r/MobileLegendsGame • • 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/Fickle_Mistake1563 Aug 26 '26

The downgrade in some of these designs needs to be studied🥀

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u/Aure0 Aug 26 '26

Old Kagura and Lolita were genuinely peak man

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u/iAmNotACapricorn Aug 26 '26

What was wrong with that old splashart genuinely 😭 she got robbed

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u/Both-Plant663 Aug 26 '26

old kagura splash art looks like a white girl sorry not sorry 😭

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u/MarielCarey Aug 26 '26

I really like the new kagura design but the voice change I'm not a fan of

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u/reimivonhagenn Aug 26 '26

same ugh it sucks. i really like her jp voice but then i dont like other heroes’ jp voice so i dont want to change mine to jp :’) wish we could use different voice languages for each hero

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u/LemonKnight13 Aug 26 '26

Exactly 🫩 Her new voice is annoying and her lines are so cringe. She comes off as an annoying person.

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u/BluePanda305 Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

Oh you know what you’re saying about Kagura 😏

I genuinely loved Layla’s and Lolita’s outfits ngl

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u/Impossible_Luck_3443 Aug 26 '26

Idk whats wrong with them stripping her of those elf elements replacing it with the moniyan empire attire filled with some unnecessary details.

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u/Deconstrussy Aug 26 '26

why would they change the look of Lolita but not the name lol

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u/Oddislag Aug 26 '26

That Lolita was my main.

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u/Syncro6 Aug 26 '26

we lost lolipai on Lolita but we got armpits + tummy

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u/FoggyRain7 Aug 26 '26

Exactly, I really like her old design

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u/Dile_0303 Aug 26 '26

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u/Sensitive-Regulator Aug 27 '26

2018 and 2022 btw

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u/m-Yue- Aug 27 '26

We can't change the future 🥀

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u/BadgerForLife5 Aug 26 '26

Boob downgrade that's for real lol.

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u/Classic_Bank1127 Aug 26 '26

Also, Saber old design is goated bro

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u/HegemoneXT Aug 26 '26

Saber old design blended too well with the background. The new on has more contrast.

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u/Classic_Bank1127 Aug 26 '26

Simple just change the background. It's not the skins design's fault

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u/T1mo666 Aug 26 '26

copyrights

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u/Mushroom-pie Aug 26 '26

De-boobafication

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u/xRyozuo Aug 26 '26

I started playing a bit this summer after a year long break and saw some of the skins I had and my favourite from one of my main heroes had been changed slightly along with the loading screen icon of the champ (I’m talking specifically about alucard skin with white hair and yellow ish eyes which has either been removed or to the point of being a different skin)

Really made me glad I never spent a cent on the game. What’s the point of getting a skin you like if they might change it at any point.

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u/MightaDeletaLeta Aug 27 '26

Same goes to me with Aldous outlaw skin. I really like the revolver hand cannon.

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u/YourTrustySupporter Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

Notice how they didnt put Vexana or Aulus. These downgrade is being merciful

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u/The_one_before_ Aug 26 '26

These are the OG heroes, the ones the game launched with.

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u/Miserable_Scratch_91 Aug 26 '26

Downgrade? Have you seen Nana and Kagura, like holy sh*t

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u/BabyLower4639 Aug 26 '26

Dang that Alucard probably inspired by Dante.

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u/mostynqsn_ Aug 26 '26

"Probably inspired" He was straight up Dante .

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u/Outrageous_Donut3923 Aug 26 '26

Dante but Yamato as his hand lmao

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u/iwantdatpuss Aug 26 '26

Mix of Dante and Nero it seems like. 

