Is Bane good in the current MLBB meta (2026)?

Bane is currently reliable (solid performer) with a 51.56% win rate in ranked play over the last 7 days. Our tier list is refreshed every 6 hours from real match data across all ranks from Epic to Mythic Glory — see the live number at the top of this page for the latest status.

What is the best lane and role for Bane?

Bane is a fighter hero jungle/exp lane lane. Stick to the role the hero is designed for — forcing a fighter into an off-role almost always drops their win rate by 3-5%. Check the Overview tab on this page for the recommended lane layout.

Who counters Bane in Mobile Legends?

The strongest counters to Bane right now are Phoveus, Khufra, Marcel. Phoveus alone can flip a Bane matchup by several percent — if you see any of these picked, adjust your build or lane assignment. Full counter list with live win-rate impact is in the Counters tab.

What is the hardest counter to Bane?

Hard counters to Bane: Marcel. These heroes' kits fundamentally suppress Bane — expect a +3% or larger win-rate swing in the opponent's favour. Soft counters: Phoveus, Khufra. The matchup tilts against Bane but is still playable with careful positioning and itemisation.

Which heroes work best with Bane?

Bane pairs best with Arlott, Esmeralda, Sora. Arlott synergy is particularly strong this patch — combo-drafting them together boosts your win rate in ranked. Full synergy list with partner win-rate deltas is on the Synergy tab.

Is Bane hard to play?

Bane has a easy difficulty rating. Beginners should practise the combo sequence in custom mode for at least 20 games before taking Bane into ranked. The Skills and Tips tabs on this page walk through the exact combo order used by Mythic-rank SGS players.

What is the best build for Bane in 2026?

The Builds tab on this page shows the highest-voted community builds for Bane, sorted by popularity and refreshed every 6 hours. Each build lists the exact item order, emblem talent path and battle spell — pick the build that matches your current patch version.

How do I find Bane mains to scrim with in Singapore?

Join the Singapore Gaming Syndicate Telegram group — it's free, there's no sign-up, and every member is verified. You'll find Bane mains across Epic, Legend, Mythic and Mythic Glory ranks looking for daily scrims.

Bane Guide June 2026 — Best Build, Counter & Combo

MAGIC EXP LANE BANE: A Simple Bane Guide for Beginners

Patch 2.1.18
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11d ago

Recommended Items

Arcane Boots
Holy Crystal
Lightning Truncheon
Blood Wings
Genius Wand
Divine Glaive

Arcane Boots provide extra magic power and early magic penetration. Holy Crystal gives strong early scaling for Bane's 2nd & 3rd skills while also providing massive magic power. Lightning Truncheon adds extra damage and improves your early burst potential. Blood Wings grants both a defensive shield and additional magic power. Lastly, Genius Wand and Divine Glaive provide strong magic penetration, especially against enemies building magic defense. Note that you can always change your build depending on your playstyle or situation and enemy lineup.

Spells

Flicker · Mobility

Emblems — MAGIC EXP LANE BANE: Penetration, Scaling, & CD Reduction

Rupture
Weapons Master
Temporal Reign

Use the Magic Emblem for extra magic power and cd reduction with Rupture for extra magic penetration, especially if you are building Arcane Boots early since it also provide additional magic penetration. Use Weapons Master for extra damage and better early scaling. Lastly, use Temporal Reign for the additional cooldown reduction of your 1st & 2nd skills after casting your ultimate. Bane is a flexible hero, so you can always adjust your emblem setup depending on your playstyle, the situation, or the enemy lineup.

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Bane — MAGIC EXP LANE BANE: A Simple Bane Guide for Beginners build layout

Build notes from the author

MAGIC EXP LANE BANE: Megic Penetration & High Burst Potential. Arcane Boots provide extra magic power and early magic penetration. Holy Crystal gives strong early scaling for Bane's 2nd & 3rd skills while also providing massive magic power. Lightning Truncheon adds extra damage and improves your early burst potential. Blood Wings grants both a defensive shield and additional magic power. Lastly, Genius Wand and Divine Glaive provide strong magic penetration, especially against enemies building magic defense. Note that you can always change your build depending on your playstyle or situation and enemy lineup.

