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

Joy is currently balanced (situational) with a 48.20% 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 Joy?

Joy is a assassin hero jungle lane. Stick to the role the hero is designed for — forcing a assassin 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 Joy in Mobile Legends?

The strongest counters to Joy right now are Sun, Lolita, X.Borg. Sun alone can flip a Joy 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 Joy?

Hard counters to Joy: Sun, Lolita, X.Borg. These heroes' kits fundamentally suppress Joy — expect a +3% or larger win-rate swing in the opponent's favour.

Which heroes work best with Joy?

Joy pairs best with Masha, Khufra, Aulus. Masha 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.

Joy has a hard difficulty rating. Beginners should practise the combo sequence in custom mode for at least 20 games before taking Joy 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 Joy in 2026?

The Builds tab on this page shows the highest-voted community builds for Joy, 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 Joy 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 Joy mains across Epic, Legend, Mythic and Mythic Glory ranks looking for daily scrims.

Joy Guide June 2026 — Best Build, Counter & Combo

Learn Heros

Patch 2.1.18
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4d ago

Recommended Items

Arcane Boots - Dire Hit
Genius Wand
Concentrated Energy
Holy Crystal
Divine Glaive
Wishing Lantern

This build is good for high damage with sustain and also very good to counter high hp heros you can also use winter crown depending on situation replace wishing lantern with winter crown if needed

Spells

Retribution · Jungle Special

Emblems — Magic burst

Rupture
Seasoned Hunter
Temporal Reign

Mage emblem is good for joy to maximize her burst damage Rapture: is good because it give extra penetration Seasoned Hunter :is good because it increase jungling speed Temporal reign:is good because it reset cooldown of his second skill which is main mobility skill

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Build notes from the author

High damage with sustain. This build is good for high damage with sustain and also very good to counter high hp heros you can also use winter crown depending on situation replace wishing lantern with winter crown if needed

Magic burst . Mage emblem is good for joy to maximize her burst damage Rapture: is good because it give extra penetration Seasoned Hunter :is good because it increase jungling speed Temporal reign:is good because it reset cooldown of his second skill which is main mobility skill

Battle Spell. As we know, every jungler need retribution and it is very important to secure objective

Ttt

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6d ago

Recommended Items

Golden Staff
Windtalker
Corrosion Scythe
Windtalker
Haas' Claws
Corrosion Scythe

Ueuwu

Spells

Revitalize · Large AOE Heal

Emblems — U1uu1

Swift
Seasoned Hunter
Quantum Charge

Wuuwuwuw

Emblems — Uwuwu

Swift
Seasoned Hunter
War Cry

Wuuwuw

Build notes from the author

Uurueuu. Ueuwu

U1uu1. Wuuwuwuw

Uwuwu. Wuuwuw

Battle Spell. Uwuqu

mantap

Patch 2.1.18
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6d ago

Recommended Items

Flame Hunter's Magic Boots
Concentrated Energy
Holy Crystal
Wishing Lantern
Blood Wings
Glowing Wand

mantap

Spells

Retribution · Jungle Special

Emblems — lambang negara

Inspire
Seasoned Hunter
Temporal Reign

mengurangkan cd skill dengan cepat supaya boleh ***** orang lebih banyak

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Build notes from the author

mbg. mantap

lambang negara . mengurangkan cd skill dengan cepat supaya boleh ***** orang lebih banyak

Battle Spell. sebab dia jadi jungler

Joy pro build

Patch 2.1.18
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23d ago

For thin enemies

Magic Boots - Dire Hit
Genius Wand
Holy Crystal
Concentrated Energy
Wishing Lantern
Divine Glaive

To fight soft enemies, and burst dmg

For tank enemy

Magic Boots - Encourage
Genius Wand
Glowing Wand
Wishing Lantern
Holy Crystal
Divine Glaive

This build has little sustain but is very strong against tanks, and makes tanks look like thin heroes.

Spells

Retribution · Jungle Special

Emblems — Jungling

Thrill
Seasoned Hunter
Impure Rage

This is the best build jungle emblem, for fast kill buff

Emblems — Tank killer

Rupture
Seasoned Hunter
Temporal Reign

This build is for playing jungle but if the enemy uses lots of tank heroes, for example the enemy uses Fredrin Jung/Alice.

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Build notes from the author

For thin enemies. To fight soft enemies, and burst dmg

For tank enemy . This build has little sustain but is very strong against tanks, and makes tanks look like thin heroes.

Jungling. This is the best build jungle emblem, for fast kill buff

Tank killer. This build is for playing jungle but if the enemy uses lots of tank heroes, for example the enemy uses Fredrin Jung/Alice.

