How to Use Estes 2026: Skills, Emblems, Build, and How to Master His Healing

Updated for Patch 2.1.45 (January 20, 2026): Estes’ best build and emblem have been revised to match the latest meta.

If you’ve ever faced a solid Estes player, you know the feeling of watching a fight slip away as their teammates walk out with nearly full health. That’s the kind of presence Estes still brings in 2026. His healing doesn’t just keep allies alive; it buys time, turns trades into advantages, and forces opponents to burn through every bit of damage just to keep up. With the right build and emblem setup, you can take that same power and use it to anchor your team, making sure every skirmish and teamfight leans in your favor.

In this Estes ML guide, you’ll find the best builds, emblems, and strategies that make him one of the most reliable supports in the game. By the end, you’ll know how to get the most out of his healing, when to commit his ultimate, and how to turn even the toughest fights into wins for your team.

Quick Build Summary

The Estes ML build focuses on sustain, cooldown reduction, and defensive items so you can keep your team alive throughout every fight. Start with Flask of the Oasis, then build around mana sustain and protection depending on the enemy lineup.

Core build:

• Tough Boots (Favor blessing)
• Flask of the Oasis
• Enchanted Talisman
• Fleeting Time
• Dominance Ice
• Immortality

Spare equipment:

• Glowing Wand
• Antique Cuirass

Estes ML Skills

Passive Skill: Scripture of Moon Elf

Your passive charges energy over time, and when it’s full, your next basic attack deals bonus magic damage and slows nearby enemies.

First Skill: Moonlight Immersion

Heals an ally instantly, then restores their HP over time through a link. The link breaks if they move too far away.

🔑 Key note: Use this on your damage dealer or exp to sustain them in trades, then reset it with your ultimate for back-to-back heals.

Second Skill: Domain of Moon Goddess

Casts a glowing field that damages and slows enemies, with the strongest slow near the edges.

🔑 Key note: Cast it on choke points before objectives; the slow at the edge helps zone assassins diving your backline.

Ultimate: Blessing of Moon Goddess

Creates a powerful area of healing that restores HP to all nearby allies for several seconds. This is your game-changing teamfight skill.

🔑 Key note: Don’t wait until your team is low. Casting early maximizes total healing and often forces enemies to disengage.

Support Emblem Setup

Your emblem choice on Estes should support what you already want to do in fights: stay mobile, survive dives, and make your healing matter more over time. You are not looking for damage here. You are looking for small advantages that add up across long teamfights.

The Custom Support Emblem remains the most reliable option for Estes in 2026. It enhances your utility without pushing you into risky positions.

• Agility (Tier 1) helps with movement speed, making rotations smoother and letting you reposition more easily during fights. This matters when you need to stay within healing range while avoiding threats.
• Tenacity (Tier 2) gives you extra durability when your HP drops. This often makes the difference when assassins try to burst you down before you can react.
• Focusing Mark (Tier 3) increases the damage enemies take after you hit them with a skill. Since you are consistently tagging enemies during fights, this quietly boosts your team’s damage without changing how you play.

If you expect to be closer to the frontline or face heavy dive compositions, the Common Emblem is a reasonable alternative. The extra HP and regeneration give you more breathing room, especially in drawn-out fights where survival matters more than utility.

Estes Best Item Build

Estes’s item build is all about consistency. You are not trying to spike damage or force plays. Your goal is to stay alive long enough to keep healing through every stage of the fight, especially when teamfights stretch longer than expected.

A good Estes build focuses on cooldown reduction, mana sustain, and defensive tools that protect you when enemies start diving the backline. When built correctly, you can keep your skills available without hesitation and remain a steady presence even under pressure.

This setup gives you the reliability you need to support your team from early skirmishes all the way into late-game fights.

• Tough Boots (Favor Blessing) – This gives you early survivability and lets your healing contribute more during trades and skirmishes. The added resilience matters when enemies try to poke you out before fights even begin.
• Flask of the Oasis – This item fits Estes perfectly. It strengthens your healing and adds shields that help your team survive burst damage during teamfights.
• Enchanted Talisman – Cooldown reduction and mana sustain are essential for Estes. This item lets you keep your skills available without worrying about running dry during extended fights.
• Fleeting Time – Your ultimate is what defines your impact in teamfights. Fleeting Time helps you have it ready more often, especially in games where fights happen back to back.
• Dominance Ice – This gives you needed defenses while also cutting enemy healing and attack speed. It is especially valuable against sustain-heavy lineups or marksmen that rely on fast attacks.
• Immortality – Late game fights are chaotic, and you will get targeted. Immortality gives you a second chance to reposition and continue supporting your team when fights drag on.

