Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, the popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game developed by Moonton, continues to captivate players worldwide with its exciting updates and gameplay enhancements. The latest patch, version 1.8.62, introduces a plethora of new features, hero adjustments, system improvements, and much more, promising an exhilarating gaming experience for enthusiasts.
Hero Adjustments and Balancing
Patch 1.8.62 brings about several adjustments to heroes, aimed at refining gameplay balance and enhancing strategic depth. Notable changes include adjustments to Chou, Hayabusa, Aurora, Masha, and many others. These adjustments fine-tune each hero’s abilities, ensuring fair and engaging gameplay across the board.
Helcurt:
Adjustment to Stealth: Helcurt extra movement speed boost while in stealth has been decreased from 20% to 15%. Additionally, the movement speed and attack speed boost he receives when spotted by enemies has been reduced from 60% to 50%. These changes moderate his burst potential and ensure more balanced engagements.
Chips:
Ultimate Adjustment:
- Main Portal Location Marked on Minimap: When Chips activates his ultimate, the main portal’s location is now clearly marked on the minimap. After teleporting to the main portal, the minimap also highlights the corresponding connecting portal.
- Combat Bonus: Engaging in combat while standing on the main portal grants a bonus. Casting skills or launching basic attacks resets the wait time for teleportation, providing Chips with a significant advantage during fights.
Edith:
Passive Adjustment: The damage output of Edits’ passive ability, which dealt 200% damage to minions, has been modified to 150%. This change aims to fine-tune her farming efficiency and overall balance in the early game.
Masha:
Nerf: Masha’s specific passive effect granting her extra resilience and control immunity as her HP decreased has been removed. This adjustment aims to provide a fairer fighting chance against Masha and make engagements with her less frustrating for opponents.
Nana:
Adjustment: The movement speed bonus granted by Nana’s passive upon activation has been significantly reduced from 70% to 30%, balancing her escape capabilities.
Hayabusa:
Buff: The base damage of Hayabusa’s skill one has been increased from 180-250 to 190-260, aiming to enhance his performance particularly when his ultimate is not in play.
Aurora:
- Skill Adjustment: The freezing effects of Aurora’s skill two on surrounding enemies have been removed, focusing its impact on the primary target only.Fredrinn:
- Buff: The cooldown for both skill 1 and skill 2 has been decreased, allowing Fredrinn to use his abilities more frequently and enabling faster lane clearing.
Miya:
Adjustment: Mia’s base physical attack has been decreased, and her physical attack growth per level has been reduced, affecting her damage scaling as the game progresses.
Layla:
Buff: Layla’s physical attack growth per level has been enhanced, aiming to strengthen her scaling into the late game.
Irithel:
Nerf: Irithel’s base physical attack has been lowered from 130 to 125, slightly reducing her initial damage output. Additionally, her physical attack growth per level has been adjusted from 10 to 8.5, aiming to balance her power scaling throughout the game.
Clint:
Nerf and Buff: Clint’s starting physical attack has been decreased from 127 to 120, reducing his initial damage output. However, his physical attack growth per level has been increased from 13.5 to 14, providing him with a slight advantage as the game progresses.
Granger:
Balance Adjustment: Granger’s base physical attack has been reduced from 120 to 112. This change aims to balance his early game strength and ensure engagements remain fair from the start.
Bruno:
Buff: Bruno’s base physical attack has been raised from 140 to 145. This buff enhances his early game damage output, making him a more formidable marksman right from the beginning of matches.
Argus:
Buff: Argus receives a significant buff focusing on his scalability throughout the match. His physical attack growth per level has seen a substantial increase, jumping from 3.5 to 6. This means that as Argus levels up, his physical attack will increase at a much faster rate, enhancing his effectiveness in later stages of the game.
These adjustments aim to balance the power levels of the mentioned heroes, ensuring fair gameplay experiences and strategic diversity in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Patch 1.8.62 (2024).
New Features and Enhancements
The update introduces a range of new features and enhancements designed to enrich the player experience. Among these are revamped control settings, improved movement control effects, and refined skill targeting indicators. Additionally, the patch introduces new control settings options, such as Close Pursuit and Pause Movement at Joystick Center, empowering players with greater precision and control over their in-game actions.
Attack Speed Growth:
Improvement: Attack speed growth has been enhanced by removing previous limitations. Now, every 1% increase in speed directly enhances your attack speed, leading to smoother progression and addressing issues where heroes would unexpectedly reach maximum speed. The game now favors high attacking speed for both moving and attacking.
Equipment Adjustments:
These adjustments aim to ensure a more balanced and strategic approach to attack speed mechanics and itemization in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, providing players with diverse and fair gameplay experiences in the latest patch.