Battle Spell. Jungle needs jungling spell

Joy

Patch 2.1.18
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1mo ago

Recommended Items

Arcane Boots - Encourage
Genius Wand
Concentrated Energy
Holy Crystal
Divine Glaive
Blood Wings

En fazla hasar cikartabilen build

Spells

Retribution · Jungle Special

Emblems — Joy amblem

Rupture
Seasoned Hunter
Lethal Ignition

Hem güç artışı hemde hızlı orman dönmek için

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Build notes from the author

Joy. En fazla hasar cikartabilen build

Joy amblem. Hem güç artışı hemde hızlı orman dönmek için

Battle Spell. Bu büyü orman dönen kahramanlar için alınır

Using joy in solo in rankgame (mostly used` in Immortal)

Patch 2.1.18
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3mo ago

BLUE

Ice Hunter's Arcane Boots
Genius Wand
Holy Crystal
Concentrated Energy
Divine Glaive
Wishing Lantern

....

RED

Flame Hunter's Tough Boots
Holy Crystal
Concentrated Energy
Divine Glaive
Wishing Lantern
Blood Wings

...

Spells

Retribution · Jungle Special

Emblems — Burst fade pa rin to yaa?? (Burst damage hehe)

Thrill
Seasoned Hunter
Temporal Reign

Cd reduction additional adaptive attack Fast level

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Joy — Using joy in solo in rankgame (mostly used` in Immortal) build layout

Build notes from the author

BLUE. ....

RED. ...

Burst fade pa rin to yaa?? (Burst damage hehe). Cd reduction additional adaptive attack Fast level

Battle Spell. Red r✔ Blue r✔

I played 600 matches and got 70% win rates with Joy

Patch 2.1.18
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5mo ago

Recommended Items

Ice Hunter's Arcane Boots
Holy Crystal
Divine Glaive
Concentrated Energy
Brute Force Breastplate
Wishing Lantern

Best for damage and defense

Spells

Retribution · Jungle Special

Emblems — Jungler

Thrill
Seasoned Hunter
Temporal Reign

Best for joy, as jungler and damage dealer.

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Joy — I played 600 matches and got 70% win rates with Joy build layout

Build notes from the author

Best Equipment . Best for damage and defense

Jungler. Best for joy, as jungler and damage dealer.

Battle Spell. Useful to junglers.

Best Joy Build by the best joy player

Patch 2.1.18
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4mo ago

Recommended Items

Ice Hunter's Arcane Boots
Genius Wand
Concentrated Energy
Holy Crystal
Blood Wings
Divine Glaive

Can switch Ice Retri to Flame Retri if enemy has low mobility

Spells

Retribution · Jungle Special

Emblems — Burst

Thrill
Seasoned Hunter
Lethal Ignition

Lethal Ignition is better practically compared to Temporal Reign, it increases your succession rate to pick off

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Joy — Best Joy Build by the best joy player build layout

Build notes from the author

Burst. Can switch Ice Retri to Flame Retri if enemy has low mobility

Burst. Lethal Ignition is better practically compared to Temporal Reign, it increases your succession rate to pick off

Battle Spell. Jungling

Guide, EXP, Joy.

Patch 2.1.18
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2mo ago

EXP LINE (DAMAGE)

Arcane Boots
Genius Wand
Concentrated Energy
Holy Crystal
Divine Glaive
Queen's Wings

Damager assembly: Yes, many people will ask a lot of questions, but how is the EXP line obliged to tank somehow anyway, even though you can't, although with the wings of the queen, they will hardly be demolished quickly, even if you attack first to start a fight or to aggress on yourself so that the roamer can safely catch and destroy with adk / mage.

EXP LINE (SURVIVAL)

Magic Boots
Concentrated Energy
Divine Glaive
Holy Crystal
Queen's Wings
Wishing Lantern

Survival Build: Weird build, right? However, with these items, your survival rate is too high and you can easily survive any enemy attack with activated revenge, even if it is 1 in 5, you guarantee your survival rate from the ultimate, which heals from hitting the enemy and revenge with the wings of the queen, which reduce incoming damage by 75% together, taken against the strong damagers if there are no tanks.

Spells

Vengeance · Reflect Damage

Emblems — EXP LINE (damage)

Thrill
Weapons Master
Temporal Reign

The emblem and perks are designed to have a greater impact on files so that you can destroy Adcs or Magicians or Assassins who want to destroy your damagers.

Emblems — EXP LINE (SURVIVAL)

Thrill
Festival of Blood
Temporal Reign

This is designed to maximize the vampirism of skills, if you realize that you will not be able to tank, then I advise you to take this emblem, since the combination of survival with the second and ultimate increases greatly, but the damage subsides.

