Balmond is a fighter hero with easy difficulty. This is a live guide — win rate, pick rate and counter data refresh every 6 hours from real ranked matches.
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Balmond is best with Support heroes that can boost his Mobility and Survivability. Examples include Angela and Rafaela.
Balmond is countered by ranged heroes who can deal damage to Balmond outside of his attack range, such as Lesley and Irithel.
Level up in this order when playing Balmond:
Cyclone Sweep
Soul Lock
Bloodthirst
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Balmond recovers 5% Max HP after killing a Minion or Creep, and 20% Max HP after killing a hero.
Balmond charges in the target direction for a set distance or until he hits an enemy hero, dealing 150 (+60% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to enemies along the way. The enemy hero hit will be knocked back slightly, and will have their Movement Speed reduced by 40% and Physical Defense reduced by 40% for 3s.
Balmond gains 15% Movement Speed that decays over time and spins with his axe for 3s, dealing 25 (+2% Extra Max HP) (+25% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage per hit to nearby enemies up to 14 times. Each subsequent hit on the same enemy will deal 8.5% increased damage (up to 68%). The Physical Attack bonus portion of the damage can Crit.
Balmond unleashes a huge strike in the target direction (this skill can only be interrupted by Suppression), dealing True Damage equal to 150 (+70% Total Physical Attack) plus 30% of the target's lost HP. This skill only deals up to 1000 damage to non-hero units.
Skill Order: Prioritise skills in this order — Skill 3 → Skill 2 → Skill 1.
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Balmond can close in on the enemy with Soul Lock, follow up with Cyclone Sweep for continuous damage, then cast his Ultimate to finish off low HP enemies.
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Balmond can close in on the enemy with Soul Lock, follow up with Cyclone Sweep for continuous damage, then cast his Ultimate to finish off low HP enemies.
Community-ranked Balmond builds, sorted by popularity. Each build was uploaded by a real player and is refreshed every 6 hours.
Brute Force Breastplate
War Axe
Oracle
Great Dragon Spear
Guardian Helmet
Athena's Shield
Brute instead of boots combined with high sustain and dragon spear for the ultimate speed bleyblade experience
Vengeance · Reflect Damage
Thrill
Festival of Blood
Killing Spree
Festival of blood for sustain and spell vamp and killing spree to spin faster around the map with the 20% speed buff
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Bleyblade Sustain. Brute instead of boots combined with high sustain and dragon spear for the ultimate speed bleyblade experience
High Speed Spinn Emblem. Festival of blood for sustain and spell vamp and killing spree to spin faster around the map with the 20% speed buff
Battle Spell. More sustain use it when you spin, don't forget to spin
Ice Hunter's Tough Boots
War Axe
Sky Piercer
Queen's Wings
Brute Force Breastplate
Hunter Strike
Continuous output
Retribution · Jungle Special
Agility
Festival of Blood
Killing Spree
🪓 Continuous output
🗣️🪓 💖 Continuous output
Continuous output. Continuous output
Continuous output. 🪓 Continuous output
Battle Spell. 🪓
Behemoth Hunter's Magic Boots
Cursed Helmet
War Axe
Hunter Strike
Malefic Roar
Immortality
Best Item Build
Retribution · Jungle Special
Rupture
Seasoned Hunter
Lethal Ignition
Best Emblem Set
Guide before using Balmond
Item Build . Best Item Build
Emblem Set . Best Emblem Set
Battle Spell. Retribution: Ideal for jungle Balmond, allowing for quick clearing of creeps and securing critical objectives
Behemoth Hunter's Tough Boots
War Axe
Brute Force Breastplate
Thunder Belt
Oracle
Immortality
Thunder Belt optional, dapat digantikan dengan Dominance Ice jika roamernya dalam tim masih membutuhkan
Retribution · Jungle Special
Firmness
Seasoned Hunter
Brave Smite
Membuat Balmond lebih sustain dengan damage yang tetap proper
Panduan Balmond: Rekomendasi Solo Push dan Duo/Trio di Rank Epic hingga Honor
Rekomendasi item. Thunder Belt optional, dapat digantikan dengan Dominance Ice jika roamernya dalam tim masih membutuhkan
Rekomendasi settingan emblem. Membuat Balmond lebih sustain dengan damage yang tetap proper
Battle Spell. Memberikan true damage ke monster jungle atau minion, mempercepat farming. Setelah upgrade dengan item jungle, bisa memberikan efek tambahan pada hero musuh.
