International tournaments
The first official esports competition held by Moonton was the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup (MSC) in 2017.[68] It is an annual Mobile Legends: Bang Bang esports tournament in Southeast Asia. The tournament consists of different teams from different countries in Southeast Asia such as Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand & Singapore (since 2017), Vietnam and Myanmar (since 2018),[69] Cambodia and Laos (since 2019),[70] and Middle East and North Africa region (since 2022).[71] In 2017, teams were chosen only through a series of local qualifiers. However, starting 2018, participants were invited through local qualifiers and the top two teams from Southeast Asian countries with established Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional Leagues.
On 5 November 2020, One Esports and Moonton announced a new tournament called One Esports MPL Invitational (MPLI) where 20 invited teams will compete in a series of single elimination matches for a prize pool of US$100,000.[72] On 15 December 2021, Moonton, in partnership again with One Esports, announced its first ever all-female esports tournament called the MLBB Women's Invitational (MWI) with a prize pool of US$15,000.[73]
On 1 January 2024, the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Road Map for 2024 was released on the official YouTube channel of Moonton games. The announcement saw the rebranding of the MSC cup to the "Mid-Season Cup", relinquishing the tournament's regional status to become another international tournament for Mobile Legends.[74]
The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship, commonly referred to as M-Series and Worlds, is an annual international esports tournament wherein teams worldwide would be facing off each other to become the worldwide champion for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. The first MLBB World Championship, dubbed as M1, was held in Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 15 to 17, November 2019. The competition featured 16 teams across the world who battled it out for a prize pool of US$250,000.[75][76] The second world championship, dubbed as M2, was supposed to kick off in 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was later on rescheduled and was held at Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore in January 2021 with a prize pool of US$300,000.[77] The third world championship, dubbed as M3, was held in Singapore for the second time and had an increase prize pool of US$800,000.[78] It had a peak viewership of 3.18 million, breaking the record from M2.[79]
All winning teams were given an exclusive honorary skin in-game from a hero of their choosing to commemorate their championship to which players can purchase for a limited time.[80]
After the game's initial release, Riot Games suspected that the game Mobile Legends: 5v5 MOBA was imitating the intellectual property of League of Legends and contacted Google to remove the game from Google Play. Moonton then removed the game before Google could take it down and eventually relaunched it with the altered name Mobile Legends: Bang Bang on 9 November 2016.[21]
In July 2017, Riot Games filed a lawsuit against Moonton because of copyright infringement, citing similarities between Mobile Legends and League of Legends.[81] Riot Games also complained that the name title of Mobile Legends sounds confusingly similar to League of Legends.[82] The case was dismissed in the Central District Court of California in the United States on account of forum non conveniens.
Tencent, Riot's parent company, on behalf of Riot Games, then filed a new, separate lawsuit directly targeting Moonton's CEO, Watson Xu Zhenhua (as he had previously worked in Tencent as a senior employee) in Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court, for violating a law regarding Non-Compete Agreements, which ruled in Tencent's favor in July 2018, awarding them a settlement of $2.9 million (RMB19.4 million).[83][84]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang was banned in India on 29 June 2020 in the aftermath of the 2020 China-India skirmish.[12]
In July 2021, Moonton has allegedly disallowed Mobile Legends: Bang Bang esports organizations to create teams for League of Legends: Wild Rift and was criticized by the Team Secret CEO that the move "cannot be good from a healthy ecosystem or competitive integrity standpoint."[85][86] An unnamed source then later clarified that there is indeed an exclusivity contract but was only optional and that Moonton will give benefits to those who agree on the exclusivity. Some Mobile Legends: Bang Bang esports organizations still have teams for Wild Rift.[87]
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Modified basic attacks[]
Compared to the standard expectation of the regular property of basic attacks, a hero's basic attack damage is sometimes adjusted for balancing and individuality.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang adalah permainan video seluler bergenre multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) yang dikembangkan dan diterbitkan oleh Moonton, anak perusahaan dari ByteDance.
