Patch 1.7.44 for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is now available on the original server. It looks like the game is shifting to a marksman meta due to new balancing adjustments included in this update.
There’s a new item called the Swift Crossbow that helps certain marksman heroes shine by increasing their attack speed. One of the heroes that can really benefit from this is Natan, and when combined with his most recent buffs, he becomes a force to be reckoned with.
His basic attacks now rely heavily on total magic power. Scaling magic power, then, increases his basic attack damage by a considerable amount. Furthermore, he can now directly gain magic penetration, thanks to his newly tweaked passive ability.
Moskov is another hero in Mobile Legends that got buffed in Patch 1.7.44. His passive ability makes his basic attacks penetrate through targets, hitting enemies directly behind them. That said, the damage from basic attacks penetrating targets now gains 100% of attack effects. This means that mechanics, like lifesteal and slow, now fully affect foes that are directly behind the primary target. As if that’s not enough, Moskov’s basic attack range has increased from 4.2 to 4.5 units as well.
Here are the other changes made in this update:
- Passive
- Basic Attack's Damage: 70% Total Physical Attack +30% Total Magic Power > 20 +50% Total Physical Attack +70% Total Magic Power
- Removed the effects of converting Physical Penetration to Magic Penetration
- Skill 1
- Damage Bonus: 180% Total Physical Attack +120% Total Magic Power > 100% Total Physical Attack +140% Total Magic Power
- Ultimate
- Reverse-Clone will gain 70% Attack Effect with each Basic Attack just like Natan.
- Skill 1
- Cooldown: 6s > 6-4s
- Hits also increase the cast range of her skill 2 [Void Projectile].
- Passive
- Damage Increased with Distance: 100-140% > 100%-135%
- Skill 2
- Range: 4.4 units > 4.5 units
- Base Physical Attack: 100 >> 95
- Passive
- First Enhanced Basic Attack's Damage: 60%-100% > 70%-100%
- Second Enhanced Basic Attack's Damage: 60%-75% > 55%-70%
- New Effect: First Enhanced Basic Attack now grants extra Movement Speed on hit.
- Passive
- Base Damage: 100 > 50
- Ultimate
- Range: 5.5 > 7
- Bullet radius: 0.85 > 1
- Passive
- Fixed an issue where Nightmaric Spawn couldn't trigger attack effects.
- Skill 1
- Nightmaric Spawn's death ray now counts as a Basic Attack and gains 15% Attack Effect per hit. (Enhanced Nightmaric Spawn gains 30% Attack Effect per hit.)
- Cooldown: 11-8s > 13-10s
- Death Ray Bonus: 20% Total Magic Power > 15% Total Magic Power
- Death Ray's Max Slow Effect: 75% > 60%
- Slightly reduced Death Ray's damage growth and Attack Speed.
So, what can you say about the recent balancing changes in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Patch 1.7.44?
