1.9.42 PATCH NOTES

From the Designers

We've noticed that some Fighter heroes (Sun, Argus, Aulus, Zilong, etc.) rely too heavily on Basic Attack output, lacking both the burst damage of skill-based Fighters and the range advantage of Marksmen. This makes it difficult for them to find their suitable role in the game, being very weak in the early game and only able to split push in the late game.

We aim to optimize these heroes. Additionally, we hope that through changes to Rose Gold Meteor, these Fighters that rely on Basic Attacks can have durability not significantly lower than other semi-tank Fighters, even without purchasing defensive equipment.

New & Revamped Hero

Hero Feature: A Fighter who can unleash his power to transform into a Sacred Beast and dominate the battlefield.

This hero will be available on 12/21 (Server Time).

Lukas gains [Resolve] over time or by dealing damage to enemy heroes. When [Resolve] is full, he can cast his Ultimate to transform into Sacred Beast form.

Lukas can enhance Flash Combo with his Basic Attacks. When casting the Skill, Lukas unleashes Pulverize and consumes all Vigor to deliver additional attacks, stunning and damaging enemies in range. He recovers HP when hitting an enemy hero.

Lukas quickly dashes in the target direction and enhances his next Basic Attack into [Flash Strike]

When casting [Flash Strike], Lukas blinks behind the enemy, gains Attack Speed and Movement Speed for a duration, and summons lightning storms with Basic Attacks to deal Extra Damage.

Lukas unleashes his full power and transforms into his Sacred Beast form, greatly enhancing his attributes, empowering all skills, and gaining access to [Shockwave Blast].

While in Sacred Beast form, tap Ultimate again to cast [Shockwave Blast], firing a bomb in the target direction to deal high Damage in a large area.

Hero Adjustments

The following uses (↑) (↓) (~) to indicate Buff, Nerf, and Adjustment.

[Sun] (↑)

We've enhanced Sun's burst damage and crowd control to improve his ganking potential as a Jungler. We've also increased his early-game sustainability to strengthen his ability to farm in the EXP Lane. However, we're reducing his sustained damage output to maintain balance.

Base HP: 2580 >> 2500

HP Growth: 235 >> 210

Attack Speed Growth: 3% >> 2%

[Passive] (~)

Reduces target's Physical Defense by 4% per stack, up to 10 stacks >> Reduces target's Physical Defense by 5% per stack, up to 6 stacks

HP Recovered: 50% of the Doppelganger's Physical Attack >> 75 + 25% of the Doppelganger's Physical Attack

[Skill 1] (↑)

Cooldown: 10s >> 10-8s

[Skill 2] (↑)

Cooldown: 10s >> 10-8s

This skill now no longer stops when hitting hero units.

[Skill 3] (↑)

Base Damage: 170-320 + 40% of Total Physical Attack >> 250-320 + 40%-60% of Total Physical Attack

New Effect: Applies a 20% Slow Effect for 1.5s to target hit. The Slow Effect can stack up to 3 times with Doppelgangers.

Cooldown: 4s >> 6s

Optimized skill animations and visual effects to enhance the sense of power.

[Ultimate] (↓)

Duration of Doppelganger: 12s >> 8s

[Argus] (↑)

Argus has an exceptionally high win rate in high-rank matches, mainly due to his strong 1v1 potential and corresponding split-pushing and base-taking abilities after getting core items. However, his weak early-to-mid game laning phase and awkward positioning in teamfights contradict his theme as a powerful Fallen Angel wielding the Meteoric Sword. Therefore, we've given Argus a new Ultimate that can turn the tide in teamfights, and strengthened his early-to-mid game laning phase, while reducing his skill damage and split-pushing power accordingly.

[Passive] (~)

Demonic Slash Basic Regen: 200 HP >> 150 HP

Demonic Slash Damage: 150 + 100% of Total Physical Attack >> 180 + 80% of Total Physical Attack

Extra Malice Energy Gained with Crit: 5 >> 10

[Skill 2] (~)

Removed: Attacking Cursed targets grants 200% Malice Energy.

