The Best Heroes of MLBB Season 41: Character Tier List by Position in June

On June 17, a new competitive season began in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and to mark the start, the developers released a major balance update and a new jungler hero, Hiraru. The update affected the effectiveness of dozens of heroes: compared to the previous patch, the meta has already changed significantly and will continue to evolve.

Today, we’ll once again analyze the strength of all MLBB heroes and rank them in a tier list based on their power relative to other heroes in the same role, to identify the best picks for each lane. There will be five tiers in total:

After updates and major tournaments, we’ll update this guide to keep its content in line with the current meta—so don’t forget to check back here to stay on top of all the changes.

For the past six months, the developers have largely ignored Sora—who remains the best choice for the experience lane. However, there are fewer worthy competitors now: Pakito has been nerfed, and Fovius has had too many key stats stripped away.

The rest of the top-ranked heroes have maintained their positions (for example, Glue was nerfed only very slightly), and among the buffs, the changes to Argus and Edith are worth noting—they may climb even higher as the season progresses.

The new character, Hirara, immediately lands in second place on the tier list. She can’t exactly be called an “imbalanced” pick for this patch: her damage was significantly nerfed before release, and the mechanics of her combo abilities make her far from the easiest hero to play. Fanny and Hayabusa remain unchanged, while Harley’s second skill cooldown was only slightly increased.

Leomord received the most noticeable nerf, making him clear the jungle even slightly slower—but it seems he’ll remain among the top most effective junglers. On the other hand, he now has much more competition: Ling, Hanzo, and Yin have been buffed, and Saber has even reached the A-tier. Su Ye, on the other hand, has dropped slightly lower.

After the major mage rebalance last season, mid-lane heroes have remained largely unchanged. In Season 41, the top picks will be the same heroes that were popular at the start of summer—though, of course, the meta is gradually shifting anyway, and we may see smaller-scale changes affecting specific heroes in the near future.

Patch 2.1.88 significantly nerfed two of the meta’s top picks—Cloud and Freya. It’s now much harder for Cloud to make an impact in the early game, and in the late game, he’s no better than the rest. Freya, meanwhile, lost 0.2 attack range and some stats on her ultimate.

Ruby is poised to break into the meta in their place. For now, we’ve placed her in the B-tier, since Ruby’s gap behind the current Gold Lane meta champions was too significant—but she may eventually be on par with Cloud. In addition, we’re still waiting for Melissa’s rework, which will give us another solid champion for the gold lane.

Champions in this role have undergone the most changes with the start of Season 41. The meta leaders, Marcel and Kalea, have been reworked and slightly nerfed—but they’ll still remain popular, at least for the time being. At the same time, Matilda is expected to become very relevant, as she’s received a significant damage boost.

In addition, Estes, Hilos, Carmilla, and Rafaella received solid buffs. The first two were already strong, and the girls are on the verge of moving up to Tier A—but it’s not yet clear how effective they’ll be in practice. Atlas, Khufra, Akai, and Chip have become stronger—and only Hilda was nerfed in comparison, which dropped her to the second-to-last spot in the rankings.