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Assassin

Benedetta

Assassin rated 50 physical offense, 60 durability, 70 difficulty in Moonton's in-game data, built around the passive Elapsed Daytime scaling at 215% Total Physical Attack.

Benedetta is an Assassin hero in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang who excels at high-mobility skirmishes and burst damage, allowing her to weave in and out of combat with deadly precision. Her unique Sword Intent mechanic defines her aggressive, hit-and-run playstyle, demanding precise execution and constant movement to outmaneuver opponents and secure eliminations.

Offense — Physical50
Offense — Magical20
Durability60
Difficulty70

Build guide Matchups & counters

Skills, ratings and recommended gear on this page are read directly from Moonton's official in-game hero data for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — not scraped from another fan site, and nothing is invented to fill a gap. Data retrieved .

Written by EllieAnth — playing MLBB since 2017 (9+ years), peak rank Mythical Immortal, 1126 stars.

Assessment

Strengths & weaknesses

Benedetta's kit offers a blend of offensive power and surprising resilience for an assassin, but her demanding mechanics require mastery.

  • Strengths:
    • High Mobility: Her passive, Elapsed Daytime, along with her skills, grants Benedetta exceptional mobility, allowing her to engage, disengage, and reposition rapidly. This makes her incredibly elusive and hard to pin down.
    • Burst Damage Potential: With a physical offense rating of 50, Benedetta can unleash significant burst damage, especially when her skills are chained correctly and her passive is utilized effectively. Her abilities scale well with physical attack, making her a formidable threat to squishy targets.
    • Control Immunity and Damage Block: An Eye for An Eye (Skill 2) provides crucial control immunity and damage blocking, allowing her to negate critical enemy abilities and turn the tide of a fight. This defensive utility is rare for an assassin and significantly enhances her survivability.
    • Decent Durability for an Assassin: With a durability rating of 60, Benedetta possesses more resilience than many other assassins. This allows her to survive minor mistakes or sustained engagements slightly better, provided her defensive skills are used wisely.
  • Weaknesses:
    • High Skill Ceiling: Benedetta has a difficulty rating of 70, indicating she is one of the more challenging heroes to master. Her effectiveness heavily relies on precise timing, resource management (Sword Intent), and accurate skill shots.
    • Vulnerable When Skills Are on Cooldown: While highly mobile, if Benedetta misuses her skills or they are on cooldown, she can become vulnerable to crowd control and burst damage, as her base defenses are not exceptionally high.
    • Mana Dependency: While not explicitly stated, continuous skill usage can drain her mana pool, requiring careful management or specific itemization to maintain her aggressive playstyle.
    • Requires Constant Movement: To maximize her damage and mobility, Benedetta needs to constantly generate and consume Sword Intent, which means players must be actively engaged in movement and basic attacks, making her less forgiving for static play.

Kit

Skills

Passive

Elapsed Daytime

When holding down the Basic Attack button, Benedetta enters the Swordout state and charges up Sword Intent. If the Basic Attack button is released after the Sword Intent is fully charged, Benedetta will use Swordout Slash in the direction she's facing and dash forward, dealing (+215% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to enemies on the path (counts as Skill Damage and is reduced to 50% on Minions and Creeps).
Benedetta can only use Swordout Slash when her Sword Intent is fully charged and she is in Swordout state by holding down the Basic Attack button.
Benedetta also gains Sword Intent by dealing damage with her Basic Attacks and skills.

  • 215% Total Physical Attack Physical

When holding down the [Basic Attack] button, Benedetta enters the Swordout state and keeps gathering the Sword Intent. If releasing the [Basic Attack] button after the Sword Intent is fully charged, Benedetta will use Swordout Slash in [the direction she's facing] and dash forward, dealing [Physical Damage] (identified as Skill Damage) to enemies on the path. Only when Benedetta is in Swordout state and her Sword Intent is fully charged by holding down the [Basic Attack] button, she can release the Swordout Slash. Benedetta can also gain Sword Intent when dealing damage via Basic Attack and Skills.

