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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang players have a unique offering — they can roleplay their favorite world-class Filipino boxer and 12-time world champion Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao’s in-game!
The 102nd addition to the Land of Dawn is fighter-boxer Paquito, pronounced “pah-kee-toe”.
A hero that doesn’t rely on mana, his skills are only tied down by cooldowns — and your ability to execute them.
Paquito’s skills in Mobile Legends
Passive – Champ Stance
After every three skill casts, Paquito enters the Champ Stance, gaining an enhanced skill ignoring his current cooldowns. He gains extra movement speed that decays over 2.5 seconds after casting the enhanced skill.
Paquito’s basic attacks deal less damage.
- Similar to previous recently released heroes like Mathilda, Benedetta, Barats, and Yu Zhong, Paquito’s kit is defined by his passive, so pay attention.
- At the maximum four stacks, all his skills will be enhanced and available immediately, even if they were on cooldown. This is what makes Paquito so powerful, for he can continually chain skills and auto attacks without being constrained by mana.
- Choosing which enhanced skill to use in varied situations and times sets you apart from the pack.
- Once you consume the empowered charge, it resets the passive stacking process.
- Use the increased movement speed to chase down and stick to opponents.
First skill – Heavy Left Punch
Paquito throws a punch in the target direction, dealing physical damage to enemies hit. He gains a shield for 2.5 seconds if an enemy hero is hit.
Champ Stance: The damage and shield value are increased. The regular and enhanced shields can stack.
- This is the only defensive skill in his kit, for it gives you a shield upon dealing damage to an enemy hero.
- Time your Heavy Left Punch such that it absorbs the most damage from a key enemy spell for maximum effect.
Second skill – Jab
Paquito dashes in the target direction and throws a jab, dealing physical damage to enemies hit. He deals no damage to enemies in his path but will stop and throw the jab early upon colliding with an enemy hero or creep.
Champ Stance: The damage is increased.
- As this is his dash ability, max this skill first to have a lower cooldown.
- In Champ Stance, this skill does the most damage, so it’s important to aim and land it on your target.
- Jab and your ultimate are gap closers, so aim to open combos with this skill.
Ultimate – Knockout Strike
Paquito launches an elbow strike in the target direction, dealing physical damage to enemies hit and knocking them back. He then throws a haymaker, dealing bigger damage to enemies hit and slowing them by for one second, as he darts backward.
Champ Stance: Instead of a haymaker, he launches an uppercut after the elbow strike, dealing massive physical damage to enemies hit and knocking them airborne for 0.5 seconds.
- Benedetta’s first skill, Phantom Slash, has the same mechanic which launches the hero forward, then back to the original position.
- Knockout Strike pushes the target backwards and slows enemy units down. In Champ Stance, it not only does more damage, it also knocks them airborne, functioning as his only hard crowd control.
A comprehensive guide on how to play Paquito in Mobile Legends
Recommended battle spell
Since Paquito is all about sticking to targets, taking Flicker as your battle spell increases his offensive capabilities.
Alternatively, since he’s already a very mobile hero, Execute will help you finish off enemies if your combo does not.
Select Retribution if you’re playing as the jungler of your team.
Recommended emblem
Naturally, Fighter emblem works best with the boxer. Go all out with Bravery and Invasion to increase your physical attack damage followed by Festival of Blood as your key talent for spell vamp.
If you want higher damage, choose Assassin emblem instead. Put points into Bravery and Invasion as well, then pick the Killing Spree talent for HP restoration and extra movement speed whenever you kill an enemy hero.
Best build
Like other fighters, a hybrid damage and defensive build works best on him.
Adapt your boots according to the enemy team’s line up, and buy Bloodlust Axe as your core to synergize with Festival of Blood.
Queen’s Wings is always useful, while Athena’s Shield is effective against high magic damage. It can also be swapped out for Immortality.
The best build for Paquito in Mobile Legends
- Tough Boots/Warrior Boots
- Bloodlust Axe
- Queen’s Wings
- Malefic Roar
- Brute Force Breastplate
- Athena’s Shield/Immortality
Easy combos to learn
Your ultimate does the most damage, followed by your second skill. Since his passive refreshes the cooldown of all skills, you can use the same skill twice in a row at max stacks (Enhanced Stance).
As such, your primary combo should open with Knockout Strike twice, followed by Jab then Heavy Left Punch.
Of course, if you’re not at max stacks, you’ll have to build up to this combo starting with Jab, followed by Heavy Left Punch. Just remember to clinch the double ultimate cast in Enhanced Stance mode!
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