Solo rank in Mobile Legends can be a challenge, but with the right hero selection, you can significantly boost your odds of victory. In this guide, we'll explore the top Mage heroes that excel in solo queue, providing you with the essentials to dominate your opponents. Let the magic begin!
10. Cecilion
Cecilion shines as a late-game powerhouse, equipped safely with range, devastating damage, and powerful AoE abilities. Cecilion’s strength exists in his lethal skill combo that allows him to target multiple opponents, using his range to safely unleash AoE attacks, disrupting and controlling enemies before delivering the finishing blow with his Ultimate.
Whether poking, initiating fights, or surviving intense team encounters, Cecilion's survivability and strategic coordination makes him a potential hyper carry when at his peak in the mid-late battle. The Embrace of Night transforms every engagement into a showcase of tactical brilliance and overwhelming force as both a support mage and hard carry, perfect for solo ranking where you can either depend on your team or transition into assault mode.
What makes Cecilion a Great Mage for Solo:
- Long-range Damage - He has the ability to deal severe damage to multiple opponents within seconds and can also poke, initiate and push, making Cecilion a versatile support carry.
- Team Composition - Cecilion is a major asset in building team strategies and tactics for advancing on the battlefield. At his peak in the late-game, he is an unstoppable force who can coordinate and lead or support allies through crowd control and damage.
- Sustainability - Though he is a squishy high damage dealer, Cecilion can sustain himself in battle as a consistent threat, disrupting enemy formation and strategies. With range, his skills have the ability to replenish his mana and HP when successfully engaged.
Cecilion details: https://www.mobilelegends.com/hero/detail?channelid=2678827&heroid=91
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9. Pharsa
Pharsa is an ultra support mage, known for her ability to transition into a hyper carry safely from the back lines of battle right from the early game. Her primary strength exists in her burst damage abilities, especially her Ultimate Skill which allows her to poke, initiate, and capacity to inflict significant damage from a safe distance, even paving a path for allies to capitalize.
The Wings of Vengeance, excels in versatility and strategic attack, making her an invaluable asset to team compositions. Her flexibility encourages her to assist Tanks both on the front lines and from the back lines, all thanks to her impressive range and explosive damage. Pharsa has great mobility and can utilize the element of surprise by popping up unexpectedly in formations.
What makes Pharsa a Great Mage for Solo:
- Mobility - Pharsa has an active fourth skill that enables her to transform into a bird and fly, which enhances her mobility in attack and retreat. She can lead team advancement or support in retreat with the aid of her excellent movement.
- Long-range Damage - Pharsa’s Ultimate Skill deals terrifying damage over a vast range, and paves the path for allies in strategies and advancement. It is great for backing up team fights and ganking as well, proving her worth as a team support and carry, depending on level of gameplay.
- Flexibility - As a mage with Crowd Control, Pharsa can easily transition from the back or front-lines, depending on team coordination. She is the perfect backbone of any team, and supports all other roles effectively.
Pharsa details: https://www.mobilelegends.com/hero/detail?channelid=2678788&heroid=52
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8. Vexana
Vexana has a unique skill combination where she excels in dealing damage over extended periods, while simultaneously engaging as a utility through crowd control. She may lead the front lines or flank and gank, initiating engagements and supporting allies effectively.
The Shimmer of Hope has superb versatility to flexibly command the battlefield and manipulate team battles. She has a great set of skills that can coordinate with all other roles, either initiating as a tank or supporting as a mage from the back lines.
What makes Vexana a Great Mage for Solo:
- Team Composition - Her versatility is what makes her great for solo queue. You can adapt to the gameplay and also lead team play and strategies, where Vexana is a flexible team component.
- Ultimate Skill - Her unique ability to summon an Undead Knight onto the battlefield is a major game changer, especially when ganking and flanking. It is a successful initiating technique that sits well with allies since upon summoning, targets are knocked airborne.
- Mobility - Vexana is the ultimate support hero with her crowd control abilities and her movement aids in roaming the battlefield and controlling the frontlines in disrupting opponents and forcing advancement.
Vexana details: https://www.mobilelegends.com/hero/detail?channelid=2678774&heroid=38
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7. Esmerelda
Esmerelda is an absolutely versatile and captivating hero who is a lucrative investment of time and effort in solo rank. As a Mage/Tank hybrid, she offers a unique playstyle that allows players to explore a variety of roles and strategies. She is a supreme mage, with mobility to roam the map and back up the team in other objectives to turn the tide in their favor.