System Adjustments and Optimization
Patch 1.8.62 also includes several system adjustments and optimizations geared toward improving overall performance and gameplay fluidity. Notable changes include enhancements to attack speed growth, adjustments to item attributes, and tweaks to hero movement speed mechanics. These optimizations ensure smoother progression and a more balanced gameplay environment for players to enjoy.
Close Pursuit:
New Control Setting: Activating Close Pursuit ensures that your hero stops just outside the enemy’s reach during pursuits, keeping you safe while chasing opponents.
Pause Movement at Joystick Center:
New Control Setting: When enabled, your hero stops moving when the joystick stays in the center. This provides precision and control right at your fingertips.
Filter Active Creeps:
New Control Setting: Prioritizes your attack by focusing on active creeps before targeting idle ones, allowing for more strategic targeting during battles.
Attack Activation Distance:
New Control Setting: Provides options such as distant, close, or maintaining a fixed position based on your attack range. This allows you to tailor your attack strategy according to your preferred distance from targets.
Move and Pursue:
Transformation of Attack Assist: The Attack Assist feature has been transformed into Move and Pursue, streamlining pursuit for smoother gameplay. This enhances accuracy and control during engagements.
Skill Icon Disabling:
Removal of Brief Disabling: The brief disabling of skill icons for durations of 66 milliseconds or less has been removed. Players can now unleash their skills more swiftly, improving responsiveness during battles.
Improved Detection for Inactive Creeps:
Detection for inactive creeps has been improved, enhancing gameplay dynamics and strategic decision-making during battles.
Exciting Events and Skins
Weekly Free Heroes:
- From February 23rd to March 1st, the weekly free heroes include [list of heroes].
- Starlight members will have access to additional free heroes during this period.
Surveys Section:
There are limited surveys available this time, except for the upcoming epic skin for Barats.
Epic Skin Designs for Barats:
- The first design is named “Abyssal Power Usurper” and features a shark-like design with dynamic red glowing hair, which complements Barats’ appearance.
- The second design is titled “Armor Tyrannosaurus Warrior,” portraying Barats with a tyrannosaurus rex-like appearance adorned with red armor, resembling a dark knight.
- The last design, “Deep Sea Demon,” transforms Barats into a dragon-like creature. While Barats looks cool as some players less favor a pirate captain, the combination with the dragon-like appearance.
Upcoming Rains of Event:
From promotional diamond offers to Aspirants Unite and Exorcist events, the variety ensures that players of all interests will find something exciting to engage with. There total of 30 upcoming events coming to take your money. The events promise to offer a diverse range of rewards and activities, catering to different playstyles and preferences. Whether players are seeking new challenges, exclusive rewards, or simply looking to expand their in-game experience, the upcoming events aim to deliver on all fronts. A dedicated article has been created to provide players with all the details and release dates for these exciting events.
The update introduces a plethora of exciting events and new skins to delight players. From promotional events offering diamonds and exclusive rewards to the unveiling of new hero skins, there’s something for everyone to look forward to. Players can anticipate epic skins for fan-favorite heroes like Harley, as well as themed events such as the All-Star Event, promising a diverse and engaging gameplay experience.
Other Updates
In the upcoming updates for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, players can anticipate a plethora of exciting content and features:
Season 32 Entrance:
Season 32 will feature Mr. Chip, with voice lines to be revealed soon. Additionally, the first purchase skin for Season 32 is Harley, with an intriguing portrait that is currently in development.
All-Star Skins:
The All-Star event for 2024 will showcase Esmeralda, Faramis, Melissa, and Fredinn in captivating skins. Esmeralda’s All-Star skin will be completely free, while Melissa’s Sparkle skin promises to be exceptional.
New Hero: Zhu Xin:
Zhu Xin will soon be available for testing in the advanced server, introducing fresh gameplay dynamics to Mobile Legends.
Artwork Updates:
Artwork updates include slight changes to Angela inspired by the Chinese version and a reworked design for Zilong, also influenced by the Chinese version.
Emotes and Borders:
Season 32 will bring new borders, including the first purchase border and the main avatar border. A special free border for the Ramadan event will be introduced, along with All-Star emotes and custom actions for Esmeralda, Faramis, Melissa, and Fredrinn. Vexana’s Shining Star emote and Moskov’s All-Star emote will also be featured. Additionally, emotes for Exorcist Hayabusa and Granger will be released in conjunction with the Exorcist event.
The upcoming changes promise a vibrant and diverse gaming experience for Mobile Legends enthusiasts. From new hero additions to captivating skins and emotive expressions, players have much to look forward to in the evolving world of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.
Conclusion
In summary, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang’s Patch 1.8.62 brings a wealth of new content, features, and optimizations to the game, enhancing the overall gameplay experience for players. With hero adjustments, system optimizations, and exciting events on the horizon, there’s never been a better time to dive into the world of Mobile Legends and embark on thrilling battles with friends and foes alike. Stay tuned for further updates and prepare to unleash your skills on the battlefield like never before!