New effect: Hitting an enemy grants 100 Malice Energy (excess Malice Energy will be kept for the next Basic Attack).

Base Damage: 300-400 >> 120-240

Argus draws his Meteoric Sword, dealing Physical Damage to nearby enemies and becoming the Fallen Angel. If this attack hits a hero, it enhances the Meteoric Sword (and Argus gains massive Malice Energy after Demonic Slash). If he takes fatal damage during the transformation, the duration of the Fallen Angel state will be immediately reset. If he doesn't take fatal damage during the transformation, the cooldown will be reduced by 50% when the Skill ends.

[Aulus] (↑)

With these changes, we aim to improve Aulus's passive stacking mechanics and laning sustainability, while giving him more initiative in combat.

Now Aulus's The Power of Axe is more powerful, able to actively slow enemies and deal more damage at full Fighting Spirit stacks.

[Passive] (↓)

Max Passive Stacks: 4 >> 3

Attack Speed Granted per Stack: 9-12% >> 15%

Removed Effect: Each stack of [Fighting Spirit] increases Physical Penetration by 1-4.

Removed Effect: At full stacks of [Fighting Spirit], gains 10% Movement Speed.

[Skill 2] (↑)

New Effect: Slows the enemy on hit by 20% for 3s.

New Effect: When cast with full stacks of Fighting Spirit, deals additional Physical Damage equal to 3.5-6% (scales with Skill Level) of the target's Max HP to enemies in range (capped at 200-900 Extra Damage against Creeps).

Base Damage: 240-440 >> 200-400

Enhanced Basic Attack's HP Recovery Trigger: Hitting enemy heroes or Creeps >> Hitting enemy targets (now includes enemy Minions)

[Ultimate] (↑)

Blade Craft Effect: Basic Attacks deal 50 extra Physical Damage at full [Fighting Spirit] stacks >> Basic Attacks always deal 50 extra Physical Damage (can be stacked with the effect of full [Fighting Spirit] stacks)

Zilong (↑)

We've improved Zilong's early and mid-game combat ability, making it easier to reset his Skill 2. We've also slightly reduced the Attack Speed of his Ultimate for balance.

[Passive] (↑)

Base HP Regen: 30 >> 50

New Effect: When the target's HP is below 50%, Zilong's skills and Basic Attacks deal 30 extra damage.

[Ultimate] (↓)

Attack Speed Boost: 45%-75% >> 35%-55%

Badang (↑)

Badang's Ultimate has a relatively short control duration but a long damage duration, making it difficult to maximize damage output. Therefore, we've increased its Control Duration and balanced this by increasing its cooldown. We've also shortened Skill 1's foreswing to improve the control experience.

[Skill 1] (↑)

Reduced the foreswing time by 25%.

[Ultimate] (~)

Control Duration: 0.6s >> 1s

Cooldown: 30-26s >> 45-35s

[Harith] (↑)

Optimized Skill 2 control experience: Greatly increased dashing speed while slightly reducing dash distance, significantly shortening the dash duration to enhance the combo experience.

Also increased Basic Attack Range to maintain the distance for following up Skill 2 with a Basic Attack.

[Attributes] (↑)

Basic Attack Range: 4.1 >> 4.3

[Skill 2] (↑)

Dashing Speed: 9 >> 12

Dash Distance: 3.2 >> 3

Enhanced Basic Attack Range: 4.1 >> 4.3

Dyrroth (↑)

The HP recovery from Wrath of the Abyss mostly helps Dyrroth build his advantage in the laning phase but becomes less impactful in the late game. We want Dyrroth to be able to engage in prolonged fights in the mid-to-late game! Additionally, we've improved his control experience by allowing his Skill 2 to target Minions (while still prioritizing Heroes). Now, Dyrroth synergizes better with equipment for Fighters like War Axe and Queen's Wings, enabling him to deal more damage.

[Passive] (↑)

Removed Effect: Circle Strike recovers HP equal to 80 + 50% of damage dealt (halved against minions).

