Alice

Alice possesses significant strengths that make her a formidable mage, but also notable weaknesses that require careful play. Her magical offense is high, allowing her to deal consistent damage, especially in prolonged fights. Her unique vampiric ultimate provides excellent self-sustain, making her surprisingly durable for a mage, capable of surviving intense teamfight situations by continuously draining health from multiple enemies. Her kit also offers both mobility and crowd control, enabling her to initiate fights or escape danger, and lock down key targets.

However, Alice has a relatively high difficulty, meaning she requires practice to master her positioning and skill timings. Her ultimate, while powerful, consumes a significant amount of mana, necessitating careful resource management or specific build choices. Furthermore, while she has good durability for a mage, she still needs to get into close range to maximize her damage and healing, which can put her at risk if her teleportation is misused or if she faces heavy burst damage before she can activate her sustain.

Understanding Alice's abilities is crucial to unleashing her full potential on the battlefield:

• Blood Ancestry (Passive): Alice continuously restores mana, with an increased rate when in combat. More importantly, each time she levels up, her Movement Speed and Healing Received permanently increase. Her passive also generates blood orbs from nearby dying minions; absorbing these permanently increases Alice's max HP and grants additional upgrades like Cooldown Reduction, Spell Vamp, or Movement Speed. This passive is Alice's core scaling mechanism, making her progressively tankier and more efficient as the game progresses. Always prioritize absorbing these orbs to maximize her late-game power.
• Flowing Blood (Skill 1): Alice casts a sphere of blood energy in a target direction, dealing 400 + 120% Total Magic Power (Magic Damage) to enemies in its path. This skill can be used again to immediately teleport to the blood sphere's location. This is Alice's primary poke, wave clear, and mobility tool. The high 120% Total Magic Power scaling means it benefits significantly from Magic Power items, making it a strong damage source throughout the game. Use it for long-range damage, then reactivate it for aggressive engages into the enemy backline or to escape dangerous situations.
• Blood Awe (Skill 2): Alice deals 200 + 75% Total Magic Power (Magic Damage) plus a percentage of the target's Max HP as Magic Damage to nearby enemies, immobilizing them for 0.5s. After the immobilize, targets are slowed by 70% for 1.5s. This is Alice's primary crowd control ability. The 75% Total Magic Power scaling provides decent damage, but its main utility lies in the immobilize and slow, allowing Alice to lock down targets for her ultimate or for allies to follow up. It is most effective when used after teleporting in with Skill 1 or when enemies are already in close range.
• Blood Ode (Ultimate): Alice enters a blood-draining state, consuming 60 Mana while dealing 30 + 30% Total Magic Power (Magic Damage) to nearby enemies every 0.5s. She recovers 40 + 30% Total Magic Power HP each time she damages an enemy hero. This effect also reduces the cooldowns of Flowing Blood and Blood Awe. This is Alice's signature ability for sustained damage and survivability in teamfights. The 30% Total Magic Power scaling applies frequently, making it a constant threat, and the HP recovery, also scaling with 30% Total Magic Power, is crucial for her vampiric playstyle. Activate it in the middle of enemy formations to maximize damage, healing, and cooldown reductions, but be mindful of its mana cost.

Optimizing Alice's item build is crucial for maximizing her potential as a vampiric mage. The recommended build focuses on enhancing her magic power, sustainability, and crowd control:

• Clock of Destiny: This item is a cornerstone for Alice, providing stacking Max HP and Magic Power over time. Its unique passive, Time, synergizes perfectly with Alice's scaling nature, ensuring she becomes both durable and deals significant damage as the game progresses, making her a formidable late-game threat.
• Demon Boots: Essential for Alice due to her high mana consumption, especially when her ultimate is active. The unique passive, Mysticism, restores mana upon minion kills or assists, allowing her to sustain her presence on the map and use her abilities more freely.
• Ice Queen Wand: This item significantly enhances Alice's crowd control. Its unique passive, Ice Bound, slows enemies when they take skill damage, making it easier for Alice to keep targets within the range of her ultimate and land her Skill 2, thus improving her chase potential and overall utility.
• Dominance Ice: A strong defensive item that provides physical defense and reduces the attack speed of nearby enemy heroes through its unique passive, Arctic Cold. This makes Alice even tankier when diving into teamfights, mitigating damage from physical damage dealers and allowing her to sustain longer.
• Oracle: This item directly amplifies Alice's self-healing. Its unique passive, Bless, increases all received Shield and HP Regen effects by 30%. This makes her ultimate's HP recovery even more potent, turning her into an incredibly difficult target to take down during prolonged engagements.
• Glowing Wand: This item provides additional sustained magic damage. Its unique passive, Scorch, burns targets for magic damage based on their Max HP. This complements Alice's area-of-effect damage output, especially against tankier opponents, ensuring she remains a threat throughout teamfights.