Skill 1

Phantom Slash

Benedetta withdraws swiftly and leaves a shadow in front. After a short delay, her shadow slashes forward in a fan-shaped area, dealing 200 (+75% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage and slowing the enemies by 60% for 0.5s.
Meanwhile, Benedetta dashes forward to slash, dealing 75 (+100% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage. (If the target is hit by her shadow, damage caused by Benedetta herself will increase to 200%.)

  • 200 + 75% Total Physical Attack Physical
  • 75 + 100% Total Physical Attack Physical

Benedetta withdraws swiftly and leaves a shadow in front. After a short delay, her shadow slashes forward in a fan-shaped area, dealing [Physical Damage] and slowing the enemies. Meanwhile, Benedetta dashes forward to slash, dealing [Physical Damage]. (If the target is hit by her shadow, damage caused by Benedetta herself will increase.)

Skill 2

An Eye for An Eye

Benedetta raises her weapon to defend, gaining Control Immunity and blocking damage from any source for 0.8s. After this, she stabs in the designated direction, dealing 300 (+80% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage.
If Benedetta successfully fends off any damage while defending, she will gain full Sword Intent. If she fends off any control effects, her subsequent stab stuns the target for 1.5s.

  • 300 + 80% Total Physical Attack Physical

Benedetta raises her weapon to defend, gains Control Immunity and blocks damage from any source in a few seconds. After defense, she stabs in a designated direction, dealing [Physical Damage]. If Benedetta defends a CC effect successfully during defense, she will gain full Sword Intent and stun the target.

Ultimate

Alecto: Final Blow

Benedetta clenches Alecto, dashes forward (Benedetta is untargetable during the dash), and performs a slash after a short delay, detonating the Sword Intent along the path. For 2.5s, the Sword Intent deals up to a total of 1560 (+1105% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage to enemies within and slows them by 50%.

  • 1560 + 1105% Extra Physical Attack Physical

Benedetta clenches Alecto and slashes forward after a short delay (invincible while dashing), slowing all targets on the path. After dashing, Benedetta detonates the Sword Intent on the path, strangling the enemy with the Sword Intent for 2.5s, dealing [Physical Damage] and slowing the enemy.

Items

Endless Battle

Unique Passive - Divine Justice: After casting a skill, the next Basic Attack within 3s deals 60% Physical Attack as extra True Damage (1.5s cooldown).

Warrior Boots

Unique Passive - Valor: Gain 4 extra Physical Defense for 3s when taking Physical Damage, up to 20.

Hunter Strike

Unique Passive - Retribution: Dealing damage to the same enemy hero or creep 5 times in a row grants 50% extra Movement Speed that decays over 3s (8s cooldown).

Blade of Despair

Unique Passive - Despair: Dealing damage to non-Minion enemies below 50% HP increases Physical Attack by 25% for 2s (takes effect before the damage is dealt).

Brute Force Breastplate

Unique Passive - Brute Force: Each second after dealing damage, gain 6 extra Physical Attack and Magic Power and 2% extra Movement Speed for 4s, up to 6 stacks. Gain 15% extra Control Duration Reduction at full stacks.

Malefic Roar

Unique Passive - Armor Buster: When attacking an enemy, gains 0.125% extra Physical Penetration for each point of the enemy's Physical Defense, capped at 40%.

Read the full Benedetta build guide — item order, why each item earns its slot, and how to adapt it

Matchups

Counters

Best ally

Atlas

Tigreal, Atlas, Luo Yi

Counters

Hanabi

Karrie, Hanzo, Hanabi

Countered by

Harith

Harith, Kaja, Wanwan

Understanding how Benedetta interacts with other heroes can give you a significant edge in battle.

