Chang'e

Understanding Chang'e's inherent strengths and weaknesses is crucial for effective gameplay and strategic team composition. Her unique stat distribution and skill set define her role on the battlefield.

• Strength: High Sustained Damage Output. Chang'e boasts a surprisingly high physical offense rating of 80, which, when combined with her Skill 2, allows her to weave in potent enhanced basic attacks. This, alongside her ultimate's continuous barrage, provides excellent sustained damage in prolonged engagements, making her a threat throughout team fights.
• Strength: Excellent Area Control and Slows. Her Skill 1, Starmoon Shockwave, and her passive, Trouble Maker, provide consistent slowing effects, making it difficult for enemies to escape or engage. This crowd control, coupled with her ultimate's wide area of effect, allows her to dictate the flow of battles and zone out opponents effectively.
• Strength: Low Difficulty. With a difficulty rating of 30, Chang'e is relatively easy to pick up and play, making her accessible to newer players while still offering depth for mastery. Her straightforward skill shots and clear objectives make her a reliable choice for consistent performance.
• Weakness: Low Durability. Chang'e has a low durability rating of 40, making her quite squishy and vulnerable to burst damage from assassins or high-damage fighters. Proper positioning is paramount, as she can be easily eliminated if caught out of position or without her shield from Skill 2.
• Weakness: Reliance on Skill Shots and Positioning. While her skills are straightforward, missing key skill shots, especially her Starmoon Shockwave, can significantly reduce her damage and utility. Her lack of a blink or dash ability means she relies heavily on good positioning and the movement speed buff from her Skill 2 to stay safe.
• Weakness: Low Base Magical Offense. Her magical offense rating is 20, indicating that her raw magic damage relies heavily on item scaling. Without sufficient Magic Power items, her early game damage might feel underwhelming, requiring careful farming and item progression to become a significant threat.

Chang'e's abilities are designed for continuous harassment, area control, and sustained magic damage. Understanding each skill's nuances is key to mastering her.

• Passive: Trouble Maker

  Each time Chang'e deals damage to an enemy, she leaves a mark on them, reducing their Movement Speed by 1%, stacking up to 20%. This passive is incredibly useful for kiting enemies, chasing down low-health targets, and setting up your skill shots. Furthermore, while a skill is active, Chang'e gains 1 stack of Rabbit Blessing every time she inflicts damage upon an enemy hero. Once 40 stacks are accumulated, she can exchange them to permanently boost her magic attack by 30 points. This encourages aggressive play and consistent damage dealing to gain a permanent power spike.

• Skill 1: Starmoon Shockwave

  Chang'e sends an energy sphere in the target direction, dealing 350( +130% Total Magic Power) (Magic Damage) to enemies in its path and slowing them by 10% for 1.5s. When Crescent Moon (Skill 2) is active, it sends 4 extra energy spheres along with Chang'e's, each dealing 20% damage and slowing enemies hit, with the slow effect stacking up to 20%. This is Chang'e's primary poke and wave-clearing tool. The 350 flat + 130% scaling (Total Magic Power, Magic) indicates that building Magic Power items will significantly amplify this skill's damage, making it a potent threat in the mid to late game. Use it to harass enemies in lane, clear minion waves quickly, and apply consistent slows in team fights.

• Skill 2: Crescent Moon

  Chang'e summons the Crescent Moon, gaining a permanent 300( +150% Total Magic Power) shield and 10% Movement Speed that lasts until the shield is destroyed. Each time Chang'e casts a skill, she also gains 50% Movement Speed that decays over 2.5s. Crescent Moon also allows Chang'e's Basic Attacks to deal 20( +35% Total Physical Attack) (+35% Total Magic Power) additional (Magic Damage) 2 times. Each time Chang'e deals Magic Damage with her Basic Attack and skills, the cooldown of this skill is reduced by 0.2s. This skill is Chang'e's bread and butter for survival, mobility, and enhanced damage. The 20 flat + 35% scaling (Total Physical Attack, Magic) and 35% scaling (Total Magic Power, Magic) on her basic attacks mean that she benefits from both physical and magical offensive stats, allowing her to weave in powerful auto-attacks between skills. Always keep this skill active for the shield, movement speed, and enhanced basic attacks, as its cooldown reduction mechanic rewards continuous damage.