Ice Hunter's Warrior Boots
War Axe
Brute Force Breastplate
Queen's Wings
Athena's Shield
Immortality
Ketahanan
Retribution · Jungle Special
Agility
Seasoned Hunter
Killing Spree
Untuk meningkatkan mobilitas
Balmond
Balmond ganteng. Ketahanan
Fighter. Untuk meningkatkan mobilitas
Battle Spell. Untuk farm
Tough Boots
War Axe
Queen's Wings
Oracle
Brute Force Breastplate
Athena's Shield
This build is Balmond's standard build and is one of the most effective. War Axe and Queen's Wings are Balmond's core items that gives additional spell vamp which increases Balmond's sustain. Queen's Wings passive also reduces incoming damage if Balmond's below 40% HP allowing him to stay in a fight longer. The 3 items are now situational so build accordingly, to what the team or what you need to counter a specific enemy hero. If you want to increase Balmond's passive heal by Oracle; if you want to reduce the enemy's lifesteal, spell vamp, or healing effects buy Dominance Ice. Buy Brutes Force Breastplate for physical defense and additional damage output; build Antique Cuirass against heroes with high physical damage output. Buy Athena's Shield against Burst Damage mages or magic damage dealers; buy Radiant Armor against continuous damage mages or magic damage dealers.
Tough Boots
War Axe
Sky Piercer
Queen's Wings
Brute Force Breastplate
Athena's Shield
This build is used by Balmond if the enemies usually consists of squishy heroes that can be easily bursted. Sky Piercer synergizes well with Balmond's ultimate as it can increase the damage output and saves you time from calculating the possible damage of your ult and allows you to spam it frequently.
Tough Boots
Cursed Helmet
Queen's Wings
Dominance Ice
Brute Force Breastplate
Athena's Shield
This build is used by Balmond in certain team compositions that relies on support roams and needs a proper frontliner or lacks one. Without War Axe, you can use Cursed Helmet, its passive deals damage against nearby enemies and synergizes well with Balmond's second skill. The last 3 items are situational, so build accordingly to your needs or a way to counter a specific hero.
Vengeance · Reflect Damage
Thrill
Festival of Blood
Brave Smite
The go to emblem set for Balmond, the fighter emblem gives him additional spell vamp which synergizes well with his second skill and is paired with Festival of Blood and Brave Smite. Thrill gives him additional physical attack. Thrill can be replaced with Vitality for extra health or rupture for an additional physical penetration.
Thrill
Festival of Blood
Brave Smite
An alternate emblem set that gives additional bulk with the trade back of low spell vamp capability.
An in-depth guide and an overview for Balmond and the buff he received in patch 2.1.30
Standard. This build is Balmond's standard build and is one of the most effective. War Axe and Queen's Wings are Balmond's core items that gives additional spell vamp which increases Balmond's sustain. Queen's Wings passive also reduces incoming damage if Balmond's below 40% HP allowing him to stay in a fight longer. The 3 items are now situational so build accordingly, to what the team or what you need to counter a specific enemy hero. If you want to increase Balmond's passive heal by Oracle; if you want to reduce the enemy's lifesteal, spell vamp, or healing effects buy Dominance Ice. Buy Brutes Force Breastplate for physical defense and additional damage output; build Antique Cuirass against heroes with high physical damage output. Buy Athena's Shield against Burst Damage mages or magic damage dealers; buy Radiant Armor against continuous damage mages or magic damage dealers.