New Effect: Circle Strike recovers HP equal to 80 + 8% of Max HP (halved against Minions).

[Skill 2] (↑)

Fatal Strike (Skill 2 second phase) can now target all Units (previously not applicable to Minions and Summoned Units).

[Cici] (↑)

Cici's performance is relatively weak in the current Patch, so we're expanding her Basic Attack range to match her Skill 1 range, allowing her to better keep her Passive stacks while her skills are on cooldown.

Cast Range: 3 >> 3.8

[Alucard] (~)

Slightly increased the pause after Skill 1 and adjusted the cooldown as compensation.

[Skill 1] (~)

Cooldown: 9.5s-7.5s >> 8.5s-6.5s

Added 1 frame to the Skill backswing to enhance hit feedback.

[Lancelot] (↑)

Enhanced Lancelot's damage output in the early-to-mid game, aiming to make him a strong contender among Assassins.

[Skill 2] (↑)

Damage: 170-245 + 130%-155% of Extra Physical Attack >> 220-370 + 130% of Extra Physical Attack

[Karrie] (↑)

As a buff-type skill, Karrie's Ultimate provides insufficient Damage Increase in the early-to-mid game.

[Ultimate] (↑)

When Ultimate is activated, the damage of each Basic Attack is increased by 40.

[Irithel] (↑)

We aim to enhance Irithel's damage output after activating her Ultimate in the mid-game.

[Ultimate] (↑)

Basic Attack Damage with Ultimate: 120 + 60%-80% of Total Physical Attack >> 120-200 + 65% of Total Physical Attack

[Bruno] (↓)

As a Marksman with long-range mobility, Bruno's Attack Range significantly exceeds that of other Marksmen with dashing skills. We aim to tone down this advantage.

Basic Attack Range: 5.1 >> 4.8

[Fanny] (↓)

Over time, Fanny's strength increase after the changes exceeded expectations, making her a bit too mobile. Therefore, we slightly adjusted her Energy Regen to achieve a more balanced experience.

[Attributes] (↓)

Energy Regen: 5 >> 4

[Cecilion] (↓)

After equipment adjustments, Cecilion has become a bit too dominant. We're slightly reducing his damage in the mid-to-late game.

[Skill 1] (↓)

Magic Power Bonus to Path Damage: 80% >> 70%

Magic Power Bonus to End Damage: 160% >> 140%

Equipment Adjustments

[Malefic Gun] (↓)

We're delighted to see the equipment adjustments revitalizing some classic Marksmen, with Layla even making an appearance at M6. However, certain Marksmen have gained benefits that slightly exceeded our expectations.

We will slightly reduce the increase in Attack Range and shorten the duration of the Movement Speed boost from Basic Attacks, making this effect only achievable with sufficient Attack Speed in the mid-to-late game.

[Unique Passive - Malefic Energy] (↓)

Increase Attack Range: 15% >> 12%

Movement Speed Boost Duration: 1s >> 0.5s

[Rose Gold Meteor] (↑)

We aim to let certain Fighters that rely on Basic Attacks have durability not significantly lower than other semi-tank Fighters, even without purchasing defensive equipment.

Physical Attack: 60 >> 40

Attack Speed: 0 >> 20%

Removed Magic Defense (the new Passive effect will increase Hybrid Defense).

[Unique Passive - Dragon Scale] (New)

Every 1% Lifesteal increases Hybrid Defense by 1, up to 50 (effect is halved for non-Fighter heroes).

Due to the rework of Rose Gold Meteor, we hope to balance the Lifesteal attributes for equipment with Attack Speed and equipment with Crit Chance.

[Haas' Claws] (~)

[Attributes] (~)

Lifesteal: 25% >> 20%

Physical Attack: 30 >> 40

[Demon Hunter Sword] (↑)

[Attributes] (↑)

New Effect: +8% Lifesteal

[Unique Passive - Devour] (↑)

Lifesteal Granted per Basic Attack: 3% >> 2%

Other Battlefield Adjustments

1. Added a 0.1s protection delay to canceling skills to prevent accidental cancellations during casting.

2. Optimized the targeting logic for Auto Attack or Auto Attack filter under poor network conditions.

3. Slightly reduced the activation range of the Last Hit Attack for Turret, preventing activation when the hero is too far away from the Turret.