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Build notes from the author

EXP LINE (DAMAGE). Damager assembly: Yes, many people will ask a lot of questions, but how is the EXP line obliged to tank somehow anyway, even though you can't, although with the wings of the queen, they will hardly be demolished quickly, even if you attack first to start a fight or to aggress on yourself so that the roamer can safely catch and destroy with adk / mage.

EXP LINE (SURVIVAL). Survival Build: Weird build, right? However, with these items, your survival rate is too high and you can easily survive any enemy attack with activated revenge, even if it is 1 in 5, you guarantee your survival rate from the ultimate, which heals from hitting the enemy and revenge with the wings of the queen, which reduce incoming damage by 75% together, taken against the strong damagers if there are no tanks.

EXP LINE (damage). The emblem and perks are designed to have a greater impact on files so that you can destroy Adcs or Magicians or Assassins who want to destroy your damagers.

EXP LINE (SURVIVAL). This is designed to maximize the vampirism of skills, if you realize that you will not be able to tank, then I advise you to take this emblem, since the combination of survival with the second and ultimate increases greatly, but the damage subsides.

Battle Spell. Revenge: Used against heroes with strong physical or magical damage, then any ADC or mage.Adc is unlikely to take you down with one poke, however, there are times that you need to spend just to survive if you hit 1 in 5 or the team just did a bad initiation.

Гайд на Джой через линию опыта

Patch 2.1.18
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4mo ago

Recommended Items

Tough Boots
Concentrated Energy
Clock of Destiny
Oracle
Ice Queen Wand
Immortality

Благодаря этой сборке вы будете иметь много брони а так же Вампиризма, что позволит долго находиться в сражениях. Жезл Снежной королевы позволит замедлять цели а так же добавит стойкости. Бессмертие просто как завершение сборки опционально замена предмета на удобный для вас

Spells

Vengeance · Reflect Damage

Emblems — Через стойкость

Inspire
Festival of Blood
Temporal Reign

Всё рассчитано на то чтобы вы могли достаточно долго сражаться

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Joy — Гайд на Джой через линию опыта build layout

Build notes from the author

Стойкость - жир. Благодаря этой сборке вы будете иметь много брони а так же Вампиризма, что позволит долго находиться в сражениях. Жезл Снежной королевы позволит замедлять цели а так же добавит стойкости. Бессмертие просто как завершение сборки опционально замена предмета на удобный для вас

Через стойкость. Всё рассчитано на то чтобы вы могли достаточно долго сражаться

Battle Spell. Берем только Отмещение и только его. Оно добавляет выживаемости и в целом стойкости на линии-файтах

Joy Guide 2026 — Best Build, Combos & Counters

Joy Overview

Playstyle Strengths

Weaknesses

Skill Priority

Matchup Summary

Plays Well With

Struggles Against

Strong Against

Top 3 Tips for Playing Joy

About Joy

Joy Skills & Abilities

1. Humph, Joy's Angry!

2. Look, Leonin Crystal!

3. Meow, Rhythm of Joy!

4. Ha, Electrifying Beats!

Best Skill Combos for Joy

佐儿

佐儿

Joy Builds

Learn Heros

Ttt

mantap

Joy pro build

Joy

Using joy in solo in rankgame (mostly used` in Immortal)

I played 600 matches and got 70% win rates with Joy

Best Joy Build by the best joy player

Guide, EXP, Joy.

Гайд на Джой через линию опыта

Heroes That Counter Joy

Struggles Against

Items to Buy Against Joy

Best Heroes With Joy

Hero Partners

How to Play Joy — 5 Pro Tips

Joy — Frequently Asked Questions

Find Joy Mains in Singapore

Joy Guide 2026 — Best Build, Combos & Counters

Joy Quick Summary

Joy Overview

Playstyle Strengths

Weaknesses

Skill Priority

Matchup Summary

Plays Well With

Struggles Against

Strong Against

Top 3 Tips for Playing Joy

About Joy

Joy Skills & Abilities

1. Humph, Joy's Angry!

2. Look, Leonin Crystal!

3. Meow, Rhythm of Joy!

4. Ha, Electrifying Beats!

Best Skill Combos for Joy

佐儿

佐儿

Joy Builds

Heroes That Counter Joy

Struggles Against

Items to Buy Against Joy

Best Heroes With Joy

Hero Partners

How to Play Joy — 5 Pro Tips

Joy — Frequently Asked Questions

Other Assassins to Try

Related Guides for Joy Players

Find Joy Mains in Singapore