r/MobileLegendsGame • u/TriconicStan911 • Aug 26 '26
Discussion 10 YEARS OF MLBB! 🔥
From 2016 to 2026, witness how our OG heroes have evolved!
Here’s a look at the transformation of 20 heroes released in 2016 from their classic designs to their current looks.
Which of them do y'all think had the biggest glow-up???
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u/BabyLower4639 Aug 26 '26
Dang that
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u/Electrical_Leg_6955 Aug 26 '26
They couldn't get away with "Dante" so they had to go with "Vergil"
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u/Yami_no_shishA Aug 26 '26
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u/GlowieUwU Aug 27 '26
Omg i remember this skin everyone had this damn skin 😭 i miss seeing it it was so ahead of its time
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u/Suspicious-Store3236 Aug 26 '26
They have become a lot more modest, which is very weird for a game like this.
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u/StrawOfCoke Aug 26 '26
The boobs are not that big of a deal bro. Its just they lost their dark fantasy vibe in exchange for generic anime style
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u/Suspicious-Store3236 Aug 26 '26
Who said it's a big deal?
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u/rexroy2008 Aug 26 '26
They Yaoi-fied my goat clint, he went from cool cowboy to run of the mill cliche nonchalant stereotype of cowboys
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u/arkhangelsk44 Aug 27 '26
The "Sex Sells" era was over. They got enough audience to tone themselves down.
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u/ItsKuyaJer Aug 26 '26
True. Design was better when female characters all had boobs.
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u/FamiliarAgent1158 Aug 26 '26
"Bery beird" and it's a chinese game. I'm so glad they have censores, maybe less braindead coomers will flood the game
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u/devilfury1 Aug 26 '26
If they don't want brainless coomers, they should've added more hideous monsters and ugly heroes in the game and not whatever they're currently adding.
They can't even try and add muscles to some of the male heroes. They all feel thin and shit.
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u/FamiliarAgent1158 Aug 26 '26
Yes, because they're catered to their audience without feeding the coomers. Glad to see them virgins losing
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u/Adventurous-Cream633 Aug 26 '26
Point here is,they can't pick a damn side. They wanna make attractive characters but don't wanna attract gooners,but they don't wanna make more unorthodox characters to dispel gooners. Pick a damn side
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u/erickmojojojo Aug 26 '26
Eudora is much glow up. But downgrade is Vexxana, Nana, and Bane. We need more unorthodox looking char like their OG design. Old Fanny is also a tad better since we already have too much blondes and no redhead.
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u/elcattoooo Aug 26 '26
Bane had to be changed because of China censorship and all mild gore arts like vexana🥲
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u/Naviwwo Aug 26 '26
They could've toned down the art and design, yeah, I just don't understand why they completely changed her story too 😞
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u/miss-omen Aug 26 '26
frfr i liked nana and bane's old designs
and if they had wanted to yassify vexana, least they could do was follow MLA's design
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u/erickmojojojo Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 27 '26
Yup. Nana old design was crude and imperfect, but facing towards the right direction, just need improvements. The new one are more polished yes, but concept wise is not as strong as the older.
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u/Majestic-Ad-7393 Aug 26 '26
Original Fanny and Miya they were practically naked with their in-game models
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u/Classic_Bank1127 Aug 26 '26
Cleavage are showing but they're not naked bro lol
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u/Majestic-Ad-7393 Aug 26 '26
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u/GiveMeChoko Aug 28 '26
This isn't even close to how much skin Guin and Freya currently literally show in their summer skins. Like, there's nothing wrong with it, it's sexy but in a 'tasteful' way. Her tits aren't out, her cheeks aren't hanging.
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u/fava9410 Aug 26 '26
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u/Drastically-_- Aug 26 '26
Not even gonna lie, as much hate moneyton get, some of these redesigns were pretty nice
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u/Arc_7 Aug 26 '26
Same, most of these designs feel like an Upgrade. Can see for like old Lolita, or old Zilong has some pretty dank armor, but outside that, most feel much cleaner now.
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u/foxmindedguy Aug 26 '26
To be honest I like old art more. Miya had more character, so did Bane. Even Rafaela.
