Various ML Roles You Must Know

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Understand the function of each role such as Marksman, Tank, Fighters, support, Mage, Assassins for a strong team composition.
For beginners, choose support or Mage; Assassins the most difficult because it requires mechanics and precise timing.

Various ML Roles You Must Know

In-game Mobile Legends (ML), there are several roles, such as Marksman, Tank, Fighter, Support, Mage, to Assassin. Furthermore, each role has its own role.

As we know, Mobile Legends is a 5vs5 game that requires strategy and teamwork to achieve victory.

Meanwhile, team composition plays a very important role in forming a strong team. This is because each role has its own duties and functions in each lane in the Land of Dawn.

Therefore, you need to know more about the various roles in ML. What are they? Find the answer by reading this article to the end.

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Various ML Roles You Must Know

Furthermore, here are various ML roles that you must know along with their functions and duties in order to form a strong team:

Marksman

The first ML role is Marksman. Meanwhile, heroes with the Marksman role usually have high physical attacks and attack speed.

In addition, Marksman also acts as a damage dealer when a team war takes place. No wonder, Marksman is often targeted for ganking before a team war occurs.

As a damage dealer, Marksman needs complete items to be able to provide high damage. Therefore, Marksman is always in the gold line position so that he can buy items quickly.

You need to remember, playing as Marksman must be able to keep your distance and pay attention to positioning. If you ignore both of these things, then your team could lose the damage dealer and lose in the team war.

In full, here is a list of heroes who fall into the Marksman role:

Hero Name	Role – Hero Type
Mia	Marksman – Finisher/Damage
Bruno	Marksman – Finisher/Burst
Clint	Marksman – Finisher/Burst
Layla	Marksman – Finisher/Damage
Yi Sun Shin	Assassin/Marksman – Finisher/Chase
Moscow	Marksman – Finisher/Chase
roger	Fighter/Marksman – Burst Finisher
Karrie	Marksman – Finisher/Damage
Irithel	Marksman – Finisher Burst
Lesley	Marksman/Assassin – Finisher/Burst
Hanabi	Marksman – Finisher/Damage
Claude	Marksman – Burst/Chase
Kimmy	Marksman/Mage – Damage/Magic Damage
Granger	Marksman – Burst/Finisher
Wanwan	Marksman – Finisher/Burst
Popol & Kupa	Marksman – Push/Burst
Brody	Marksman – Burst/Finisher
Beatrix	Marksman – Finisher/Damage
Nathan	Marksman – Burst/Magic Damage
Edith	Tank/Marksman – Control/Burst
Melissa	Marksman – Finisher/Damage
Ixia	Marksman – Finisher/Damage
Obsidian	Marksman

Tank

Next, there is the role Tank which usually has high HP and defense. In addition, Tank heroes are also equipped with crowd control effects in each of their skills.

Based on this, Tanks usually become the 'body' of the team to receive all damage given by the opposing team. Furthermore, Tanks also have an important role in opening team wars and ganking the opponent's damage dealers.

Meanwhile, Tanks often accompany heroes with Marksman or Mage roles who usually have low HP to avoid enemy ganking.

Meanwhile, here is a complete list of heroes in Mobile Legends who have the Tank role:

Hero Name	Role – Hero Type
Akai	Tank – Guard/Crowd Control
Franco	Tank – Initiator/Control
Minotaur	Tanks/Support – Crowd Control
Lolita	Support/Tank – Guard/Crowd Control
Alice	Mage/Tank – Charge/Regen
Johnson	Tank/Support – Support/Crowd Control
Hilda	Fighter/Tank – Damage/Regen
Gatotkacha	Tank/Fighter – Crowd Control/Burst
Grock	Tank/Fighter – Crowd Control/Initiator
Hylos	Tank – Guard/Initiator
Uranus	Tank – Regen
Belerick	Tank – Crowd Control/Regen
Khufra	Tanks – Initiator/Crowd Control
Esmeralda	Tank/Mage – Regen/Mixed Damage
Terizla	Fighter/Tank – Burst/Crowd Control
Baxia	Tank – Support/Damage
Masha	Fighter/Tank – Push/Damage
Carmilla	Support/Tank – Crowd Control/Damage
Atlas	Tank – Crowd Control/Initiator
Barats	Tank/Fighter – Damage/Crowd Control
Gloo	Tank – Regen/Control
Edith	Tank/Marskman – Control/Burst
Fredrinn	Fighter/Tank – Damage/Chase
chips	Support/Tank – Support/Crowd Control
Kale	Tank/Support –

Fighters

Meanwhile, there are heroes with roles Fighters which has a balance between damage and defense. Which means, Fighter heroes can be the 'body' during team war while giving damage to the enemy team.

