Who Counters Choux in Epic Seven?
Ice · Warrior · 5★ · 45% RTA win rate
Choux, a ice focus-stacking lifesteal bruiser, is a 5★ Ice Warrior in Epic Seven. Choux's biggest weakness: a large part of her value is the chance to counterattack when allies are hit; effects that block or disable counterattacks strip that retaliation away and leave her doing far less off-turn. Below are the heroes and team archetypes that counter Choux in RTA, the matchups where Choux struggles most, and how to draft against Choux.
Best counters to Choux
- Counterattack and reflect shutdown — A large part of her value is the chance to counterattack when allies are hit; effects that block or disable counterattacks strip that retaliation away and leave her doing far less off-turn.
- Buff removal and buff-duration cuts — Her team protection is the Critical Hit Resistance buff on Help Me, Cream!; stripping it, stealing it, or shortening its duration removes the defensive payoff and leaves your team exposed to the burst it was meant to blunt.
- Anti-heal / unhealable effects — She sustains herself through the lifesteal on Fwoooosh!, so blocking healing turns off her self-recovery and lets a team grind her down instead of the other way around.
- Burst before she ramps, and Focus disruption — She is slow and needs to build up to 5 Focus before Fwoooosh! becomes a repeatable nuke; fast teams can pressure her early, and her AoE freeze sits on a long 5-turn cooldown, so denying her time keeps her stuck on single-target chip damage.
How to beat Choux
- A large part of her value is the chance to counterattack when allies are hit; effects that block or disable counterattacks strip that retaliation away and leave her doing far less off-turn.
- Her team protection is the Critical Hit Resistance buff on Help Me, Cream!; stripping it, stealing it, or shortening its duration removes the defensive payoff and leaves your team exposed to the burst it was meant to blunt.
- She sustains herself through the lifesteal on Fwoooosh!, so blocking healing turns off her self-recovery and lets a team grind her down instead of the other way around.
- She is slow and needs to build up to 5 Focus before Fwoooosh! becomes a repeatable nuke; fast teams can pressure her early, and her AoE freeze sits on a long 5-turn cooldown, so denying her time keeps her stuck on single-target chip damage.
What Choux counters
Notos61%
Shepherd of the Dark Diene59%
Frieren61%
Rinak54%
Zio48%
Belian55%
Briar Witch Iseria56%
Empyrean Ilynav54%
Lone Crescent Bellona56%
Aki52%- Fragile carries and squishy backline threats — Her Fwoooosh! ignores 70% of the target's Defense and, once Focus is full, resets its own cooldown so she can land it again almost immediately — letting her isolate and quickly delete a single high-value enemy who relies on Defense to survive.
- Long, drawn-out fights and attrition teams — She scales off her own large Health pool and heals from the damage Fwoooosh! deals, so the longer a brawl goes the harder she is to whittle down while she keeps grinding a target.
- Aggressive front-line attackers that hit your allies — While Help Me, Cream! is on cooldown she has a chance to counterattack each time a teammate is hit, punishing enemies who pile damage onto your other heroes; the freeze on that skill also stalls the whole enemy team for a turn.
- Crit-reliant burst openers — Help Me, Cream! gives the entire team increased Critical Hit Resistance for 2 turns, softening incoming critical-hit burst right when an enemy tries to open hard on your line.
Choux counters — FAQ
Who counters Choux in Epic Seven?
Boss Arunka, Harsetti, Tori and other hard counters counter Choux. A large part of her value is the chance to counterattack when allies are hit; effects that block or disable counterattacks strip that retaliation away and leave her doing far less off-turn.
What is Choux weak to?
Counterattack and reflect shutdown: A large part of her value is the chance to counterattack when allies are hit; effects that block or disable counterattacks strip that retaliation away and leave her doing far less off-turn. Buff removal and buff-duration cuts: Her team protection is the Critical Hit Resistance buff on Help Me, Cream!; stripping it, stealing it, or shortening its duration removes the defensive payoff and leaves your team exposed to the burst it was meant to blunt. Anti-heal / unhealable effects: She sustains herself through the lifesteal on Fwoooosh!, so blocking healing turns off her self-recovery and lets a team grind her down instead of the other way around. Burst before she ramps, and Focus disruption: She is slow and needs to build up to 5 Focus before Fwoooosh! becomes a repeatable nuke; fast teams can pressure her early, and her AoE freeze sits on a long 5-turn cooldown, so denying her time keeps her stuck on single-target chip damage.
What does Choux counter?
Fragile carries and squishy backline threats: Her Fwoooosh! ignores 70% of the target's Defense and, once Focus is full, resets its own cooldown so she can land it again almost immediately — letting her isolate and quickly delete a single high-value enemy who relies on Defense to survive. Long, drawn-out fights and attrition teams: She scales off her own large Health pool and heals from the damage Fwoooosh! deals, so the longer a brawl goes the harder she is to whittle down while she keeps grinding a target. Aggressive front-line attackers that hit your allies: While Help Me, Cream! is on cooldown she has a chance to counterattack each time a teammate is hit, punishing enemies who pile damage onto your other heroes; the freeze on that skill also stalls the whole enemy team for a turn. Crit-reliant burst openers: Help Me, Cream! gives the entire team increased Critical Hit Resistance for 2 turns, softening incoming critical-hit burst right when an enemy tries to open hard on your line.