  • Works Well With: Atlas
    Benedetta pairs effectively with Atlas. Atlas's powerful area-of-effect crowd control, particularly his ultimate, can group enemies together, creating perfect opportunities for Benedetta to unleash her Alecto: Final Blow and Phantom Slash on multiple targets, maximizing her damage output safely.
  • Counters: Hanabi
    Benedetta is an effective counter against Hanabi. Hanabi is a marksman who typically lacks high mobility and is vulnerable to burst damage. Benedetta's high mobility allows her to easily close the gap and dive onto Hanabi, while her An Eye for An Eye can negate Hanabi's crowd control or burst damage, securing the elimination.
  • Countered By: Harith
    Harith can be a challenging opponent for Benedetta. Harith's high mobility, consistent damage, and shields make him difficult to pin down and burst. His Chrono Dash allows him to constantly reposition and dodge Benedetta's skill shots, while his ultimate, Zaman Force, can make him incredibly difficult to kill, often out-dueling Benedetta in extended fights.

See every Benedetta matchup explained — who counters Benedetta, who Benedetta beats, and how to play each one

In practice

A practical scenario

In a teamfight scenario, Benedetta can initiate or follow up on allied engagements with devastating effect. Imagine an enemy marksman positioned slightly away from their team. Benedetta can use Alecto: Final Blow, dashing through them to apply initial damage and a slow, while becoming untargetable. Immediately after the ultimate dash, she can use Phantom Slash (Skill 1), withdrawing and then dashing forward to deal more damage, aiming to land the shadow hit first for increased personal damage. If the enemy attempts to retaliate with a crowd control ability or high burst, Benedetta should quickly activate An Eye for An Eye (Skill 2) to block the damage and gain control immunity. If successful, this will stun the target, allowing her to follow up with continuous Swordout Slashes from her Elapsed Daytime passive, weaving in basic attacks to finish the target or reposition to safety.

Summary

Key takeaways

  1. Prioritize Sword Intent: Always be charging and utilizing your passive, Elapsed Daytime, for continuous mobility and damage.
  2. Master Skill 2 Timing: Practice using An Eye for An Eye to negate crucial enemy crowd control and burst damage, turning defensive plays into offensive opportunities.
  3. Focus Backline Targets: Use your high mobility and burst potential to dive and eliminate enemy marksmen and mages during teamfights.
  4. Adapt Your Engagements: Be fluid with your initiation; use Alecto: Final Blow for a strong engage, or save it for follow-up and escape after a successful pick.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How does Benedetta generate Sword Intent?

Benedetta generates Sword Intent by holding down her basic attack button, entering the Swordout state. She also gains Sword Intent by dealing damage with her basic attacks and skills, encouraging an aggressive playstyle to maintain her resource.

What is the best way to use Benedetta's An Eye for An Eye (Skill 2)?

An Eye for An Eye is best used reactively to block incoming damage or, more critically, to negate enemy crowd control effects. If you successfully block a crowd control effect, your subsequent stab will stun the target, providing a strong counter-initiation or escape tool.

Why is Endless Battle a core item for Benedetta?

Endless Battle is crucial for Benedetta due to its Unique Passive - Divine Justice, which grants extra True Damage on her next basic attack after casting a skill. This synergizes perfectly with her skill-heavy, basic attack weaving playstyle, significantly boosting her burst damage and providing sustain through lifesteal.

How should Benedetta approach teamfights?

In teamfights, Benedetta should look for opportunities to dive the enemy backline. Use Alecto: Final Blow to dash through and damage high-priority targets, becoming untargetable during the dash. Follow up with Phantom Slash and Swordout Slashes, using An Eye for An Eye to negate any counter-play from the enemy team.

What makes Benedetta a high-difficulty hero?

Benedetta's high difficulty (70) stems from the need for precise timing with her An Eye for An Eye, constant management of her Sword Intent passive for optimal mobility and damage, and accurate skill shot execution. Mastering her fluid combos requires significant practice and mechanical skill.

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