Mobile Legends: Bang Bang: Which Fighters Can Check Bushes Safely

Fighter heroes in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang can safely check bushes only if their kits possess detached ranged projectiles or collision-detecting skillshots. Heroes like Thamuz and Argus can confirm hidden enemies from outside crowd-control range, whereas melee-locked fighters like Chou lack ranged scouting tools and must never walk blindly into unrevealed brush.

If you are rotating through river corridors or approaching objective pits as an EXP laner, identify your hero's detection method before stepping near any unrevealed brush.

How Thamuz Safely Scouts Bushes with Slaughterous Scythes

Thamuz is the safest bush-checking fighter among these picks because his first skill, Slaughterous Scythes, acts as an independent projectile that does not displace his character model into danger.

When checking a suspicious bush with Thamuz:

1. Cast Slaughterous Scythes directly into the center of the brush from maximum range.
2. Listen for the distinct slicing sound effect and look for the physical damage numbers that trigger when the scythe hits a hidden enemy.
3. Check your interface for passive or item triggers. If you equip items like War Axe, the stack counter increases immediately upon striking a hidden target.
4. Observe Thamuz's movement speed. Moving toward the embedded scythes grants a speed boost, confirming their location and giving you an immediate retreat path if multiple enemies emerge.
5. Recall the scythes if threatened. Recalling them pulls the weapons back, triggers Thamuz's fiery passive bursts, and slows approaching enemies without requiring you to enter melee range.

How Argus Detects Hidden Enemies with Demonic Grip

Argus can check bushes using his first skill, Demonic Grip, but doing so requires strict positioning discipline because the ability pulls him toward any target it strikes.

When casting Demonic Grip into an unrevealed bush, watch how the demonic claw behaves:

• Empty bush: The arm extends to maximum reach, pulls Argus forward only if it latches onto terrain, and produces no combat indicators.
• Occupied bush: The hand halts prematurely upon colliding with an enemy hitbox, inflicts a micro-stun, and immediately illuminates Argus's secondary slash icon.

Because striking an enemy drags Argus directly toward the target, never use Demonic Grip to check bushes if your ultimate, Eternal Evil, is on cooldown and missing enemies could burst you down. When using this check, aim from maximum cast range and immediately aim the secondary slash sideways or backward to disengage if you collide with a multi-man ambush.

Why Chou Cannot Check Bushes and What to Do Instead

Chou has no long-range projectiles, detached hitboxes, or vision-granting skills. Every offensive action in his primary kit requires his character model to overlap with the opponent.

• Jeet Kune Do: Chou's first skill requires close-range melee contact to register strikes. Using it blindly into a brush places Chou directly into enemy crowd-control combos and ambush burst.
• Shunpo: While Chou's second skill provides a temporary shield and crowd-control immunity, burning it to face-check leaves him without an escape route or physical penetration buff for the ensuing fight.

When piloting Chou, rely on indirect map control rather than physical scouting:

• Track enemy positions on the mini-map before entering river choke points.
• Shove minion waves into the enemy outer turret to force hidden enemies to reveal themselves in lane.
• Feint toward the brush edge to bait out enemy skillshots, then immediately dash backward with Shunpo to disengage.
• Wait for a tank or roamer with higher durability to provide vision before rotating through contested territory.

Fighter Bush-Checking Comparison

Next Actions for Safe Rotations

1. Check your hero kit before leaving lane: If your fighter has detached skillshots like Thamuz, cast them into river choke points before crossing. If your fighter has contact-pull skillshots like Argus, verify your defensive cooldowns before casting into high-traffic bushes.
2. Yield scouting to your roamer if melee-locked: If playing a pure melee fighter like Chou, path through secure allied jungle corridors and let high-health tanks sweep bushes first.