Mobile Legends: Bang Bang offers a fast-paced gaming experience. It is a 5v5 Moba game with 125 unique characters to choose from, multiple battle spells, and Emblems as preparation for the battle. In comparison to other MOBA games, Mobile Legends is rather fast, it takes about 1 minute in matchmaking and 10 to 30 minutes per match.
Why is Mobile Legends: Bang Bang so popular?
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is on a drastic growth throughout the world. it has crossed over 1 billion downloads and 100 million peak monthly active users. One of the reasons for this popularity is accessibility to the game. It can be played on Android and IOS as well as Low-end devices. This makes the game very accessible for a vast majority of Moba fans.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang: Collaborations:
The Partnership of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang with other games and anime has increased its popularity. Some of the biggest collaborations include (Mobile Legend x King of Fighter) and it doesn’t stop here, mobile legends have also been associated with ( Transformers ) and an anime that is very famous and up-growing (Jujutsu Kaisen). All of these collaborations bring new and unique skins for the characters of the game and attract lots of fans.
These collaborations allow the players to enjoy their favorite characters in Mobile Legends, ultimately enhancing the gaming experience. Some of the best and most liked hero skins in the game came because of these anime and games working together. We hope to see more amazing content coming in the future.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang: Esports and Tournaments:
MSC 2024 also referred to as (Mid Season Cup) is held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The prize pool of this tournament is 3 million USD and the winning team gets 1 million USD. These huge events play a vital part in the increase of popularity and offer a competitive environment for the rising stars.
Furthermore, there is another opportunity for the female fan base as Mobile Legends has announced an upcoming MSC Women’s Tournament. The tournament of MSC 2024 was held from June 28th – July 14th, for the championship team the grand prize was held for 1 million USD. The second prize was held at half a million USD. The team that won this tournament was Selangor Red Giants (SRG) after defeating Falcons AP Bren (Philippines).
SRG named the trophy to themselves by a score of 4-3 each and every match was very intense and we witnessed astonishing performances from both teams.
Fan Base Throughout the World:
Not only in Asia, Mobile Legends is the most successful MOBA game throughout the US. In the financial year 2019, Mobile Legends had a revenue of 214 million USD and it has risen by 36% year over year. Approximately 23% of the 1 billion downloads are from Indonesia. Being the most successful MOBA game in the US we can say Mobile Legends has a huge fan base worldwide. There is a huge craze of mobile legends especially in the central Asian countries many local tournaments are held that help the gamers embrace their talent.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang: Gaming and Social media:
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang have worked and are still going strong on making the gaming experience better day by day. We see new patches very frequently, in these patches the developers try to make the understanding of the game much easier for the new players. In each patch, some characters are buffed and some are nerfed; this helps keep the game fair and enjoyable.
Brand new items are introduced like (Sky Piercer) and (War Ace), these items make the game more competitive and strategic. With the introduction of these new items, we also see new emblems (War Cry) (Temporal Region) all these recent developments have made the game much more fun and exciting.
Mobile legends have many massive communities on Facebook and TikTok these platforms allow gamers to meet and support each other. As this circle grows we see many more talented creators coming up and discovering new tactics. This is also a great opportunity for the newbies to watch and learn from the experienced players in order to improve and develop skills. We see many local teams forming on these platforms. These teams also participate in local competitions and get a small award for victory.
Developing new characters (Zhuxin), the development team is focusing on making the game much more accessible. Each Month the game introduces a new starlight pass. This is like a battle pass for shooter games. Each starlight pass brings a new skin of a character, For instance in July 2024 we see the skin of Gusion (Desert spider). These skins enhance the gaming experience.
There are multiple game modes in Mobile Legends. The three main modes are Ranked, Classic, and Brawl. The highest rank at the moment is Mythic Immortal. It can be gained by getting 100 stars in Mythic, Each win grants 1 star.
Meta and skillful players:
As each patch is released, it comes along with buffs and nerfs. While some characters are nerfed some are over buffed and these over buffed characters are known to be Meta. In a draft-pick Mythic match, each team can ban 5 characters. It is advised to ban the meta picks or pick them on the first pick.
Some of the meta picks at the moment are (Ling), (Valentina), (Hayabusa). These meta picks can dominate the enemy in the early game and snowball for the late game. It is very crucial to read every patch and figure out which characters are most likely to be meta. Having a strong meta-pick can increase the chances of getting the victory.
Skillful players:
Following is the list of players who are some of the best Mobile Legends: Bang Bang players out there. They are known for their unrelenting skill and sharp instincts. These players have vast knowledge about the game and they have the potential to beat anyone.
