Mobile Legends Patch 1.8.08 update: hero adjustments, and more

Moonton has recently released a new Patch 1.8.08 update, which includes a diversity of adjustments to heroes, items, and talents. The creators of the game have created this patch with the intention of improving the gaming experience for millions of players all over the world.

In this patch, a few heroes were buffed. For example, a new marksman hero Ixia, who was just introduced in the previous patch, received some improvements. 

Regarding new items, there is a new one called the Great Dragon Spear, which gives movement speed after using the ultimate skill.

Below you will find everything you need to know about the new Mobile Legends patch 1.8.08. 

Hero adjustments

Natalia

Passive – Assassin Instinct

• New Effect: Natalia camouflages herself after remaining in the bush for 1s
• Taking damage will immediately end the Camouflage state. While she no longer marks enemies, she retains her Enhanced Basic Attacks for 1s after leaving the Camouflage state
• Initial critical damage increased from 140% to 150%
• Enhanced basic attack damage decreased from 200 + 130% physical attack to 200 + 110% physical attack
• Fixed an issue where her Enhanced Basic Attacks wouldn’t deal enough damage to Creeps or Turrets

Skill 1 – Claw Dash

• Damage increased from 185-260 + 40% physical attack to 250-350 + 50% physical attack

Skill 2 – Smoke Bomb

• Slow effect increased from 25%-50% to 25%-75%
• Removed attack speed boost
• Fixed an issue where the actual area of effect didn’t match the area shown

Ultimate – The Hunt

• Removed the physical attack increased for 3s upon casting
• New Effect: crit chance increases by 15-45% when the ultimate is upgraded

Aulus

Passive – Fighting Spirit

• Aulus adds a stack of Fighting Spirit to his axe per second for 3s after dealing damage to any enemy
• Each stack grants 3-12 extra Physical Attack and 1-4 Physical Penetration
• He also gains 10% extra Movement Speed and 27-125 Basic Attack Damage at max Fighting Spirit stacks 

Skill 1 – Aulus, Charge!

• Cooldown enhanced from 10s at all levels to 16-14s (scales with level)
• Duration increased from 3s to 5s
• New Frontal Damage Reduction Effect: Every 10 extra physical attack increases damage reduction by 1%, up to 60%

Skill 2 – The Power of Axe

• Cooldown decreased from 10-5s (scales with level) to 5s at all levels
• Attack Speed Boost adjusted from 200% at all levels to 100%-200% (scales with level)
• HP Regen decreased from 25-100 + 35% extra physical attack to 50-100

Ultimate – Undying Fury

• Hammer Craft changed from 15% Lifesteal to 10% Crit Chance
• The first damage bonus decreased from 140% extra physical attack to 100% extra physical attack
• Continuous damage bonus decreased from 60% extra physical attack to 40% extra physical attack

Alucard

Passive – Pursuit

• Now deals extra damage when hitting enemy heroes with skills (Hitting Minions at the same time doesn’t reduce his damage to heroes)
• Skill damage ratio upon hitting an enemy hero decreased from 1.5x to 1.3x
• Enhanced basic attack’s damage ratio increased from 1.2x to 1.4x

Ultimate – Fission Wave

• New Effect: Gains 5%-15% hybrid lifesteal after unlocking the ultimate
• Extra hybrid lifesteal upon casting the ultimate decreased from 28%-40% to 15%-25%

Yu Zhong

Passive – Cursing Touch

• Optimized Sha Residue’s flying path as it returns to Yu Zhong after it erupts and slightly raised its flight speed (HP Regen speed is now faster)
• New Effect: Yu Zhong gains 30% extra movement speed when Sha Residue erupts
• Removed Effect: Sha Essence

Skill 1 -Dragon Tail

• Cooldown adjusted from 7-5.5s to 6-4.5s
• Spell vamp ratio to minions increased from 50% to 100%

Skill 2 – Soul Grip 

• Slightly increased the range of his enhanced basic attacks

Ultimate – Black Dragon Form

• He no longer deals damage to nearby enemies when he enters Dragonoid form for 10s
• The Dragonoid form improves the range of all his skills

Ixia

Attributes

• Attack speed growth decreased from 3.45% to 2%

Skill 1 – Dual Beam

• Damage increased from 125-225 + 60% total physical attack to 175-300 + 80% Total Physical Attack

Ultimate – Full Barrage

• New Effect: Increases attack speed by 50%

Irithel

Ultimate – Heavy Crossbow 

• Cooldown decreased from 45-39s to 30-24s
• Duration decreased from 15s to 10s

Odette

Ultimate – Swan Song

• New buffed effect: Use again while her ultimate is active to dash in the target direction

Lylia

Passive – Angry Gloom

• Gloom flying speed increased from 12 to 16

Skill 2 – Shadow Energy

• Energy charging time decreased from 9-9s to 9.8-5s

Ultimate – Black Shoes

• Effect Removed: Restores all Shadow Energy charges

Zilong

Passive – Dragon Flurry

• Damage adjusted from 50% total physical attack to 30 + 40% total physical attack
• HP Regen adjusted from 50% total physical attack (1 Time) to 30 + 20% total physical attack (3 Times)

Skill 2 – Spear Strike

• The skill cooldown now also resets if a Minion dies within 0.5s after Zilong deals damage to them.