Dirilis pada tahun 2016, gim ini makin populer di seluruh dunia, terutama di wilayah Asia Tenggara,[4] dan sejak itu telah melampaui 1 miliar kali unduhan, dengan puncak pemain bulanan sebanyak 100 juta.[5][6] Pada tahun 2021, "Mobile Legends: Bang Bang" mencapai pendapatan kotor sepanjang masa sebesar US$1 miliar dengan 44 persen pendapatannya berasal dari luar Asia, menjadikannya gim seluler teratas dari genrenya dengan daya tarik paling global.[7]
Mobile Legends adalah permainan MOBA yang dirancang untuk ponsel. Kedua tim masing-masing berisi lima orang berjuang untuk mencapai dan menghancurkan markas musuh sambil mempertahankan markas mereka sendiri untuk mengendalikan tiga jalur, yang dikenal sebagai jalur "atas", "tengah" dan "bawah", yang menghubung ke setiap markas.[8]
Di masing-masing tim, ada lima pemain yang mengendalikan avatar sendiri-sendiri, yang dikenal sebagai "hero", dari perangkat mereka sendiri. Karakter lemah yang dikendalikan komputer disebut "minion", yang bersarang di markas tim lalu menyebar ke tiga jalur dan melawan menara serta lawan yang menghadang.[9] Mengumpulkan EXP berguna untuk menaikkan level hero saat permainan berlangsung.
Arcade and other modes
Arcade is an additional game mode in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang that can time-to-time be playable during special events, holidays, or occasions. The mode feature various strategy based sub-games.
Brawl is a game mode where players are given two random heroes in their inventory at the start of the game. This mode contains only one lane with two turrets defending the base of both teams. Items can only be bought inside the base and players that leave it cannot re-enter unless when respawning. A special variation called Shadow Brawl is released from time to time. The difference is players at the start of the game will choose from the same set of heroes. The hero with the most votes will be used by the entire team.[16]
As an auto battler game, Magic Chess is about strategy. A player, represented by a "commander", faces seven other players over the course of several rounds on a chess-like battlefield. Instead of fighting one's self, a player buys, equips, and lines up units that constitute Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Heroes. Apart from different types of "synergies", a player has to delegate the random items they gained while also taking care of the specific position of each hero on the battlefield. Additionally, a player can increase their gold income by economizing or going on winning/losing streaks. In the end, a player has to eliminate the other competing players by reducing the health points of their commander to zero. Depending on a player's placement, they will gain a certain amount of rank points after the game. Starting at Warrior, players can rank up to Mythic similar to the core game's ranking system. In update patch note 1.4.60, Magic Chess was included as a permanent arcade game mode, after temporarily being added in January 2020.[17] This and Brawl are the only permanent arcade modes so far.
Various arcade games use the same battlefield as rank/classic mode but with twists. These modes include Mayhem,[18] where all heroes' abilities are enhanced and a player starts the game at level four, Deathbattle,[19] where players will play different heroes in a single match, and Mirror, where players of the same team will be using the same hero throughout the match based on majority voting.
Other game modes include an option to fight against AI heroes, custom 5v5 battles with other players, and hero training.
After Moonton's staff of 20 finished developing its first game called Magic Rush: Heroes, released in 2015 to commercial success, they proceeded with developing the company's next project, a mobile multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game later titled Mobile Legends. The staff's experience with engineering Magic Rush: Heroes for a global market, such as customizing its features for the differing cultures and state of telecommunications of various countries, became beneficial for them to effectively design Mobile Legends as an appealing game for global players.[20] Mobile Legends was released by Moonton with the subtitle "5v5 MOBA" on 14 July 2016.[21] The game was distributed by Elex Tech in the United States.[22] However, after the lawsuit from Riot Games in 2017, Moonton has removed the game from Google Play and re-released it as Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.[23]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang was affected by CVE-2015-8271 (FFmpeg RTMP video streaming), a vulnerability that also affected apps like Facebook, Messenger, and SHAREit. The results suggested that the use of third-party components and open source resources, including libraries, may have led to old, vulnerable code still being present in apps.[24][25]
On 18 July 2019, Moonton announced Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 2.0 via its Epicon 2019 conference. MLBB 2.0 consists of an engine upgrade to a more recent version of the Unity game engine from version 4 to version 2017.[26][27] Moonton also promised faster loading times and start-up speed of up to 60%.[28] Other improvements of the update include reduced lag, improved character modelling, and the new in-game map "Imperial Sanctuary".[29] The update helped increase the cross-platform social media views earned by the game from 56 million in September 2019 to 76 million the next month making the game ranked fourth of all channels from all gaming brands in the US.[30]
In early 2020, the game was heavily affected by third-party plugins and scripts that allowed map-hacks prompting Moonton to publicly publish punishments made through its social media accounts revealing the account ID of the banned players.[31][32] Some accounts were also hacked due to exploits to Device ID that may have been due to the third-party scripts according to an official statement from Moonton.[33][34] In response, patch 1.4.86 enabled two-factor authentication when logging in to a new device.[35]
Announced on 5 June 2020, Project NEXT was Moonton's next big project slated for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang's 5th anniversary. This included changes in user interface, revamps to several older heroes' 3D models, skill sets, stories, and voice lines. They announced a method called "Smart Targeting" to further improve accuracy.[36] There were multiple changes that were specifically aimed at providing players with a much-improved gameplay experience, including the launch of a revamped version of the Brawl game mode. New login events, exclusive cosmetics, and a new hero was introduced with this update.[37] Project NEXT was divided into three phases: The first phase was released on 22 September 2020, the second phase was released on 15 June 2021, and the third phase was released on 21 September 2021.[citation needed]
The game has since crossed 1 billion downloads, with peak monthly players of 100 million.[38][39]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang initially had 10 selectable characters, referred to as Heroes, upon its release in 2016. It later grew to 70 by November 2018,[40] and as of December 2021, 112 heroes are in the live server.
