MLBB Meta — Season 17
The current Mobile Legends meta, updated every 48 hours from real ranked data and MPL pro tournament results. This page tracks which heroes dominate the MLBB tier list, which are secretly overpowered, and which ranked favourites the pros are avoiding. Use it before your next ranked session.
Top heroes by pro pick rate
These are the heroes MPL pros pick most often in Season 17. High pro pick rate means the hero is strong under coordinated team play and refined drafting — a reliable signal of meta power even before ranked data catches up.
Zhuxin
Mage • Mid Lane
Leomord
Fighter • Jungle
Claude
Marksman • Gold Lane
Suyou
Assassin/Fighter • Jungle
Harith
Mage • Gold Lane/Jungle
Yve
Mage • Mid Lane
Sora
Fighter/Assassin • Exp Lane
Phoveus
Fighter • Exp Lane
Gloo
Tank • Roam/Exp Lane
Khaleed
Fighter • Roam/Exp LaneHidden OP — picks pros love that ranked players sleep on
These heroes have a large positive gap between their pro pick/ban rate and their ranked presence. In other words, MPL teams draft or ban them constantly, but they fly under the radar in solo queue. If you want an edge this patch, these are the heroes most likely to be under-respected by your opponents.
Fanny
Assassin • JunglePhoveus
Fighter • Exp LaneZhuxin
Mage • Mid Lane
Chip
Support/Tank • Roam
Freya
Fighter • Exp Lane/JungleOverrated — ranked picks the pros are passing on
High ranked pick rate, low pro presence. These heroes are popular in solo queue but don't survive the discipline of pro drafts. That doesn't always mean they're bad — but it does mean their ceiling is limited, or they're easily countered with basic coordination.
Estes
Support • Roam
Sun
Fighter • Exp Lane/JungleGloo
Tank • Roam/Exp Lane
Saber
Assassin • Jungle/Roam
Hanabi
Marksman • Gold LaneFull MLBB tier list — Season 17
Every hero in the current Mobile Legends roster, sorted into tiers based on combined pro and ranked meta strength. S-tier heroes are must-pick or must-ban at every level of play.
S
God Tier. First pick or perma-ban.
Freya
Harley
Zhuxin
Guinevere
Gloo
Marcel
Fanny
Sora
Phoveus
A
Strong and highly contested.
Harith
Leomord
Suyou
Kalea
Yve
Chip
Claude
B
Balanced and viable.
Valentina
Zetian
Khaleed
Baxia
Yi Sun-shin
Arlott
Granger
Helcurt
Hilda
Uranus
Fredrinn
Moskov
Karrie
Alice
Hylos
Lapu-Lapu
Gatotkaca
Chou
Terizla
Hanabi
Pharsa
Sun
C
Niche or situational.
Estes
Saber
Cici
Valir
Lylia
Minsitthar
Obsidia
Miya
Yu Zhong
Gusion
Tigreal
Gord
Grock
Lesley
Selena
Vexana
Belerick
Lancelot
Kimmy
Nana
Angela
Franco
Badang
Floryn
Hayabusa
Masha
Aamon
Silvanna
Julian
Thamuz
Kadita
Lunox
D
Weak. Needs a buff.
Aulus
Atlas
Alpha
Layla
Esmeralda
Dyrroth
Odette
X.Borg
Johnson
Eudora
Zilong
Nolan
Ixia
Yin
Chang'e
Beatrix
Karina
Clint
Paquito
Cyclops
Vale
Faramis
Akai
Melissa
Lukas
Joy
Bruno
Alucard
Khufra
Benedetta
Hanzo
Novaria
Brody
Kagura
Ruby
Cecilion
Martis
Luo Yi
Natalia
Diggie
Minotaur
Irithel
Rafaela
Argus
Jawhead
Aldous
Carmilla
Kaja
Aurora
Xavier
Zhask
Edith
Bane
Natan
Balmond
Popol and Kupa
Roger
Ling
Barats
Wanwan
Lolita
Mathilda
How the MLBB Advisor tier list works
Most Mobile Legends tier lists are based on one person's opinion or community voting. This one is different. We pull two independent data sources: ranked match statistics from Mythic-tier players, and pro pick/ban data scraped from every MPL game in Season 17.
Each hero gets a power score — how much total demand the hero sees across both pro and ranked play. High power score = strong at all levels. Then we compute a divergence score — the gap between pro and ranked demand. A big positive gap surfaces heroes the pro meta has found but ranked hasn't caught up to yet (Hidden OP). A big negative gap shows heroes that are popular in ranked but pros avoid (Overrated).
The data refreshes automatically every 48 hours via a GitHub Actions cron job, so the tier list always reflects the latest patch and the most recent MPL matches — not last month's meta.
Frequently asked questions
What's the best meta hero in MLBB right now?
The S-tier section in the full tier list above shows the highest-priority heroes in the current Mobile Legends meta. In Season 17, the top heroes are determined by combined pro pick rate, pro ban rate, and ranked dominance — heroes appearing in all three are the safest picks for ranked.
How often is the tier list updated?
Every 48 hours. An automated pipeline fetches fresh ranked stats and scrapes the latest MPL match results from Liquipedia, then recalculates all scores and updates the list automatically.
Why is a hero ranked S-tier but I rarely see it in ranked?
That's the Hidden OP signal. Pros pick and ban these heroes constantly, but ranked players haven't figured them out yet — or they require a skill ceiling that keeps them from being spammed in solo queue. These are often the best heroes to learn if you're trying to climb.
How is this different from other MLBB tier lists?
Most lists are based on opinion or community polls. This one is entirely data-driven: actual ranked win/pick/ban rates cross-referenced with real MPL tournament results. You can click any hero to see the raw numbers behind its tier placement.
What is MPL ID S17?
MPL ID S17 is Mobile Legends Professional League Indonesia Season 17 — one of the highest-level MLBB competitions in the world. MPL is widely considered the best source of pro-level drafting data because the teams play dozens of games per season against elite opposition. We use MPL ID data as the pro benchmark for the current patch.
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