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SEASON 42 PROFILE

Bunnylove

Angela

Love Waves heals and marks anyone it touches, Puppet-on-a-String roots when the tether holds, and Heartguard lets Angela join an ally from anywhere. Her most important decision is choosing the teammate who will actually remain in the fight.

DATA REVIEWED 13.10.2026 · PATCH 2.2.16

HOW TO PLAY

Angela guide for Season 42

DAMAGE: Magic
ATTACK: Ranged
SPECIALTY: Guard / Support
MAIN POSITIONS: Roaming
IN THE GAME SINCE: 6 February 2018

01EARLY GAME
Alternate Love Waves between poke and healing without emptying every charge before the jungler rotates.
02MID GAME
Keep Puppet-on-a-String on someone who has spent an escape; chasing the tether into a bad position is not worth the root.
03LATE GAME
Check all five health bars before Heartguard. The lowest ally is not always the right choice if they are already leaving while another starts the fight.

IF / LOADOUT LAB

Three builds. One draft.

Choose the lane or job first. Hover or use the keyboard on any item, talent or emblem to see exactly what it does. Spells and blessings are explained alongside their icons.Choose the lane or job first. Tap any item, talent or emblem to open its explanation. Spells and blessings are explained alongside their icons.

Roam Favor Tempo

Default ranked Angela roam setup built around Favor, Flask, Fleeting Time, anti-sustain damage, and repeatable slow pressure.

10,830 GOLD

WHAT IT DOES
+300 HP. +60 Magic Power. +10% Cooldown Reduction. 12% Healing Effect. Blessing: When casting a healing or shielding skill, if the target's HP is below 35% or falls below 35% within 3 seconds, they will get a (100*Hero Level)) that lasts 3 seconds. When this effect triggers, it also reduces the cooldown of the caster's skills by 2 seconds. (This effect can only trigger once every 60 seconds on the same target, and will not trigger on self-only healing and shield skills.)
HP
+300
Magic Power
+60
Cooldown Reduction
+10%
WHAT IT DOES
+600 HP. +30 Adaptive Attack. +15% Cooldown Reduction. Timestream: Hero kills or assists reduce the Ultimate's current cooldown by 30%.
HP
+600
Adaptive Attack
+30
Cooldown Reduction
+15%
WHAT IT DOES
+300 HP. +60 Magic Power. +5% Movement Speed. Scorch: Burn target for 3s, dealing Magic Damage equal to 1.5% of the target's Max HP per second. Lifebane: Upon dealing damage to the target, reduces Shield and HP Regen of the target by 50% for 3 seconds.
HP
+300
Magic Power
+60
Movement Speed
+5%
WHAT IT DOES
+300 HP. +10% Spell Vamp. +60 Magic Power. +7% Movement Speed. Ice Bound: When skill deals damage to an enemy hero, it will slow them by 10% for 2s (stacks up to 3 times). This effect has a 0.4s cooldown
HP
+300
Spell Vamp
+10%
Magic Power
+60
Movement Speed
+7%
WHAT IT DOES
+800 HP. +15 Physical Defense. Immortal: Revives 2.5s after death and gaining 16% Max HP and 220-1200 shield (scales with level) that lasts for 3s. (210 cooldown).
HP
+800
Physical Defense
+15
WHAT IT DOES
+10 Mana Regen. +40 Movement Speed. Mysticism: Getting a kill or assist on an enemy Minion will restore 4% Mana. (An asisst occurs when a Minion dies within 2s after taking damage from the hero.)
Mana Regen
+10
Movement Speed
+40

EMBLEM + 2 STANDARD TALENTS + 1 CORE TALENT

BASE EMBLEM

Recommended emblem setup for this build.

Healing Effect: +12%
Cooldown Reduction: +10%
Movement Speed: +6%

STANDARD TALENT

Gain 4% extra Movement Speed.

STANDARD TALENT

Cooldowns of Battle Spells and equipment's active skills are reduced by 12% initially. Each hero kill or assist grants an additional 1% reduction, up to 8 stacks.

CORE TALENT

After damaging an enemy hero, allied heroes deal 6% more damage to them and gain 10% Movement Speed. Duration: 3 seconds. Cooldown: 4 seconds.

BATTLE SPELL + BLESSING

120s

Flicker

Blinks the hero a short distance in the chosen direction. It can be used to engage, reposition, escape, or cross some walls.

Favor

Every 15 seconds, the next healing or shield restores 400 extra HP to the nearby allied hero with the lowest HP. Self-only skills cannot trigger it.

ADAPT ITEMS AND BLESSINGS TO THE MATCH

WHAT IT DOES

+900 HP. +2 HP Regen. +48 Magic Defense. Shield: Upon taking Magic Damage, gains 25% Magic Damage Reduction for 3s (applies before taking damage). Regains this effect 5s after leaving combat.

