What Chip is bad at
- Shortcut's Main Portal and Connecting Portals take time to set up and can be destroyed or contested before allies use them
- Low personal damage output compared to other roam picks, relying on the mark-detonation combo rather than raw skill damage
- Crash Course requires closing to a short range to apply the mark, exposing him to burst before the ranged follow-up matters
- No hard single-target lockdown — his crowd control is a slow and a knockback rather than a stun or suppression
Every counter below works by pressing one of these.
Hard counters to Chip
Pick one of these and the matchup is decided before the fight starts.
AulusFighterHardAulus, Charge! shrugs off slows and cuts the damage he takes from the front while he closes, and Chip has no hard CC to stop him if he's caught outside Shortcut's portal range.
DiggieSupportHardTime Journey strips Shortcut's slow off his whole team the instant it lands and shields them through the follow-up, undoing Chip's setup in a single cast.
EsmeraldaTank · MageHardFrostmoon Shield soaks Crash Course's poke and mark detonation, and Stardust Dance keeps cutting its cooldown so it is almost never down.
Soft counters
Favourable, but Chip can still play around them.
AliceTank · MageSoftHer HP-drain sustain outheals the chip damage from Crash Course's mark detonation, letting her out-trade Chip in an extended lane fight.
CarmillaSupport · TankSoftHer more consistent lockdown from Curse of Blood's link out-trades Chip's poke-oriented kit in a direct roam-versus-roam duel.
HanabiMarksmanSoftNinjutsu: Equinox makes her control-immune for as long as its shield holds, and her marked Petal Blade bounces out-damage Chip's shield-and-poke kit in a straight trade.
LyliaMageSoftBlack Shoes rewinds her out of the punish entirely, so she can burst Chip the moment he closes to mark range with Crash Course.
X.BorgFighterSoftFiraga Armor absorbs everything Chip's poke puts out and regenerates once he's armorless, so he simply outlasts an extended skirmish.
BaratsTank · FighterSoftHis tanky frontline and hard CC lock Chip down before he can retreat through a Shortcut portal.
BalmondFighterSoftBloodthirst refunds a fifth of his Max HP on every hero kill and 5% on every minion, out-racing Chip's poke over the course of a lane.
Items to build against Chip
You cannot always change your pick. You can always change your fourth slot.
Tough BootsCuts the duration of Shortcut's landing slow, making it easier to walk out before the mark detonates.
Athena's ShieldThe flat magic damage reduction blunts Crash Course's mark detonation and Overtime's charge damage.
ImmortalityThe revive shield lets a target survive a marked detonation combo and disengage before Chip resets.
Winter CrownThe damage-immune window voids the Crash Course mark detonation entirely.
Do not pick these into Chip
Heroes whose own counter list names Chip — these matchups go the other way. A red dot marks a hard counter.
Why Chip works
Common questions
Who counters Chip in Mobile Legends?
Alice, Carmilla, Aulus, Hanabi, Lylia all beat Chip. Aulus is the hardest counter: Aulus, Charge! shrugs off slows and cuts the damage he takes from the front while he closes, and Chip has no hard CC to stop him if he's caught outside Shortcut's portal range.
What items should I build against Chip?
Tough Boots: Cuts the duration of Shortcut's landing slow, making it easier to walk out before the mark detonates. Athena's Shield: The flat magic damage reduction blunts Crash Course's mark detonation and Overtime's charge damage. Immortality: The revive shield lets a target survive a marked detonation combo and disengage before Chip resets. Winter Crown: The damage-immune window voids the Crash Course mark detonation entirely.
What is Chip's biggest weakness?
Shortcut's Main Portal and Connecting Portals take time to set up and can be destroyed or contested before allies use them