If you enjoy MOBA games but aren't good at PC controls, then Mobile Legends Bang Bang is a perfect choice for you! The game is so popular that it even has exclusive men's and women's tournaments.
Its gameplay mechanics are similar to regular MOBAs, with two teams competing in a 5v5 format across three lanes, winning by destroying the enemy base and defending their own.
Tactics are crucial for victory, and the allocation and selection of hero roles within the team is a key element of this strategy. Currently, MLBB hero roles include tank, fighter, assassin, mage, marksman, and support.
Support heroes are often overlooked due to their relatively weak individual combat abilities, but they are indispensable for a truly versatile team, as they provide support, enhancing or maximizing the abilities of their teammates.
Furthermore, most support heroes are relatively easy to master, making them ideal for casual players or beginners. Based on this, we will recommend eight support heroes ranked from highest to lowest ability.
1. Minotaur
This hero's distinct tank characteristics perfectly illustrate that roles are not isolated. With proper use of hybrid skills, a support can even outperform a typical offensive hero.
This hero's tanking ability lies in drawing enemy fire, absorbing damage and ultimate abilities to create more opportunities for teammates to attack and survive. The support advantage is manifested in healing abilities to heal both themselves and teammates.
It's worth noting that if you want to improve your healing capabilities as Minotaur, you can acquire more diamonds through Mobile Legends Bang Bang top up to equip gear that enhances this healing, further ensuring the team's survival until the end.
2. Mathilda
This hero's support abilities, besides basic healing, include teleporting teammates - quickly pulling them to your side. If you are skilled enough with Mathilda and master the timing of this action, you have a chance to save a critically wounded teammate.
Also a hybrid support, Mathilda's other role traits come from assassin. You can use her combo skills to instantly eliminate nearby enemies, ensuring the safety of your teammates while allowing them to quickly penetrate enemy lines.
3. Angela
This hero ranks third primarily due to her relatively low overall damage, but she is arguably the most versatile support hero in Mobile Legends Bang Bang. Besides basic damage output, she can provide shields and healing to teammates.
If you think Angela is versatile only because of this, you're mistaken. Her "magic" lies in her ultimate ability: instantly teleporting to any teammate, regardless of their location on the map.
This means that if you as a teammate are surrounded or in critical condition, as long as you can wait for Angela to finish her ultimate, she can instantly appear to save you, like a divine intervention!
4. Floryn
This hero's support role is reflected in three aspects: basic healing, her passive skill, and her ultimate skill. The healing is self-explanatory. Her passive skill randomly grants a teammate a buff item - ideally for Junglers whose skills are on cooldown.
Floryn's main strength lies in her ultimate skill. Its effect is to instantly heal all teammates on the field and remove anti-healing effects applied by the enemy.
If used at the right time, this skill can save the team from a difficult situation and even bring about a comeback. This is why we always emphasize not to underestimate support heroes.
5. Kalea
This hero heals teammates and herself by attacking enemies, meaning that although she is a support, she has strong fighter characteristics - she is also the first support hero in MLBB to have this design.
Therefore, if you want to play Kalea and maximize her impact, you should not only not follow the traditional support playstyle (hiding in the back), but also go as far into the enemy ranks as possible and constantly deal damage.
On the other hand, Kalea also has tank characteristics, able to absorb damage and control enemies, meaning that you don't need to worry about your survivability when playing this hero in general.
6. Estes
Unlike other supports who have some characteristics mixed with other roles, Estes demonstrates the purest ability of a support hero: healing. But the key is that he maximizes this ability, making him an undisputed powerful healer for the team.
His first skill continuously heals a designated ally, while his ultimate connects to all nearby allies, providing a burst of healing to everyone.
Even if all teammates' health is low, there's little to worry about as long as Estes' ultimate is off cooldown.
7. Diggie
This hero's main ability is to remove debuffs from allies, such as preventing them from using skills or moving. These debuffs, if not removed promptly, can severely hinder the progress of the battle, but fortunately, we have Diggie.
More importantly, during Diggie's ultimate, allies are immune to all debuff attacks from the enemy, and Diggie's other skills can, in turn, apply control effects to the enemy.
8. Rafaela
Although Rafaela is last on this list, it doesn't mean she's weak; it just means her overall performance isn't as outstanding. However, correspondingly, she's easier to master than others and adapts well to most team compositions.
This hero's basic skills include attacking enemies and healing allies, while her ultimate stuns enemies in a straight line. If you're not yet familiar with the game mechanics, consider starting with Rafaela.
That concludes our introduction. While the best hero picks in Mobile Legends Bang Bang may change with each season, these 8 support heroes are almost always effective unless they are significantly nerfed. If you find one you like, give it a try!
