What Diggie is bad at
- Almost no personal damage; he cannot punish or win a losing fight on his own.
- Time Journey has a long cooldown and does nothing if the enemy engage lands before or after its window.
- Egg form has no combat impact; it only delays his reset, not the tempo loss from dying.
- Squishy with no hard displacement of his own, and can't stop a second CC applied after Time Journey ends.
Every counter below works by pressing one of these.
Hard counters to Diggie
Pick one of these and the matchup is decided before the fight starts.
YinFighter · AssassinHardMy Turn drags a target into a domain where no other hero's skills reach them — Time Journey included — so Diggie simply cannot answer the pick.
EsmeraldaTank · MageHardFrostmoon Shield siphons the shields off nearby enemies, so the shield Time Journey grants an ally is drained straight into her the moment she closes in.
Soft counters
Favourable, but Diggie can still play around them.
HanzoAssassinSoftHanzo stacks Dark Ninjutsu from range and cashes it in with Demon Feast's burst, and neither Time Journey's shield nor its CC-clear does anything about raw damage.
SunFighterSoftSun's clone illusions can bait Diggie into marking a decoy with Reverse Time, wasting his punish window on the wrong target.
EstesSupportSoftEstes's continuous team healing counteracts Diggie's zoning damage and slows, since Diggie has no real damage to punish poke exchanges.
IxiaMarksmanSoftIxia's ranged burst damage output outpaces what Diggie's control can offset, even through a Time Journey shield.
Chang'eMageSoftChang'e pokes with Starmoon Shockwave and Meteor Shower from outside Auto Alarm Bomb's threat range entirely, and Crescent Moon's shield and speed keep her out of Reverse Time's punish window.
FreyaFighterSoftSpirit Combo and Valkyrie Descent stack shields that soak Diggie's chip damage, and Leap of Faith's pull drags him out of the safe spacing his zoning depends on.
ZhaskMageSoftZhask's long-range spawn and AOE poke damages Diggie's team from outside Auto Alarm Bomb's range, whittling them down safely.
SuyouAssassin · FighterSoftBlade Surge blinks him to his thrown weapon and Evil Queller glides him backward, so he can be somewhere harmless by the time Reverse Time's delayed yank fires.
Items to build against Diggie
You cannot always change your pick. You can always change your fourth slot.
ImmortalityGuarantees a follow-up engage window even if Diggie lands Reverse Time or clears your team's first CC chain.
Winter CrownTime Journey cleanses his team but does nothing to a freeze on yours — hold it for the moment his ultimate has already been spent.
Sea HalberdAnti-heal cuts into any sustain Diggie's team is leaning on while he stalls the fight with control.
Do not pick these into Diggie
Heroes whose own counter list names Diggie — these matchups go the other way. A red dot marks a hard counter.
Why Diggie works
Common questions
Who counters Diggie in Mobile Legends?
Hanzo, Sun, Estes, Ixia, Chang'e all beat Diggie. Yin is the hardest counter: My Turn drags a target into a domain where no other hero's skills reach them — Time Journey included — so Diggie simply cannot answer the pick.
What items should I build against Diggie?
Immortality: Guarantees a follow-up engage window even if Diggie lands Reverse Time or clears your team's first CC chain. Winter Crown: Time Journey cleanses his team but does nothing to a freeze on yours — hold it for the moment his ultimate has already been spent. Sea Halberd: Anti-heal cuts into any sustain Diggie's team is leaning on while he stalls the fight with control.
What is Diggie's biggest weakness?
Almost no personal damage; he cannot punish or win a losing fight on his own.