With the game's popularity exponentially growing in Southeast Asia, Moonton has released several heroes based on actual people and characters from Southeast Asian histories and folklore to further increase the game's appeal,[41] introducing heroes such as Lapu Lapu (Philippines),[42] Minsitthar (based on Kyansittha; Myanmar),[43][44] Kadita (based on Nyai Roro Kidul; Indonesia),[45] and Badang (Malaysia).[46] In June 2017, Moonton approached Is Yuniarto, an Indonesian comic book artist best known for Garudayana (a Javanese action fantasy comic series), to include Gatotkaca from the comics as a playable character in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. Gatotkaca is based loosely on Ghatotkacha, a character from the Hindu epic Mahabharata. In November 2020, Moonton announced Filipino professional boxer Manny Pacquiao as the brand ambassador for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang in the Philippines. To commemorate the partnership, Moonton also launched a hero based on Pacquiao in the game known as Paquito.[47]
Occasionally, Moonton releases multiple skin series with accompanying stories separate from the central lore. Heroes are usually grouped into Squads; the most notable of which are the superhero and supervillain squads that are comic book-inspired.[48][49] On 10 January 2022, Moonton announced their first anime-themed skin series called The Aspirants, featuring Japanese voice actresses Yoshino Nanjō and Nana Mizuki with original music from composer Yasuharu Takanashi.[50][51]
Over the years, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang has collaborated with different franchises to release purchasable character customization called skins.
In March 2019, Moonton approached SNK for collaboration, introducing characters from The King of Fighters game series as skins in the game.[52] These skins have unique ability effects and voice-overs. The first series skins released in the game were Iori Yagami for the hero Chou, Leona Heidern for Karina, and Athena Asamiya for Guinevere.[53] The second series skins released were Kula Diamond for the hero Aurora, K' for Gusion, and Orochi Chris for Dyrroth.[54]
In July 2021, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang collaborated with Star Wars to release two "epic skins" which were Master Yoda for the hero Cyclops and Darth Vader for Argus.[55] In December 2021, the collaboration returned and a third epic skin, Obi-Wan Kenobi for the hero Alucard, was released.[56] The event was time-limited purchase and exclusive in Southeast Asia and Japan.