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u/fyi_radz Aug 26 '26

"inspired" lmao

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u/InfiniteScrollers Aug 26 '26

He never knows that alu was the Dante back then

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u/Realistic_Squash_772 Aug 26 '26

straight up Dante

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u/Horror_Trust1826 Aug 26 '26

Old Alu is literally Dante

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u/FoggyRain7 Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

His name was literally Dante back then

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u/Illustrious-Owl-6128 Aug 26 '26

Straight up bro. Even Chou straight up look like Bruce Lee

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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/AlexicoDeCoco Aug 26 '26

new Alucard face is Robert Pattinson

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u/gilang19 Aug 26 '26

He he not Bad

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u/Hyakkimaru_4 Aug 26 '26

sweet summer child

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u/Empirehulk Aug 26 '26

Bro is dante but charater model of Nero lmao

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u/NeuvilletteWifeyy Aug 26 '26

And new Alu is totally Virgil inspired.

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u/Yami_no_shishA Aug 26 '26

I miss her madly...

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u/NoWorld3198 Aug 26 '26

true, I also miss the old Joy when she was just a yellow mouse

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u/luiggiew Aug 26 '26

That was my favorite skin vro 😭

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u/NishinoyaWife Aug 26 '26

Me too! That was my favorite skin😩. I liked her old ult better too

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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/jjldrn Aug 26 '26

i wish they kept the dark fantasy aesthetic 💔

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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/Adventurous-Cream633 Aug 26 '26

Oh they are a big deal alright. A big pair of deal

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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

This sub has one of the most intellectually deficient people

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u/m-Yue- Aug 27 '26

Chinese market integration?

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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/replikabymaki Aug 29 '26

I don't understand why they had to change them, but they left Helcurt untouched.

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His model is somehow creepyer.

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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/GodwinSquirrelmouth Aug 26 '26

I'll still never forget what they did to Faramis

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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/reidditzu Aug 26 '26

Bane old design is hot af 🔥

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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

Old Miya back in 2016 she was practically half naked with this very thin outfit

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u/Majestic-Ad-7393 Aug 26 '26

2016 Campus Youth Fanny she damn near close. Drop the skirt and top off yeah.

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u/angbobokohahahah Aug 26 '26

"Remove their clothes and they'll be naked"

Whatever you say bro 😖

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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/xPofsx Aug 27 '26

Did you not see eudora?

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u/fava9410 Aug 26 '26

You forgot Freya prime

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u/luiggiew Aug 26 '26

It seems Reddit has a limit of 20 images per post, if I'm not mistaken

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u/cutememe1 Aug 26 '26

Freya the Ryze of MLBB

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u/carrot1324 Aug 26 '26

Bane then: 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Bane now: 🤡🤡🤡

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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/DurantIsStillTheKing Aug 26 '26

So many nerfs. Only Rafaela was buffed.

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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

Mf alucard's design is literally Dante + Nero from devil may cry

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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/Miserable_Signal1141 Aug 26 '26

Why was there a “reply” buttom if you didn’t ask?

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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/Mindless-Ordinary760 Aug 26 '26

Damn. Miya was fine back then 🔥

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u/FinancialForm7735 Aug 26 '26

I miss this old logo​, I want this for the 10th anniversary

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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/Skibidicumsplasher Aug 26 '26

Pls put eudora christmas skin🙏

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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/yako314 Aug 26 '26

Lmao alot of 'stacked' hero got flatter

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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/alphamale_011 Aug 26 '26

Balmond really looked like Grom. Had the same skills even

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u/Sorry_Court_3620 Aug 26 '26

What did they do to my boi tigreal 😭

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u/Educational-Ad1744 Aug 26 '26

Taylor swift fanny?

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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/Decent-Industry6041 Aug 27 '26

eyyy where's chou? isn't he one of the OGs too?

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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/LumilitawNaMangga Aug 26 '26

They really change a lot huh, especially nana and bane

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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/NotJackspedicy Aug 26 '26

Everyone glow down except Saber,

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u/paracetukmol Aug 26 '26

The old design are freakin sexy

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u/real_mc Aug 26 '26

Akai was one lawsuit away from not getting reworked.

