It has been nine years since Mobile Legends Bang Bang (MLBB) was released on mobile by Moonton. Now, the game has gone on to become one of the most popular games in the world with millions of daily active users. With over 120+ playable heroes in the game, it begs the question of who the oldest hero within MLBB is. In this article, let’s take a look at this interesting question.
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As of 2025, MLBB has released 127 heroes in the regular server. Keeping the MLBB player base hooked, MOONTON regularly brings new ones to the game.
For those who don’t know, power scaling is quite popular in live service games. In these games, new characters or features are released with unique effects. The effects are sometimes higher to ensure players are aware of or to try them out. This issue has been seen in various games in the past, like League of Legends and even VALORANT.
This makes the new abilities more effective in ranked matches and makes the older features redundant or ineffective. Thus, to ensure this isn’t the case, multiple patches have been released throughout the year to keep the game balanced.
When MLBB was released back in July 2016, there were a total of 27 heroes that were playable from launch. Below is a list of all the oldest heroes in MLBB:
Following the launch in July 2016, the game released multiple heroes in the following months. Below is a list of the remaining heroes within MLBB that were released in 2016:
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