🔑 Key note: Estes performs best when you build for consistency rather than reaction. Prioritize cooldown reduction and mana sustain early so you can keep healing without hesitation, then add defensive items that help you survive dives in the late game. Staying alive is what allows your healing to win fights.

How to Play Estes

Playing Estes well is less about mechanics and more about awareness. You are strongest when you know where your team is headed next and position yourself there early. Good timing and safe positioning matter far more than fast reactions.

Your role is to keep fights stable. You stay close enough to heal through damage, while remaining far enough back to avoid being caught first. When you read the flow of the game correctly, Estes makes difficult fights feel manageable and gives your team the confidence to keep pushing.

Laning Phase

During the laning phase, your focus is keeping your lane partner comfortable. Stay close to your gold laner, especially if they are facing heavy poke duos like Layla with Diggie or Beatrix with Angela. Keep them healed through trades so they can focus on farming rather than constantly backing off.

You do not need to play aggressively here. Your presence alone discourages enemies from forcing trades, since any damage they deal is quickly undone.

Rotations

Once rotations begin, awareness becomes your most important skill. Keep an eye on the minimap and pay attention to where enemies are showing. When you move between lanes, take paths through your jungle rather than walking straight through the river. This keeps you out of vision and reduces the chance of running into assassins waiting in bushes.

Use your second skill to check bushes before stepping forward. If you stay mindful of objective timers and enemy movement, you will often arrive early to tower pushes, Turtle fights, or Lord contests, giving your team a clear advantage before the fight even starts.

Combos and Teamfighting

Estes does not rely on complicated combos. Your basic sequence is straightforward. Place Domain of Moon Goddess, land an enhanced Basic Attack, and cast Moonlight Immersion to keep your ally sustained.

In larger fights, positioning matters more than speed. Stay where you can reach both your frontline and backline without overextending. Cast Blessing of Moon Goddess early so your team benefits from steady healing throughout the fight rather than trying to save it as an emergency button.

Keep Flicker ready at all times. Sometimes you will use it to step forward and save a teammate who is barely hanging on. Other times, you will need it to escape when enemies dive onto you.

If you want to maximize your healing output, link an ally with Moonlight Immersion first, then activate your ultimate. This interaction refreshes your first skill, allowing you to cast it again immediately. After that, drop Domain of Moon Goddess to slow enemies and make it harder for them to reach your carries while your team stabilizes.

🔑 Key note: Estes rewards awareness more than speed. Position yourself where fights are likely to happen next, keep track of enemy divers, and commit your skills early enough to stabilize your team. When you stay alive and stay in range, your healing naturally turns close fights in your favor.

Recommended Battle Spell

Flicker

Flicker is the safest and most flexible option for Estes. It gives you a reliable way to reposition during teamfights, whether that means stepping forward to save a teammate or blinking out when assassins dive the backline.

You will often use Flicker reactively. It lets you correct small positioning mistakes, dodge key crowd control, or stay within healing range without walking into danger. In hectic fights, that instant reposition can be the difference between keeping your team alive and getting caught first.

Sprint

Sprint works well in games where fights stretch out and positioning matters more than sudden bursts. The movement speed helps you kite away from divers, reposition during extended teamfights, and stay connected to multiple teammates as they move.

Sprint feels especially useful against compositions that rely on running you down rather than locking you in place. It gives you more control over space and lets you stay active throughout longer engagements.

🔑 Key note: Both spells fit Estes well. Flicker offers instant safety and clutch saves, while Sprint provides sustained mobility and better control during drawn-out fights. Choose based on how threatening the enemy dive feels and how much room you expect to have in teamfights.

Counters and Synergy

Counters to watch out for:

• Burst mages like Eudora and Kadita who can take you down before you ult.
• Anti-heal items such as Necklace of Durance, Dominance Ice, and Sea Halberd that limit your sustain.

Best allies with you:

• Tanks like Tigreal and Atlas who thrive with constant healing.
• Damage carries like Claude and Karrie who dominate in long fights.

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