HP: +900
HP Regen: +2
Magic Defense: +48

WHAT IT DOES

+300 HP. +10% Spell Vamp. +60 Magic Power. +7% Movement Speed. Ice Bound: When skill deals damage to an enemy hero, it will slow them by 10% for 2s (stacks up to 3 times). This effect has a 0.4s cooldown

HP: +300
Spell Vamp: +10%
Magic Power: +60
Movement Speed: +7%

Athena's Shield FOR Ice Queen WandUse against one-shot magic burst that can cancel the next Heartguard setup.

WHAT IT DOES

+400 HP. +45 Adaptive Attack. +5% Cooldown Reduction. Frozen (active): Become frozen, untargetable, and immune to damage for 2 seconds (100 seconds cooldown). Cannot move or cast skills while frozen, but skills already cast won't be interrupted.

HP: +400
Adaptive Attack: +45
Cooldown Reduction: +5%

WHAT IT DOES

+800 HP. +15 Physical Defense. Immortal: Revives 2.5s after death and gaining 16% Max HP and 220-1200 shield (scales with level) that lasts for 3s. (210 cooldown).

HP: +800
Physical Defense: +15

Winter Crown FOR ImmortalityUse when a single dive combo is killing Angela before she can channel or detach.

IF / KIT

Abilities at a glance

Hover or use the keyboard on any ability to read exactly what it does in game.Tap any ability to open its in-game explanation. Tap elsewhere to close it.

IF / LIVE META

Angela in ranked and pro play

AUTOMATIC SNAPSHOT13 Oct 2026

CURRENT TIERC

WIN RATE: 49.26%
PICK RATE: 1.75%
BAN RATE: 9.54%
WIN-RATE CHANGE: -0.14 pp

OUR READING

Angela sits close to the middle of the field. The draft and player execution currently matter more than a headline number.

Seven-day ranked data, updated 13 Oct 2026 · MLBBHub · cross-checked with MLBB.io

Historical tournament snapshot, checked 13 Oct 2026

PRO / MLBB Mid Season Cup 2026NO PICKS OR BANS

Angela was not picked or banned in this historical snapshot. That tells us about this tournament's draft, not whether the hero works in ranked.

Tournament statistics · Liquipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

PATCH ARCHIVE

Every buff, nerf and adjustment

IF / PATCH TRACKER

Angela's full patch history

Every documented buff, nerf and adjustment, ordered from the latest patch backwards.

12documented patches

12 patches shown

v2.1.88BUFF
17 June 2026
- BUFFSkill 1: Mana Cost: 60-110 → 60-85
- BUFFSkill 2: Mana Cost: 90-140 → 90-115
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v2.1.40ADJUSTMENT
18 December 2025
- ADJUSTMENTPassive: Movement Speed Boost per Stack: 7.5% → 5%
- ADJUSTMENTSkill 1: Cooldown: 7s → 8s
- ADJUSTMENTUltimate: Cooldown: 20s → 60s
- ADJUSTMENTUltimate: Attaching State Duration: 12s → 20s
- ADJUSTMENTUltimate: Shield Duration: 6s → the shield remains until detached Adjusted the cooldown mechanics to start immediately after casting the Ultimate.
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v1.8.20ADJUSTMENT
- ADJUSTMENTLove Waves: HP Regen: 150-225 + 60% Magic Power → 150-200 + 90% Magic Power
- ADJUSTMENTHeartguard: Shield: 1200-2400 + 200%-280% Magic Power → 1200-2000 + 200%-400% Magic Power
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v1.5.62ADJUSTMENT
- ADJUSTMENTAngela's Skill 1 granted too many effects, and we'd like to make the usage of each of her skills clearer. As such, we've buffed this skills damage and healing, but nerfed its slow effect. Her Ultimate has also been buffed slightly.
- BUFFSkill 1: Magic Power Bonus for Damage: 50% → 80%
- BUFFSkill 1: Base HP Regen: 100-175 → 150-225
- NERFSkill 1: Slow Effect provided by each stack: 18% → 8%
- BUFFUltimate: Cooldown: 80-70s → 70s
- NERFUltimate: Base Shield: 1200-2000 → 1200-1800
- BUFFUltimate: Magic Bonus for Shield: 200% → 200-280%
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Open the earlier archive · 8 patches