Sky Piercer. This build is used by Balmond if the enemies usually consists of squishy heroes that can be easily bursted. Sky Piercer synergizes well with Balmond's ultimate as it can increase the damage output and saves you time from calculating the possible damage of your ult and allows you to spam it frequently.
Full Tank. This build is used by Balmond in certain team compositions that relies on support roams and needs a proper frontliner or lacks one. Without War Axe, you can use Cursed Helmet, its passive deals damage against nearby enemies and synergizes well with Balmond's second skill. The last 3 items are situational, so build accordingly to your needs or a way to counter a specific hero.
Spell Vamp. The go to emblem set for Balmond, the fighter emblem gives him additional spell vamp which synergizes well with his second skill and is paired with Festival of Blood and Brave Smite. Thrill gives him additional physical attack. Thrill can be replaced with Vitality for extra health or rupture for an additional physical penetration.
Tank. An alternate emblem set that gives additional bulk with the trade back of low spell vamp capability.
Battle Spell. Vengeance is a go to battle spell for every sustain hero and Balmond is one of them. This allows Balmond to tank more damage and also returning half of it to the damage dealer. In some certain situations, you can use other battle spells for Balmond: Flicker - A good way to escape quickly after securing a kill or in a teamfight, this also allows you to do the Flicker + Ult combo which catches enemies off guard. Petrify - Fixes his lack of crowd control and allows you to lock an enemy close to him giving free hits for his second skill and landing his ultimate more accurately. Revitalize - In team compositions where a healer has strong healing effects or revitalize, Balmond can use revitalize and receive double heal effects allowing him to stay in a fight longer.
Vengeance · Reflect Damage
Firmness
Master Assassin
Concussive Blast
That emblem will help make your hero stronger, that's what I use.
Be patient before you attack so you can defeat your opponent.
MBL. That emblem will help make your hero stronger, that's what I use.
Battle Spell. Vengeance
Each counter is classified by how hard the matchup tilts: Hard kit-level suppression (+3% WR or more), Soft playable tilt (+1-3% WR), Minor slight edge only. 1 hard counter in Balmond's top matchups this patch.
Answers to the most common Balmond questions from the Singapore MLBB community.
Balmond is currently currently underperforming with a 43.10% win rate in ranked play over the last 7 days. Our tier list is refreshed every 6 hours from real match data across all ranks from Epic to Mythic Glory — see the live number at the top of this page for the latest status.
Balmond is a fighter hero. Stick to the role the hero is designed for — forcing a fighter into an off-role almost always drops their win rate by 3-5%. Check the Overview tab on this page for the recommended lane layout.
The strongest counters to Balmond right now are Barats, Saber, Phoveus. Barats alone can flip a Balmond matchup by several percent — if you see any of these picked, adjust your build or lane assignment. Full counter list with live win-rate impact is in the Counters tab.
Hard counters to Balmond: Barats. These heroes' kits fundamentally suppress Balmond — expect a +3% or larger win-rate swing in the opponent's favour. Soft counters: Saber, Phoveus. The matchup tilts against Balmond but is still playable with careful positioning and itemisation.
Balmond pairs best with Hanabi, Aulus, Johnson. Hanabi synergy is particularly strong this patch — combo-drafting them together boosts your win rate in ranked. Full synergy list with partner win-rate deltas is on the Synergy tab.
Balmond has a easy difficulty rating. Beginners should practise the combo sequence in custom mode for at least 20 games before taking Balmond into ranked. The Skills and Tips tabs on this page walk through the exact combo order used by Mythic-rank SGS players.
The Builds tab on this page shows the highest-voted community builds for Balmond, sorted by popularity and refreshed every 6 hours. Each build lists the exact item order, emblem talent path and battle spell — pick the build that matches your current patch version.
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