Ultimate – Supreme Warrior

• Gains 40% Movement Speed, 45% Attack Speed, and Slow Immunity for 7.5s

Leomord

Passive – The Oath Keeper

• Every 1% of Leomord’s Crit Chance will be converted into 1 Physical Attack

Ultimate – Phantom Steed

• Cooldown decreased from 45-35s to 40-30s

Ruby

Skill 1 – Be Good!

• Base damage decreased from 90-215 to 90 at all levels
• Total physical attack bonus increased from 70%-95% to 70-130%
• Cooldown decreased from 4s at all levels to 4-3s (scales with level)

Xavier

Skill 1 – Infinite Extension

• Base damage increased from 350-600 to 425-625

Nana

Skill 1 – Magic Boomerang

• Base damage increased from 245-370 to 320-440
• Magic Power Bonus decreased from 120% to 100%

Ultimate – Molina Blitz

• Base damage decreased from 400-680 to 440-660
• Magic power bonus decreased from 180% to 160%

Vexana

Passive – Nether Touch

• Base damage decreased from 220-500 to 108-500

Skill 2 – Curse Blast

• Base Damage increased from 450-750 to 580-850
• Magic power bonus decreased from 200% to 180%

Aldous

Skill 1 – Contract Soul Steal

• Stacks Gained from Siege Minion Kills increased from 4 to 10
• Stacks gained from nearby Siege Minion deaths increased from 2 to 5
• Skill 1 Damage increase per stack decreased from 6 to 5

Alice

Passive – Blood Ancestry

• Siege Minions now drop 2 blood orbs when killed
• Max HP increase per orb decreased from 10 to 8
• Max mana increase per orb decreased from 20 to 15
• The number of orbs required for extra movement speed increased from 50 to 60

Faramis

Skill 2 – Ghost Bursters 

• Nether energy bounces on hero hits decreased from 3 to 2
• Magic power bonus increased 72% to 86%

Ling

Attributes

• Attack speed ratio decreased from 100% to 80%

Passive – Cloud Walker

• Crit chance multiplier decreased from 2x to 1.5x

Yve

Skill 2 – Void Crystal

• Slow Effect decreased from 25%-75% to 15%-40%

Ultimate – Real World Manipulation

• Slow Effect from swiping decreased from 75% to 40%
• Cooldown increased from 58-50s to 60s

Freya

Skill 2 – Spirit Combo

• Cooldown increased from 9-6s to 10-8s
• Time to cast the skill again decreased from 5s to 3.5s
• Changed skill effects from max attack speed to 200% Attack Speed

Alpha

Passive – Beta, Advance!

• Extra physical attack bonus decreased from 100% to 80%

Skill 2 – Force Swing

• Base damage adjusted from 250-500 to 180-500
• HP Regen: adjusted 100-200 to 40-200

Arlott

Ultimate – Final Slash

• Cooldown increased from 20-16s to 30-24s
• Slightly increased the skill’s foreswing time and added a warning effect

Battlefield adjustments

Equipment

Great Dragon Spear (New)

• +70 Physical Attack
• +10% Cooldown Reduction
• +20% Crit Chance
• Unique Passive – Supreme Warrior
• Casting the Ultimate grants 15% extra Movement Speed for 7.5s (Cooldown: 15s)
• Build path: Iron Hunting Bow + Legion Sword + Javelin
• Price: 2140

Haas’ Claws

• Physical attack decreased from 70 to 30
• New buffed attribute: 20% Attack speed
• New buffed attribute: 20% Crit chance
• Unique passive Insanity removed
• New buffed unique passive: Gains 20% extra Attack Speed upon critical hits
• Price increased from 1810 to 2020

Rapid Boots

• New buffed Attribute: 35% Slow effect reduction
• Movement speed decreased from 70 to 65

Twilight Armor

• Damage reflection increased from 20% damage before reduction to 30% damage before reduction

Steel Legplates

• Price increased from 530 to 630

Emblem and talents changes 

Attributes

• Basic Common Emblem’s hybrid regen decreased from 15 to 12

Talents

• Agility’s movement speed decreased from 5% to 4%
• Master Assassin’s damage increase increased from 4% to 5%
• Life Drain’s mana regen increased from 1.5% to 2.5%
• Tenacity: Defense Increased from 18 to 15
• Brave Smite: HP regen decreased from 5% to 4%
• Killing Spree’s HP regen increased from 8% to 10%