Playing Alice effectively requires a balance of aggression and careful positioning, reflecting her moderately high difficulty. In the early game, focus on farming and absorbing blood orbs from dying minions. This is crucial for stacking her permanent Max HP and gaining additional stat upgrades from her passive, which are vital for her late-game power spike. Use Flowing Blood (Skill 1) for poking enemies and clearing minion waves, but be mindful of your mana.

As the game progresses into the mid-game, look for opportunities to engage. Alice's high magical offense allows her to deal significant damage. Use the two-part cast of Flowing Blood to initiate on isolated targets or to reposition quickly. Follow up with Blood Awe (Skill 2) to immobilize enemies, then activate Blood Ode (Ultimate) to deal sustained damage and heal yourself. Her durability, while good for a mage, still requires smart engagement choices; avoid diving into too many enemies without backup.

In late-game teamfights, Alice can act as a frontline mage. Use Flowing Blood to dive into the enemy backline, targeting vulnerable damage dealers. Immediately activate Blood Ode and use Blood Awe to lock down key targets. Your goal is to stay in the middle of the enemy formation, continuously draining their health and sustaining yourself. Mana management remains crucial throughout all stages of the game; despite items like Demon Boots, avoid spamming skills unnecessarily to ensure you have mana for crucial teamfights.

Understanding Alice's matchups can give you a significant advantage in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang:

• Best with Aurora: Aurora's freeze and Alice's ultimate are an excellent combination. Not only that, Aurora's freeze could also help Alice to engage with the enemies. Aurora's reliable crowd control provides the perfect setup for Alice to unleash her ultimate and Skill 2, ensuring enemies are locked down and unable to escape her sustained damage and healing. This synergy allows Alice to maximize her impact in teamfights.
• Counters Layla: It's difficult for heroes without mobility such as Layla to run away from Alice. Alice's ability to close distances quickly with her Flowing Blood teleport, combined with the immobilize from Blood Awe and the sustained damage of her ultimate, makes her a nightmare for immobile marksmen like Layla. Once Alice engages, Layla has very few options to escape.
• Countered by Nana: Hero with strong CC such as Nana could make it difficult for Alice to contribute for her team. Nana's disruptive crowd control, particularly her Molina Smooch, can easily interrupt Alice's ultimate and prevent her from sustaining herself or dealing consistent damage. This makes it challenging for Alice to operate effectively in teamfights when Nana is present, as her vampiric playstyle relies heavily on uninterrupted ultimate uptime.

Imagine a teamfight erupting around a contested objective. Alice spots a vulnerable enemy marksman in the backline. She initiates by casting Flowing Blood (Skill 1) towards the target. As the blood sphere reaches the enemy, she reactivates Flowing Blood to instantly teleport to its location, closing the gap. Immediately upon arrival, she unleashes Blood Awe (Skill 2), immobilizing the marksman and nearby enemies, preventing their escape. Simultaneously, she activates her ultimate, Blood Ode, entering her vampiric state. This combination allows her to deal continuous magic damage, heal herself from multiple targets, and keep enemies locked down, turning the tide of the fight in her team's favor.

To truly master Alice and dominate the Land of Dawn, keep these key decisions in mind:

1. Prioritize absorbing blood orbs from dying minions in the early game to maximize Alice's permanent Max HP and stat upgrades, ensuring strong late-game scaling.
2. Master the two-part cast of Flowing Blood (Skill 1) for versatile engagements, escapes, and repositioning, allowing for aggressive dives or quick retreats.
3. Activate Blood Ode (Ultimate) strategically in the thick of enemy formations during teamfights to maximize sustained damage, self-healing, and cooldown reductions on your other abilities.
4. Coordinate with allies who provide crowd control, like Aurora, to ensure enemies are locked down within your ultimate's range, amplifying your impact in crucial team engagements.