History VideoGame / MobileLegendsBangBang

The great popularity of this game in Southeast Asia, however, had an effect on the hero designs: There's quite a lot of heroes based on figures in Southeast Asia. From one based on [[Literature/{{Mahabharata}} Gatotkaca]] ([[UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} Indonesian version]]) to the one based on Creator/MannyPacquiao, and some more, thus it contributed to the popularity of the game there.

* LoveTriangle: Hayabusa might have settled with Kagura, but fellow ninja Hanabi used to have feelings on him. She tries to keep things personal like a rival, but sometimes Kagura thinks that she's giving her some DeathGlare.

* {{Alucard}}: Serves as the name of the resident {{BFS}}-wielding demon hunter. While there is no vampiric Dracula counterpart nor is he related to Alucard, being a demon hunter means that hunting down vampires is on his job list.

* YouWillNotEvadeMe: What's a MOBA without the dragging "GET OVER HERE" skill popularized by both [[VideoGame/{{Dota 2}} Pudge]] and [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Blitzcrank]]? Franco got you covered with his Iron Hook.

** Clint the cowboy is named after the wild west characters in film starring Creator/ClintEastwood

The great popularity of this game in Southeast Asia, however, had an effect on the hero designs: There's quite a lot of heroes based on figures in Southeast Asia. From one based on [[Literature/{{Mahabharata}} Gatotkaca]] ([[UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} Indonesian version]]) to the one based on Creator/MannyPaquiao, and some more, thus it contributed to the popularity of the game there.

The great popularity of this game in Southeast Asia, however, had an effect on the hero designs: There's quite a lot of heroes based on figures in Southeast Asia. From one based on [[Literature/{{Mahabharata}} Gatotkaca]] ([[UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} Indonesian version]]) or on [[UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} Manny Pacquaio]], and some more, thus it contributed to the popularity of the game there.

''Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' is one of the biggest mobile MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena game in the world developed by Moonton. Despite its rocky start, the game has kept itself on a steady flow to continue to improve their game and expanding their universe. It's also one of the biggest mobile e-sport competitive games, and especially beloved in the Southeast Asia region.

The gameplay is mostly similar to those of ''VideoGame/ArenaOfValor'', using touch screen to move your heroes and attacking the enemies and objectives that culminates into destroying the enemy base. The hero designs tend to be simple but effective, attracting those who find even the likes of ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' too complex or couldn't even afford a good PC (at least until ''Wild Rift'' was released).

As usual, the lore are mostly ExcusePlot despite Moonton's efforts to flesh it out (even with some hiccups here and there), but from what's known, the game takes place in a fictional world known as "Land of Dawn", where there existed several factions which engaged in several battles that mark themselves as legends in the world. The plot is still being developed so it may get a little confusing on that, but that's not why a MOBA like this is played.

Perhaps it was most infamous for the cease-and-desist lawsuit by Riot Games, since in the early days, Moonton wasn't really that creative in designing their heroes they looked like copycats of ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' champions. However, the lawsuit has long since settled and Moonton has tried their best to deviate from ''League'' designs, thus the two sides agreed to let bygones be bygones.

The great popularity of this game in Southeast Asia, however, had an effect in the hero designs: There's quite a lot of heroes based on figures in Southeast Asia. From one based on [[Literature/{{Mahabharata}} Gatotkaca]] ([[UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} Indonesian version]]) or on [[UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} Manny Pacquaio]], and some more, thus it contributed to the popularity of the game there.

* {{Alucard}}: Serves as the name of the resident {{BFS}}-wielding demon hunter. While there is no vampiric Dracula counterpart nor is he related to Alucard, being a demon hunter means that hunting down vampire is on his job list.

* BilingualBonus: You're probably wondering what the hell Gatotkaca meant when he said 'Om telolet om' unless you understand Indonesian culture a bit: It's a meme referring to its overly congested roads with tons of traffic jams where you'll more likely blew your vehicle horns in annoyance several times ('Telolet' referring to your car's honking sound). He only said that in either Bahasa Indonesia or English, some languages (like Japanese) don't have him say that line.

** The Turtle, short for either Cryoturtle or Dragon Turtle. It rewards a global EXP and Gold for the team that slays it and the one who directly kills it get a temporary buff.
** The Lord, sometimes short for 'Sanctuary Lord'. It boosts minions and eventually will come down and help push a lane. He usually appears a little latter than the Turtle.

** Of course there's a lot of ported characters from other MOBA or Southeast Asian culture, but also notable is Zilong, who is based on Zhao Yun of ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' (Actually, it's just Zhao Yun's style name, and previously he was called 'Yun Zhao'), something that has been done by either [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Xin Zhao]] and [[VideoGame/ArenaOfValor Zanis]].
** Franco, kit-wise, can be said as a portable [[VideoGame/{{Dota 2}} Pudge]]. Not only he has the traditional chain hook drag skill (Iron Hook), his ultimate Bloody Hunt also had him suppress the enemy and beat them down savagely, pretty much like Dismember (the one that had Pudge yell "FRESH MEAT!").

* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Literally named Minotaur and serve as a Tank/Support. While he has his similarities, he's got different style than [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Alistar.]]

* {{Ninja}}: The game has 3 more obvious one in total, two good ninjas Hayabusa and Hanabi, and one evil ninja named Hanzo. Kagura is also a {{Ninja}} but you won't know from the first look when she's focusing more on Onmyouji magic.
* OfficialCouple: Some characters are designed to be couples with each other:
** Hayabusa-Kagura
** Cecilion-Carmilla
** Lancelot-Odette
** Khufra-Esmeralda
** Gusion-Lesley

* {{Ninja}}: The game has 3 in total, two good ninjas Hayabusa and Hanabi, and one evil ninja named Hanzo.

* CastingGag: Post-rework Hayabusa is voiced by Gaku Space and he has a rival whose name is Hanzo. Know what other ninja voiced by him who has a rivalry with a Hanzo? [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Genji.]]

* BilingualBonus: You're probably wondering what the hell Gatotkaca meant when he said 'Om telolet om' unless you understand Indonesian culture a bit: It's a meme referring to its overly congested roads with tons of traffic jams where you'll more likely blew your vehicle horns in annoyance several times ('Telolet' referring to your car's honking sound)

* {{Expy}}: Of course there's a lot of ported characters from other MOBA or Southeast Asian culture, but also notable is Zilong, who is based on Zhao Yun of ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' (Actually, it's just Zhao Yun's style name, and previously he was called 'Yun Zhao'), something that has been done by either [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Xin Zhao]] and [[VideoGame/ArenaOfValor Zanis]]

* MonkeyKingLite: Our Sun Wukong clone for this game is called... 'Sun'. Yes, just the surname.