7 Best ML Mage Heroes in Season 38

7 Best ML Mage Heroes in Season 38

In the current Season 38 of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, the competition in the Mid-Lane is getting fiercer to get the Upper Hand.

When talking about Mage heroes best in Season 38 ML This means a hero who is good at bursting, has flexible skills, fast rotation and big damage to win the match.

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So, for those of you who are curious about which Mage hero is worth picking so that your rank increases and you don't get stuck in the normal zone.

Therefore, in this article, we will recommend the best Mage heroes in Season 38 of ML!

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Hero Mage ML

In ML, role Mage aka Magician/Sorcerer team is a hero who relies on magic damage and basic attacks.

Usually has a fairly long range, area-of-effect (AOE) that can touch many enemies at once and is often equipped with crowd control such as stun, slow and root.

However, Mage heroes in ML are also often weak due to their low durability because they are not built to be Tankers.

Mage playstyle usually clears lanes, especially in the Mid Lane, because your skills can hit minions, help Roam float to other lanes, Team Fight with high damage and control the area.

In a team, Mage functions as a 'magic damage engine' plus map pressure support through his skills.

Some of the advantages of the Mage hero include being able to burst damage (explode quickly) to enemy heroes or many enemies at once because of their strong AOE and magic skills.

Apart from that, he also has a long range so he can play safely compared to melee heroes who have to get close to the enemy.

Because many Mages have crowd control, they can usually help regulate the flow of team battles such as stunning, slowing enemies and following up easily.

Meanwhile in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, the term 'Season' refers to the period of ranked competition, where all players reset their ranking progress and Moonton regularly makes patches such as hero buffs, nerfs, map adjustments, new features, new skins and META shifts.

In Season 38 which has started on September 17, 2025 until mid-December 2025, there will be major updates such as several heroes being buffed/nerfed, there will be new features and META changes.

So, Mage heroes who were previously OP can become less strong and Mage heroes who were previously underdogs can become better because of this META change.

Due to the change in Season 38, the META has changed, and the best Mage hero options have also changed.

For those of you who play Mage or Mid Laner, you have to adapt by looking for Mages whose skills are still relevant in the current META, such as fast burst, area control, the ability to roam and help the team.

Patches can also change cooldowns, damage, and how teams play on new maps or new mechanics.

By understanding the role of Mages, their functions, and their advantages, you can be better prepared to choose the right Mage hero in META Season 38!

List of the Best ML Mage Heroes in this Season

To pick the best Mage Hero in Season 38 to climb the ranks in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, you have to think about the current META conditions.

A Mage hero whose skills are still relevant, can withstand pressure from the enemy team and has good burst or control.

Choose one that can roam or help the team quickly, so you don't just farm the lane while helping with ganks and taking objectives.

Then after that, practice the mechanics and skill combos, if your position is in the mid lane then you have to be smart in reading the timing of the enemy coming in and out.

If you move in and out with a name, your Mage can kill enemies from afar and give the team the upper hand.

Lunox

Lunox aka the Twilight Goddess is one of the Mage heroes often used by Mid Laners and is also the best Mage in Season 38 of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

As a Mage, he is able to produce large burst Magic damage through two different Modes, namely 'Brilliance' and 'Darkening'.

He also has high vitality, an unpredictable playing style because he has 4 skills and the ability to clear minions and protect turrets quickly while being a deadly hero in the early game.

His passive skill called 'Dreamland Twist' has two modes, namely 'Power of Order' and 'Power of Chaos'.

'Power of Order' mode, he gains 0.5% Spell Vamp for every 1% Magic Penetration.

In 'Power of Chaos' Mode, he gains 0.5% Magic Penetration for every 1% Spell Vamp.

His 1st skill is called 'Starlight Pulse', he will summon Rain of Starlight to surrounding enemies while dealing 200 – 350 (+110% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage.

The Starlight will return to Lunox while restoring 75 – 100 (+30% Total Magic Power) HP and the restored HP is doubled when hit by an enemy hero.

In addition, it will also provide 1 stack of 'Power of Order' (Passive Skill) after use.

His 2nd skill is called 'Chaos Assault', he will release Chaos Energy to his enemies while giving Magic Damage of 250 – 350 (+120%% Total Magic Power) (+2.5% – 5% Total HP of the target) (1.5% – 3% of Maximum HP against Creeps).

