Published: 2026-11-02 · Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

MLBB Valir guide (2.2.16a): Glowing Wand build, emblem, combos and counters

Role and playstyle

Valir is a mid lane mage built around control rather than one big burst. Every skill hit adds a stack of Ablaze through his passive, Ashing. Ablaze burns for a share of the target's maximum HP, and the third stack detonates with a short stun; ONE Esports puts the limit at one passive stun per target every seven seconds. Burst Fireball has two charges and slows, Searing Torrent pushes enemies to the end of its path and stops most dashes, and his ultimate, Vengeance Flame, cleanses his debuffs, speeds him up and upgrades his next skills.

He is one of the quiet winners of patch 2.2.16a. mlbbhub's ranked data (refreshed October 31) gives him a 54.4% win rate, up 1.9 points over 51 days, with only a 1.1% pick rate and a 3.0% ban rate. The win rate barely moves with rank, from 54.4% in Epic to 53.9% in Mythical Glory and above, which suggests he does not need a high skill level to work. mlbbhub kept him in the S tier when it refreshed its list on November 1.

Recommended build and emblem

• Items (mlbbhub's main build, 10,900 gold): Demon Shoes, Glowing Wand, Ice Queen Wand, Genius Wand, Divine Glaive, Immortality. Glowing Wand is also the first core item in 10 of the 11 community builds on mlbb.io.
• Power spike: Glowing Wand plus Ice Queen Wand, usually around minutes 7 to 9. The burn from Glowing Wand stacks with Ablaze, and Ice Queen Wand adds its own slow on top of the fireball's.
• Swaps: Arcane Boots or Tough Boots instead of Demon Shoes, Wishing Lantern against tanky lines, and Winter Crown or Immortality when assassins focus you.
• Emblem: Mage set with Inspire, Bargain Hunter and Impure Rage. ONE Esports and many mlbb.io builds use Festival of Blood instead of Bargain Hunter for extra spell vamp.
• Battle spell: Flicker. He has no dash of his own, so this is his only reliable escape; Flameshot appears in about one in five community builds.

Combo and key tips

• Basic lane trade: two Burst Fireballs, then Searing Torrent. That is three hits, enough for the Ablaze stun, and the torrent pushes the enemy away before they can answer.
• Keep Searing Torrent for the moment an assassin or fighter dashes at you. Used early, it leaves you with nothing against the real dive.
• In team fights, wait for the enemy to use their crowd control, then press Vengeance Flame to cleanse it and throw the empowered fireball and the burning wall that follows the torrent.
• Aim skills by hand and use Burst Fireball to check bushes; the lingering flame damages anyone hiding there.
• Stay behind your frontline. His range is good but he has no mobility skill, and one caught position ends the fight for him.

Counters: who beats Valir

• Kaja (+3.5 points in mlbbhub's matchup data): Divine Judgment is a suppression, and Vengeance Flame cannot remove suppression, so Kaja can drag Valir out of position even after he cleanses.
• Helcurt (+3.4): his ultimate blinds the whole team and he dives from fog, which is exactly when Valir has not seen the threat in time to save Searing Torrent.
• Rafaela (+3.4): her heals undo much of the Ablaze burn and her Holy Baptism stun reaches him from range.
• mlbbhub's author also names Franco, because his hook and suppression ultimate cannot be cleansed, and multi-dash assassins like Karina, who can come back after the first push.

Who Valir is good against

mlbbhub's matchup data shows his best results against Fredrinn (+4.2), Alice (+3.7) and Balmond (+3.4). All three need to stay close to their targets for a long time, and Valir's slows, knockback and repeated stuns keep pushing them back out of range. Against them, save the torrent for when they commit and keep stacking Ablaze with fireballs.

What changed recently

mlbbhub's change history for Valir lists no adjustment since patch 2.1.61, which lowered Burst Fireball's mana cost and improved how it recharges, and that is a large part of why he can keep casting in long fights. His win rate has climbed this season without any change to his kit. We will update this guide if the next patch changes him.

mlbbhub.com Valir build, win rate and matchup data (patch 2.2.16a, refreshed October 31, 2026) · mlbbhub.com tier list (patch 2.2.16a, November 1, 2026) · mlbb.io Valir community builds (August to October 2026) · ONE Esports Valir guide (skills, talents and combos)

This article was drafted with AI assistance and checked against the sources listed above.