Esmeralda in Mobile Legends: guide, assembly, bundles and basic skills

Esmeralda is a unique class hero mage/tankA melee fighter with powerful magic damage and high survivability. Difficult to master, but with hard training, you can become a killer player, capable of single-handedly fighting against several enemies.

In this guide, you will learn everything about Esmeralda, see the best builds for her, and learn how to properly use her abilities. This is very important for Mobile Legends as it often depends on multiple players and match moments.

Hero characteristics

Like any hero, Esmeralda has initial stats that she has after the game starts. As the level increases, their value also increases:

• Health Points (HP) - 2573.
• Mana Points (MP) - 502.
• Physical attack - 114.
• Magic power - 0.
• Impact speed - 1.
• Movement speed - 240.
• Health regeneration - 7,2.
• Mana Regeneration - 20.
• Physical protection - 21.
• Magic Defense - 15.

Team pick for Esmeralda

Esmeralda is considered a powerful melee hero and is able to replace a fighter on the team by going to the sideline at the beginning of the match. She will be especially effective in a team with heroes who have powerful AoE attacks and crowd control skills to hold the enemy. Definitely needed strong tankto absorb enemy hits and stuns, allowing Esme to attack weakened enemies.

It shows itself very well paired with Tigril (excellent control), weak against Carrie and Hayabusa (pierce shields), strong against Johnson and Fovius (have powerful shields).

Effective against	Ineffective against
Diggie	Tamuz
Johnson	Baksy
Lolita	Franco
Belerick	Guinevere
Popol and Kupa	Valir
	Chu

Sequence of leveling abilities

First of all, you should pump the first skill to get a shield, and then the second. Also don't forget to upgrade your ultimate, as it will allow you to initiate fights.

Best Emblems

Most experienced players take Mage emblems with a focus on damage, item cost reduction, and movement speed with Bargain hunter и Lethal ignition.

Some gamers choose Support emblems, increasing penetration, gaining lifesteal from skills, and additional mana regen with talent Unholy Fury.

Recommended Spells

Most often chosen  Sprintto move quickly in the right situations, or  Revenge to deal additional damage in battles. If the character goes to the forest, be sure to take Retribution.

In any case, the choice of spells should depend on the specific pick of the opponents and the game situation: the team is playing aggressively or passively, the enemy heroes focus on Esmeralda or not, whether you have an advantage in gold and items.

Popular item builds

Mage + tank

Most popular build half-mage-half-tank. Below is one of the best builds with balanced defense and damage:

1. Warrior Boots - increase physical protection.
2. Enchanted Talisman - Increases cooldown and grants fast mana regeneration.
3. Dominance of Ice - reduces shield effects and regeneration of opponents, gives physical protection.
4. Oracle - strengthening shields.
5. spiked armor - a source of physical protection, will allow you to inflict physical damage on attacking enemies.
6. Shining armor - a lot of magical protection and additional health regeneration.

Additional items (according to the situation):

1. Breastplate of Brute Force - increase physical and magical protection.
2. Immortality - allows you to resurrect after death.

Assembly in the forest

1. Starlium braid.
2. Magic boots of the ice hunter.
3. Paradise pen.
4. Holy Crystal.
5. Breastplate of Brute Force.
6. Oracle.

Situational Items:

1. Shining Armor.
2. Immortality.

Description of Esmeralda's skills

For a successful game, you should carefully study all the skills of Esmeralda. This hero has 3 active abilities and 1 passive. Let's take a closer look at each of them in order to understand how to use them correctly.

Passive Skill - Moonstar Box

Esmeralda deals physical and magical damage with basic attacks at the same time, and also gives the enemy hero a shield for 135% of the damage dealt. Her attacks break through any shields and turn her own shield into health points.

Skill XNUMX - Icemoon Shield

Gains a 400 (+150% M. Strength) shield and increases movement speed by 40%. Lasts 4 seconds. Increases the strength of his shield, absorbing enemy shields, but not more than 50% of his maximum health.

Skill XNUMX - Stardust Dance

Performs a circular blow around him, dealing magic (240 + 90% of M. Power) and physical (240 + 60% of P. ATK) damage to surrounding enemies. Each hit on an enemy hero reduces the cooldown of the first skill by 1,3 seconds, hitting creeps by 0,5 seconds.

Ultimate - Shooting Moon Star

Esmeralda makes a charged jump to the target area and deals physical (350 + 90% physical attacks) and magic (350 + 140% magic power) damage, and immobilizes enemy heroes for 1 second. The jump distance depends on the charge.

Tactics and tips for playing as Esmeralda

Next, the standard tactics of playing for Esmeralda will be analyzed, if you immediately go to the sideline in the place of the fighter. It is worth noting that the player must be able to constantly use the first skill in combat, refreshing shields after reloading.

Beginning of the game

In the beginning, you should take simple boots and farm creeps carefully, trying to stay away from enemies with powerful initial damage (strong killers). After pumping the second skill, you can carefully hit the enemy hero with it and immediately run away, gradually reducing his health.

Mid game

Having collected at least two or three items, you can begin to act more actively and attack the hero who received a lot of damage (half HP or less remained). You can cooperate with allies and carry out joint attacks. You should not single-handedly attack enemies with high explosive damage, it is better to avoid battles with several heroes. In battle, you can never stand in one place: you must constantly move around the enemy hero, using skills and updating shields.

If by the middle of the match you can’t farm enough gold and get at least a few kills, then the further game will be very difficult.

End of the game

Toward the end of the match, Esmeralda will complete the build and become a powerful melee mage with high survivability and excellent damage, which will allow her to actively participate in fights against several enemies. You should always be careful and stay close to the allies, especially the tank. You can rush into a mass fight only after the enemies have used up control skills.

Strengths and weaknesses of the hero Esmeralda

Playing as Esmeralda has both advantages and disadvantages. It is important to know about them in order to use the hero with maximum efficiency and not fall for the tricks of opponents.

Weak sides

If we talk about the minuses of Esmeralda, we can distinguish the following:

• very dependent on farm;
• weak against control;
• often banned in the rankings.

Strengths

In addition to disadvantages, Esma has a number of advantages, thanks to which she can pull out the game:

• the second skill reduces the cooldown of the first;
• mobility in combat;
• high survivability and damage;
• effectiveness against enemy shields.

In general, you can play well for Esmeralda only after hard training. Beginners often seen as an incomprehensible and weak hero when unable to use her skills and shields effectively, although she often appears in top characters. It is also worth always teaming up with allies to farm quickly and build a powerful build to counter enemy heroes.