Typically, Fighter heroes occupy the Exp lane to level up quickly. Of course, Fighter heroes also play a role as initiators in team wars thanks to their skills that can lock down enemy heroes.

In addition, Fighter heroes also have the task of disrupting enemy jungler heroes so that they cannot farm quickly.

Meanwhile, the following are heroes who fall into the Fighter role:

Hero Name	Role – Hero Type
Balmond	Fighter – Damage/Regen
Alucard	Fighter/Assassin – Chase/Damage
Bane	Fighter/Mage – Push/Burst
Zilong	Fighter/Assassin – Chase/Damage
Freya	Fighter – Chase/Damage
Chou	Fighter – Chase/Control
Sun	Fighter – Push/Damage
Alpha	Fighter – Charge/Damage
Ruby	Fighter – Crowd Control/Regen
Hilda	Fighter/Tank – Damage/Regen
Lapu-Lapu	Fighter – Chase/Burst
roger	Fighters/Marksman
Gatotkacha	Tank/Fighter – Crowd Control/Burst
Grock	Tank/Fighter – Crowd Control/Initiator
Argus	Fighter – Charge/Burst
Jawheads	Fighter – Charge/Burst
Martis	Fighter – Finisher/Charge
Kaja	Support/Fighter – Control/Charge
Aldous	Fighter – Burst/Support
Leomord	Fighter – Chase/Burst
Thamuz	Fighter – Chase/Damage
Minsitthar	Fighter – Initiator/Crowd Control
Badang	Fighter – Charge/Burst
Guinevere	Fighter – Burst/Magic Damage
Terizla	Fighter/Tank – Burst/Crowd Control
X. Borg	Fighter – Regen/Burst
Dyrroth	Fighter – Charge/Burst
Masha	Fighter/Tank – Push/Damage
Silvanna	Fighter/Magic Damage
Yu Zhong	Fighter – Regen/Damage
Benedetta	Assassin/Fighter – Chase/Burst
Khaleed	Fighter – Damage/Regen
Barats	Tank/Fighter – Damage/Crowd Control
Paquito	Fighter/Assassin – Chase/Damage
Phoveus	Fighter – Regen/Damage
Aulus	Fighter – Damage/Crowd Control
Yin	Fighter/Assassin – Burst Control
Julian	Fighter/Mage – Chase/Magic Damage
Fredrinn	Fighter/Tank – Damage/Chase
Arlott	Fighter/Assassin – Charge/Burst
Cici	Fighter – Damage/Regen
Suyou	Assassin/Fighter – Chase/Burst

support

Then, there are heroes with roles support whose skills can provide buff, healing or crowd control effects. Usually, heroes with the Support role are an alternative choice besides Tank.

However, some Support heroes do not have high HP. So, it is less suitable to be used as a 'body' during team war. Meanwhile, the job of a Support is to ensure that the team's heroes remain safe while doing war by providing HP healing.

In this way, your team's chances of winning in a team war are higher thanks to the healing or buff effects you provide.

Furthermore, here is a list of heroes in Mobile Legends who are included in the Support role:

Hero Name	Role – Hero Type
Rafaela	Support – Regend/Guard
Minotaur	Tanks/Support – Crowd Control
Lolita	Support/Tank – Guard/Crowd Control
Johnson	Tank/Support – Support/Crowd Control
Estes	Support – Regen/Guard
Diggie	Support – Guard/Poke
Angela	Support – Guard/Support
Kaja	Support/Fighter – Control/Charge
Faramis	Support/Mage – Guard/Charge
Carmilla	Support/Tank – Crowd Control/Damage
Mathilda	Support/Assassin – Initiator/Guard
Floryn	Support – Poke/Guard
chips	Support/Tank – Support/Crowd Control
Marcel	Support/Crowd Control

Mage

Similar to Marksman, a hero with a role Mage also tasked with providing high damage. However, the damage given by Mage is magical type.

In addition, heroes with the Mage role are also equipped with crowd control and skills that depend on combos to provide deadly burst damage.

Usually, Mages occupy the Mid Lane so they can rotate to Exp or Gold to help in ganking enemy heroes.

Despite having high magic damage, heroes with the Mage role have thin HP. So, you also have to be careful when appearing on the map so as not to be picked off by the enemy.

