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Born from the darkest corners of the Abyss, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang assassin Helcurt intends to creep out of the shadows and bring eternal night to the Land of Dawn.
The Shadowbringer is one of the most lethal pick-off heroes in the game. His impressive mobility and burst damage allow him to initiate ambushes for easy pick-offs.
More than that, he can plunge the entire map into darkness, disorienting enemies and giving them the perfect opportunity to strike.
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Then again, playing Helcurt effectively requires strategic use of these skills and a keen sense of timing, knowing when to lurk in the shadows and when to launch a devastating attack.
In this ONE Esports guide, we will dive deeper into his abilities, strategies, and the best build to maximize his potential.
Helcurt’s skills in Mobile Legends
Passive – Shadow of Styx
Helcurt remains in Prowler State, gains movement speed, and continuously regenerates HP until spotted by the enemy team. He gains extra movement and attack speed briefly upon being spotted. Any enemy hero killed by Helcurt unleashes a dark fog that conceals him.
- This ability makes the hero an exceptional pick-off hero.
- This skill allows Helcurt to roam the map and help the sidelanes with ganks easily. Use this passive efficiently and always be on the lookout for potential ganks
- This passive also allows him to never recall in the game. When your HP is low, just hide in a nearby and wait for your HP to regenerate. This saves you enough time to either gank lanes or secure objectives.
- Whenever you get a kill, go to the middle of the slain enemy to conceal yourself with the dark fog. This regenerates some HP and makes you untargetable for a short period.
First skill – Hidden Terror
Helcurt blinks to the target location, damaging enemies hit and slowing them. When Helcurt is in Prowler State, the skill terrifies enemy heroes hit and quickly reduces its cooldown.
- This is your primary mobility skill. Use it to initiate surprise attacks, escape sticky situations, or weave in and out of team fights.
- Offensively, you can activate this in combination with your second skill to deal significant damage to enemies.
- It’s best to use this when Prowler State is active, as it terrifies enemies and decreases its cooldown at the same time. This means that if the enemy survives your initial burst damage, there will be a window of opening where you can use this skill again to disengage away from the enemy.
- It’s slow effect also helps you hit Deadly Stingers easier since that skill has a narrow hit box and can be difficult to land against moving enemies.
Second skill – Deadly Stinger
Helcurt fires all deadly stingers forward, dealing damage to enemies hit.
- This skill allows you to deal insane damage especially when you have enough stacks.
- With enough stacks, you can burst down squishy enemies with ease. To do this, close the gap with Hidden Terror then manually cast this onto your target. The more targets you have in the area, the better.
- You can use this to clear camps and take objectives when you’re playing as a jungler for your team.
- The stacks of Deadly Stinger regenerate on their own every 1.5 seconds when in Prowler State. Additionally, every basic attack also grants one stack of Deadly Stinger.
- Deadly Stinger counts as a basic attack, but cannot crit. This means that items such as Demon Hunter Sword or Corrosion Scythe work with this skill.
Ultimate – Dark Night Falls
Helcurt greatly r reduces all enemy heroes’ sign range and gains a massive movement speed boost.
- This ability plunges the entire map into darkness, disorienting enemies and enhancing Helcurt’s attack speed and mobility.
- It’s like having a personal stealth mode that throws your enemies into confusion.
- You can use it both offensively and defensively. Activate it to launch a coordinated attack with your team or make a retreat.
A comprehensive guide on how to play Helcurt in Mobile Legends
Recommended battle spell
Helcurt is best played as a jungler because of his insane damage and mobility. In this scenario, Retribution is an obvious choice.
This will speed up your farming and will allow you to level up and secure your core items quickly to be effective in ganking and team fights. For best results, choose the Ice Retribution blessing to boost your kill potential.
This type of blessing allows you to steal movement speed from your target depending on your level for several seconds, making you agile while slowing them down.
When playing as a sidelaner, Petrify is a good option. The battle spell complements the assassin’s skill set beautifully.
Since Helcurt lacks any form of hard crowd control in his abilities, Petrify can fill that gap as it can be used offensively to initiate ganks, or defensively to peel for yourself or your teammates.
Recommended emblem
There are a variety of ways you can set up your emblems, depending on your playstyle and what role you will be playing in the game.
If you’re playing as the jungler, consider customizing the Assassin Emblem setup and get Swift, Seasoned Hunter, and Killing Spree.
Swift will give you additional attack speed, which will allow you to have better early game clear and gank potential.
Seasoned Hunter is a great second-tier talent. Your damage against Lord and Turtle is increased by a percentage, allowing you to contest and secure objectives as you transition to the mid-game.
Finally, Killing Spree will allow you to play more aggressively. Since you will be ambushing enemy heroes most of the time, the HP recovery and Movement Speed buff after each kill will go a long way in terms of your survivability.
Helcurt best build
The Shadowbringer is a high-risk, high-reward hero when picked in the game. It should always be your goal to snowball out of control, and your item build should reflect that.
After boots, take Hunter’s Strike as early as you can, then acquire Demon Hunter Sword to boost your Attack Speed and Lifesteal.
Transitioning to the midgame, purchase Malefic Roar and Corrosion Scythe to amplify your Basic Attack Damage and Deadly Stinger ability. Finally, buy Rose Gold Meteor for Magic Defense and even more Attack Damage.
The best build for Helcurt in Mobile Legends
- Warrior Boots
- Hunter’s Strike
- Demon Hunter Sword
- Malefic Roar
- Corrosion Scythe
- Rose Gold Meteor
Tips and easy combos to learn
Playing Helcurt effectively requires good map awareness and timing. It’s all about knowing when to stay in the shadows and when to dart in. His abilities make him an exceptional assassin, capable of taking out squishy heroes easily.
The Shadowbringer excels in ambush tactics. Stay hidden, strike fast, and retreat into the shadows. Your passive, Shadow of Styx, also allows you to quickly traverse the map.
Use that to your advantage and always keep an eye on the minimap.
Use Hidden Terror to initiate fights or escape sticky situations. Save Deadly Stinger for dealing the killing blow. When using Dark Night Falls, coordinate with your team to launch an attack or to escape when the odds are against you.
Helcurt synergizes well with heroes that can provide crowd control or initiate fights, like Tigreal or Atlas. His ultimate can also complement heroes with global ultimates like Aldous.
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