Mobile Legends x Street Fighter 6: how the event that ended August 18 worked

The four fighters fit beautifully. The draw system is a different story

The first round of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang x Street Fighter 6 ended on August 18, 2026. Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li and Guile are no longer obtainable through the event; this article remains as a reference for how its draws worked and how much one skin could cost.

MOONTON and Capcom chose four natural pairings: Paquito becomes Ryu, Chou becomes Ken, Guinevere becomes Chun-Li and Dyrroth becomes Guile. The official announcement calls this first crossover ROUND1, and each skin builds on moves its MLBB hero already performs.

Ryu is the easiest match to understand: Paquito chains punches, powers up his skills and darts in and out of a fight. Ken maps just as neatly onto Chou's kicks and dashes. Chun-Li delivers the biggest visual transformation, while Guile makes more sense once Dyrroth plants his feet, punishes a mistake and commits to the attack.

How many Diamonds does one Street Fighter 6 skin actually cost?

The event shop asks for 1,200 Crests for a main skin and another 200 for its alternate outfit. A single draw costs 50 Diamonds, except for the first draw each day at 25. The first ten-draw costs 450 Diamonds before returning to 500. Those are the terms listed in the event breakdown.

This is the calculation that matters. Community guides estimate that most players need roughly 100 to 120 draws unless the skin drops directly. One hundred full-price draws cost 5,000 Diamonds; 120 cost 6,000. Daily discounts reduce that total and luck can end the chase early, but entering a draw event with luck as the budget is precisely what the draw event wants.

Players who used both Premium Supply phases, every free token and each daily discount could bring the first skin down to an estimated 1,000 to 1,875 Diamonds. Those phases ran on July 10 and 17, and the complete event has now expired.

For a late arrival, our cautious budget was 4,000 to 5,500 Diamonds, with enough room to approach 6,000 if Crests arrived slowly. It was not a fixed price or guarantee, but a historical reference for understanding the draw system's cost.

The right skin belongs to the hero you play, not the famous name attached to it

My choice would be thoroughly practical: buy the skin for a hero already in your rotation. Ryu and Ken are the safest picks for experienced Paquito or Chou players because their new animations appear constantly. Chun-Li would be my visual pick. Guile only offers real value if Dyrroth regularly makes your draft.

A limited crossover encourages you to think you are buying a Street Fighter character. What you are actually buying is an appearance for one specific Mobile Legends hero. If you dislike that hero's kit, thousands of Diamonds will end up sitting in a menu.

Before choosing, open our guides for Paquito, Chou, Guinevere and Dyrroth. Their builds, positions and counters reveal far more about a skin's value to your account than any draw animation.

Joy's free skin has expired too

The Shining Album offered Badlands Scrapper for Joy at no cost when the card collection was completed before August 3. That reward has also ended and should no longer appear as an unfinished objective.

Badlands Scrapper did not turn Joy into a Street Fighter character; it was the free Special skin running alongside the crossover. Anyone who missed the deadline now has to wait for MOONTON to announce another official route.

The crossover also began our ongoing Mobile Legends coverage at INSERT FUTURE: heroes, builds, seasonal changes, skins and events explained around decisions inside the game. With this round closed, the useful lesson is to check every event deadline before budgeting for a limited draw.