Assassin

File:Assassin Icon.png
An **assassin** is an agile hero that specializes in killing or disabling roaming targets picking them off as they try to replenish HP. Focused on infiltration, deception, and mobility, **assassins** are opportunistic hunters who find favorable moments within a fight before jumping into the fray. Regardless of the size of the enemy team, **assassins** specializes in positioning and artful killing. They strike when the time is right – no sooner, no later. **Assassins** are more suitable to be played by experienced players as they have low HP and high burst damage. They are ideal for taking out opponents easily, but are easier to be killed due to bad positioning and wrong timing.

Assassins are classified into three types: pure, primary, and secondary.

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Because they have no other role, these heroes are full assassins.

* Saber Saber
* Karina Karina
* Fanny Fanny
* Hayabusa Hayabusa
* Natalia Natalia
* Lancelot Lancelot
* Helcurt Helcurt
* Gusion Gusion
* Hanzo Hanzo
* Ling Ling
* Aamon Aamon
* Joy Joy
* Nolan

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These heroes are mainly assassins who can also be used for a different purpose.

* Yi Sun-shin Yi Sun-shin (Assassin/Marksman)
* Harley Harley (Assassin/Mage)
* Selena Selena (Assassin/Mage)
* Benedetta Benedetta (Assassin/Fighter)

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Because they are used in a different way than a assassin's main purpose, these heroes are half-assassin.

* Alucard Alucard (Fighter/Assassin)
* Zilong Zilong (Fighter/Assassin)
* Lesley Lesley (Marksman/Assassin)
* Kadita Kadita (Mage/Assassin)
* Mathilda Mathilda (Support/Assassin)
* Paquito Paquito (Fighter/Assassin)
* Yin Yin (Fighter/Assassin)
* Arlott Arlott (Fighter/Assassin)

## Trivia

* 2 of the assassins have Season Exclusive skins: Alucard Alucard and Fanny Fanny.
* Natalia Natalia is the only File:Assassin Icon.png Assassin hero that can be fully Invisible to enemies.
	+ But Natalia will be revealed after she deals or takes damage or stays in the range of sight of the enemy hero(es) for 2 seconds long.
* Lesley Lesley and Aamon Aamon have a special stealth called **Camouflage** making them half-invisible or semi-invisible to enemies.
* Natalia Natalia and Lancelot Lancelot are the only assassins whose first skill can be cast again if it hits an enemy.
* Harley Harley and Kadita Kadita changed their roles into Mage/Assassin Heroes without changing their skills.
* Gusion Gusion and Karina Karina changed their roles into File:Assassin Icon.png Pure Assassin due to the addition of Magic Damage Specialty in Patch 1.4.94 to making Selena Selena the only hero with a File:Assassin Icon.png Assassin/File:Mage Icon.png Mage hybrid role.
* Fanny Fanny is the hardest hero to handle because of the complexity of her skills, with a 100% difficulty rating, but is also considered one of the strongest heroes. She is also the most agile hero in the game.
* Natalia Natalia and Helcurt Helcurt are the only assassins who can Silence enemies.
	+ But, Helcurt Helcurt's Silence effect has been nerfed 2x in 2 Patch Notes:
		- Patch 1.5.08: silence in Race Advantage Race Advantage only can triggered when enemies **affected** by the **CC skill**.
		- Patch 1.5.32: silence in Shadow Transition Shadow Transition only during his Dark Night Falls Dark Night Falls; Using Shadow Transition Shadow Transition without ~~Dark Night Falls Dark Night Falls~~, Silence effect was removed and replaced to Slow effect.
	+ In Natalia Natalia's Silence effect, they will be warned with a **Exclamation Mark ("!")** in her Assassin Instinct Assassin Instinct.
* Yi Sun-shin Yi Sun-shin's previous role was pure File:Marksman Icon.png Marksman; Since he got revamped, previous role was primary File:Marksman Icon.png Marksman/File:Assassin Icon.png Assassin. Then later on, his roles got swapped to "File:Assassin Icon.png Assassin/File:Marksman Icon.png Marksman".
* Ling Ling is the only hero who can walk a wall to wall with a special camouflage.
* Benedetta Benedetta is the only hero who can hold down her basic attack and release to dash forward and deal more damage than the Official basic attack damage.
* Karina Karina, Fanny Fanny, Natalia Natalia, Selena Selena, Lesley Lesley, Kadita Kadita, Benedetta Benedetta and Mathilda Mathilda are the only Assassins are female.
* Mathilda Mathilda is the first and only hero to have received the File:Support Icon.png Support role with the File:Assassin Icon.png Assassin hybrid.
* Karina Karina, Gusion Gusion, and Aamon Aamon are the only assassins are Magical Damage specialty.
* Lapu-Lapu Lapu-Lapu was removed in File:Assassin Icon.png Assassin membership. He is now changed to File:Fighter Icon.png Pure Fighter in Patch 1.5.46.
* Selena Selena and Hanzo Hanzo are the only Assassins who have 2 forms.
* List of assassins who have skin series:
	+ S.A.B.E.R.
		- Saber Saber - S.A.B.E.R. Regulator
	+ Zodiac
		- Lancelot Lancelot - Pisces
		- Karina Karina - Gemini - Halo
		- Selena Selena - Gemini - Shadow
		- Helcurt Helcurt - Scorpio
	+ V.E.N.O.M.
		- Harley Harley - V.E.N.O.M. Octopus
		- Gusion Gusion - V.E.N.O.M. Emperor Scorpion
	+ Lightborn
		- Alucard Alucard - Lightborn - Striker
		- Fanny Fanny - Lightborn - Ranger
	+ Dragon Tamer
		- Ling Ling - Night Shade
		- Lancelot Lancelot - Empyrean Flame
	+ Dawning Stars
		- Lancelot Lancelot - Swordmaster
	+ S.T.U.N.
		- Selena Selena - S.T.U.N. Selena
	+ The Aspirants
		- Fanny Fanny - Blade of Kibou
	+ M-World
		- Ling Ling - M-World Ling
* List of assassins who have collaboration skins:
	+ MLBB × The King of Fighters
		- Karina Karina - Leona
		- Gusion Gusion - K'
	+ MLBB × Manny Pacquiao
		- Paquito Paquito - Manny Pacquiao
	+ MLBB × Kung Fu Panda
		- Ling Ling - Lord Shen
	+ MLBB × Jujutsu Kaisen
		- Yin Yin - Yuji Itadori