• Ultimate: Meteor Shower

  Chang'e fires 30 meteors in the target direction over 4s, each dealing 60( +33% Total Magic Power) (Magic Damage) to the first enemy hit. This skill deals 100% extra damage to Minions and Creeps. Chang'e also gains 10% Movement Speed for the duration. When Crescent Moon is active, it also fires meteors along with Chang'e, each dealing 33% damage. Meteor Shower is Chang'e's ultimate damage tool, capable of shredding through enemies and objectives. The 60 flat + 33% scaling (Total Magic Power, Magic) per meteor, combined with the sheer number of projectiles, makes it devastating in team fights, for securing objectives like Lord or Turtle, and for quickly clearing minion waves. Use it to zone enemies, finish off low-health targets, or provide sustained damage from a safe distance.

Chang'e's recommended build focuses on maximizing her magic damage, mana regeneration, and utility through slows and magic penetration. This itemization ensures she can continuously cast her spells and deal significant damage throughout the game.

• Enchanted Talisman: This item is crucial for Chang'e due to its Unique Passive - Mana Spring, which regenerates 15% Max Mana every 10s. Chang'e is a very skill-reliant hero, and this item ensures she has the mana sustain to constantly cast her abilities, especially her Skill 2 and ultimate, without having to frequently recall to base.
• Arcane Boots: These boots provide magic penetration, which is vital for Chang'e to deal effective damage in the early to mid-game. The flat magic penetration helps her bypass initial magic defense from enemies, allowing her pokes and skill combos to hit harder.
• Ice Queen Wand: With its Unique Passive - Ice Bound, this item causes Chang'e's skills to slow enemy heroes by 10% for 2s, stacking up to 3 times. This synergizes perfectly with her kit, enhancing the slowing effects of her Skill 1 and passive, making it even harder for enemies to escape her continuous barrage of meteors and energy spheres.
• Genius Wand: This item's Unique Passive - Magic reduces the enemy's Magic Defense by 3-7 (scales with level) for 2s when Chang'e deals magic damage, stacking up to 3 times. This is a powerful item for increasing her overall damage output, especially against squishier targets, as it effectively amplifies all her magic damage by weakening enemy defenses.
• Glowing Wand: The Unique Passive - Scorch burns targets for 3s, dealing Magic Damage equal to 1.5% of the target's Max HP per second. This item is excellent for Chang'e as it provides sustained damage, particularly against high-HP targets like tanks and fighters, complementing her continuous damage playstyle and making her ultimate even more potent.
• Divine Glaive: This item's Unique Passive - Spellbreaker grants 0.1% extra Magic Penetration for each point of the enemy's Magic Defense, capped at 20%. Divine Glaive is a late-game power spike for Chang'e, allowing her to shred through even the most magic-resistant enemies, ensuring her damage remains relevant against tanks and heroes building magic defense.

Mastering Chang'e involves understanding her unique mechanics and leveraging her strengths while mitigating her weaknesses. Her playstyle revolves around consistent damage, safe positioning, and objective control.