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u/Striking-Feature8220 Aug 26 '26
hate that they make all monster heroes more human-like now
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u/GiveMeChoko Aug 28 '26
I can't even remember the last monster hero they made after Gloo, which was so long ago. And the reason is obvious, you can't just put fancy clothes on the model to make epic and higher tier skins, you actually have to get creative with skins. And monster heroes are difficult to get collabs for. Gloo has the Patrick skin and it's so shoehorned, none of his abilities have anything to do with what Patrick does.
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u/SomebodyNeedsTherapy Aug 26 '26
Bane and Alucard changes were a downgrade, in my opinion. All the female characters switched from gooner bait to generic.
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u/Sad_Contribution9216 Aug 26 '26
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u/SomebodyNeedsTherapy Aug 26 '26
I know, but it doesn't change the fact that the visual rework IS a downgrade, copyright notwithstanding.
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u/Empirehulk Aug 26 '26
Mf dont wanna be copyrighted by capcom lmao i was fo the better thats why we got street fightervcollab
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u/RemarkableShake9584 Aug 26 '26
Alucard was a straight up Dante copy, so they probably changed his design out of fear for copyright infringement.
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u/jupjami Aug 26 '26
imagine when we do this next year for the 2017 heroes and cyclops still has the same art 🥲🥲
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u/Gian-Nine Aug 26 '26
Brooo I just remembered old saber omg
I surely don't miss that, this is so much better
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u/Skibidicumsplasher Aug 26 '26
The designs we have right now are straight up ai
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u/Gian-Nine Aug 26 '26
Nice input u/skibidicumsplasher
How unfortunate that I never asked for it
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u/Skibidicumsplasher Aug 26 '26
Doesn't change the fact that they ask ai for designs and make a human imitate the designs Which makes it have no creativity and just ai slop
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u/ttyltyler Aug 26 '26
I am pretty new to the game but super excited for the celebration skins and stuff!
This game has its ups and downs but I always come crawling back for the adrenaline rush and ability to just not think ab the real world and have fun
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u/S_Dustrak Aug 26 '26
Man, I'm gonna be downvoted to hell, but more like nerfing it feels like they got some sense, 80% of the game art was boobs in different angles. Of course there's also Kagura, Bane and Lolita, but for the rest it was straight up goon bait.
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u/Bluetterfly_ Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26
Yeah. As a girl, I really hate the oversexualized stuff. Who the duck wears a bikini to war? I get that they did it to attract male players, but it felt cheap.
[EDIT] Well, not a bikini per se, but you get what I mean.
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u/Public-69420 Aug 28 '26
Yeah oversexualing is not good, but the fuck you mean all new female characters are flat as fuck? Literally NO WOMAN in the world suddenly has breats now? Like c'mon dude, at this point it feels like Moonton is doing the same body type to every female character (and male, because apparently every male has his 6 pack showing at all times) with a few exceptions like Obsidia, BECAUSE HOT DAMN THOSE THIGHS GOT ME FACTORY RESETTING!
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u/Thp_4 Aug 26 '26
Tbf the revamp made her usable
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u/Warm_Entrepreneur986 Aug 26 '26
They didn’t need to make her look like a disney princess they literally just created a new hero
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u/Diligentplutia Aug 27 '26
I very much enjoyed one shotting squishies with my ultimate I had a very high win rate on old vexana. I am aware it was DoT but the DoT pretty much killed them instantly
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u/real_lexa Aug 27 '26
They should've just added skills to the reanimated hero when vex ult activates
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u/MagpieLee Aug 26 '26
Am I the only one who misses the old Nana?
https://www.reddit.com/r/MobileLegendsGame/s/ePJNL4kYxk
I took a 6 year hiatus and she's been nerfed to shit
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u/Abyss_900 Aug 26 '26
I like how they sexualized almost all the female characters in the game back then just to hook in players
(They stole alucard from devil may cry)
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u/Hot-Frame1326 Aug 26 '26
Fucking Zhao Yun dawgg 🥀 , also old Clint was so hot
I still miss old Bane, his ship and aoe heal were so good in brawl
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u/foreversnsd1 Aug 26 '26
If I don't like Nana's revamp it's time to quit ML I don't care if I have an advanced server with a world collector. I hate every revamp they do and I do hope they will not rob me from my Nana, they do my other hero Alice dirty I hated the revamp so much.