In August 2021, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang released a skin collaboration with the media franchise Transformers which included Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Bumblebee for the heroes Johnson, Granger, and X.Borg respectively. The event was divided into four phases spanning from August to November with lottery and exchange-type mechanics. This event was also time-limited.[57]
In February 2022, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang announced its collaboration with Sanrio featuring the characters Hello Kitty, Badtz-maru, Cinnamoroll, and Pompompurin.[58]
In August 2022, Moonton announced a skin collaboration with Kung Fu Panda. It will feature three new exclusive skins: General Kai for the hero Thamuz, Po Ping for Akai, and Lord Shen for Ling.[59]
On 31 July 2019, Moonton released a spin-off game titled Mobile Legends: Adventure, an idle role-playing video game where players start with a hero and unlock various features by progressing through a campaign. The game features several characters from Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.[60]
Moonton released its first animated television series titled Legends of Dawn: The Sacred Stone directed by Ziaolong Zhang. It follows the story of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang's hero Claude and his monkey sidekick Dexter, as they steal an artifact from the Imperial Capital.[61] The animated series premiered on Tencent's streaming services WeTV and Iflix on 5 September 2021, and made its television premiere on TV9 in Malaysia, NET. in Indonesia, and ABS-CBN Corporation's Kapamilya Channel and A2Z (owned by ZOE Broadcasting Network) in the Philippines on 19 September 2021.[62][63]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League is a series of official regional tournaments that was established in 2018 that serve as qualifiers for MSC and the World Championship. The regions that received the first Professional League season were Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Myanmar. However, Malaysia and Singapore shared the same league at that time until Singapore received its own league season in 2021.[64] In August 2021, Moonton announced MPL Brazil, the first MPL league outside the SEA region.[65] Cambodia also received its own MPL league, in partnership with Smart Axiata, the leading telecommunications operator in the region.[66]
Regions outside Southeast Asia without an official MPL had their own qualifier tournaments such as the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang: Gulf Cup 2020 and M3 Arabia Major for the Middle East and North African region,[67] and the M3 World Championship North American (NA) Qualifier 2021 for the North American region.[64]
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Basic attack damage[]
Basic attacks deal basic attack damage, which inherits the attacker's ATK effects, and can critically strike (unless otherwise stated), and deal physical, magic, or even true damage.
Aside from the basic attack, basic attack damage is also achieved by skills; for an example: the damage dealt from Defiant Sword is considered basic attack, and therefore carries ATK effects and can critically strike.
Units that are in the dodge state are unable to take basic attack damage which prevents their attacker's inherited effects from applying to them.
Turrets, Lesley ( Lethal Shot), and the Lord are the only units in the game that can deal true basic attack damage. Furthermore, turrets can deal exponential damage to opposing heroes, and Lesley's Lethal Shot can critically strike, making it the sole attack capable of dealing critical true damage.
A "Bloody" Marriage[]
Ultimate level scaling
Ultimate level scaling
Golden FlashObtain via Legend of the Sword Event
M2 Champion Battle EmoteLimited-time reward from M2 Champion Exclusive Bundle
Preferability conflict with Blacklist International
In December 2021, following the triumph of esports team Blacklist International on M3, they were entitled to choose a specific hero for their championship skin. Team captain Johnmar "OhMyV33nus" Villaluna alleged on a live stream on 22 December, that their request to give the championship skin to the hero Estes was denied, claiming that the developers had to consider the "marketability" of the hero. Instead, Moonton asked for three heroes other than Estes as preference, meaning that Moonton will choose one from those three heroes for the M3 championship skin rather than Blacklist International's initial choice, Estes.[88]
The hashtag #WeWantEstes trended on different social media platforms from the morning of 23 December, with Blacklist co-owners Tryke Gutierrez and Alodia Gosiengfiao and teams such as ECHO Philippines and Bren Esports joining the call for Moonton to rescind their decision.[89][90] Other supporters vented their frustrations by giving Mobile Legends: Bang Bang the lowest rating on Google Play Store.[88]
On 24 December, Moonton announced "To our beloved gamers, Estes is the chosen champion M3 skin. We have heard your voices, and we will proceed with Blacklist International's choice. Merry Christmas, and may all your wishes come true." through their social media pages.[91]
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— Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Lancelot, the Blade of Roses, is a hero in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.
As the eldest son of Duke Baroque, Lancelot was born rebellious. Dead set on resisting the political marriage arranged for him by his father, he traveled the country and led a licentious life instead. After being wounded at a drunken brawl in a tavern, Lancelot was rescued by Odette and finally came to realize what his heart truly yearned for. The prodigal son made a repentant return and thus began his adventure across the Land of Dawn.
In the [southwest] of the Moniyan Empire [lays] Castle Gorge that had fallen into decline due to the depletion of its famed gold mines.
As the oldest noble in the Empire, House Baroque ruled over Castle Gorge. The eldest son of Duke Baroque—Lancelot was a handsome young man with [unmatched] sword skills. He'd received an all-round good education but also inherited his father's snobbery and haughtiness.
House Baroque had been in decline for years, and the duke was relying on loans to keep up a [façade]. To revive his family, the duke came up with a brilliant plan—to choose a daughter-in-law with a handsome dowry and make a fortune out of Lancelot's marriage. Or so he thought…
Lancelot had been fascinated by the charming knights and their heroic tales since childhood and believed that he was the most brilliant and charismatic knight of the modern time—so to him, it would besmirch his honor had he made money off his own marriage. So, Lancelot left home after a ridiculous duel with his father led to by a serious falling-out.