MAGIC EXP LANE BANE: Penetration, Scaling, & CD Reduction. Use the Magic Emblem for extra magic power and cd reduction with Rupture for extra magic penetration, especially if you are building Arcane Boots early since it also provide additional magic penetration. Use Weapons Master for extra damage and better early scaling. Lastly, use Temporal Reign for the additional cooldown reduction of your 1st & 2nd skills after casting your ultimate. Bane is a flexible hero, so you can always adjust your emblem setup depending on your playstyle, the situation, or the enemy lineup.

Battle Spell. Use Flicker if there are high-mobility heroes or if you want to surprise squishy enemies with the Ultimate + Flicker combo. It is strongly advised to use Flicker if your team has no initiator. Purify is good against enemies with heavy crowd control, especially for counter-engaging, disrupting ganks, and stopping initiations. You can also use it as bait to start a teamfight. Sprint is also a good option if the enemy team has little to no crowd control and if you want to focus on 1v1 micro plays.

Magic Bane Revival [BD 001]

Patch 2.1.18
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1mo ago

Recommended Items

Arcane Boots
Genius Wand
Lightning Truncheon
Blood Wings
Divine Glaive
Holy Crystal

Full mage items are used on MG Bane because his skills scale heavily with magic power. Items like Holy Crystal increase his burst damage, Genius Wand reduces enemy magic defense, Lightning Truncheon adds extra AoE damage for combos, Magic Boots improve cooldown and penetration, and Feather of Heaven boosts sustained damage, making his overall skill and poke damage much stronger.

Spells

Flicker · Mobility

Emblems — [BD 001]

Rupture
Bargain Hunter
Lethal Ignition

Mage emblem is used on MG Bane because it increases his early damage and helps him scale faster with magic builds. [Rupture] gives magic penetration for stronger early skills, [Bargain Hunter] speeds up item completion, and [Lethal Ignition] adds extra burn damage after skill combos, improving his burst and poke potential.

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Bane — Magic Bane Revival [BD 001] build layout

Build notes from the author

[BD 001]. Full mage items are used on MG Bane because his skills scale heavily with magic power. Items like Holy Crystal increase his burst damage, Genius Wand reduces enemy magic defense, Lightning Truncheon adds extra AoE damage for combos, Magic Boots improve cooldown and penetration, and Feather of Heaven boosts sustained damage, making his overall skill and poke damage much stronger.

[BD 001]. Mage emblem is used on MG Bane because it increases his early damage and helps him scale faster with magic builds. [Rupture] gives magic penetration for stronger early skills, [Bargain Hunter] speeds up item completion, and [Lethal Ignition] adds extra burn damage after skill combos, improving his burst and poke potential.

Battle Spell. Bane uses Flicker because he lacks reliable mobility. It helps him engage fights by closing distance for his ultimate or repositioning during combat. It also gives him a way to escape when being targeted, making him safer and more effective in teamfights and surprise plays.

Best mage build for BANE

Patch 1.9.42
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1y ago

Equipment

Sky Piercer
Arcane Boots - Dire Hit
Holy Crystal
Starlium Scythe
Fleeting Time
Blood Wings

Mage build

CD build

Magic Boots - Encourage
Hunter Strike
War Axe
Endless Battle
Sea Halberd
Rose Gold Meteor

CD build for BANE

Spells

Flameshot · Attack & Defend

Emblems — Bane emblem

Inspire
Seasoned Hunter
Lethal Ignition

Burst emblem

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Bane — Best mage build for BANE build layout

Build notes from the author

Equipment . Mage build

CD build. CD build for BANE

Bane emblem . Burst emblem

Battle Spell. For after low hp

Bane in Exp Lane

Patch 2.1.18
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7mo ago

Recommended Items

Arcane Boots
Sky Piercer
Lightning Truncheon
Holy Crystal
Glowing Wand
Blood Wings

This item is good for 1v1 and team fights.