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u/PROGMRZ Aug 26 '26
Imagine if Capcom decided to collab with Moontoon again but this time DMC and they just brought back Alu's old skin. Just the old skin with no changes LMAO
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u/Vaughnvnc Aug 26 '26
Oh gosh, you make me feel so old because I remember playing those heroes in 2016 and the memories they evoke outta me man.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Art7279 Aug 26 '26
The portraits then was so full of whimsy and life now it just so vague and mehh
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u/horneddevil1995 Aug 26 '26
Zi Long’s old design is literally Zhao Yun Zi Long’s design from Dynasty Warriors.
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u/Long_Action4199 Aug 26 '26
i remember old bane dude, the airship ultimate and the weird healing 2nd skill was so fun to use.
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u/Left-Cod-8480 Aug 26 '26
Remember the promise that we could use the old designs again someday? Moonton, WHERE?!
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u/Automatic_Fox6627 Aug 26 '26
they sexualized female characters. i wanna see them put balmond in gray sweatpants!! 😡
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u/Hyakkimaru_4 Aug 26 '26
And the true OG designs of Layla and Eudora they didn't hide their cleavage
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u/LimitlessThrdy-ness Aug 26 '26
kagigil! naglalaro lang siguro ung iba dito ng ml para makakita ng boobs!
Kidding asides, I get that stylized yung mga characters, pero they say "mas maganda pag may boobs pa mga characters" like di sa art style nakatingin, kundi diretso sa boobs😭
Pero oo, I agree na nawala ung vibes na mala dark-fantasy ng game dahil sa masyadong censorship. Maganda naman mga designs dati, naaalala ko pa ung iba kahit di nmn ako naglaro 'till early 2021. Nawala ung appeal nila, naging mala anime style nalang sila lahat na very covered and somewhat very formal tignan.
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u/Objective_Squirrel87 Aug 26 '26
I lowkey like the revamps. Most of the older arts are just boobs and skin, these new one feels much better.
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u/astarisaslave Aug 26 '26
Ah yes, the times when Balmond was a literal blatant one -to-one down to the design and skills ripoff of Axe from Dota 2. Ditto with Alice and Queen of Pain.
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u/Livy_Star Aug 26 '26
WOAH DIDN'T KNOW FANNY LOOKED THAT WAY. Anyways I really hate all these anime ish cartoon ish designs most games are heading towards these days. Old mlbb designs were ART
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u/oompaloompa199 Aug 26 '26
I get revamping characters because of copyright allegations, but damn some of these characters looked so sick pre-revamp. Bane is the best one imo.
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u/Djistino Aug 26 '26
I miss the old Kagura , she had a peak design even the basic skin was op, the skill movement, the colors and the dynamics were something else from today's effects....
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u/puddings-sheet Aug 26 '26
I miss that old bane. He was a newer hero when I started playing and his ult could attack the base as well it was whole ghost ship that couldn’t be blocked.
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u/Safe-Bee-8167 Aug 26 '26
Grabe naalala kopa nung first time Kong nagpaload para makalaru lang hahahaha
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u/_cheese_pizza Aug 26 '26
Damn, just started playing this.
Most of the old ones look more defined than the new.
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u/Calm-Aerie1207 Aug 26 '26
I just realized how many of the female characters were just straight up goonbait, wasn't complaining tho
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u/TrueAquamarine Aug 26 '26
what grinds my gears about the chinese hold on games is that theyre not allowed to show skulls as dictated by the ccp, among other censored thangs.
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u/Fearless-Muscle-517 Aug 26 '26
imo; except tigreal none of the current version is better than the past one
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u/Open-Relationship-64 Aug 26 '26
so OG that i remember Zilong having the name Yun Zhao and then changing it to Zhao Yun and then to Zilong because (apparently) it might copyright League’s Xin Zhao
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u/CardiologistHuge8470 Aug 26 '26
I like eudoras old art more... actually most of the old art are better imo
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u/TetraVoidScream Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26
They nerfed Alice's boob, saddest thing I saw today 🥀
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u/JerryCheese013 Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26
I want original Fanny back so bad because im so horny for her back then during highschool. I hate the new look that makes her look like a minor like all other female heroes and also hate her personality changed.




















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u/Fickle_Mistake1563 Aug 26 '26
The downgrade in some of these designs needs to be studied🥀