v1.4.94ADJUSTMENT
- ADJUSTMENTAdjusted label specialty - Regen/Poke to Guard/Support.
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v1.4.70ADJUSTMENT
- ADJUSTMENTOptimized the skill animation.
- ADJUSTMENTFixed the issue that the shield doesn’t benefit from Total Magic Power.
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v1.4.44ADJUSTMENT
- ADJUSTMENTNow the debuff can be removed by "" correctly.
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v1.3.96ADJUSTMENT
- ADJUSTMENTFixed an issue where this skill would ignore CD and release twice quickly.
- ADJUSTMENTFixed an issue where her skill stacks showed incorrectly.
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v1.3.74ADJUSTMENT
- ADJUSTMENTFixed an issue with the String position offset. Optimized the display effects of her skills.
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v1.3.60BUFF
- BUFFUpon successfully attaching herself to her teammates, Love Waves will be stacked to 5 times instantly.
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v1.3.58ADJUSTMENT
- ADJUSTMENTNow after she successfully gets attached to her teammates, Love Waves will be stacked to 5 times directly.
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v1.3.44ADJUSTMENT
- ADJUSTMENTLove Waves: Fixed the wrong skill info.
- ADJUSTMENTLove Waves: Fixed a problem where Heartguard can't take effect in some circumstances.
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THE DRAFT

Angela in the draft: strengths, counters and teammates

GOOD INTO

Alice and Balmond extend front-line fights, giving Heartguard and Love Waves time to change the result.

AliceTank / Mage

MarcelSupport

BalmondFighter

WATCH OUT FOR

Franco can suppress the host through the shield, while Lolita limits Love Waves' poke from the front.

FrancoTank

ZilongFighter / Assassin

Popol and KupaMarksman

WORKS WELL WITH

Uranus turns every heal and shield into more time occupying space, while Gatotkaca carries Heartguard directly into the engage.

AtlasTank

GatotkacaTank / Fighter

CarmillaSupport / Tank

See all 5 counters, favorable matchups and best teammates for Angela

COLLECTION

Angela skins: catalogue and acquisition

Confirmed availability4

AVAILABLE

Dove&Love

ORIGIN / EVENTin-game shop: 269 Diamonds

Permanently available through the in-game shop: 269 Diamonds.

AVAILABLE

V.E.N.O.M. Vespid

ORIGIN / EVENTin-game shop: 899 Diamonds

Permanently available through the in-game shop: 899 Diamonds.

AVAILABLE

Scream Doll

ORIGIN / EVENTin-game shop: 749 Diamonds

Permanently available through the in-game shop: 749 Diamonds.

AVAILABLE

Summer Vibes

ORIGIN / EVENTin-game shop: 749 Diamonds

Permanently available through the in-game shop: 749 Diamonds.

Limited and upcoming6

EVENT / UPCOMING

Shanghai Maiden

ORIGIN / EVENTJuly 2018 StarLight Pass

It was obtainable through the July 2018 StarLight Pass. Availability depends on the event or a new rotation. Check the client.

EVENT / UPCOMING

Floral Elf

ORIGIN / EVENTGrand Collection event; recorded release on 24 April 2024

It was obtainable through the Grand Collection event; recorded release on 24 April 2024. Availability depends on the event or a new rotation. Check the client.

EVENT / UPCOMING

Heartstring

ORIGIN / EVENTSanrio event; recorded release on 5 March 2022

It was obtainable through the Sanrio event; recorded release on 5 March 2022. Availability depends on the event or a new rotation. Check the client.

EVENT / UPCOMING

Cyber Cherubin

ORIGIN / EVENTThe Aspirants event; recorded release on 3 January 2020

It was obtainable through The Aspirants event; recorded release on 3 January 2020. Availability depends on the event or a new rotation. Check the client.

EVENT / UPCOMING

Avatar of Time

ORIGIN / EVENT2023 StarLight Fest

It was obtainable through the 2023 StarLight Fest. Availability depends on the event or a new rotation. Check the client.

EVENT / UPCOMING

Strings of Fate

ORIGIN / EVENTKishin Densetsu event; recorded release on 7 February 2025

It was obtainable through the Kishin Densetsu event; recorded release on 7 February 2025. Availability depends on the event or a new rotation. Check the client.

QUICK ANSWERS

The questions players ask about Angela

01What is the best lane for Angela?

Angela is currently played mainly in Roaming. The guide separates the recommended builds by lane or job, so choose that tab before copying the six items.

02Which Angela build should I use?

Start with «Roam Favor Tempo». The other options, «Roam Anti-Sustain Defense» and «Roam Purify Magic Save», are there for a different lane or match-up; they are not cosmetic variations.

03Which heroes counter Angela?

Franco, Zilong and Popol and Kupa are the first counters to consider. Franco can suppress the host through the shield, while Lolita limits Love Waves' poke from the front.

04Which Angela skins can be obtained now?

4 non-default skins have confirmed availability at this review. 6 more are limited or upcoming, with the original acquisition method recorded. Check the current event or shop in your client before spending.

Angela

DATA REVIEWED 13.10.2026 · PATCH 2.2.16