In the categories of each role, we can state the best players in their roles:
- Kairi (ONIC Esports)
- Mobazane (The Valley)
- R7 (RRQ Hoshi)
- Karltzy (ECHO PH)
- Ribo (ZOL Esports)
This is just a very small list. There are so many talented players in the Mobile Legends community. Their skillset is unmatched, their tactics are unimaginable.
Characters and Roles:
There are 125 characters and 6 different roles.
- Marksmen
- Mage
- Tank
- Fighter
- Jungler
- Support
All these are vital roles in a match, In each role there are multiple heroes to choose from. It is also important to know the counter of heroes. If the enemy heroes have a lot of dashing heroes then it is crucial to pick an anti-dash hero like ( Kufra ) Kufra is a tank hero who can counter-dash heroes.
- Lancelot is known to be the best assassin in the game, because of its utility, insane damage, and multiple dashes
- Valentina is undoubtedly the best mage one can use. She can copy the ultimate of any enemy hero, and use it as her own. She is picked vastly for her utility and good damage
- When we talk about fighters we expect a tanky hero who can pull a set and also have damage. Terizla is one of the best fighters out there who can turn around the team fights
- After the revamp Moskov is the best marksman out there. With his ultimate, he can throw a spear and teleport to the hit target, making him a good utility marksman. Furthermore, Moskow can deal insane damage to enemy heroes
- Tigreal is the best choice as a tank because of its defensive capabilities and crowd control. He can pull up an amazing set which can turn into a wipeout
- Mathilda is one of the most banned heroes yet because of her supportive nature. She can heal her teammates and give them an additional dash which can be used either defensively or offensively
All these heroes are not said to be the best in every game and situation, In some conditions even these heroes are weak.
So in simple words, every character varies on the picks of enemies and certain conditions therefore it is important to read the situation and make planning for the draft. Drafting is a very crucial part of the game. If you have a good draft the chances of winning increase significantly.
Selection of battle spell and emblem:
- The most used battle spell in the game is ( Flicker ) Flicker is very useful as it can be used both offensively or defensively. Flicker can also be used for certain combos.
- Killing spree is one of the best emblems for finishers. With a killing spree, each kill will restore a small amount of health points and give the hero a certain amount of speed boost.
- Lethal Ignition is also a very powerful emblem for burst heroes. It can deal insane damage to the enemy heroes after the burst combo,
- Concussive blast is a good emblem for damaged tanks or tank junglers. With the basic attack, a blast around the hero will occur damaging the nearby heroes
- The war cry is a new emblem, It is good for marksmen or heroes with multiple consecutive skills. It can increase the damage of three or more consecutive attacks.
- Brave Smith is a fighter emblem that can increase life-steal on damage with a cooldown of 6 seconds.
- A focusing mask is another good emblem for supportive heroes as it can increase the damage of allies.
- Pull yourself together, this emblem reduces the Cooldown of your ultimate skill and battle spell.
These are a few of the very commonly used emblems. These are small buffs that are selected before the battle. Each emblem can be upgraded to level 60 and max-level emblems have a slightly higher depth of damage and healing. It is important to figure out which emblems would be the best with your hero and strategy.
- Retribution, this spell is for the junglers. Retribution is crucial for securing Lords and Turtles. Retribution can be used on Minions or Creeps to give them a certain amount of damage. There are three types of retributions (Flame Retribution, Ice Retribution, and Bloody Retribution).
- Sprint, as to its name, this spell gives a drastic speed boost to the hero giving it immunity to all slowing effects.
- Purify is used to debuff all the crowd control or slowing effects.
- Petrify is used to Stun an enemy hero. It can be used as a combo with multiple heroes like Benedetta and Dyroth.
- Execute is used to finish the low-hit point heroes. By executing an enemy it will decrease its cooldown.
- Arrival is used to teleport on any of your towers or minions.
- Revitalize is a healing circle that can heal an allied hero.
- Agis is used to gain defensive shields for a little while. It can be used by marksmen to avoid burst damage.
Events and skins:
Skins in Mobile Legends are known to be very expensive. But even if you are a free-to-play player you can still get good skins for free from the amazing events in the game.
At the promo diamond event, during this event, you will get promo diamonds by performing simple tasks and once the event is almost ending you can use those promo diamonds to get any skin you want from the shop just for 1 diamond.
Not only this there are so many good events in this game through which you can get the best skins for your favorite characters. Skins enhance the effects of the active skills and actions of your characters. You can also gift and receive skins from your friends. Furthermore, these events and skins add colors to the game making the Land of Dawn beautiful and unique. You can use multiple maps for different perspectives of the game.
In the month of July 2024, there are 4 skins given away by the developers to the gamers for free, just by performing simple tasks. We shall hope to see more unique and admirable skins in the near future. Skins are not for showoff, they are there so we can enjoy the cool effects and make the game colorful.
