7 Recommended Heroes to Counter Chou in Mobile Legends

7 Recommended Heroes to Counter Chou in Mobile Legends

Chou is an annoying Fighter hero in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang because of his agile skills to initiate war, isolate targets and provide combos until the target dies.

With a combination of dash, crowd control and pick off kit, his enemies have to be alert if he disappears from the map.

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However, Chou can still be countered by heroes who have strong crowd control, burst damage and high mobility so that he cannot fight you.

In this article, we will discuss the list of counter Chou heroes that you can use in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, check it out here!

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Knowing Chou's Skills

Chou aka the Kung Fu Boy is one of the Fighter heroes who is often used by EXP Laners and Roamer in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

A flexible, anti-meta Fighter, he plays as an Offlaner, Tank, or Jungler. He possesses high mobility, deadly crowd control skills, immunity to crowd control, and the ability to steal enemies with his ultimate skill, 'The Way of the Dragon'.

His Passive Skill 'Only Fast', Chou will travel 5 units and deal 180% damage on his next Basic Attack (cannot Crit), slow the target 80% temporarily and reduce Physical Defense by 10 (+1*Hero Level) for 3 seconds which can be stacked up to 2x.  

Then his Skill 1 'Jeet Kune Do', he will attack towards the target while giving 180 (+70% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to the enemy hit.

This skill can be used 3 times before its cooldown runs out and on the 3rd use, it knocks the enemy into the air while resetting the cooldown of 'Shunpoo' (Skill 2).

His skill 2 is 'Shunpo', he will attack towards the target, gaining Control Immunity and 200 (+200% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage shield.

Meanwhile, his Ultimate Skill 'The Way of Dragon', Chou attacks the enemy target with a spinning kick while dealing 400 (+200% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage and pushing them back.

If this skill is used again to chase the target and gives 480 (+220% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage.

List of the Most Powerful Heroes to Counter Chou

Chou is one of the annoying Fighters because he has high mobility and strong crowd control so he can dash, kick and isolate targets easily.

So that he can't rush core freely in every match or kill Marksman/Mage on your team, you can use a hero that can stop his movement, disrupt his combo and counter his attacks.

By picking counter Chou heroes like this, these heroes can stop Chou's aggressive playing style, disrupt his combo tempo and prevent him from fighting his enemies easily.

Below are some counter heroes for Chou that can be used to counter him in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, including the following:

Silvanna

Silvanna aka the Imperial Knightess is a Fighter hero who is often used by EXP Laner and is also a counter hero for Chou in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

Besides being a Fighter, he also plays the role of a Mage who can lock down his enemies with 'Imperial Justice' (Ultimate Skill) to bind enemies, deal massive magic damage and have high lifesteal.

Its advantages include strong solo kills, reducing enemy defense and high endurance, making it an effective Tanky-Mage in battle.

Her Passive Skill 'Knightess' Resolve', her Basic Attack will deal 25 (+45% Total Physical Attack) (+75% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage.

His attack can mark Chou for 5 seconds when hit by Chou and each Mark will reduce Physical Defense and Magic Defense by 3 – 6 which can be stacked up to 5x.

Silvanna will also deal 30% extra damage to Chou with maximum marks.

His skill 1 is 'Cometic Lance', he will dash forward and after reaching maximum range or being hit by a non-minion enemy, he will swing his spear to deal 250 (+100% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to nearby Chou and stun him for 1 second.  

Then Skill 2 'Spiral Strangling', Silvanna will stab her spear towards Chou and spin it 6x to get 350 (+150% Total Magic Power) shield.

Each round will deal 165 (+45% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage and pull Chou to the center.

Silvanna will also spin once more to gain an extra 50% Attack Speed. This skill only deals 50% damage to minions, and Spiral Strangling becomes a Basic Attack that doesn't deal critical hits.  

Her Ultimate Skill 'Imperial Justice', Silvanna jumps to the target location and creates a Circle of Light upon landing to deal 350 (+110% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to Chou while slowing him by 40% for 1.5 seconds and restraining other nearby enemy heroes for 3.5 seconds.

Silvanna will also gain 100% extra Attack Speed and 40% extra Lifesteal while inside her Circle of Light.

Silvanna's BUFF will work if Dyrroth is in Chou's team while increasing her own Attack Speed by 1%.

Martis

Martis aka the Ashura King is a Fighter hero who is often used by Junglers and EXP Laners as well as being a counter hero for Chou in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

As a Fighter and Jungler, he is very strong because he has immune crowd control on 'Mortal Coil' (Skill 2), high early damage and 'Decimation' (Ultimate Skill) which can be reset for True Damage.

Has high agility skills, provides slow and knockback effects and is effective for ganking.

His passive skill, 'Asura Wrath', increases his attack speed by 301 TP8T, up to a maximum of 1201 TP8T, lasting 4 seconds. He also gains an extra attack (6 * Hero Level) when fully stacked.

His skill 1 is 'Asura Aura', he will pull Chou into a fan-shaped area and deal 350 – 650 (+130% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage and slow him down by 40% for 2 seconds.