Then this skill will also provide 1 stack of 'Power of Chaos' (Passive Skill) after use.

His 3rd skill is called 'Cosmic Fission', he will use his 'Power of Order' and 'Power of Chaos' while giving 300 – 500 (+150% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to enemy targets along his path and giving a slow effect of 40% for 2 seconds.

Meanwhile, his Ultimate Skill consists of 3 Modes, namely Default 'Order & Chaos', 'Power of Order: Brilliance' and 'Power of Chaos: Darkening'.

 In Default 'Order & Chaos' mode, Lunox will use 'Power of Order & Chaos'.

When Lunox uses 'Power of Order', she will gain 'Brilliance' while dealing damage to surrounding enemies.

Then when Lunox uses 'Power of Chaos', she will get 'Darkening' and can blink towards the enemy target and reduce the cooldown of 'Chaos Assault' (Skill 2) significantly.

In 'Power of Order: Brilliance' mode, he will extend his Light Barrier for 2.5 seconds and gain 30% extra Movement Speed while dealing 100 – 140 (+50% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage every 0.5 seconds to surrounding enemies.

Then in 'Power of Chaos: Darkening' mode, he will blink towards the enemy target while dealing 250 – 450 (+100% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to surrounding enemies while slowing them by 30% for 4 seconds.

The next 4 seconds, he will increase his 'Power of Chaos' to reduce the cooldown of 'Chaos Assault' (Skill 2) significantly.

Yve

Yve aka the Astrowarden is one of the Mage heroes often used by Mid Laners and is also the best Mage in Season 38 of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

His strengths include high burst damage, wide skill range, effective crowd control abilities with slow and immobilize effects, and immunity to airborne effects when his Ultimate Skill 'Real World Manipulation' is active.

In addition, he can also attack enemies because his skill cooldown is short, making him a strong hero in the early game to the late game.

His Passive Skill 'Galatic Power', he will get 1 stack every time he is hit by an enemy hero with 'Void Blast' (Skill 1) or 'Void Crystal' (Skill 2) up to 10 stacks.

Each stack of 'Galatic Power' allows him to deal an additional attack on the next 'Real World Manipulation' (Ultimate Skill) and increases the shield he gains by 5%.

His skill 1 is called 'Void Blast', he will explode 'Galatic Energy (Passive Skill) at the target location by giving 350 – 600 (+150% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to enemies in the area.

If successfully hit by an enemy, it will give Yve 55% extra Movement Speed which is reduced for 1 second.

His 2nd skill is called 'Void Crystal', he will summon this Void Crystal to the target enemy's location while dealing 220 – 420 (+40% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to surrounding enemies.

When this skill is used again, it will shoot energy material towards the target for 2.7 seconds and deal 105 – 180 (+20% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage every 0.45 seconds to the enemies hit and slow them by 30%.

Enemies hit by his attacks will be slowed by 6% for each attack up to 60%.

Her Ultimate skill, 'Real World Manipulation,' creates a Strafield for 15 seconds, granting Displacement Immunity and a shield of 400–800 (+120% Total Magic Power). During this duration, you can tap and slide to launch attacks up to 15 times.

'Tap' mode, will give 340 – 540 (+120% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to enemies in the target area.

In 'Slide' mode, it will deal 65 – 125 (+10% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage every 0.45 seconds to enemies in the target area for 2.7 seconds and slow them by 50%.

Enemies who leave or enter the Starfield are immobilized for 0.8 seconds. The Starfield remains in place if Yve is controlled, except for suppression effects.

Zhu Xin

Zhu Xin aka The Beacon of Spirits is one of the Mage heroes often used by Mid Laners and is also the best Mage in Season 38 of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

The advantage is that it has strong damage and crowd control so it is effective for controlling the fight and dealing damage from a distance.

Apart from that, he also has high mobility due to his Ultimate Skill 'Crimson Beacon' which can provide a shield and move quickly.

Then he also has AoE to hit multiple enemies and restore mana through the Passive Skill 'Crimson Butterflies' so he can survive for a long time in the battle area.

Her Passive Skill is called 'Crimson Butterflies', she will channel Lantern Flare (Skill 1) and convert the Mana used into 20 Crimson Butterflies to follow the Spirit Flare.

After stopping channeling Lantern Flare (Skill 1), her Crimson Butterflies will disappear and restore 4% of her maximum mana.

