What Thamuz is bad at
- No hard crowd control — Molten Scythes and Chasm Trample only slow, so CC-immune or high-mobility targets can dash or walk out of the drag-back window.
- Molten Scythes has a clear travel-out-then-return delay; a target who breaks line of sight or blinks away during that window dodges the drag entirely.
- Cauterant Inferno's sustain sits on a roughly 38-second cooldown, so outside of it he lacks the shielding or lifesteal to win extended trades against dedicated duelists.
- Anti-heal cuts his ultimate's self-heal and HP regen (though not the true-damage proc itself), and heavy peel or CC-immunity effects shut his single-target dive down completely.
Every counter below works by pressing one of these.
Hard counters to Thamuz
Pick one of these and the matchup is decided before the fight starts.
X.BorgFighterHardFiraga Armor absorbs the whole burn-and-true-damage stream Thamuz relies on, and Last Insanity charges through him for twelve hits while slowing him out of the extended trade he needs.
WanwanMarksmanHardNeedles in Flowers strips Molten Scythes' slow off her outright and Tiger Pace dashes her after every arrow, so she kites the melee combo long before Thamuz closes the gap.
RafaelaSupportHardHoly Healing hands her carry a burst heal, 30% movement speed and slow immunity, which cancels Molten Scythes' slow — the only lockdown Thamuz has — and walks them straight out of the drag-back radius.
BenedettaAssassin · FighterHardAn Eye for An Eye gives her Control Immunity and blocks all damage while she parries, shrugging off Molten Scythes' slow, and Alecto: Final Blow dashes her out untargetable before Chasm Trample can follow.
GordMageHardMystic Projectile stuns in an area well outside melee range, and with no hard CC to trade back Thamuz eats Mystic Injunction's field and Mystic Gush's beam before he ever reaches basic-attack range.
Soft counters
Favourable, but Thamuz can still play around them.
CiciFighterSoftPerformer's Delight stacks movement speed off every point of damage she deals and Buoyant Bounce leaps her twice in a row, so she is out of range before Molten Scythes' return-drag connects.
ValirMageSoftSearing Torrent knocks him back and leaves a firewall that keeps damaging and slowing him, and Ashing's third stack of Ablaze stuns him outright while he's standing in melee keeping Cauterant Inferno on target.
BaxiaTankSoftBaxia Mark cuts a flat amount off every single instance of damage he takes, which guts a kit built on many small lava ticks, and Tortoise's Puissance keeps him mobile and slowing through the whole extended trade.
Items to build against Thamuz
You cannot always change your pick. You can always change your fourth slot.
Winter CrownNegates the burst window right as Thamuz commits with Chasm Trample and Cauterant Inferno.
Tough BootsCuts down the slow duration from Molten Scythes and Chasm Trample so his drag-back and follow-up land less often.
Antique CuirassStacks physical defense specifically against his skill-combo physical burst.
Dominance IceLifebane cuts the HP regen Cauterant Inferno leans on, and 40 Physical Defense blunts Grand Lord Lava's eruptions.
Do not pick these into Thamuz
Heroes whose own counter list names Thamuz — these matchups go the other way. A red dot marks a hard counter.
Why Thamuz works
Common questions
Who counters Thamuz in Mobile Legends?
Cici, Valir, X.Borg, Wanwan, Rafaela all beat Thamuz. X.Borg is the hardest counter: Firaga Armor absorbs the whole burn-and-true-damage stream Thamuz relies on, and Last Insanity charges through him for twelve hits while slowing him out of the extended trade he needs.
What items should I build against Thamuz?
Winter Crown: Negates the burst window right as Thamuz commits with Chasm Trample and Cauterant Inferno. Tough Boots: Cuts down the slow duration from Molten Scythes and Chasm Trample so his drag-back and follow-up land less often. Antique Cuirass: Stacks physical defense specifically against his skill-combo physical burst. Dominance Ice: Lifebane cuts the HP regen Cauterant Inferno leans on, and 40 Physical Defense blunts Grand Lord Lava's eruptions.
What is Thamuz's biggest weakness?
No hard crowd control — Molten Scythes and Chasm Trample only slow, so CC-immune or high-mobility targets can dash or walk out of the drag-back window.