Then his Skill 2 'Mortal Coil', Martis will attack Chou 3x, each time dealing 225 – 300 (+120% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage to him.

If Chou is hit by the first or third attack, he will be knocked back. If this skill is used again, Martis will jump towards Chou, dealing 300-400 (+150% Extra Physical Attack) points of Physical Damage to other enemies in his path, knocking them into the air.

Martis will also gain Control Immunity and 60% Damage Reduction when using this skill.

While his Ultimate Skill 'Decimation', Martis will charge at Chou and deal 800 – 1000 (+100% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage which can deal True Damage when Chou's HP is below 50%.

If Chou is killed with this skill, Martis can use it again within 10 seconds, gaining 100% of extra movement speed, which decreases over 5 seconds. Each subsequent use increases the skill's damage by 15% – 30%.

Phoveus

Phoveus aka the Chains of Sin is a Fighter hero who is often used by EXP Laner and is also a counter hero for Chou in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

He is very agile thanks to his Dash or Blink skills, has high burst damage, sustainability such as shield or spell vamp, can zoning and initiate fights.

His Passive Skill 'Demonic Force', allows him to attack Chou, pushing him back, dealing extra Magic Damage of 4% of his maximum HP and gaining a Shield of 8% of his maximum HP.

This effect has a cooldown of 26 – 14 seconds based on the level of Infernal Pursuit (Ultimate Skill).

In Astaros Gaze mode, every time Chou teleports, he dashes or moves within 8 units of Phoveus, the cooldown of 'Demonic Force' will be reduced by 20% and the cooldown of other skills will be reduced by 0.5 seconds.

His skill 1 is 'Demonic Impact', he will slam his monolith to the ground to deal 200 – 500 (+120% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to Chou while slowing him by 70% for 0.5 seconds.

If this skill is hit by an enemy, Phoveus's 'Demonic Impact' will then leave a trail of Astaros Eye.

In Astaros Eye mode, it will explode after a delay and deal 100 – 250 (+60& Total Physical Attack) Magic Damage to Chou.

His 2nd skill 'Dark Wave', Phoveus will drop a rock and release his Demonic power towards Chou, throwing him into the air, dragging him and dealing 250 – 500 (+100% Extra Physical Attack) Magic Damage.

Her Ultimate Skill 'Infernal Pursuit', will function in two modes namely 'Sinner' and 'Judgement'.

In Sinner mode, Astaros Eye, Demonic Force and Dark Wave (Skill 2) will give Sinner's Mark to Chou.

Then in 'Judgement' mode, he jumps into the air and hits Chou with Sinner's Mark using his monolith while dealing 250 – 500 (+100% Total Physical Attack) + Physical Damage equal to 5% of Chou's maximum HP.

Meanwhile, Phoveus will restore 50 plus 6% of depleted HP. The restored HP will decrease by 80% when hit by multiple enemies.

Minsitthar

Minsitthar aka the Courageous Warrior is a Fighter hero who is often used by EXP Laner and Roamer and is also a counter hero for Chou in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

He is a strong anti-meta Fighter hero because he has high Crowd Control abilities, extraordinary durability and 'King's Calling' (Ultimate Skill) which disables the enemy's dash or blink abilities.

Passive Skill 'Mark of the King', Basic Attack and Skill will apply 1 stack of Mark of the King up to 5 stacks.

After reaching 5 stacks, the next attack will detonate all Mark of the King stacks to deal 400 (+6% Total HP) Physical Damage and stun Chou for 0.8 seconds while restoring Minsitthar's HP by 400 (+6% Total HP).

In addition, his passive provides extra Gold for the team, making him the best Team Fight initiator and difficult to kill.

His skill 1 is 'Spear of Glory', he will stab forward with his Spear of Glory to deal 175 – 300 (+40% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage and slow down the enemies hit by 30%.

If Chou is hit by the tip of his Spear, he will be stunned for 0.6 seconds. After a delay, he will draw his Spear, dealing 175-300 (+40% Total Physical Attack) points of Physical Damage to all enemies along the path and dragging them towards him.

His Skill 2 is 'Shield Assault', he will release the power in his Shield to give 100 – 200 (+45% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to all enemies including Chou in a rectangular area and slow them by 80% which decreases over 2 seconds.

Minsitthar will enter Phalanx phase for 3 seconds to reduce the damage he receives from the front by 25% – 50% and increase his Basic Attack to attack with 100 – 200 (+45% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage per hit.

His Ultimate skill, 'King's Calling', summons four Royal Guards to form a field around him. The Royal Guards cannot move but will attack Chou in the field with (+40% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage.

If Chou is in the area, he will be slowed by 20% and cannot use Movement Skills.

Dyrroth

Dyrroth aka the Prince of the Abyss is a Fighter hero who is often used by EXP Laner and Jungler and is also a counter hero for Chou in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

As a Fighter, he has high burst damage, fast Lifesteal and is able to destroy Tank defenses from the early game.

Besides that, he is very agile and easy to play, he often becomes a counter for thick tanks because of the significant armor reduction from 'Spectre Step' (Skill 2).

