How to counter Jawhead
4 hard counters, 4 soft · 3 counter-items · full Jawhead guide
What Jawhead is bad at
- No personal escape once Ejector and Flicker are both on cooldown.
- Ejector's fling direction is easy to misjudge, throwing an enemy to safety instead of danger.
- Has no answer to sustained magic poke since his kit carries no anti-magic tools.
- Unstoppable Force commits him to a single target, wasting the ultimate if that hero has an escape.
Every counter below works by pressing one of these.
Hard counters to Jawhead
Pick one of these and the matchup is decided before the fight starts.
GlooTankHardSticky stacks pile on the instant Unstoppable Force lands Jawhead in the fight, and at full stacks Grab, Grab rides him and pipes 80% of the damage Gloo takes straight into his HP bar.
AamonAssassinHardEndless Shards scales with Jawhead's lost HP and Invisible Armor drops Aamon into Camouflage after every skill hit, so there is no targetable body left to fling.
LolitaSupport · TankHardNoumenon Blast charges into a slam that stuns for up to 2 seconds, and Unstoppable Force is a committed charge straight into it.
TerizlaFighter · TankHardPenalty Zone lands exactly where Unstoppable Force parks Jawhead, knocking him up and letting Scaffold hook him back in three times, while Body of Smith gives Terizla more Damage Reduction the lower his HP goes.
Soft counters
Favourable, but Jawhead can still play around them.
SunFighterSoftEndless Variety and Swift Exchange both leave a Doppelganger behind, handing Sun a decoy or a swap at the exact moment Jawhead commits to the charge.
EsmeraldaTank · MageSoftFrostmoon Shield devours Ejector's shield right off Jawhead and converts it into her own HP, so his engage funds her sustain instead of killing her.
Popol and KupaMarksmanSoftIn Alpha Wolf Form, Bite 'em, Kupa! stuns Jawhead for a full second before he can commit Unstoppable Force, and Kupa keeps chewing on him afterwards.
ChipSupport · TankSoftShortcut's portals move an ally out of Ejector's fling range entirely, and Overtime's charge knocks Jawhead back before he can close the distance.
Items to build against Jawhead
You cannot always change your pick. You can always change your fourth slot.
Do not pick these into Jawhead
Heroes whose own counter list names Jawhead — these matchups go the other way. A red dot marks a hard counter.
Why Jawhead works
Common questions
Who counters Jawhead in Mobile Legends?
Sun, Gloo, Esmeralda, Popol and Kupa, Aamon all beat Jawhead. Gloo is the hardest counter: Sticky stacks pile on the instant Unstoppable Force lands Jawhead in the fight, and at full stacks Grab, Grab rides him and pipes 80% of the damage Gloo takes straight into his HP bar.
What items should I build against Jawhead?
Tough Boots: Cuts the stun duration from Unstoppable Force and Ejector's fling. Antique Cuirass: Stacks physical defense against his skill-combo burst and blunts the follow-up damage. Winter Crown: Negates the burst window right as Unstoppable Force lands.
What is Jawhead's biggest weakness?
No personal escape once Ejector and Flicker are both on cooldown.