What truly sets The Astrologer apart is her flexibility; she can even be played as a core hero in the jungle, where her skills shine in ambushing enemies and securing objectives from the cover of the jungle. Whether you're flanking the enemy team, supporting your allies, or controlling the jungle, Esmerelda is a captivating choice that rewards those who invest the time to master her.
What makes Esmerelda a Great Mage for Solo:
- Sustainability - Her skills are based on shields that convert damage received into damage dealt. When this unique characteristic is mastered, Esmerelda can transition into a hyper-carry in the front-lines.
- Versatility - She may be the definition of flexibility, and this is a major asset to true mastery of Esmerelda in being able to read gameplay and effectively transition in roles, ultimately leading to carrying the team.
- Mobility - Vexana has burst damage that enhances her mobility when engaged. Top players harness this to consistently reinforce her presence in the front-lines as a major threat to the opposing team, allowing allies to engage aided by her poke and initiate abilities. This also provides variety in positioning and timing, given her versatility.
Esmerelda details: https://www.mobilelegends.com/hero/detail?channelid=2678817&heroid=81
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6. Lylia
I like to describe Lylia as a glitch. She can easily attack and counter but takes time, patience, understanding of her skills and monumental effort to effectively engage her full potential and presence over the battlefield. Once set in motion, she is a hyper-carry crowd control hero who can dominate and navigate as a support.
While versatile, the Little Witch can effectively coordinate and carry teams with her crowd control and sustainable skills. Perhaps the underlying reason why she is on this list is her versatility through area of effect, which enables her to engage superb mage damage but also paving the path for allies to form strategies and tactics in securing objectives.
What makes Lylia a Great Mage for Solo:
- Mobility - Lylia has unique movement that grants her unique positioning. She has teleport-like abilities that can lead to sneaky tactics that involve zoning out opponents and setting them up for execution.
- Damage - She is kitted with burst damage and area of effect. She can buff into action and neutralize situations with ease. Her survivability adds depth to close encounters, able to pull herself out of tight situations while executing significant damage over a vast area.
- Area of Effect - This is one of her most lethal characteristics as it allows her to be played in versatile fashion, as a feared controller on the battlefield.
Lylia details: https://www.mobilelegends.com/hero/detail?channelid=2678822&heroid=86
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5. Nana
Nana proves her worth on this list as a multi-faceted hero who brings great depth to team strategies and formation. She can adapt and transition into any team formation through timing and positioning. The Sweet Leonin is a pivotal force in battle, with her blend as a utility hero with remarkable damage packaged into a one-hit skill combo.
The Sweet Leonin is an ultimate utility hero who can even be engaged as a Tank, and is a remarkable ally that brings versatility and enhances gameplay, allowing others to shine or take the backstage as she carries forward. Nana is capable of carrying games but stands out most for her ability to harass opponent formations and strategies with her poke and initiate skills, backed by excellent burst damage that amps her threat level, forcing opponents into retreat mode throughout the whole battle.
What makes Nana a Great Mage for Solo:
- Team Player - To be bland, Nana can be paired effectively alongside any hero on the roster. She has AoE, CC, and Burst Damage that engages her as a Mage Support, capable of leading the front-lines alongside Tanks due to her survivability.
- Skill Combination - Nana has a skill combination that can poke, initiate, stun, slow down and deal substantial damage to targets. This skill combination is a lethal one hit combo with a low CD that brings immense value to the late stages of battle.
- Survivability - Aside from her unique Passive that grants immunity and allows her to sprint off in any direction, Nana has spammable skills that allows her to effectively engage from close distance and still find safety. This allows her to get in close to the action and strategically embrace team effort.
Nana details: https://www.mobilelegends.com/hero/detail?channelid=2678741&heroid=5
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4. Harley
Harley falls short of the top three on this list primarily due to the fact that he is a preferred core hero, as a dual role Mage/Assassin. Nevertheless, very few mages can match The Mage Genius, given his excellent mobility and burst damage that can clutch and dart between objectives such as split push, gank, poke and initiate from the very early stages of battle.
Harley is a play maker, since he can teleport and that enables him to weave through the battlefield and can take on a variety of different tasks, offering support and even leading with his impressive burst damage. He is a versatile support carry, capable of surviving and dealing significant damage in super close encounters, with flexibility over any encounter.
What makes Harley a Great Mage for Solo:
- Burst Damage - Harley’s Burst Damage is supreme and can easily be engaged in clearing, poking, farming, ganking, assault attacks and an endless list of other opportunities, given his versatile skill set and abilities.
- Ambush - His Ultimate Skill can lock on heroes, which makes Harley a great hero for gank and ambush. He can even survive these close encounters, making him a key figure that can disrupt opponent formation and lead his own team.