4. Added post-channeling calibration for target-location and directional skills to improve accuracy.

5. Increased the skill wheel size for large-range skills (especially target-location skills) based on their skill range, to improve targeting accuracy.

6. The Controls > Moving Pursuit setting now also applies to skills that trigger pursuits.

1. Fixed an issue where Fanny's Skill 1 would occasionally be triggered twice or not at all when she cast her Skill 2 consecutively.

2. Fixed an issue where Fanny's Skill 1 would occasionally be triggered abnormally when she gained Power of Cyclone and cast her Skill 2.

3. Fixed an issue where the cooldown of Clint's Ultimate displayed on the skill description page did not match the actual cooldown.

4. Fixed an issue where Aulus's Damage Reduction percentage after upgrading Skill 1 did not match its description.

5. Fixed an issue where the description of Yi Sun-shin's Passive Movement Speed boost didn't match the actual effect.

6. Fixed an issue where the description of Bane's Ultimate slow effect didn't match the actual effect.

1. Optimized the icon and description of Thamuz's Passive buff.

2. A reminder to purchase [Throw Forbidden] will now be triggered when you are repeatedly thrown by an allied Jawhead.
3.We have revamped the Moniyan Display Background. Heroes like Tigreal now have a brand new Display Background.

MLBB Rising Open

The new [MLBB Rising Open] is now live! Participate to level up your Esports Player rank, earn Honorary Titles, and win rich rewards! Based on your Neighborhood location, we've designed an exclusive Road to Champion and Champion titles, letting more players witness your incredible strength!

The MLBB Rising Open will be held on Friday/Saturday evenings (exact start times may vary by region).

Players who have reached Epic rank or above are eligible to participate in the MLBB Rising Open.

Players who meet the participation requirements can participate alone or in teams of two, three, or even five.

You can invite friends to form your own Esports team and recruit more teammates through Team Recruitment or the Neighborhood Map to build a full Esports team and compete together in the Regional Championship.

Players will receive free MLBB Rising Open challenge attempts each week. You can earn additional attempts through the Task system and MRO Shop. Don't worry if you run out of attempts for the week - you can continue challenging failed tournament stages next week!

Achieve three victories within your limited weekly challenge attempts to become the Weekly Champion, receiving the champion title and corresponding tier rewards.

After becoming Weekly Champion for 4 weeks, you'll advance to the Division Qualifiers. The competition in this stage will become more challenging, and tickets will become rarer. Additionally, players who have reached the Division Qualifier cannot team up with players who haven't qualified for this stage.

Players who become champions in the final round of Division Qualifiers will qualify for the Championship and receive seasonal access to the MLBB Rising Open Exclusive Skin.

Win the final round of Division Qualifiers to qualify for the Division Championship.

Teams must register as 5-player Esports teams for the Division Championship. Your team will compete in multiple rounds of best-of-one (BO1) matches, with each victory improving your ranking and eliminating your opponents.

The top 100 teams in each Division will receive exclusive Division Ranking Titles.

In the Live Stream interface, you can watch the Championship matches in real time and enjoy the spectacular plays of top players.

The top 100 teams in each Division will receive exclusive Division Ranking Titles. The final 8 teams will compete in best-of-three (BO3) matches for the Champion title and generous Diamond rewards!

MCL Removed

The MCL mode will be discontinued after the MLBB Rising Open launches server-wide. After the update, we'll remove MCL Entrance Tickets from the Shop, Squad, and Celestial Chests. All previously earned MCL honors will remain on display. Thank you for your support and love for MCL.

Ranked

1. S34 will end at 21:59:59 on 12/21 (Server Time).

2. S35 will start from 00:00:00 on 12/22 (Server Time). Complete Ranked matches to claim rewards including S35 Seasonal Skin: Minsitthar "Symbol of Valor" and S35 Avatar Border "Peerless Light".