Her skill 1 is called 'Fluttering Grace', it will give 150 – 210 (+30% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to all enemies in a fan-shaped area and give 1 stack of Soul Snare.

He will slow down all enemy heroes hit by his attack by 20% – 40% and gain extra Movement Speed of 20% – 40$ for 1.5 seconds.

His 2nd skill, called 'Lantern Flare', can be used in 2 ways, namely 'Hold' and 'Release'.

When in 'Hold', he will move Spirit Lantern with his skill while dealing 33 – 88 (+28% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to all enemies in range for 0.25 seconds and applying Soul Snare to enemy heroes hit every time he spends 90 – 120 Mana.

When an enemy hero has 10 stacks of Soul Snare, Crimson Butterflies (Passive Skill) will capture and pull them into the air for 1 second.

When 'Release', it will throw the captured enemy to the target location while dealing 270 – 645 (+150% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage in the area.

His Ultimate Skill is called 'Crimson Beacon', he will blink to the target location while getting a shield of 400 – 700 (+100% Total Magic Power).

While flying, she creates a field around her for 6 seconds, dealing 60–90 (+20% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage and inflicting 1 stack of Soul Snare on enemies every 1 second.

Xavier

Xavier aka the Defier of Light is one of the Mage heroes often used by Mid Laners and is also the best Mage in Season 38 of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

Her strengths include strong crowd control with slow and immobilize effects from Mystic Field, large burst damage, and long attack range, especially with her Ultimate Skill 'Dawning Light'.

Her Passive Skill 'Transcendence' increases movement speed which helps her mobility and defense.

Xavier will increase his next skills every time his skill hits an enemy hero.

In Stage 1, it will increase movement speed by 50% when the next skill hits an enemy hero and decreases for 1.2 seconds.

Then, in Stage 2, the skill's duration increases. Meanwhile, in Stage 3, the skill's cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds and it enters a 'Transcendence' state.

All of his skills will be upgraded to Stage 3 for 5 seconds and the duration is extended when he is hit by an enemy.

Skill 1 'Infinite Extension', he will shoot a Mystic Bullet that deals 480–650 (+100% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to enemies it passes through.

His skill 2 is 'Mystic Field', he will create a Mystic Barrier that lasts for 5 seconds.

Enemies hit by the Barrier will receive 220 – 340 and be slowed by 50%.

Meanwhile, his teammates will get extra movement speed which is reduced by 1.2 seconds.

When hit by another Xavier skill, the Barrier will expand in a forbidden area for 3 seconds while dealing 220 – 340 (+65% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to enemies within it and paralyzing them for 1.2 seconds.

Ultimate Skill 'Dawning Light', it will release a Mystic magic beam that deals 600–1100 (+180% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to all enemies along its path.

The buff 'Forsaken Light' will increase HP, movement speed, critical damage by 1/1/1%/1%.

Kagura

Kagura aka the Onmyouji Masters is one of the Mage heroes often used by Mid Laners and is also the best Mage in Season 38 of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

Its advantages include large magic damage, high mobility with the ability to teleport and flexible skills in various situations.

He is also capable of providing strong burst damage in a short time, disrupting enemy formations and escaping enemy attacks, making him effective in combat.

His Passive Skill is called 'Yin Yang Gathering', he will take his Seimei Umbrella and he gets a shield of 280 (+50% Total Magic Power), gives a stun effect to surrounding enemies for 0.5 seconds and slows them by 60% for 1 second and a cooldown of 4.5 seconds.

Her first skill, 'Seimei Umbrella Open', sends a Seimei Umbrella to the target enemy's location, dealing 315-590 (+105% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to enemies in its path and slowing them by 60% for 0.5 seconds. The umbrella will return to Kagura even if she is far away.

This skill will deal 130% damage to non-hero enemies.

Skill 2 is divided into 2 modes, namely With Umbrella and Without Umbrella 'Rasho Umbrella Flee'.

With the Umbrella 'Rasho Umbrella Flee', he will remove all debuffs on himself and dash towards the target while leaving his Seimei Umbrella.

Without the Umbrella 'Rasho Umbrella Flee', he will teleport to the location of Seimei Umbrella and retrieve it while dealing 300 – 400 (+90% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to surrounding enemies.

His Ultimate Skill is divided into 2 modes, namely With Umbrella and Without Umbrella 'Yin-Yang Overturn'.

