GoldAT A GLANCE
Strengths
- Hard control: Void Projectile (stun)
Weaknesses
- No dash or blink — hard to escape a dive
- No protection from crowd control
SKILLS
Malefic Gun
Layla deals increased damage to enemies farther away from her (starting at 100% and increasing to 130% at 6 units away). This does not include Turrets.
Malefic Bomb
Cooldown: 6–4 s by level
Layla fires a Malefic Bomb in the target direction, dealing 200–400 (+80% PA) physical damage to the first enemy hit (can critically strike).
Upon hitting an enemy, Layla's Basic Attacks and Void Projectile gain extra range for 3 seconds, and she gains 60% Movement Speed that decays over 1.2 seconds. The duration of the Movement Speed boost is doubled if an enemy hero is hit.
Void Projectile
Cooldown: 7.5–6.5 s by level
stun
Layla fires an orb of Malefic Energy that explodes on hit, dealing 170–320 (+65% PA) physical damage to targets in the area and applying on them for 3 seconds. When Layla hits an enemy with a Magic Mark, she deals 100–200 (+35% PA) physical damage to nearby enemies and stuns them for 0.25 seconds.
Destruction Rush
Cooldown: 37 / 32 / 27 s by level
Layla fires a blast of Malefic Energy in the target direction, dealing 500–800 (+150% PA) physical damage to enemies in a line.
The range of Layla's Void Projectile and Basic Attacks is increased by 0.6–1.8 units. Her sight range is also slightly increased each time this skill is upgraded.
WHO COUNTERS LAYLA
Pick them when the enemy has Layla · score is their advantage
Tigreal10.5
You lock her in place long enough for the whole team to collapse on her.
Johnson10.4
No escape from the crash and nothing to punish him with afterwards.
Atlas10.3
Squishy and no way out of the chain — this is exactly the pick his ultimate is for.
Selena9.3
Burst from range kills her before her damage ramps at all.
Grock9.3
They cannot blink over his wall, and the charge pins them against it.
WHO LAYLA COUNTERS
Pick Layla into them
Bruno10.0
You out-range him from safety and never enter the distance his crits need.
Phoveus9.8
She never dashes, so his cooldowns never come back early, and her range keeps him away all game.
Melissa9.7
You out-range her and win the lane trade before her items come together.
Marcel9.3
You out-range Clemar entirely and he cannot reach you to make the passive matter.
Floryn8.3
Nothing they have reaches her at the range she attacks from.
BEST TEAMMATES
HOW TO PLAY LAYLA
Maintain maximum distance from your targets to increase your damage output. Use your Ultimate to finish off low-HP enemies from across the map and to passively increase your basic attack range.
HOW TO PLAY AGAINST LAYLA
- No dashes — easy to catch with control and a dive.
HIDDEN MECHANICS
What the in-game descriptions do not tell you: crowd-control rules and verified skill quirks. How crowd control works →
Malefic Gun- Damage increase only includes damage from basic attacks and skills.
Malefic Bomb- Upon hitting an enemy with this skill, Layla gains 1.6 - (0.2 × level) Basic Attack Range (1.6 / 1.4 / 1.2 / 1).
Void Projectile- Stun — basic-level control: interrupts only some skills, not most channels; blocked by control immunity.