Spells

Flicker · Mobility

Emblems — High Burst

Rupture
Weapons Master
Lethal Ignition

Rupture for extra magic penetration. Weapon master enhances the damage. Lethal ignition can sure kill 1 hp left enemies during clash.

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Build notes from the author

Burst Mage Bane. This item is good for 1v1 and team fights.

High Burst. Rupture for extra magic penetration. Weapon master enhances the damage. Lethal ignition can sure kill 1 hp left enemies during clash.

Battle Spell. Flicker is the best choice. Good for i hit combo using second skill and ultimate skill. Dodge skills or run from enemies.

New Patch, New Meta

Patch 2.1.18
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8mo ago

Recommended Items

Arcane Boots - Dire Hit
Lightning Truncheon
Holy Crystal
Divine Glaive
Blood Wings
Winter Crown

This set of items is enough for killing the heroes easily and instantly

Spells

Flicker · Mobility

Emblems — Magic Burst

Rupture
Weapons Master
Lethal Ignition

For the additional damage and penetration

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Build notes from the author

Burst magic . This set of items is enough for killing the heroes easily and instantly

Magic Burst . For the additional damage and penetration

Battle Spell. For escaping and surprise combo

Bane Guide (My Opinion)

Patch 2.1.18
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7mo ago

Recommended Items

Arcane Boots - Dire Hit
Holy Crystal
Sky Piercer
Blood Wings
Lightning Truncheon
Glowing Wand

First Item for me is Holy Crystal because once you build it early game you can get bonus magic damage every levels so building it early game can give you bonuses. You can choose to build Sky Peircer or Blood Wings as your second item it depends in your playstyle. For the rest of the build just follow these. If you want your last items for defense you can do that too.

Spells

Retribution · Jungle Special

Emblems — Bane Magic Build

Inspire
Bargain Hunter
Impure Rage

Bane skills cooldown in early game is slow so I usually pick Inspire so he's skill cooldowns will be shorter. Bargain Hunter so he can get a discount in items so he can build items faster. Impure Rage because for his Magic Damage.

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Bane — Bane Guide (My Opinion) build layout

Build notes from the author

Bane Magic Build. First Item for me is Holy Crystal because once you build it early game you can get bonus magic damage every levels so building it early game can give you bonuses. You can choose to build Sky Peircer or Blood Wings as your second item it depends in your playstyle. For the rest of the build just follow these. If you want your last items for defense you can do that too.

Bane Magic Build. Bane skills cooldown in early game is slow so I usually pick Inspire so he's skill cooldowns will be shorter. Bargain Hunter so he can get a discount in items so he can build items faster. Impure Rage because for his Magic Damage.

Battle Spell. Bane is an early game dependent hero based on what I experience because he needs to have items fast so I recommend using him as a Jungler or Gold Lane if you prefer. Retribution because it's for Junglers. In using Retribution use Ice Retribution so he can chase down enemies.

SQUID Bane (physical)

Patch 2.1.18
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3mo ago

Recommended Items

Ice Hunter's Tough Boots
Endless Battle
Hunter Strike
Great Dragon Spear
Sky Piercer
Malefic Roar

Spam skill easily with high amount of damage

Spells

Revitalize · Large AOE Heal

Emblems — Basic Emblem

Inspire
Wilderness Blessing
Concussive Blast

It is good for early game

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Bane — SQUID Bane (physical) build layout

Build notes from the author

Sustainability . Spam skill easily with high amount of damage

Basic Emblem. It is good for early game

Battle Spell. For sustainability

Bane secret item

Patch 2.1.18
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5mo ago

Recommended Items

Tough Boots
Clock of Destiny
Genius Wand
Blood Wings
Holy Crystal
Lightning Truncheon

