a single well-timed engage if Sanguine Retreat is down, and there is no recovery tool in her kit. Anyone who can jump her from outside vision, or silence/stun her before she can retreat, ends her game. Long-range poke heroes also give her trouble because she has to walk into their range to do anything, and her own poke is short-ranged compared to a true sniper. If the enemy team has two or more of these, play behind your frontline and never show alone.

Synergies

Mina wants a tanky frontline that draws attention and a support who can keep her alive through a dive. Any hero with hard crowd control makes her follow-up burst trivial to land, and any shield or save effect gives her the one second she needs to trigger Love Bites without dying. She pairs badly with other squishy carries — two fragile damage dealers on one team means the enemy just dives both. A frontline that engages first and a Mina who follows one beat later is the ideal structure.

Common Mistakes

• Standing still to shoot. Mina has 660 health and no recovery tool — the moment you stop moving you are a target, and any two-hero combo kills you before you can react.
• Opening with the Love Bites burst instead of building to it. The bite is a finisher: Rake and headshots fill it fast. Using your escape or ultimate while the bite is still charging just wastes the kill window.
• Using Sanguine Retreat to move forward. It is your only real escape and it makes you untargetable during the flight — spending it to chase means the next dive kills you with no answer.

Matchup Notes

• vs Abrams — never let him close distance. Poke from max range, and hold Sanguine Retreat for the moment he charges in; flight makes you untargetable, so his engage whiffs.
• vs Haze — she wants to burst you from a flank. Keep your retreat up and watch your back line; if she jumps you with a stun, you die before you can fly.
• vs Vindicta — she out-ranges you. Do not walk into open ground; use cover to close the gap, and only commit once she is low enough for Rake to finish.
• vs Wraith — her burst plus a silence can lock you out of Sanguine Retreat. Keep distance, and do not stand in her line when her cooldowns are up.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I play Mina?

Play her as a mid-range glass cannon: poke with Rake and bullets, build Love Bites, then finish with the triggered burst. Use Sanguine Retreat to escape — it makes you untargetable — and never trade hits at close range.

What is Mina's passive?

Two things. Rake has a passive that lets you briefly float by holding zoom (up to 4 seconds), and Love Bites is a passive that adds Spirit damage to every bullet and builds toward a burst when your abilities deal damage.

What does Mina's ultimate do?

Nox Nostra releases a swarm of bats that hunt nearby enemies, dealing Spirit damage and applying Silence. Triggering Love Bites on heroes permanently increases the number of bats.

Is Mina good for beginners?

She is hard to play well. Her kit is simple to understand but unforgiving — 660 health plus no recovery tool means one positioning mistake loses the fight.

What items should I build on Mina?

Spirit damage and fire rate first — her whole kit scales with Spirit Power and Love Bites build-up. Because she is so fragile, one defensive item is often worth more than a second damage item.

What heroes counter Mina?

Burst assassins and anyone with a silence or stun that lands before she can use Sanguine Retreat. If the enemy has two or more, play behind your frontline and never roam alone.