Moonton officially released the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang patch 1.7.08 on the live server on Tuesday, August 9, a few days before the start of MPL PH and MPL ID Season 10.

Aside from the upcoming release of tank fighter hero Fredrinn on August 12, numerous underperforming fighters in previous patches such as X.Borg and Badang have received buffs.

Multiple mage heroes such as Vexana, Faramis, and Gord will have improved stats this patch, while heroes who dominated the meta these past few months like Julian, Karina, and Franco were toned down.

Moonton has not included battlefield adjustments in this patch.

Mobile Legends patch 1.7.08 introduces a new tank fighter hero, Fredrinn

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang hero, Fredrinn
Screenshot by Jules Elona/ONE Esports

Passive – Crystalline Armor

  • Part of the damage Fredrinn receives will be stored as Crystal Energy
  • He can convert the Crystal Energy into HP by part of the damage dealt

Skill 1 – Piercing Strike

  • Fredrinn deals damage to enemies in a narrow area in the target direction and enhances his next Basic Attack
  • The enhanced Basic Attack gains extra attack range and deals extra damage

Skill 2 – Brave Assault

  • Fredrinn dashes in the target direction, dealing damage to the first non-minion enemy hit while enhancing his next Basic Attack
  • The enhanced Basic Attack knocks the target hit airborne

Skill 3 – Energy Eruption

  • Fredrinn deals damage to nearby enemies and taunts them. Hitting a non-minion enemy with this skill reduces the cooldowns of his regular skills and grants him extra Physical and Magic Defense

Ultimate – Appraiser’s Wrath

  • Fredrinn deals high damage to enemies in a cone in the target direction. This damage is increased with his stored Crystal Energy

Mobile Legends patch 1.7.08 balance and hero adjustments

Vexana

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang patch 1.6.94, Revamped Vexana
Credit: Moonton

Passive – Nether Touch

  • Optimized the pace when Nether Curse is triggered in succession

Ultimate – Eternal Guard

  • New Effect: The Undead Knight no longer automatically returns to Vexana when he’s too far away
  • New Effect: Vexana can recast this skill to call the Undead Knight back to her side
  • Fixed an issue where the Undead Knight couldn’t inherit Vexana’s attributes and balanced its damage.
  • Now it deals lower damage in the early game and higher damage in the late game

Faramis

New Faramis splash art in Mobile Legends patch 1.6.94
Screenshot by Jules Elona/ONE Esports

Passive – Vicious Retrieval

  • Increased the Soul Fragment absorption range

Ultimate – Cult Altar

  • This skill can now be cast when moving
  • Reduced the extra HP in the Specter state

Melissa

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang hero Melissa base splashart
Credit: Moonton

Skill 1 – Falling!

  • Cooldown adjusted from 7s to 8.5-7s
  • Cooldown Reduction Per Attack Against Muddles increased from 1.2s to 1.5s

Skill 2 – Eyes on You!

  • Cooldown adjusted 1.5s (goes on cooldown after Muddles disappears) to 7-6s (goes on cooldown upon skill cast)
  • Mana Cost adjusted from 75-0 to 60-10
  • New Effect: Muddles will disappear early when there are no linked enemies
  • Removed: The skill goes on cooldown when Muddles disappears
  • Slightly increased Muddles’s movement distance

Ultimate – Go Away!

  • Defense Boost When the Skill Is Active increased from three times to five times

Badang

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang hero, Badang
Credit: Moonton

Skill 1 – Qigong Fist

  • New Effect: Badang stores up to 2 skill charges and restores 1 charge every 13-10s (decreases with level)
  • Cooldown decreased from 7-5s to 2s
  • Initial Damage increased from 250-400 + 70% Physical Attack to 210-360 + 90% physical attack
  • Subsequent Damage adjusted from 155-280 + 50% Physical Attack to 115-215 + 60% physical attack
  • Forewing slightly reduced

Skill 2 – Fist Break

  • Cooldown Reduction decreased from 10s to 9s
  • Removed: 40% of the skill cooldown is refunded if no enemy is hit
  • New Effect: Casting this skill grants Badang a 350-600 (+150% physical attack) shield that lasts 5s

Ultimate – Fist Crack

  • No longer grants a shield upon cast
  • New Effect: Badang gains Control Immunity throughout the skill duration (instead of when the shield is active)
  • Initial Damage increased from 70-150 + 50% to 80-140 + 54% Physical Attack
  • Collision Damage decreased from 42-90 + 30% to 40-70 + 27% Physical Attack
  • Max Number of Attacks decreased from 10 to 9
  • The Ultimate will target the enemy hit by the obstacle by default if it’s cast within 1s after Skill 2 hits an enemy
  • You can still manually drag and aim it at other enemies

X.Borg

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang hero, X.Borg
Credit: Moonton