His Passive Skill is called 'Wrath of the Abyss', when Dyrroth's Rage reaches 50%, he will increase his Burst Strike (Skill 1) and Spectre Step (Skill 2).

After every 2 Basic Attacks, Dyrroth will release a Circle Strike to deal (+160% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to Chou in the circle and regenerate [50 + 40% damage from HP] (Circle Strike has no ATK Effect).

Every time he is hit by Chou, the cooldown of his Burst Strike (Skill 1) and Spectre Step (Skill 2) will be reduced by 1 second.

His skill 1 'Burst Strike' works when Dyrroth delivers a Fatal Strike in the specified direction.

Each hit will deal 200 – 450 (+60% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage to Chou while slowing him by 25% for 1.5 seconds.

Damage will be reduced against the same target and reduced to 75% on minions.

In Abyss Enhanced mode, Fatal Strike has a long range and deals 140% of original damage and its slow effect is increased.

His 2nd skill 'Spectre Step', Dyrroth will dash in the specified direction and stop when hit by Chou while dealing 230 – 355 (+60% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage.

When he uses this skill again, he will lock Chou and release Fatal Strike (Skill 1) with a total of 345 – 570 (+120% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage.

For heroes or creeps from Chou's team who are hit by Fatal Strike, their Physical Defense will be reduced by 40% for 4 seconds.

In Abyss Enhanced mode, Fatal Strike will deal 150% of the original damage, slowing Chou by 90% for 1 second while reducing Physical Defense by 60% for 4 seconds.

His Ultimate Skill 'Abysm Strike', Dyrroth will deliver a destructive attack towards Chou to deal 650 – 1250 (+250% Extra Physical Attack) (+20% Lost HP of enemies) Physical Damage to other enemies along the way while slowing them by 55% for 0.8 seconds.

Dyrroth's BUFF will work if Silvanna is in Chou's team and increases his own Attack Speed by 1%.

Cyclops

Cyclops aka the Starsoul Magician is a Mage hero who is often used by Mid Laners and is also a counter hero for Chou in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

He is a powerful Mage thanks to his high burst damage, skill spam ability with short cooldown, his 'Star Power Lockdown' (Ultimate Skill) to lock down targets (lockdown) deadly, excels in 1v1 duels and is agile because of the extra Movement Speed on 'Planets Attacks' (Skill 2) and is effective in the early or late game.

His passive skill, 'Starlit Hourglass', works every time Cyclops hits Chou with his skill, all his skill cooldowns will be reduced by 0.5 seconds.

Then with his Skill 1 'Stardust Shock', Cyclops will throw two Stardust Disks, each of which will deal 275 – 400 (+60% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to Chou in his path.

His Skill 2 'Planets Attacks', Cyclops will spawn Starlit Spheres around him while increasing his Movement Speed by 30% for 2 seconds.

The Starlit Spheres will seek out and attack Chou, dealing 200–350 (+50% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to him. If other enemies are hit by multiple Cyclops Starlit Spheres, they will take reduced damage after the first attack.

His Ultimate Skill 'Star Power Lockdown', Cyclops will create a Planetary Sphere and send it to Chou or a Creep on Chou's team to deal 500 – 800 (+220% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage and paralyze them for 1 – 2 seconds.

Esmeralda

Esmeralda aka the Astrologer is a Tank and Fighter hero who is often used by EXP Laner and is also a counter hero for Chou in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

As a Tank, he is also a strong Fighter and Mage due to his ability to absorb enemy shields into his own white blood, providing high durability, consistent damage, agile mobility, superior 1v1 capabilities and being a flexible role for EXP Laner or Jungler.

His Passive Skill 'Starmoon Casket', he will manipulate Stardust and Frostmoon, Stardust gives Physical Damage and Frostmoon will give Magic Damage and shield to Chou which is equivalent to 135% of Frostmoon damage.

Each Basic Attack will deal (+100% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage and 100 (+75% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage.

The damage dealt by Esmeralda will negate all shield effects and will convert her shield into HP.

His skill 1 is 'Frostmoon Shield', he will get a shield of 300 – 750 (+150% Total Magic Power) shield and 40% Movement Speed which is reduced for 4 seconds.

He will change Chou's shield into his own shield up to a maximum of 50% of his maximum HP.

His 2nd skill is 'Stardust Dance', he will swing his Stardust and Frostmoon to deal 240 – 440 (+60% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage and 300 – 550 (+120% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to Chou.

Every time he deals damage to Chou, Frostmoon's shield cooldown is reduced for 1.5 seconds and deals damage to non-hero units for 0.5 seconds and Chou's Movement Speed will be reduced by 10% for 1.5 seconds.

With her Ultimate skill, "Falling Starmoon," Esmeralda combines the power of Astrospace into her two weapons, Stardust and Frostmoon. The longer this skill is activated, the greater its range.

If this skill is used again, he will throw Stardust at Chou's location while dealing 350 – 650 (+90% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage and teleport to Chou while throwing Frostmoon to deal 350 – 650 (+140% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage and paralyze other enemies in the area for 1 second.

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So, that's the list of counter Chou heroes that you can use in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang right now!