With the Umbrella 'Yin-Yang Overturn', he will summon the power of Seimei Umbrella while dealing 330 – 470 (+105% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to nearby enemies, knocking them down and slowing them by 60% for 0.5 seconds.

Without the 'Yin-Yang Overturn' Umbrella, he will summon his Seimei Umbrella, resetting the cooldown of Seimei Umbrella Open (Skill 1) while dealing (+70% Total Magic Power) to enemies around the Umbrella and slowing them by 60%.

After 1.5 seconds, enemies around the Umbrella will be attracted towards it and deal (+170% Total Magic Power).

Pharsa

Pharsa aka the Wings of Vengeance is one of the Mage heroes often used by Mid Laners and is also the best Mage in Season 38 of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

His strengths include high damage from a distance, high mobility due to his Passive Skill 'Spiritual Unity', crowd control abilities, and high burst damage potential.

He can also attack from a distance and bypass obstacles which makes him especially effective in team fights and objective pushing.

Her Passive Skill 'Spiritual Unity', every 8 seconds Verri will enter Hunting mode and assist her in the next attack on the enemy hero while dealing 8% extra Magic Damage equal to the target's max HP (+1% for every 200 Magic Damage it has) and slowing it by 60% for 1 second.

His skill 1, called 'Curse of Crow', will release a magic explosion to the target location while dealing 300 – 425 (+120% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to enemies hit by the attack and marking them for 4 seconds.

Pharsa's next attack on the marked enemy will cause a stun effect for 1 second.

Skill 2 is 'Energy Impact', it will release magic energy towards the target while dealing 525 – 700 (+145% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to the enemy hit.

Her Ultimate skill, 'Feathered Air Strike,' will fly for 8 seconds and bombard the target location, dealing (+160% Total Magic Power) to enemies in the area. This skill can also be used up to 4 times during that duration.

While his Special Skill is called 'Wings by Wings', he will turn into mist and wrap it around Verri and get 150% extra movement speed then fly above the field.

This condition lasts for 5 seconds or until he uses his basic attack or skill.

Kimmy

Kimmy aka the Hoverjet Outrider is one of the Mage and Marksman heroes who is often used by Mid Laners or Gold Laners and is also the best Mage in Season 38 of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

His advantages are that he has high damage in the early game, can shoot while moving, has a long attack range, high mobility because he has a blink skill and has the potential to be a team carry.

With this ability, it makes him a big threat because he can attack enemies from a safe distance and be paralyzed easily, especially in the early game.

Her Passive Skill 'Aerial Dominance', she can move and aim in various directions when using the Spray Gun, but cannot lock onto a specific enemy.

His Spray Gun attack will deal (+22%% Total Physical Attack) Magic Power.

He will also attack enemy heroes or non-hero units which will restore 6/3 of his Starlium.

At maximum Starlium, Kimmy's basic attack is increased to deal (+27%% Total Physical Attack) (+32%% Total Magic Power) damage and pierce enemy targets.

Kimmy doesn't stop moving while shooting and doesn't get an attack speed bonus.

Every 1% movement speed gained will be converted into 1 Magic Power.

His skill 1 is 'Anti-Grav Thruster', he uses his jetpack to fly, release and become immune to slow effects.

He also passes through terrain and gains 90% movement speed for 1 second.

While flying, he shoots 4 Chemical Bolts at nearby enemies while dealing 20 (+25% Total Physical Attack) (+30% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage and slowing them by 50% for 0.5 seconds.

Her 2nd skill, 'Starlium Beam', fires a beam at the target, paralyzing enemies in its path while dealing 300 (+50% Total Physical Attack) (+60% Total Magic Power) points of Magic Damage over 2 seconds. She gains 20 Starlium for every enemy hero hit.

His Ultimate Skill is 'Traction Pulse', he will charge and shoot his Traction Pulse towards the enemy target.

After hitting an enemy target or reaching its maximum range, the Traction Pulse will explode while dealing 200 (+60% Total Physical Attack) (+72% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to surrounding enemies and slowing them by 75%.

After 1 second, the area shrinks and pulls in all enemy heroes, dealing 151TP/8T of his current HP as Magic Damage. He also gains 40 Starlium for each enemy hero hit.  

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So, that's the information about the best ML mage heroes in Season 38. So, what do you think?