Tanks are essential members of a team in any MOBA. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang provides great tanks with unique abilities that offer a lot to the team.

This top 5 list will show you the top 5 tanks in MLBB in the current patch to help you choose the best tank to go with your team.

Tanks have high defense and typically guard the frontlines to receive damage and to help the team by charging and initiating team fights. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang does a pretty good job at giving these heroes some variety with their abilities. Tanks can be used in the side lanes in place of a fighter and in turn, some fighters even work well as tanks. 

With their high defense and low damage, they must know when and how to charge during battle. It could mean victory or defeat when an initiating move goes right or wrong. Many tanks have abilities that can stun and gather enemies and this is important as one mistake from the enemies could ensure your win.

There are currently 20 tanks in MLBB with all very different skillsets and abilities. This tier list will focus on the tanks that guard the junglers. This list will not include fighters who are being used as tanks in the meta such as Minsitthar, Chou, and Silvanna, among others. 

5. Gloo

Gloo (Tank)

Gloo is a unique hero who can split into smaller versions of itself. Gloo’s passive and overall kit is excellent at both 1-v-1 encounters and team fights. His passive decreases the movement speed of enemies every time they are hit by Gloo’s skills while also reducing the damage that they can deal with Gloo.

Gloo’s kit is geared towards targeting a single enemy hero at a time. Gloo shines when using its ultimate ability wherein Gloo splits into 12 smaller versions of itself. During this time, Gloo recovers HP while dealing damage to nearby targets. Then, he attaches himself to an enemy hero; he immediately regains HP, and the cooldown of his skills are reduced. He is able to use his skills to control the host’s movement. A large fraction of damage that Gloo receives while attached to the host is transmitted to them. 

What makes Gloo great?

• Very High Mobility
• Regenerates HP
• Immobilize Effects

Gloo details here!

See Gloo in action! 

4. Gatotkaca

Gatotkaca (Tank/Fighter)

Gatotkaca is a tank whose superior durability makes him a great threat during team fights. He is equipped with very high defense as well as high damage. Because of this, Gatotkaca has very high utility during team fights. This defense is due to his passive which converts his lost HP to physical defense. Also, the more damage Gatotkaca takes, the more damage he can deal in return while restoring more HP for him as well.

His abilities allow him to be an excellent initiator and let him shine during intense team fights. His ultimate is a versatile ability that launches him to an area that knocks enemies airborne and pulls them towards him. He could also use this ability to escape. His kit leans towards taking and dealing damage at the same time to maximize his passive. Because of this, not only does he perform well as a tank, but also on the side lanes.

What makes Gatotkaca great?

• High Mobility
• Extremely High Durability 
• Great Initiator 
• High Utility During Teamfights

Gatotkaca details here!

See Gatotkaca in action! 

3. Franco

Franco (Tank)

Franco is one of 2 heroes who hold the highest control ability in the game—Suppression. This control effect cannot be canceled or countered by the target. Franco’s passive is a regen passive that allows him to regen his HP every second and also increases his movement speed 5 seconds after not taking any damage.

Franco is a very straightforward hero. His first skill is a hook that snags enemy heroes in its path and drags them back to Franco. His ultimate ability suppresses a single target and is great when used in a combo after hooking enemies. His hook can be used towards jungle creeps and this is where Franco shines in the current meta as he can delay the enemy’s jungling by pulling the jungle creeps that the enemy jungler is trying to take to reset its HP. This delay is crucial in the early game as this allows his team to farm more quickly and thus become stronger faster. 

What makes Franco great?

• Can disrupt enemy jungler
• Suppression Effects

Franco details here!

See Franco in action! 

2. Johnson

Johnson (Tank)

Johnson is a very unique hero who can transform into a car that can travel around the map while also being able to bring one allied hero with him. Johnson is an excellent pick to use with a lot of heroes as his ultimate ability is very versatile. His synergy with a lot of heroes allows him to shine both when bringing an ally around and when driving alone. 

Upon hitting an enemy hero during his ultimate, Johnson will crash—dealing damage and stunning enemy heroes that are hit. At the same time, the surrounding area slows the enemies and deals continuous damage around the crashing site. Because of this AOE control effect, he pairs well with heroes who deal AOE burst damage like Odette and Vale, among others. 

What makes Johnson great?

• Extremely High Mobility
• Stun and Slow Effects
• Can deal damage to multiple enemies at a time
• High Utility During Teamfights

Johnson details here!

See Johnson in action! 

1. Tigreal

Tigreal (Tank)

Tigreal is a reliable tank that continues to shine because of how beginner-friendly of a tank he is. Tigreal’s passive allows him to be very effective against heroes who are heavily dependent on basic attacks such as marksmen. Like Franco, he is praised in the current meta because he can interrupt the enemy’s jungler.

His second skill allows him to push enemies along a straight path. When used against jungle creeps, this will have the same effect as Franco’s hook where the jungle creep’s HP will be reset and thus delaying the enemy jungler’s ability to level up and become stronger. His ultimate ability pulls surrounding heroes to himself and stuns them. This is very effective during team fights and against heroes with low mobility. 

What makes Tigreal great?

• High Damage and Slow Effects
• Great Initiator
• High Utility During Teamfights
• Can disrupt enemy jungler

Tigreal details here!

See Tigreal in action! 

Tanks are an essential part of the team. They can initiate and sustain team fights and their crowd control abilities allow for very interesting and exciting battles. Although they give different boons to the team, one thing is for sure: a great tank can almost always ensure victory for their team. 

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