System Adjustments

Optimized the Squad Power calculation rules. Once a member reaches 100 Mythic stars, they will no longer provide additional bonuses to Squad Power. For example: If Player A participates in a 5-player Ranked match with other members of the Squad and is at Mythic 101 stars or above, the Squad Power bonus after winning will be calculated based on 100 Mythic stars.

Added Individual Active Points requirements (100/300/400/600) for claiming Squad Activity rewards. Now you need to meet both the Squad and the Individual Active Points requirements to claim rewards.

If a Squad Leader remains inactive for 28 consecutive days, leadership will automatically transfer to another Squad member with higher Active Points. This mechanism does not apply to Certified Squads.

1. Added a quick Build adjustment feature during matches. You can now quickly modify your preset equipment order in the In-match Shop.

2. Added a new Preparation feature. Players can now choose whether to override Exclusive Effects.

3. Added a Do Not Disturb feature. Players can now choose to only receive the first message from non-friends in Settings to avoid unwanted disturbance.

4. Added Flex Rank 5v5 as a permanent Ranked mode. Players can participate up to 10 times per week.

1. Optimized the UI display of rank icons for Mythic and above ranks in the Main Interface for better visual presentation.

2. Optimized Birthday Settings: Adjusted UI layout for regions with special text reading/writing orders.

3. Optimized History Interface: You can now see the number of players in a match within the historical records.

4. Improved interface loading performance under weak network conditions.

5. Optimized Vibration Notifications: You can now customize these in Settings - Sound. When enabled, you'll receive vibration notifications for events like successful matchmaking, hero selection, and AFK.

6. Optimized Report System: Added rule descriptions in the report email feedback, helping players better understand the criteria for rule violations.

1. Fixed an issue where two tabs could be highlighted simultaneously in certain circumstances.

2. Fixed an issue where names could be recolored during matches.

3. Fixed an issue where pre-selecting a hero during the Ranked matches Ban & Pick phase could prevent hero confirmation in the selection phase.

The all-new StarLight skin, Xavier "Hardlight Artificer", will be available from 12/01 to 12/31 (Server Time).

Server Time 11/29/2024 05:01:00 to 12/06/2024 05:00:00 (Tap the Settings button in the top-right corner of the main page to check.)

8 Free Heroes: Esmeralda, Kagura, Fanny, Atlas, Kaja, Minsitthar, Benedetta, Floryn

6 Extra StarLight Member Heroes: Novaria, Faramis, Cyclops, Harley, Hanabi, Vale

Server Time 12/06/2024 05:01:00 to 12/13/2024 05:00:00 (Tap the Settings button in the top-right corner of the main page to check.)

8 Free Heroes: Harith, Hylos, Popol and Kupa, Uranus, Zhuxin, Rafaela, Baxia, Lesley

6 Extra StarLight Member Heroes: Yin, Valir, Lylia, Grock, Beatrix, Lunox

Server Time 12/13/2024 05:01:00 to 12/20/2024 05:00:00 (Tap the Settings button in the top-right corner of the main page to check.)

8 Free Heroes: Xavier, Bruno, Odette, Martis, Thamuz, Natan, Arlott, Ixia

6 Extra StarLight Member Heroes: Lancelot, Aulus, Phoveus, Hilda, Faramis, Badang

Server Time 12/20/2024 05:01:00 to 12/27/2024 05:00:00 (Tap the Settings button in the top-right corner of the main page to check.)

8 Free Heroes: Hanabi, Claude, Vale, Lesley, Natalia, Bane, Karrie, Yve

6 Extra StarLight Member Heroes: Aurora, Esmeralda, Zilong, Khufra, Harith, Gusion

Server Time 12/27/2024 05:01:00 to 01/03/2025 05:00:00 (Tap the Settings button in the top-right corner of the main page to check.)

