Updated on January 10, 3:25 p.m. (GMT+8): Adjusted battle spell, emblem, and best build based on MLBB patch 1.9.32.
Sun is a relentless fighter in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, known for overwhelming enemies with his clones and sustained damage.
With the ability to summon doppelgangers and deal continuous damage, the Monkey King thrives in drawn-out battles and split-pushing strategies.
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Sun’s skills in Mobile Legends
Passive – Simian God
Enemies hit by Sun and his Doppelgangers will have their physical defense reduced by a percentage, up to a certain stack. He recovers HP equal to half of his Doppelganger’s physical attack each time it deals damage.
- Continuously attack enemies to quickly reduce their physical defense, making it easier to burst down even tanky opponents.
- Keep your clones active in fights to consistently heal from their damage, allowing you to outlast enemies in extended battles.
- Build items like Windtalker and Corrosion Scythe to increase attack frequency, maximizing both defense reduction and HP regeneration.
First skill – Endless Variety
Sun hurls his Golden Staff in the target direction, dealing physical damage to enemies in its path. Upon hitting an enemy hero or creep, or reaching the maximum range, the Golden Staff morphs into a Doppelganger that lasts for several seconds, and inherits a percentage of his attributes and a portion of his attack effects.
Endless Variety and Swift Exchange are learned and leveled up together, and share the same cooldown.
- Take Endless Variety at level one. Poke your lane opponent with it, or if you’re a jungler, use it to get a buff.
- Prioritize upgrading this skill first. By doing so, the illusions will inherit a higher percentage of your attributes as you progress.
- You can use this to deceive enemies while you are escaping from them. Throw an illusion in a direction, and continue attacking your enemies while they chase the wrong target.
Second skill – Swift Exchange
Sun hurls his Golden Staff in the target direction, dealing physical damage to enemies in its path.
He conjures a Doppelganger at his location that lasts for several seconds, inherits a percentage of his attributes and a portion of his attack effects, conceals himself, and moves with the Golden Staff.
He reappears and retrieves the Golden Staff when it hits an enemy hero or reaches the maximum range.
- Swift Exchange is his primary mobility spell. Use it to initiate your assault, chase down enemies, or get out of dangerous positions.
- This lets you conceal and move with the Golden Staff, rendering you untargetable by basic attacks and skills for a moment. With proper timing, you can use it to dodge enemy attacks.
- Bear in mind that Swift Exchange shares the same cooldown with Endless Variety. Therefore, it is crucial to know the appropriate timing when to use them.
Third skill – Instantaneous Move
Sun commands his Doppelgangers to strike at the target enemy with him, dealing physical damage to the target and enemies behind them.
- Instataneous Move is another mobility skill that allows you to lock on an enemy. Use this to gather your illusions in taking down a specific target.
- Even if your doppelgangers are far from you, they will still attack the opponent that you targeted with this skill.
- Additionally, you can use this to retreat by charging on a minion or jungle creep before proceeding with your escape.
Ultimate – Clone Techniques
Sun summons a Doppelganger that lasts for several seconds and inherits a percentage of his attributes and a portion of his attack effects. The Doppelganger takes increased damage.
- Unlike the doppelganger from Endless Variety or Swift Exchange, the Clone Techniques illusion inherits a higher percentage of attributes, and has a longer duration.
- With this ultimate, you can have up to two doppelgangers at a time.
- Upon casting this, Sun becomes untargetable for a moment. Use this to dodge the opponents’ skills or basic attacks.
- When pushing a lane, use Clone Techniques to quickly destroy a turret.
A comprehensive guide on how to play Sun in Mobile Legends
Recommended battle spell
Petrify is the best battle spell for Sun in the side lanes because it provides crucial crowd control, allowing you to lock down enemies and secure kills.
The spell can stun multiple targets, giving you the opportunity to unleash continuous damage and dominate one versus one or even one versus two situations. This makes it easier for you to win trades.
On the other hand, Retribution is ideal for Sun as a jungler, accelerating your farm speed and helping you secure jungle objectives like the Turtle and Lord.
The added damage from Retribution allows you and your clones to clear jungle camps quickly, giving you more time to gank lanes and pressure the map. Upgrading to Ice Retribution or Bloody Retribution provides bonus utility for slowing enemies or sustaining in fights.
Recommended emblem
Selecting the Assassin emblem maximizes your damage output, for it grants significant adaptive penetration and adaptive attack. Additionally, it provides extra movement speed.
Choose Swift in the first tier to gain additional attack speed, and Master Assassin in the second tier to secure kills faster in one versus one situations.
As for your core talent, go for Weakness Finder. This talent gives your basic attacks a chance to slow enemies and reduce their attack speed, helping you and your clones lock down targets and control fights.
When playing as a jungler, choose Tenacity for your first tier talent to gain extra survivability during jungle skirmishes and team fights. Go for Seasoned Hunter as your second tier talent for the increased damage to Lord and Turtle.
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Finally, choose Concussive Blast as your main talent. It adds bonus area-of-effect damage after using basic attacks, allowing you and your clones to clear jungle camps more efficiently and deal extra damage during ganks.
Sun best build
Boosting your attack speed and physical penetration is important to maximize your damage in clashes and pushing potential as Sun.
Prioritize getting Sky Piercer for it gives you early Physical Attack and a passive that helps you execute enemies, boosting your kill potential.
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Next, take Wind Talker to increase your Attack Speed, Movement Speed, and adds Magic Damage with its passive, allowing you and your clones to deal faster, consistent damage.
In the mid-game, purchase Corrosion Scythe. The item slows enemies with basic attacks and further enhances Attack Speed, making it easier to chase down targets and keep them locked in combat.
Next, buy Thunder Belt to add durability with extra HP and Physical Defense while empowering your next Basic Attack with bonus True Damage and a slow effect. This helps you stick to enemies and survive in fights.
In the late game, buy War Axe. The item improves your sustain and damage output in extended battles by providing Physical Attack, HP, and Cooldown Reduction, with a passive that stacks damage and penetration the longer you fight.
Finally, purchase Endless Battle to get additional Physical Attack, Lifesteal, and True Damage after using skills, giving you even more burst damage and sustain during combat.
The best build for Sun in Mobile Legends
- Sky Piercer
- Wind Talker
- Corrosion Scythe
- Thunder Belt
- War Axe
- Endless Battle
Easy combos to learn
In the early stages of the game, use either Endless Variety or Swift Exchange followed by Instantaneous Move to poke your enemy, and pressure them out of the lane.
Make sure to summon an illusion first before using Instantaneous Move to maximize your damage.
Once you have Clone Techniques, cast it before engaging in a fight, or after closing in on your target with Swift Exchange. Finish them off with Instantaneous Move and basic attacks.
Disengage from the battle, and dodge enemy attacks using Swift Exchange.
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