Hero is not selling well ML especially in season 23, this is a hero that is rarely picked by beginners or veteran players. Of course, there are many reasons that encourage them to be less popular for use.
One of the reasons for the lack of popularity of certain heroes is the gameplay which is quite complicated so that it cannot be used carelessly. Apart from that, there are also heroes whose skillset is lagging behind certain meta season heroes.
Actually, Moonton himself has been trying to raise the prestige of these heroes, such as by giving new skins or buffs. However, this still doesn't help.
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This article will discuss the reasons for the 11 least-selling heroes, especially in meta season 23 of Mobile Legends.
11 Inadequate ML Heroes That Were Evicted By Meta Season 23
Aulus
Actually, Aulus has the potential to be a reliable hero, especially in the EXP Lane. However, his skillset is far behind compared to fighter heroes, which are assumed to be used as DPS or carrying a team.
Looking at Aulus' skillset, most of his skills only rely on burst damage and buffs for physical damage without producing defense skills for him.
He is also less good at playing in the EXP Lane when compared to Sun, Chou, Aldous and Dyrroth. In fact, Aulus also loses prestige to Balmond, who has almost the same gameplay as him.
Hilda
The next less successful ML hero is Hilda, a tanker hero who also has good skills to defend against opponent CC effects and has burst damage.
The first reason he is one of the least popular heroes in Mobile Legend is because his passive skill can be easily countered by heroes like Saber, Natalia and Aamon.
For this reason, Hilda's effectiveness when hiding in the bushes was drastically reduced, coupled with the presence of Aamon who could disappear without having to enter the bushes.
Hilda is also outmatched by more multitalented tanker heroes like Franco and Khufra, even though these two heroes don't seem to have a regen effect.
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Vexana
This one hero seems to be difficult to become popular. You see, Vexana's skillset is quite complicated to use and the damage isn't much either. Hence, players also become lazy to use it when ranked because it will become a feeder for opposing heroes.
Even though Moonton has given him a buff at the start of season 23, Vexana's disease is still very wasteful.
Players who use Vexana will always try to spam skill 2 because it is the only source of GG damage from Vexana.
Vexana's Ulti is also not much, because she will only be able to make a clone of the hero killed by her with a status that only adds a little magic damage. In fact, even a clone of a hero made by Vexana can easily disappear if he is successfully killed.
Minsitthar
The next less popular ML hero is Minsitthar, who actually has pretty good CC skills through his ulti skills.
Minsitthar Ulti can almost counter all types of heroes who have agile movements, blink skills and CC. However, it was Minsitthar's other skillset that caused him to lose out on heroes with similar gameplay, such as Tigreal and Lapu-Lapu.
With burst damage and CC as well as more recent passive skills, players pick Lapu-Lapu more because they think that CC can still be avoided with Flicker.
Meanwhile, if you look at Minsitthar's passive skills, he will only provide additional gold for the team, which is also not much and can be replaced with build emblems or items.
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Alpha
Alpha is a less popular ML hero because not many players are comfortable using it during ranked matches.
As a hero who has a similar design to Saber, Alpha has the ability to create true damage from her passive skills. However, Alpha will find it very difficult when she is faced with heroes who have shields and thick HP like Baxia, Franco and Johnson.
Alpha's Skillset is also mostly created for poke purposes only, so it also becomes less frequent to make kills. Because most players want MVP, Alpha is rarely picked.
Diggie
Hero Diggie is also less popular in ML because his skillset is mostly based on supporting only one team.
Even if Diggie can become immune because he can't be targeted by the opponent after he gets killed, this doesn't pose a serious threat to the opposing team. The true damage created by Diggie also doesn't have much of an effect, except when he's only used for pokes.
If a player uses Diggie during a ranked match, that means that player only wants to be support without getting a lot of kills.
Meanwhile, most players want to make lots of kills and become the MVP of the match. This is the reason why Diggie is an inappropriate hero to pick, especially when pushing rank.
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Martis
Martis' performance in the Land of Dawn arena seemed erratic. When he is properly built, his skillset can also become GG in season 23.
However, most players who use Martis are not good at using his 2nd skill which has two forms. Usually, players who don't understand Martis' gameplay will only spam skill 1 from afar.
In fact, Martis himself can create a combination of attacks from skill 2 and his ulti. Plus, he can also create true damage with his ulti.
Due to the lack of skill in the use of timing, Martis often becomes the butt of the opponent's heroes and always gets ganked during ranked matches.
Saber
Saber is also the least popular hero in Mobile Legend because his skillset is outmatched by the assassin meta season 23.
Skill 1 Saber is often compared to skills 1 and 2 Aamon which incidentally has a better effect than Saber. Aamon is also claimed to be more usable by novice players because it has the advantage of magic damage and long range attacks, with a fairly short cooldown.
While playing Saber, he must take advantage of precise timing and tactics so that he can bring out his best abilities.
This is the vital reason why Saber is less attractive to most novice players, especially when they want to push rank from Warrior to Epic.
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Odette
Odette is also in the same fate as Saber and Martis, because she is not able to become a versatile mage like Esmeralda, Alice, Lunox and Yve.
Odette's skill set actually has its own advantages for providing CC effects such as Slow and Immobilize. However, Odette's skill range is not as far as Alice's nor is it as fast as Yve's so she will be vulnerable to being counterattacked before casting her skills.
Besides that, Odette is also less resilient as a solo midlaner and has to frequently roam which adds to the burden for novice players in particular.
Irithel
Hero Irithel is a less popular ML hero because she finds it difficult to compete with other marksman who already subscribe to goldlaner heroes, such as Clint, Claude, Beatrix and Brody.
As a marksman hero too, Irithel's movements are not so good. At the start of its release, Irithel had amazed players with his thick HP and CC ability which can lock the movements of heroes like Alucard and Zilong.
However, in the current meta season 23, all of Irithel's skillset and abilities will be easily countered by a marksman hero who is more agile and has burst damage.
As a result, Irithel is also no longer a threat in meta season 23 unless the build is made more solid and precise with a team that is also strong.
Hanabi
Hanabi is also the next least popular hero in Mobile Legend because she only relies on her poke skills without causing much damage.
For example, Hanabi is quite agile and fast when escaping from the opponent's hero. However, he will be vulnerable to being hit by the hero Lesley and helpless if pulled by Kaja or Franco.
Even though, Hanabi has also been given buff support and also a new skin in season 23, but her abilities are unable to match meta goldlaners such as Clint, Claude, Beatrix and Brody.
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Those are 11 heroes that don't sell well in ML, especially in season 23. The main reason they don't sell well is because they can't compete with the current season's meta heroes. Of course this will be a task for Moonton and players to raise their prestige again when pushing rank in particular.
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