How to Play Cecilion in MLBB – Complete Guide

Cecilion is one of MLBB’s best scaling heroes for the mage role, with high magic damage to burst down anyone he sees on the map.

He has a mix of mid-game teamfight potential and late-game scaling, making him one of the pocket pick heroes to play in ranked games. This guide will focus on Cecilion’s overview as a hero, item and emblem builds, and skill combos for teamfight execution to win you the game.

Cecilion Overview

Let’s go through a quick overview of Cecilion to see what he’s all about and why she’s such a strong MLBB esports pick right now:

• Primary Role – Mage, Mid Lane
• Damage Type – Magic Damage for all skills
• Difficulty: Easy – Only 3 skills to press, 1 skill to spam. Skill shot is not that difficult too.

Main Strengths

• Has one Crowd Control ability that pulls all opponents in one spot (ranged)
• High burst potential with both crowd control skill and spamming of 1st skill for high damage
• Sustain and repositioning with ultimate draining enemies with added movement speed bonus
• Easy clear lane with combination of basic skills plus passive to roam after

Main Weaknesses

• High mana cost skill to spam. The 1st skill scales by multiplying required mana 
• No mobility and survivability skill – easily burstable by assassins
• Scaling hero, so early game has not much damage.
• Almost short ranged skills leaving him vulnerable to engagements.

When to Pick Cecilion

• The MLBB team needs a front to back mage to provide constant damage.
• The enemy team has carries that are easy targets with no mobility
• Most of your team’s heroes are based on physical damage 

When to avoid using Cecilion

• The enemy team has assassin heroes for junglers
• Dive draft composition for the opponents
• High Magic resistance / damage reduction heroes

Cecilion’s Skills in MLBB

Here is a brief description of all the abilities of Cecilion in MLBB and how to use them effectively with sample combos provided below:

Passive: Overflowing

Cecilion gains 10 extra Max Mana and recovers 10 Mana each time his skill hits an enemy. Cooldown: 1s.

He has higher Max Mana and Mana Regen, and his skill damage scales with his Max Mana. 

Skill 1: Bat Impact

Cecilion commands a giant bat to dive at the target location, gaining 30% extra Movement Speed for 1s, dealing 85 (+70%Total Magic Power)(+7%Total Mana) Magic Damage to enemies in its path. The bat also deas 170 (+140%Total Magic Power)(+14%Total Mana) extra Magic Damage to those near the landing point, and applies Overflowing effect once. 

Each subsequent cast within 6s increases this skill’s Mana cost by 1.8 times (up to 4 stacks).

Skill 2: Sanguine Claws

Cecilion summons a pair of opposing claws at the target location that will clasp together after a short delay, pulling enemies in their paths to the center while dealing them 200 (+45%Total Magic Power)(+1.2%Total Mana) Magic Damage and immobilizing them for 1s.

Ultimate: Bats Feast

Cecilion unleashes his Blood Demon power, gaining 60% extra Movement Speed (decays over the duration) and Slow Immunity for 1.5s. Meanwhile, he fires 36 bolts of blood energy at nearby enemies, each dealing 35 (+8%Total Magic Power)(+0.3%Total Mana) Magic Damage to the enemy hit and slowing them by 3% (up to 30%) for 1s. 

Each bolt also restores 10 plus 1% of Cecilion’s lost HP for him on hit.

Here are some of the combos you can use for Cecilion:

Clear Wave: Skill 2 -> Skill 1 -> Skill 1 -> Skill 1 -> Skill 1

Teamfights Execution: Skill 1 -> Skill 1 -> Skill 1 (to prepare 4 stacks of Skill 1) -> Skill 2 -> Skill 1 -> Ultimate -> Skill 1 (spam)

Best Cecilion Item, Emblem and Battle Spell Build in MLBB

Best Cecilion Item Build in MLBB

Cecilion scales higher with magic damage items and mana items. Covering his lack of mobility, he also needs items that would help him in that department. With the right build he could still be used by the best MLBB teams though. Here is the recommended build for Cecilion in MLBB:

Base Item Build

• Demon Boots – Mana Regeneration and Mobility
• Clock of Destiny – Mana and Health regen per level plus scaling hybrid defense by dealing magic damage
• Enchanted Talisman – Massive Mana Regeneration and High Cooldown Reduction
• Glowing Wand – Burns enemies hit with skills for Magic Damage based on their Max HP and Movement Speed.
• Wishing Lantern – Deals Bonus Magic Damage based on current HP and more Cooldown Reduction.
• Holy Crystal – Highest Magic Power item, which also amplifies giving more bonus magic power.

Situational Items

• Blood Wings – Provides a shield based on the user’s Magic Power and Movement Speed.
• Winter Crown – Grants temporary invulnerability and untargetable.
• Immortality – Grants resurrection upon falling.

Best Cecilion Emblem Build in MLBB

Since Cecilion has one of the fastest wave clears in the game, he is able to roam to both sidelanes to help out him team. Giving him more movement speed would benefit him and him team heavily. Here is the recommended Emblem build for Cecilion in MLBB:

Mage Emblem

• Emblem 1: Agility – Extra Movement Speed
• Emblem 2: Wilderness Blessing – Movement in the Jungle and River is increased.
• Emblem 3: Impure Rage – Bonus Magic Damage on skill cast and restores Mana on each hit.

Best Cecilion Battle Spell in MLBB

Cecilion’s problem is his mobility since he already has a lot of magic damage. Here are the suggested Battle Spells for Cecilion in MLBB:

• Flicker – Blink in a fixed distance with extra adaptable defense.
• Purify – Removes crowd control and gives a bit of movement speed boost.
• Sprint – Burst of Movement Speed to have better positioning in teamfights.