• Maintain Crescent Moon (Skill 2) Uptime: Always prioritize keeping your Skill 2 active. The permanent shield provides crucial survivability, and the movement speed buff allows for better positioning and kiting. The enhanced basic attacks also contribute significantly to your damage, especially when weaving them between skill casts. The cooldown reduction on Skill 2 for dealing magic damage means you are rewarded for continuous aggression.
• Harass and Zone with Starmoon Shockwave (Skill 1): Use Skill 1 frequently to poke enemies in lane, clear minion waves, and apply the Trouble Maker passive's slow. Its relatively low cooldown and decent range make it an excellent tool for controlling the lane and forcing enemies to retreat. When combined with an active Skill 2, the extra spheres amplify its damage and slowing potential.
• Strategic Ultimate Usage: Meteor Shower is a powerful tool for sustained damage. Use it to clear minion waves quickly, secure jungle objectives, or unleash a devastating barrage in team fights. Due to your low durability (40), always activate your ultimate from a safe distance, preferably behind your frontline, to maximize its duration and impact without putting yourself at risk. The 10% movement speed during its cast can also help you reposition slightly.
• Leverage Trouble Maker Passive: Your passive's stacking movement speed reduction is invaluable. Every instance of damage you deal contributes to slowing enemies, making it easier to land subsequent skill shots or for your teammates to catch up. This passive makes you a constant threat in skirmishes and chases.
• Focus on Positioning: Given Chang'e's low durability (40) and lack of a blink ability, positioning is paramount. Always be aware of enemy assassins or crowd control threats. Stay at the maximum range of your abilities, using the movement speed from Skill 2 to adjust your position and avoid incoming damage.
• Farm Efficiently: Chang'e benefits greatly from her items, especially those that provide Magic Power and Magic Penetration. Focus on clearing minion waves and jungle creeps efficiently with your Skill 1 and ultimate to accelerate your gold income and reach your power spikes faster.

Understanding which heroes Chang'e synergizes with and who poses a threat is essential for strategic gameplay.

• Best Mate: Tigreal

  Chang’e works great with heroes that can concentrate enemy units in a single area. Tigreal, with his ability to gather enemies, creates perfect opportunities for Chang'e to unleash her Starmoon Shockwave and Meteor Shower, maximizing their area-of-effect damage and crowd control on multiple targets simultaneously.

• Counters: Jawhead

  Heroes that often charge towards their targets should be aware of Chang’e. Jawhead, known for his aggressive engages, can be effectively countered by Chang'e's kit. The slow and stun effect of her 1st and 2nd skills will stop fast-moving enemies like Jawhead in their tracks, disrupting his attempts to dive into her team.

• Countered By: Saber

  Since Chang’e does not have skills that allow her to blink or boost her movement speed significantly enough to escape quickly, she is particularly vulnerable to assassin-type heroes that kill in an instant. Saber, with his burst damage and ability to quickly close distances, can easily target and eliminate Chang'e before she has a chance to react or activate her defensive abilities.

Imagine a teamfight erupting around a contested objective. As Chang'e, your goal is to deal sustained damage and control the enemy team from a safe distance. First, ensure your Crescent Moon (Skill 2) is active to gain the shield and movement speed, preparing you for potential threats and enhancing your basic attacks. As the enemy team groups up, cast Starmoon Shockwave (Skill 1) into their formation. This will apply initial magic damage and, more importantly, trigger your passive, Trouble Maker, slowing multiple targets. With the enemies slowed and potentially grouped, activate your ultimate, Meteor Shower, aiming it at the densest part of their formation. While your ultimate is channeling, continue to weave in enhanced basic attacks from your active Skill 2 and reposition using the movement speed buff from both your Skill 2 and ultimate. This sequence maximizes your damage output, applies continuous slows, and utilizes your shield for survivability, turning the tide of the teamfight in your favor.

To truly master Chang'e and dominate the Mobile Legends battlefield, focus on these key decisions:

1. Prioritize activating Crescent Moon (Skill 2) at all times to benefit from its defensive shield, enhanced movement speed, and boosted basic attacks, ensuring both survivability and consistent damage output.
2. Utilize Starmoon Shockwave (Skill 1) for consistent poke, wave clear, and to apply the Trouble Maker passive's slowing effect, controlling the lane and setting up plays for your team.
3. Position carefully during Meteor Shower (Ultimate) to maximize its sustained damage potential in team fights and objective contests, always staying at a safe distance due to your low durability.
4. Build Magic Power and Magic Penetration items like Enchanted Talisman, Genius Wand, and Divine Glaive to amplify your skill damage and ensure your attacks remain potent against all enemy compositions.