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u/kawabunga666 Aug 26 '26

og clint jewish icon

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u/MangakaWannabe000 Aug 26 '26

They're done reduced the bosom of my elf tank🥀💔

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u/ash_advance Aug 26 '26

Old Rafaela looks like Taylor Swift. 😆

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u/whyREX69 Aug 26 '26

every character had its own charm man

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u/Noob_Barista_Baker Aug 26 '26

So every one of the ladies had their titz showing back then

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u/TACICALNINJA Aug 26 '26

Yun Zhao and his voice exuding aura ong

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u/International-Law579 Aug 26 '26

Who remembers the O.G roaming boots?

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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/Neowzly Aug 26 '26

Saber nooo

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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/Realistic-Strike-225 Aug 26 '26

No more belly shot or midriff 🥀🥀🥀😭

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u/themior Aug 26 '26

Major nerf on Eudora

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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/-Lord-B Aug 26 '26

Everybody keeps losing assets

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u/Easylicious Aug 26 '26

From different ethnicities to just hot asians lmao

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u/Eksyst Aug 26 '26

almost everyone looked different, Clint just learned how to become unc.

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u/tikrap Aug 26 '26

Why is everything covered?

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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/realroses4 Aug 26 '26

Bane with the hard nerf

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u/keivelator Aug 26 '26

I had no idea Eudora used to look like that 🫪🥵

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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/Helpful_Carpenter823 Aug 26 '26

bane lost so much aura man

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u/YutaKitsune Aug 26 '26

Old kagura was fireeee

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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/ban_ntr Aug 26 '26

Kagura how I missed the old sprite 😭

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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/reidditzu Aug 26 '26

That Dante, eh, I mean... Alucard, but Dante... 😅😂

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u/Previous-Dig-9398 Aug 26 '26

Karina, Akai and Eudora looked a mess... 

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u/PuzzleMaze08 Aug 26 '26

That Nana and her Marksman Era

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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/Yonahuyetsgah Aug 26 '26

So many downgrades lmao

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u/PsychologicalBag2767 Aug 26 '26

Downvote me but I like the old nana

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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/GroceryLonely8731 Aug 26 '26

Alucard is a f***ng downgrade

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u/Asleep_Succotash719 Aug 26 '26

BRING BACK OLD BANE DESIGN!!

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u/Basic_Balance_6490 Aug 26 '26

Saber original🔥🙌

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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/No_Device_6605 Aug 26 '26

Bruh why did so many characters get a glow down

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u/TermOne1329 Aug 26 '26

I thought Minotaur is one of the first 20, not Kagura 🤔

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u/Naruxmma Aug 26 '26

Woah. Milkers.

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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/Miserable_Signal1141 Aug 26 '26

Good shit, now everything looks plane.

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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/Jasonmancer Aug 26 '26

Bane really went from "YOU OWE ME YOUR SOUL!" to "G'day matey"

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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/AdviceFew1683 Aug 26 '26

10 years of copying others😭😭

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u/Necessary_River355 Aug 26 '26

From League of Legends copycat to rival

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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/Fearless_Register871 Aug 26 '26

the nerf is noticeable

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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/PikachuStoleMyWife Aug 26 '26

Old kagura tho 🥵.

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u/NoGrade1158 Aug 26 '26

Balmond lowk looked like Haaland

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u/RdTheSloth Aug 26 '26

Some old ones are much better.

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u/DarkAlley614 Aug 26 '26

The new graphics for the OG heroes suck

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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/MsBaka Aug 26 '26

Everyone grew up

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u/CalmAtmosphere9478 Aug 26 '26

Old is very opensif desain

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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/The_Awengers Aug 26 '26

where's Natalia????

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u/ReineThePeafowl Aug 26 '26

I missed that Kagura portrait

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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/ComfortAdmirable6076 Aug 26 '26

The old Bane and Alucard(Dante DMC)

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u/rexroy2008 Aug 26 '26

they really do love middle parts huh?

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u/dragonovus Aug 26 '26

I remember Lolita and Kagura like that

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u/kei101895 Aug 26 '26

Kagura released in 2016???? Holy shit

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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/SomeNibba Aug 26 '26

Even ignoring the boobs, fanny was a straight up downgrade

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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.