- Mobility - Harley can burst, dodge, dart and weave through the battlefield with his supreme movement. This grants him flexibility over team tactics and composition, allowing him to support or lead in team strategies.
Harley details: https://www.mobilelegends.com/hero/detail?channelid=2678778&heroid=42
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3. Zhask
Zhask is an engaging and impactful Mage who excels in controlling the battlefield via complexity and strategic positioning. He has extreme damage and can get in close on the action thanks to his superb set of skills that are hard to counter once caught in the line of attack and also provides him with sustainability. .
What truly elevates Zhask to this position in solo rank is his versatility, as the King of Swarms can effectively adapt to various roles and encounters, whether as a dedicated mage in the mid-lane or a versatile presence in the off-lane. Thriving on strategic gameplay, Zhask’s coordination engages allies to capitalize on his crowd control and burst damage, while his sustainability enables him to outsmart opponents and reinforce his presence on the battlefield, especially in the front-lines.
What makes Zhask a Great Mage for Solo:
- Sustainability - While squishy as a high damage dealer, Zhask has skills that can create room for him to survive tight situations and encounters. This adds depth to his damage and crowd control, where he can zone out and outplay opponents.
- Versatility - Zhask has a variety of playstyles, as an offlane and roam, due to his high burst damage abilities. He can form and lead or back team composition in securing objectives with ease.
- Area of Effect - He has a variety skill set that can zone out and control opponents while also setting up allies for dominance over encounters. His ability to reinforce himself as a threat in the front-lines adds depth to his control over the battlefield.
Zhask details: https://www.mobilelegends.com/hero/detail?channelid=2678786&heroid=50
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2. Julian
Julian is best mastered as a late game mage, since he is a dual role Fighter Mage who would have easily made number one on this list if he was a pure mage. Regardless, he is one of the most feared heroes in the game who can transition into almost any role, with long and close range attack, adding on to sustainability and area of effect.
The Scarlet Raven is probably the only hero on this list who can most effectively coordinate with allies through his unique blend of skills that any player can adapt to and engage in battle.Whilst preferred at core, he strives most on his ability to replenish HP and consistently lead battle, making him a versatile choice for solo rank regardless of your gameplay style.
What makes Julian a Great Mage for Solo:
- Endurance - Perhaps this comes with his fighting prowess but it combines well with his mage damage, making him a tank-like character who can consistently threaten opposing lines. Just the mere presence of Julian in the front-lines is enough to send opponents into panic mode.
- Versatility - He can attack from any angle, and there is no stopping him once he successfully engages his combo. Julian is for anyone, and can transition within any role. He also moves like an assassin, with stealth and precision that can be mastered in assault mode.
- Team Composition - Julian is a hyper carry and early game hero. This adds a touch of brilliance over tactics and gameplay when mastered. He is able to lead and back objectives, going as far as carrying the team forward through his unique mix of endurance, damage and versatility.
Julian details: https://www.mobilelegends.com/hero/detail?channelid=2678852&heroid=116
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1. Zhuxin
Zhuxin is a must-own for mage mains, as an all-round coordinating and resourceful hero with potential impact in damage and crowd control, as a hard carry or support mage with superb flexibility and adaptability to team composition and strategies. Her presence scales in power as battle continues, making her a persistent threat , in all lines of gameplay, from the front to back, including gank and flank as an offlane.
I could go on and on about why Zhuxin is the best mage for solo queue but the fundamental factor is her captivating presence that has the potential to impact any situation on the battlefield, in a flexible and versatile manner. The Beacon of Spirits is a must-own for serious gamers as a newly released hero with advanced mechanics and a solid combination of Damage, Crowd Control, Area of Effect and Mobility that has potential impact and variety over numerous aspects of the game that will stand the test of time.
What makes Zhuxin a Great Mage for Solo:
- Mana - Zhuxin has a high count in mana that doesn’t scale with her level. This is a unique characteristic in the game, that grants her consistency in versatility and control throughout the entirety of the battle.
- Mobility - While also powered by buffs and a shield, this grants her position and timing over the offlane and lanes where she can engage her CC, AoE and Damage flexibly, and also in creating and paving tactics and strategies not only for her but as part of team composition.
- Versatility - Damage and Crowd Control are a unique combination that proves to be both versatile and flexible as a solo threat or as part of a team effort and Zhuxin currently represents this dominantly, reinforcing the fact that she is a must-learn hero for serious gamers seeking to rank up in solo rank
Zhuxin details: https://www.mobilelegends.com/hero/detail?channelid=2727282&heroid=125
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