8 Free Heroes: Lylia, Cecilion, Sun, Aamon, Hanabi, Zhask, Thamuz, Rafaela

6 Extra StarLight Member Heroes: Chang'e, X.Borg, Jawhead, Carmilla, Lesley, Minsitthar

Fragment Shop Adjustments on 12/19 (Server Time)

a. Premium Skin Fragment Shop

Added: Argus "Winged Nightmare"

b. Rare Skin Fragment Shop

Added: Clint "Rock and Roll", Fanny "Royal Cavalry", Layla "Bunny Babe", Martis "Searing Maw", and Wanwan "Darting Star".

Removed: Freya "Dragon Hunter", Karina "Black Pearl", Angela "Shanghai Maiden", Roger "Anubis", and Irithel "Silver Cyclone".

c. Hero Fragment Shop

Added: Aurora, Harith, Dyrroth, Cecilion, Julian, Johnson, Zhuxin, Angela, Karrie, Lancelot, Terizla, Barats, Cici, Mathilda, Floryn, and Selena.

Removed: Zhask, Martis, Novaria, Cyclops, Xavier, Arlott, Lylia, Brody, Paquito, Argus, Lesley, Gatotkaca, Atlas, Kimmy, Leomord, and Nolan.

S35 First Recharge Event

New Skin

New skin, Lukas "Ardent Roar", will be available on 12/21 (Server Time) for only 51 Diamonds in the first two weeks.

Martis "Capricorn" will return for a limited time on 12/22/2024 (Server Time). It will be available for 30% off for the first week.

From 12/30/2024 to 01/19/2025, the StarLight Fest event will start and Vale's new skin "Concerto of Light" will be available for a limited time. Purchase the StarLight Membership and enjoy a 20% discount on the first 30 draws each day during the event!

From 01/04/2025 to 01/07/2025, the StarLight Fest Premium Supply event will be available. Complete tasks for a chance to win massive StarLight Fest Tokens!

[Brawl] v326.1

As the game patch updates, the heroes' performance in Brawl has changed significantly. We've balanced their buffs in Brawl based on their recent performance.

We've also adjusted the attributes of some Creeps to enhance their impact in battle.

Shadow Brawl is back! A large number of new heroes are now available. Have fun with fast-paced combat!

Miya (↓): DMG -10% >> -16%

Bruno (↓) Added: DMG -10%

Minotaur (↑): DMG Taken +20% >> +10%, Removed: Healing -10%

Argus (↓) Removed: DMG +8%

Hylos (↑) Removed: DMG Taken +10%

Hanabi (↓): DMG -14% >> -18%

Vale (↓): DMG -10% >> -12%

Baxia (↑) Added: DMG Taken -12%

Masha (↑) Added: DMG +10%

Cecilion (↓) Added: DMG -8%

Melissa (↓) Added: DMG -8%

Xavier (↓): DMG -14% >> -18%

Joy (↓): DMG +20% >> +14%, DMG Taken -20% >> -14%

Chip (↑) Added: DMG Taken -14%

Base Attack: 144 >> 186

Physical Attack Growth/Min: 2.3 >> 18

HP Growth/Min: 190.15 >> 290.15

Fixed an issue where the extra gold bonus would not trigger after killing Crammer.

Group Mana Restore Ratio After Delay: 20% >> 40%

[Magic Chess] v510.1

The feature to convert StarLight Fragments to Pass Fragments in the Magic Chess Pass Shop has been temporarily disabled.

Dear Player, Magic Chess S19 will end on 01/17/2025 at 00:00:00 server time. You'll receive rewards based on your rank.

1. The matching system will be closed for two hours for the reward settlement, and after that, on 01/17/2025 at 02:00:00 (server time), a new season - S20 will officially begin.

2. After S20 begins, the Season Journey rewards will be updated. Through accumulating battles, you'll be able to obtain Commander Remy's new skin "Conductor Mousart".

3. After S20 begins, the Ban & Pick mode in Mythic rank will be temporarily disabled and will reopen on 01/27/2025 at 00:00:00 (Server Time).