Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Esmeralda Complete Guide – Best Build, Skills, Combos & Pro Tips

Moonton’s one of the most successful MOBA games – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is currently on a boom with the rise in its playerbase in India. With new players, the old ones will face a new wave of matchmaking where they might also encounter a new meta of dark systems, especially for the solo queue players. With the vast roster of heroes that Moonton provides us, it is a different struggle to choose one for your match. While new heroes are conquering the meta, some of the heroes with their glorious past are also worth investing in.

One of those glorious heroes is Esmeralda who was literally a menace during her prime days. In one of the MPL matches, she was banned by Moonton itself because of her immortality where her shields crossed the life bar itself. In this guide, we will give you a complete walkthrough of her skill set, combos, best equipment build, best emblem sets and all the tips and tricks you need to master Esmeralda.

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Esmeralda – Basic Info

• Role: Tank/Mage
• Lane Recommendation: Roaming/EXP lane/Mid Lane/Jungle
• Damage Type: Mixed (Magic + Physical)
• Basic Attack Range: Melee

Esmeralda is the #81 numbered heroes in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. She is a unique hero with a hybrid role of a Tank and Mage type. Esmeralda is a very very versatile hero and you can play her in almost every lane because of her durability due to her unique shield stealing passive and damage output potential. Although, most of the players prefer to play her as a EXP laner and especially against Lapu Lapu to counter his shield granting passive. Esme’s another mechanic that makes her stand out among other heroes is that the damage she inflicts is a mix of both Magic and Physical type, so there is no hard counter defense item against her.

Some Trivias:

• Esmeralda dances through her enemies and elegantly takes them out.
• Esemeralda is the only hero who can grant shields to the enemy.
• Esemeralda is one of the two heroes who is classified as both Mage and Tank. The other one is Alice.
• You might find similarity in Esmeralda and Cleopatra because of her skin.
• You can cast Esmeralda’s active skill even while in motion using the joystick.
• Esmeralda has an interactive voice interaction with Khufra as a past lover and sworn enemies.

Skills and Passive

Passive

Esmeralda’s passive is called “Starmoon Casket” which is a Buff and Shield ability. Using her passive, Esmeralda manipulates her two weapons – Stardust and Frostmoon where Stardust deals Physical DMG and Frostmoon deals Magic DMG. It also grants the enemy a shield equal to 135% of Frostmoon’s damage dealt. Her basic attacks deal (+100% of her Total Physical Attack) as Physical DMG and 100 (+75% of her Total Magic Power) as Magic DMG. The unique thing is, Emeralda’s attack ignores the enemies shield and converts her own shield into HP continuously. The Frostmoon shield stack is unlimited but it lasts for 5 seconds only if Esmeralda doesn’t inflict Frostmoon’s damage on them.

Skill 1 – Frostmoon Shield

Esmeralda’s first skill is called “Frostmoon Shield” where casting the skill will grant Esmeralda 300-750 (+150% of her Total Magic Power) as a shield and gives an extra 40% movement speed boost that will decay over a period of 4 seconds. Using it on the enemy will transform the shield of her nearby enemies into her own. (The shield is capped at 50% of her Max HP.

Skill Level	Cooldown	Mana Cost	Base Shield
I	8.5s	60	30
II	8.5s	70	390
III	8.5s	80	480
IV	8.5s	90	570
V	8.5s	100	660
VI	8.5s	110	750

Skill 2 – Stardust Dance

Esmeralda’s second skill is called Stardust Dance where she waves Stardust and Frostman to inflict 240-440 (+60% of her Total Physical Attack) as Physical DMG and 300-500 (+120% of her Total Magic Power) as Magic DMG to the enemies in range. Dealing damage to the enemies will reduce the cooldown of her first skill by 1.5 seconds (for non hero units, it is only 0.5 seconds).

Skill Level	Cooldown	Mana Cost	Base Damage	Added Damage
I	4.5s	75	240	300
II	4.3	80	280	350
III	4.1s	85	320	400
IV	3.9s	90	360	450
V	3.7s	95	400	500
VI	3.5s	100	440	550

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Skill 3 – Ultimate

Esmeralda’s Ultimate is called “Falling Starmoon” where she channels herself and jump to a targeted location, dealing 350-650 (+90% of her Total Physical Attack) as Physical DMG followed by Frostmoon’s 350-650 (+140% of her Total Magic Power) as Magic DMG. The longer you channel the skill, the longer the range and also enemies hit by the skill gets immobilized for 1 second.

Skill Level	Cooldown	Mana Cost	Base Damage	Added Damage
I	32.0s	150	350	350
II	28.0s	200	500	500
III	24.0s	250	650	650

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How to use Esmeralda efficiently

• Use Esmeralda against a shield heavy lineup like Diggie, Odette, Harith and such to maximise her threat potential.
• Prioritise items for mana regen and Oracle because her early game is weak.
• Going for a full damage build is also good as long as you master her kit and macro mechanics.

Best Builds

Build 1:

• Warrior Boots/Tough Boots
• Enchanted Talisman
• Oracle
• Dominance Ice
• Blade Armor
• Radiant Armor

Build 2:

• Tough Boots
• Feather of Heaven
• Sky Piercer
• Starlium Scythe
• Holy Crystal
• Immortality/Blood Wings

Best Emblems and Battle Spell

For the emblem, it is recommended to choose the Support, Mage or Common emblem, depending on the playstyle you want to do for.

Inspire Festival of Blood Impure Rage	Thrill Wilderness Blessing Impure Rage

Battle Spells

Here are the recommended battle spells for Esmeralda:

Spell Name	Image	Purpose
Vengeance		Vengeance is good to sustain more and stay in the fight for longer without taking much damage for some seconds.
Flicker		Flicker is useful to escape critical situations and as a spell to chase down escaping enemies.

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Conclusion

In conclusion, Esmeralda is a very strong hero in certain lineups and if you pair her with an angela then she can also act as the hard carry for the team. Remember to pick her and master her in classic first before playing a rank game.