Passive – Firaga Armor

  • X.Borg can now freely move when restoring his Firaga Armor

Skill 1 – Fire Missiles and Ultimate – Last Insanity

  • X.Borg’s Fire Missiles and Last Insanity now also benefit from his magic power

Natalia

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang assassin hero Natalia
Credit: Moonton

Passive – Assassin Instinct

  • Enhanced Basic Attack’s Damage decreased from 250 + 120% Physical Attack to 200 +130% Physical Attack

Skill 1 – Claw Dash

  • Base Damage decreased from 210-285 to 185-260
  • New Effect: Natalia’s Skill 1 now always enjoys the damage bonus from her Passive when attacking creeps

Ultimate – The Hunt

  • Extra Physical Attack decreased from 20-50 to 15-35
  • New Effect: Natalia stores up to 2 skill charges; the charging time is reduced by 100% on hero kills and 50% on creep kills

Nana

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang hero, Nana
Credit: Moonton

Passive – Molina’s Gift

  • Cooldown increased from 120s to 150s

Skill 1 – Magic Boomerang

  • No longer slows enemies hit

Ultimate – Molina Blitz

  • Slightly increased the interval between two attacks

Gord

Passive – Mystic Favor

  • Slow Effect decreased from 30% to 20%
  • Duration increased from 0.5s to 1s
  • New Effect: The slow effect can stack 2 times

Julian

Skill 1 – Scythe (Enhanced)

  • Base sustained damage decreased from 80-220 to 65-185

Skill 2 – Sword (Enhanced)

  • Base sustained damage decreased from 102-150 to 90-130

Skill 3 – Chain (Enhanced)

  • Base sustained damage decreased from 80-112 to 64-96

Thamuz

Skill 1 – Molten Scythes

  • Base Damage decreased from 150-300 to 120-270
  • Cooldown increased from 2s to 3s

Karina

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang patch 1.5.88 revamped Karina splash art
Credit: Moonton

Skill 1 – Dance of Blades

  • Base damage decreased from 180-255 to 150-225

Ultimate – Shadow Assault

  • Base initial damage adjusted from 450-750 to 350-750

Cecilion

Skill 1 – Bat Impact

  • Base damage decreased from 100-250 to 85-235

Franco

Skill 1 – Iron Hook

  • Now briefly reveals the position of the target hit

Ultimate – Bloody Hunt

  • Cooldown increased from 45-35s to 55s-45s

Atlas

MLBB tank hero Atlas
Credit: Moonton

Passive – Frigid Breath

  • Defense decreased from 25-60 to 20-45

Skill 1 – Annihilate

  • Base damage decreased from 230-430 to 215-390

Johnson

Ultimate – Rapid Touchdown

  • Base damage decreased from 300-500 to 300-400
  • Base sustained damage decreased from 60-100 to 60-80

Ling

Attributes

  • Base HP decreased from 2578 to 2528
  • HP Growth decreased from 145 to 135

Wanwan

Passive – Tiger Pace

  • Purify and other control cleansing skills can now correctly remove the mark applied by Wanwan

Yin

Skill 2 – Instant Blast

  • Cooldown decreased from 13-10s to 12-9s
  • Enhanced skill’s stun duration decreased from 1.25s to 1s
  • Slightly reduced the enhanced skill’s knockback distance

Harith

Credit: Moonton

Skill 1 – Synchro Fission

  • Subsequent Damage adjusted from 540-940 to 590-940 (Initial Damage adjusted accordingly)

Skill 2 – Chrono Dash

  • Base damage increased from 200-350 to 225-350
  • Base shield increased from 150-300 to 185-310
  • Mana cost decreased from 45-70 to 40-55

Martis

Skill 2 – Mortal Coil

  • First three attack damage increased from 200-250 + 75% Extra physical attack to 225-300 + 120% Extra physical attack

Alucard

Skill 1 – Groundsplitter

  • Base damage increased from 250-350 to 270-370

Skill 2 – Whirling Smash

  • Base Damage increased from 300-400 to 320-420

Benedetta

Skill 1 – Phantom Slash

  • Initial attack physical attack bonus increased from 60% to 70%
  • Subsequent attack physical attack bonus increased from 70% to 80%

Edith

Skill 1 – Earth Shatter

  • Cooldown decreased from 10-8s to 8.5-6.5s

Aamon

Passive – Invisible Armor

  • Enhanced basic attack magic power bonus increased from 90% to 115%

Mobile Legends patch 1.7.08 game adjustments

  • Info of MVP Star-Up Cards is now also displayed on the Protection Card details screen
  • Rewards for completing 5 Ranked matches are now automatically granted
  • Revamped the sharing screen of the Daily Sharing task
  • Optimized the in-match scoreboard, hero info screen, and Turtle’s icon
  • Added a no-Ul mode to the hero info screen
  • Optimized the experience with in-match reconnection; added secondary confirmation and extended the prompt’s trigger time
  • Optimized the custom avatar cropping on iOS devices
  • Optimized the reward claiming animation when the graphic quality is set as Smooth

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