Mobile Legends Tier List: Best Heroes Ranked

Every Mobile Legends player knows the feeling of locking in a favorite hero and watching the enemy team ban it, pick the counter, and win anyway. A tier list won’t fix that, but it does tell you which heroes are earning wins right now, and which ones are quietly dragging teams down.

This list is based on ranked win-rate data for Season 42 and Patch 2.2.16a, which went live on 14 October 2026. Rankings here come from numbers, not hype, and they will shift again after the next patch. 

How This Tier List Was Built

Moonton doesn’t publish an official tier list, so this one follows the live data on MLBBHub, which tracks ranked games over the last 7 days across all ranks and servers. The figures below were updated on 28 October 2026.

A few honest limits come with that:

• The patch is still young. Patch 2.2.16a buffed Kalea and nerfed Aulus, Hirara, Eudora and Rafaela. Games from before the patch are still partly in the data, so those four may slide.
• Win rate is not the whole story. A hero with a high win rate and a tiny pick rate can look better than it is.
• Different lists disagree. Pocket Gamer’s editorial list, updated 17 October, puts Tigreal in its top tier, while the win-rate data puts him near the bottom. Both views are useful. This one favors results.
• Rank matters. These are all-rank numbers. Mythic-and-above lobbies play differently.

S Tier: The Heroes Winning the Most Games

These 14 heroes top the October 28 data. Half of them are roamers, which says a lot about the current meta teams that control fights early are winning more.

Hero	Win Rate	Ban Rate	Note
Marcel	57.87%	~37%	High pick, high ban
Rafaela	55.16%	~17%	Recently nerfed, worth watching
Khufra	54.74%	Under 2%	Rarely banned, easy to grab
Gloo	54.65%	~40%	Flex roam/EXP
Floryn	54.11%	~13%	Steady sustain pick
Minotaur	54.06%	-	Solid, low-drama roam
Carmilla	53.69%	~15%	Consistent roam option

Fighters, Junglers and Carries

Hero	Lane	Win Rate	Ban Rate	Note
Masha	EXP	60.92%	~37%	The standout of this whole list
Argus	EXP	56.57%	Under 2%	Strong and barely banned
Aulus	Jungle/EXP	53.55%	~42%	Most-banned S-tier hero, now nerfed
Sun	EXP	53.01%	-	Reliable split-push option
Popol and Kupa	Jungle/Gold	54.61%	Under 1%	Flexible, low ban
Obsidia	Gold	53.40%	~22%	Strong marksman pick
Valir	Mid	53.99%	Under 3%	Underrated mage

A Tier: Strong, Reliable Picks

A tier is where a lot of smart solo-queue picks live. These heroes sit between roughly 51% and 54% win rate and don’t get banned as often as the top names.

Hero	Role	Win Rate	Ban Rate
Diggie	Roam	53.58%	—
Lolita	Roam	53.97%	—
Estes	Roam	52.64%	~44%
Atlas	Roam	52.28%	—
Belerick	Roam	52.12%	~56%
Lukas	EXP	52.78%	~38%
Benedetta	EXP	52.63%	—
Edith	EXP	52.58%	—
Barats	EXP	51.84%	—
Minsitthar	EXP	51.58%	—
Ling	Jungle	52.55%	—
Saber	Jungle	50.92%	~24%
Gord	Mid	52.95%	—
Zhask	Mid	52.46%	—
Yve	Mid	52.58%	—
Kagura	Mid	51.75%	—
Kadita	Mid	51.36%	—
Eudora	Mid	51.04%	~59%, nerfed
Zetian	Mid	50.99%	—
Bruno	Gold	53.21%	—
Hanabi	Gold	52.29%	—
Irithel	Gold	52.35%	—

Bruno and Kadita are both heroes that were revamped this season, and they’re holding up well. Belerick and Eudora are worth noting for another reason: they get banned more than half the time, so you’ll often be playing around them rather than with them.

Who Is Struggling Right Now

Tier	Heroes
D Tier	Baxia, Grock, Harith, Zilong, Gatotkaca, Chou, Tigreal, Valentina, Mathilda, Lancelot, Granger, Fanny, Franco

That doesn’t mean they’re unplayable. Several of them are high-skill heroes whose win rates look low across all ranks because many players pick them without mastering them. If one is your main, a tier list shouldn’t stop you. Just expect a slightly harder climb.

How to Use a Tier List Without Being Controlled by It

Step	What to Do	Why
1	Pick one or two heroes per role	Ten decent heroes beat thirty rusty ones
2	Check the ban rate	A strong hero banned every game is hard to rely on
3	Play what the team needs	A 54% roamer doesn’t help if the team already has two
4	Re-check after each patch	Balance updates reshuffle this list fast

When Hero Choice Isn’t the Only Problem

Sometimes the limit isn’t the pick, it’s the account. A fresh account has few heroes, limited skins and a long road before the best picks are even available. That’s the reason some players decide to buy mobile legends account listings that already have the rank or heroes they want.

BuyAcc is a marketplace where sellers post accounts, and buyers simply look. Its MLBB section states that the seller undergoes "KYC" and account-ownership verification, and that an eligible account has 7 days protection from the sale date in case of mismatched listing or is recoverable by the original owner. Its pages say you get a refund or replacement respectively so check those terms first before you pay. Mlbb's account-trading restrictions are set by game publisher Moonton.

Conclusion

Right now, Masha, Marcel, Argus, Khufra and Floryn are leading is the Season 42 data, and roamers dominate the top of the list. The best approach is to pick a few strong heroes in your role and practice them until they feel automatic. If you want to see what ready-made accounts look like, browse BuyAcc or go straight to its page to buy mobile legends account options, and compare listings carefully before deciding.