Before the update, Tank heroes are less picked in almost any game in any rank. Support heroes always become the favorites to fill the roamer position. The reason why Tank heroes are less picked is that now, their purpose in team fights such as initiating, opening war, and absorbing damage is now become the job of fighters in exp lane. Another reason is that most of the defense item is not enough to keep Tank heroes stay alive for a long enough time to win a war. On the other side, Support heroes, especially if they have abilities to give HP or shields, are more useful in war since they keep filling up their teammates' HP (especially for fighters that are now become the 'tank' in war), and even lots of support heroes have CCs abilities to prevent enemies from attacking the core of the team.
On March 21, 2022, Mobile legends has released update 1.6.66 into the original server. The update includes the release of a new hero "Xavier", lots of adjustments in the items and spells, and also lots of hero revamps and adjustments. And in this update, the developer is more focused on Tank heroes. Inside the patch notes itself, the developer said that "We'll be fully optimizing the less-often picked Tank and fighter heroes to bring them back to the limelight, and to give Tank heroes credit where credit is due." Therefore, it is time to rejoice, all Tank users!
In this update, I will not talk specifically about what is changed in each hero or item in the update, but I will talk more about what is the impact of the update on the game.
Tank is Back to Dominate the Roamer Position
Now in Ranked plays, we started to see Tank heroes as the roamer of the team. Even in the MPL tournament, like in the picture above where EVOS was facing ONIC on April, 3rd 2022. A lot of teams also started to ban and pick Tank heroes, even the less picked Tank heroes. For example Atlas, Franco, Grock, and Atlas.
Tank domination in EXP Lane
Before the patch, some Tank was already filled the exp lane, but it is very rare and very situational. But now in higher ranks (such as mythic), lots of Tank heroes started to be the EXP-Laner for their team. Some heroes are now become the most picked/prioritized for a lot of people in the EXP lane, mainly Grock after he gets buffed on this update.
Tank as A Jungler
Yup, in this update, some Tank heroes can be, or even were adjusted to be Jungler Tank. In this update, Moonton has adjusted some of the defense equipment and battle spell effect to enable the Tank to become a Jungler. Some of the Tank heroes are already successfully proven to be effective in the MPL tournament. For example like in the picture below in the match of Aura against RRQ on March, 27th 2022, 'Kufra' became the choice of Aura's Jungler and it is proven to be successful to win the game.
Courtesy: YoutubeThe Battle Spells & Equipment
Not only are heroes that are getting adjustments, but the battle spells and defense equipment in this patch are also getting some adjustments. The adjustment in this patch is also benefiting Tank heroes so they can fit more in team compositions and roles.
First is the adjustment for the Jungler's battle spell, retribution. Retribution's effect is now adjusted so Tank can also be a jungler. Furthermore, Bloody retribution gets adjusted so this spell is more specifically for 'tankier' heroes.
Next is the defense equipment, there are some defense equipments that also get adjusted in this update. But I'm going to focus more on the item adjustment that I think has the biggest impact for the Tank users, Cursed Helmet and Guardian Helmet.
The first item is Cursed Helmet, this item gets adjusted and now can deal more magic damage to creeps. It means that with the help of this item, Tank can clear lanes and even jungle creeps faster. This item is the core reason why the tank can now be used in the EXP lane or as a Jungler.
The next item that gets adjusted is Guardian Helmet, now this item always gives HP regeneration to the user. This item is really strong for tank heroes since now they will be less to recall back to base to regen health. Tanks players can now sit in bushes, waiting for the enemy to appear while constantly regenerating HP.
There's no doubt that Update Patch 1.6.66 is the signal for Tank heroes to rise and dominate the meta. All the adjustment on heroes, battle spells, and equipment is all beneficial to Tanks and I also think it is important since Tank heroes have fallen behind in the meta before. It is refreshing to see a change in the meta and a new gameplay style in Mobile Legends this season.
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