Even though he'd lost the financial support from his father, Lancelot made a living out of his excellent swordsmanship by attending contests across the country. He never lost a battle on the arena and would be uttering his family motto "Thorns remain should petals fall" while signing his initials onto his opponent's body with his sword.
Free of his father's control, Lancelot began fooling around with women, and stories of his romantic affairs spread throughout the empire. People jokingly called him the Blade of Roses. But Duke Baroque obviously didn't think of it as any delightful tale and was told to have crossed Lancelot's name from their family records in a fit of anger…
Lancelot played and traveled all the way to the Azure Lake, and after drinking his fill in a tavern, he held a harp, played and sang a song in praise of himself, secretly gloating over the cheer from the crowd. Then he suddenly noticed a few drunkards surrounding a young girl in a velvet mantle. Immediately he drew his sword to help the harassed maiden out of the situation but accidentally got hurt due to his inebriated mind.
After driving away the drunken hooligans, Lancelot stumbled out of the tavern knowing that his injury might be fatal, and he refused to collapse in a tavern so gracelessly.
Covered in blood, he dragged himself towards a tree and fell on the ground. Before he lost his consciousness, he saw a pair of glowing swan wings—maybe it was the angels coming to welcome his soul into heaven?
Lancelot woke up to find he was lying on a bed with bandages wrapped around his chest, an elegant young maiden smiling wearily at himself. The swan wings he saw before he fainted were actually the swan crown on the girl's head. Lancelot thought that he'd never seen a face so beautiful and innocent, but he could barely speak before falling into a sound sleep again…
The girl treated Lancelot with great care and kept using magic to help him heal. After a few days of struggle, finally his life was no longer at risk. It was then that Lancelot learned he'd been living inside the Swan Castle of House Alvin, and the girl that saved him was Princess Odette of the noble family.
It was forbidden to let any outsiders inside the Swan Castle, so Odette sneaked Lancelot in and hid him in a room atop the castle tower. As Lancelot gradually recovered from his injury, Odette would deliver food to him with a young maid every day.
At first, Lancelot thought with conceit that Odette saved him because she'd been enamored by his charisma. But later he found out that she was the girl he helped at the tavern.
In the first few days they spent together, Lancelot didn't change his old habit of telling half-truths about his swordsmanship and the great adventures he'd had across the land. He concealed his identity as a Baroque and called himself "Lancelot, the romantic knight of Castle Gorge" instead. Odette believed in every poem he sang while playing the harp—be it about his hometown Castle Gorge or the Celestial Palace he'd never been to, the bandits and thieves he'd defeated or the dark deities he'd only heard of on his trips. This young princess who'd been caged inside the Swan Castle since she was a child was full of curiosity towards the outside world.
Rather than being his usual conceited self, Lancelot started to feel guilty about lying. When he could no longer boast about his conquests before Odette, he realized he'd fallen madly in love with the pure princess. He regretted the promiscuous lifestyle he'd led before but found it difficult to reveal his feelings to Odette. So, whenever she came visiting, Lancelot would hold the harp and sing passionate love songs. First Odette didn't understand his intentions, and then became at a loss of how to respond. Later she just remained quiet with a blush on her cheeks…
In the few days before Lancelot fully recovered, Odette for some reason never showed up once. Not being able to see the object of his desire, Lancelot couldn't even stop his fingers from trembling while playing the harp…
The agitated Lancelot had to ask the maid that came to deliver food to him about what happened to Odette. The girl replied with a cheerful smile, "Someone proposed to our princess. She'd been busy with it…"
The words struck him like thunder. At that very moment, Lancelot broke a string of the harp out of utter shock.
After mulling over the situation, he requested the maid to send a letter to Odette:
Dear Princess, please forgive me for departing without a farewell. I've decided to travel to every mythical land as in the songs I've sung. I promise that the day I return to the Swan Castle, I will stand before you as a true knight. Hopefully, with the Azure Lake and bright sunlight as my witness, I will finally be able to tell you what I've been muttering to myself…
Just as Odette put down the letter and rushed to look out of the window, Lancelot had quietly left for a great journey across the land.
As brutal wars were waged throughout the Land of Dawn, the Blade of Roses was about to compose a song of praise that truly belonged to him…