Furthermore, the following are the heroes included in the Mage role:

Hero Name	Role – Hero Type
Alice	Mage/Tank – Charge/Regen
Nana	Mage – Poke/Burst
Bane	Fighter/Mage – Push/Burst
Eudora	Mage – Control/Burst
Gord	Mage – Poke/Burst
Kagura	Mage – Poke/Finisher
Cyclops	Mage – Damage/Control
aurora	Mage – Crowd Control/Poke
Vexana	Mage – Poke/Control
Harleys	Assassin/Mage – Burst/Poke
Odette	Mage – Burst/Poke
Zhask	Mage – Chase/Damage
Pharsa	Mage – Burst/Poke
Valir	Mage – Damage/Guard
Chang'e	Mage – Poke/Burst
Selena	Assassin/Mage – Initiator/Finisher
vale	Mage – Burst/Crowd Control
Lunox	Mage – Burst/Damage
Kimmy	Marksman/Mage – Damage/Magic Damage
Harith	Mage – Chase/Damage
Kadita	Mage/Assassin – Burst/Charge
Faramis	Support/Mage – Guard/Charge
Esmeralda	Tank/Mage – Regen/Mixed Damage
Lylia	Mage – Push/Damage
Cecilion	Mage – Poke/Burst
Luoyi	Mage – Support/Crowd Control
Yve	Mage – Poke/Burst
Valentina	Mage – Burst/Finisher
Xavier	Mage – Damage/Guard
Julian	Fighter/Mage – Chase/Magic Damage
Novaria	Mage – Burst/Poke
Zhu Xin	Mage – Damage/Crowd Control
Zethian	Mage – Poke/Crowd Control

Assassins

Lastly, there is an ML role called Assassins with high mobility and burst damage as its characteristics. Thanks to these abilities, several heroes with the Assassin role are often placed as jungler.

As the name suggests, an Assassin must be able to chase and execute damage dealers from the enemy team with low HP such as Mages or Marksmen.

However, Assassin heroes do not have as much HP as Tanks or Fighters, so you have to be able to enter and exit team wars appropriately.

More completely, the following are heroes who are included in the Assassin role in Mobile Legends:

Hero Name	Role – Hero Type
Saber	Assassin – Charge/Finisher
Alucard	Fighter/Assassin – Chase/Damage
Karina	Assassin – Finisher/Magic Damage
Zilong	Fighter/Assassin – Chase/Damage
Fanny	Assassin – Chase/Finisher
Hayabusa	Assassin – Chase/Burst
Natalia	Assassin – Chase/Finisher
Yi Sun Shin	Assassin/Marksman – Finisher/Chase
Harleys	Assassin/Mage – Burst/Poke
Lancelot	Assassin – Charge/Burst
Helcurt	Assassin – Push/Burst
Lesley	Marksman/Assassin – Finisher/Burst
Gusion	Assassin – Burst/Magic Damage
Selena	Assassin/Mage – Initiator/Finisher
Hanzo	Assassin – Poke/Burst
Kadita	Mage/Assassin – Burst/Charge
Ling	Assassin – Chase/Burst
Benedetta	Assassin/Fighter – Chase/Burst
Mathilda	Support/Assassin – Initiator/Guard
Paquito	Fighter/Assassin – Chase/Damage
Aamon	Chase/Magic Damage
Yin	Fighter/Assassin – Burst/Control
joy	Assassin – Chase/Damage
Arlott	Fighter/Assassin – Charge/Burst
Nolan	Assassin – Chase/Burst
Suyou	Assassin/Fighter – Chase/Burst

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By knowing the various ML roles along with their functions and tasks above, you can form a strong team to achieve victory.

Questions about ML Roles

Which role is best suited for a beginner player?

For beginners, the best recommended roles are Support or Mage. Both roles focus on defense and providing support damage to the team. Therefore, they don't require advanced mechanics like Assassin or Marksman.

What hero can fill two roles at once?

Many heroes in ML have dual role, for example:

Edith: Tank / Marksman
Selena: Assassin / Mage
roger: Fighter / Marksman
Julian: Fighter / Mage
Fredrinn: Fighter / Tank

What role is the most difficult to play?

The Assassin role is considered the most difficult because it requires advanced mechanics, precise attack timing, and the ability to read enemy movements. Examples of difficult assassin heroes include Fanny, Ling, Gusion, and Benedetta.

What is meant by the Jungler role?

Jungler isn't a hero role, but rather a team position. Typically, an Assassin or Fighter role, tasked with killing jungle creeps to gain buffs and assist the team in ganking.

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