For squishy heroes this build can one hit the enemy

Spells

Flicker · Mobility

Emblems — Secret emble

Agility
Bargain Hunter
Impure Rage

For rotation and heal

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Build notes from the author

Bane secret build. For squishy heroes this build can one hit the enemy

Secret emble . For rotation and heal

Battle Spell. For scape

Bane 500+

Patch 2.1.18
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4mo ago

Recommended Items

Hunter Strike
Ice Hunter's Tough Boots
Brute Force Breastplate
Endless Battle
Blade of Despair
Malefic Roar

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Spells

Retribution · Jungle Special

Emblems — Assassin

Inspire
Seasoned Hunter
Killing Spree

Moove speed

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Build notes from the author

Assassin . Moove speed

Battle Spell. You can give for your team objects

If your bane user then this is for you.

Patch 1.9.42
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1y ago

Mage build

Holy Crystal
Holy Crystal
Holy Crystal
Holy Crystal
Lightning Truncheon
Holy Crystal

This build is highly i recommended caused what i observed mage bane is so high burst magic damage and so broken if it comes to healing.

Hybrid build

Arcane Boots
War Axe
Brute Force Breastplate
Starlium Scythe
Blood Wings
Sea Halberd

This build is excellent physical damage and mage but this build is designed to fight in turtle contest or late game lord contest but thats nkt all this is so tough to die and the longer the teamfight goes the more damage you'll get plus the true damge is insane.

Emblems — Mage build emblem

Rupture
Bargain Hunter
Impure Rage

If you ask why i recommend the bargain hunter caused it can reduce all item by 5% it helps you to buy holy crystal's more so thats it.

Emblems — Hybrid build emblem

Thrill
Festival of Blood
Quantum Charge

Don't ask any questions why this why that it's obvious try it out.

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Bane — If your bane user then this is for you. build layout

Build notes from the author

Mage build. This build is highly i recommended caused what i observed mage bane is so high burst magic damage and so broken if it comes to healing.

Hybrid build. This build is excellent physical damage and mage but this build is designed to fight in turtle contest or late game lord contest but thats nkt all this is so tough to die and the longer the teamfight goes the more damage you'll get plus the true damge is insane.

Mage build emblem. If you ask why i recommend the bargain hunter caused it can reduce all item by 5% it helps you to buy holy crystal's more so thats it.

Hybrid build emblem. Don't ask any questions why this why that it's obvious try it out.

Bane Guide 2026 — Best Build, Combos & Counters

Bane Overview

Playstyle Strengths

Weaknesses

Skill Priority

Matchup Summary

Plays Well With

Struggles Against

Strong Against

Top 3 Tips for Playing Bane

About Bane

Bane Skills & Abilities

1. Shark Bite

2. Crab Claw Cannon

3. Sea Ink

4. Deadly Catch

Best Skill Combos for Bane

贝恩

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Bane Builds

MAGIC EXP LANE BANE: A Simple Bane Guide for Beginners

Magic Bane Revival [BD 001]

Best mage build for BANE

Bane in Exp Lane

New Patch, New Meta

Bane Guide (My Opinion)

SQUID Bane (physical)

Bane secret item

Bane 500+

If your bane user then this is for you.

Heroes That Counter Bane

Struggles Against

Items to Buy Against Bane

Best Heroes With Bane

Hero Partners

How to Play Bane — 5 Pro Tips

Bane — Frequently Asked Questions

Find Bane Mains in Singapore

Bane Guide 2026 — Best Build, Combos & Counters

Bane Quick Summary

Bane Overview

Playstyle Strengths

Weaknesses

Skill Priority

Matchup Summary

Plays Well With

Struggles Against

Strong Against

Top 3 Tips for Playing Bane

About Bane

Bane Skills & Abilities

1. Shark Bite

2. Crab Claw Cannon

3. Sea Ink

4. Deadly Catch

Best Skill Combos for Bane

贝恩

贝恩

Bane Builds

Heroes That Counter Bane

Struggles Against

Items to Buy Against Bane

Best Heroes With Bane

Hero Partners

How to Play Bane — 5 Pro Tips

Bane — Frequently Asked Questions

Other Fighters to Try

Related Guides for Bane Players

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