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Assassins are the most difficult, high-risk, high-reward characters inMobile Legends: Bang Bang, having you get up close with the enemy carry who’s hidden behind the team’s tanks and supports and then get out after swiftly dispatching them before you get killed yourself. However, for those who want to try out assassins but aren’t a fan of the risk involved, the demonic ninja Hanzo presents himself as a worthy pick.
The revamped Hanzo is a character who can dive 1v5 into the enemy team and still not die, since you won’t ever be putting his real body at risk. He’s a strong Jungler who can clear monsters faster than anyone else and can get fed quickly to become a one-shotting machine before your foes ever get a chance to keep up.
Hanzo’s Role
Hanzo is anamazing assassinwho you’d beplaying in the Jungle.With hisinstant Jungle clear using his first skilland quick repositioning with his Ultimate,you’ll always be farming with him,even amidst ganks.
Unlike Heroes who need to put themselves in danger,Hanzo’s use of an astral projection lets him bypass any need for risk, letting himdive into enemy teamsand hit his first skill to clear multiple targets.
Hanzo’s Skills
Hanzo is one of theeasiest assassins in Mobile Legends. His first skill lets him Jungle easily, his second skill is a dash, and hisUltimate grants him an enhanced set of skills.
His Ultimate in particular is one of the strongest in the game, letting Hanzonegate any damage to his original bodywhile in this state.
You can use this to your advantage and dive into the enemy turrets, even from inside your own base.
Hanzo’s Passive
Whenever youdamage enemies with either your normal attacks or your second skill, put a stack on them. This passivedoesn’t do anything by itself,instead only serving as a condition for your skill one.
You can see these stacks as an indicator on your target.
Hanzo’s Skill One
Youcan only use this skill on enemies with five marksof your passive. Upon use, it hasdifferent effects depending on your target.
Ifused on an enemy Hero or an Epic Monsterlike the Turtle or Lord, you deal aburst of damageto them andrecover a portion of your missing HP.
Themain use of this skill is on smaller Jungle camps, though. Using this on any Jungle monster makes youinstantly kill them and absorb the EXP and gold gainedover a short period of time.
This is one of the main things that differentiates Hanzo from other assassins and what makes him thefastest Jungler in the game.
Hanzo’s Skill Two
Hanzo’s second skill is amedium-ranged dash that creates a field that deals damage over timeand slows enemies. This skill gives Hanzo themuch-needed mobilityafter his revamp that he simply didn’t possess before.
The actual range of the dash is a bit smaller than what the skill indicator shows, as the last part is only for the field, not for Hanzo’s dash. If you’re dashing through walls, you can mistakenly bump into them due to this.
Thisfield’s damage has auto attack effects, which means it canproc weapon passives such as Demon Hunter Sword’sand also stack Hanzo’s passive. However,this damage cannot Crit.
Hanzo gains a slight burst of movement speed while walking over this field.
Hanzo’s Ultimate
Hanzo’s Ultimate is the core of his kitand what makes him such a safe assassin to play. Upon using the skill, youdash out in a direction and take on an astral form,leaving behind your original body.
During your Ultimate, youroriginal body is completely immune to all forms of damageand cannot be displaced.
While in your demon form, yougain increased movement speed,the ability topass through terrain, higher attack damage and attack speed, as well asnew, enhanced versions of both your first and second skills.
If you run out of timewhile using your Ultimate, youroriginal body gets pulled to wherever you arecurrently. This can be dangerous, since you can die if caught unaware.
However,if your demon body dies,youreturn to your original body at reduced healthandbecome completely immune to damage and CC effectsfor a brief duration.
You can also recast the skill to cancel your Ultimate earlyand get the same effect.
While in your demonic form, youcannot use your first skill on anyone but enemy Heroes. In return, it dealssignificantly higher damageand renders you untargetable for a short period of time before the damage is dealt.
Also, in this form, you canuse your skill one even if an enemy doesn’t have max stacksof your passive,but thedamage will be lower.
Your enhanced skill two remains mostly the same, butgains increased range and damage.This lets you dash across a longer distance andclose gaps even easier.
Lastly,every time you get a kill, you increase the duration of your Ultimate. Timing your Ultimate properly andensuring you don’t get pulled amidst the enemy teamis integral to being good with Hanzo.
Best Hanzo Build
Hanzo requires you tohit enemies multiple times to charge uphis first skill. As such, going forattack-speed items lets you attack quicker, stacking up your passive in shorter periods of time.
One of the best attack speed items in the game,the Golden Staff,synergizes well with Hanzo’s kit for this. The weapon’s passive lets youperform multiple attacks at once, every third attack.
This means you canstack up your passive with just three hits instead of five.With enough attack speed, this means you canfully charge it up in a single second.
To add onto the attack speed and the Golden Staff passive, you’d want to useitems like the Corrosion Scythe or Demon Hunter Sword to make use of their on-hit effectsthat apply to each of your normal attacks.
Corrosion Scythe increases your attack speed and slows enemies down on each normal attack hit, whereas the Demon Hunter Sword deals extra damage based on the enemy’s current health.
Since Hanzo’ssecond skill carries on-hit effects, this means both Corrosion Scythe and Demon Hunter Sword’seffects will be applied to enemies who take damage from it as well.
As for your other items, you cango full damage,making use of Physical PEN items like Malefic Roar and Hunter’s Strike, orconditional executions like Skypiercerif you’re confident you’ll get kills to stack up its passive.
Lastly, you’d want tocomplete your build with a Blade of Despairfor the highest Physical ATK stat in the game, as well as a passive that makes it easier to execute enemies and confirm kills,or the Sea Halberd.
Hanzo Tips
Hanzo may have a relatively simple kit, but there are many things you can do thatmake use of his unique Ultimate.
Hanzo’s Demonic Form Can Go Outside The Map
One property that manyflying-type traversal skillswith the ability topass through terrainhave is that they can be used togo outside of the map.
This can let youambush enemies from where they have no chance of ever seeing youif you use yoursecond skill to close the distance.
You can also use this tonegate any damage by flying too farfor enemies to hit you. This can let yousafely reposition, or even recall at times.
You Can Use Your Ultimate To Run Away
If you recast your skill early or if you get killed while in your demonic form, youreturn to where your original body was.This might make many think that youcan’t use your Ultimate to escape enemies anymore.
However,the truth is different. You may not be able to cancel your skill early to do this like the pre-revamp Hanzo, but so long as you don’t die, you canwait for your timerto run out.This will teleport your body to you.
Use The Immunity From Your Ultimate
Another aspect of Hanzo that you can use to your advantage is him essentiallyhaving two sets of HP, as well asimmunity frames. You canuse this to negate sure-kills, such as Saber’s Ultimateor Aldous’s punch.
You do this byimmediately casting your Ultimate when you see an enemy assassinapproach. The enemy can kill your demonic form, butinstead of dying, you revert to your original body.
Since you’ll be immune for a bit, this willwaste the enemy’s skills, leaving the enemy assassin having to wait for their cooldown.Use this opportunity to go all in.
