MLBB Patch 2.1.90 Malaysia: Aulus Up, Baxia Down
Published: 2026-07-14
Patch 2.1.90 landed on the Original Server on July 8, 2026, and its brief is narrow: clip the wings of the Tank Jungler meta that ran wild for four weeks after Season 41 opened. Seven buffs, four nerfs. Baxia, Fredrinn, and Akai each take jungling speed and damage cuts. Aulus, Argus, Esmeralda, Nolan, and Minsitthar step into the vacated space. Melissa collects a Mythical Honor bump, Atlas gets a long-overdue Skill 1 cooldown fix, and Zhuxin loses Skill 2 cast range. If you rank-grind through a Petaling Jaya kopitiam on TnG data, this shifts every draft you'll see this week and every Diamond you were saving for the previous tank comps.
What Patch 2.1.90 actually changed
The Liquipedia patches portal lists 2.1.90 as a mid-season revision to Patch 2.1.88, not a full season transition. Season 41's jungle rework stays in place — camp timers, gold curve, revamped early buffs. What Moonton walked back is the second-order effect: Tank Junglers were clearing faster than every Assassin Jungler in the game while surviving four-man ganks well past level 4. Baxia and Fredrinn dominated ban boards through MPL Malaysia Season 17's playoffs. Akai joined them once teams realised the Wall Impact attack-speed spike shredded ranged Marksmen at 12 minutes.
The trims themselves are not dramatic on paper. Baxia's jungling monster damage drops, Fredrinn loses HP recovery on jungle camps, Akai's Attack Speed multiplier inside Wall Impact was pulled back. Small percentage cuts, real consequences: the three-hero Tank Jungler club can no longer clear both side buffs plus Turtle before opponents finish their first Lithowanderer, which is the timing that lets a jungler snowball two lanes into a 3v3 flank at 5:30.
Buffs read like a bench pass. Aulus's ult scaling went up. Argus's second-form regen curve now scales with missing HP instead of a flat value. Esmeralda's shield-to-damage conversion in her passive was pushed higher. Nolan's Void Break cooldown resets more aggressively on kill. Minsitthar's Spear Assault gained cast range. Melissa's Mythical Honor added a small movement speed bump to late game, and Atlas's Skill 1 stops soft-locking mid-cast when a target dies — a bug flagged by roamers across the SEA server since the Season 41 patch. Zhuxin's Skill 2 cast range comes down to compensate for her outsized poke pattern.
How Malaysian rankers should re-draft this week
Selangor Red Giants closed MPL Malaysia Season 17 on June 7 with a 4–0 sweep over Team Vamos at Stadium Juara, Bukit Kiara. That win locked in their fifth consecutive league title, the first five-peat in MPL history across any region. Yums took both Regular Season MVP and Grand Final MVP. Both SRG and Team Vamos flew to Paris for the Mobile Legends Mid Season Cup 2026, the two Malaysian slots earned at the Grand Final. Season 17 also became the first MPL Malaysia season to pass 25 million hours watched, peaking around 740,000 concurrent viewers on Kitamen's Grand Final coverage weekend. The comp SRG ran through May (Baxia jungle plus Chip roam plus Novaria mid) is now a different animal. Baxia's rotation math no longer clears Turtle at 4:15 the way it did against Vamos.
Solo queue in Malaysia normally lags MPL meta by 8–12 days. This week is the exception. When a SRG-branded post-patch draft drops on Facebook, KL Mythic ladders mimic it inside 48 hours. Expect Aulus jungle to spike from single-digit pick rate to somewhere north of 15% by Wednesday. Esmeralda mid, dead for two months, becomes a viable flex counter into Novaria. Argus re-enters the Exp Lane conversation for the first time since Patch 2.1.67.
The comp implication is clean. If your team relied on a Tank Jungler front-loading fights at level 6, redraft. Ganks now start from Exp Lane. Aulus can walk-clear at level 3, dive at level 5, and hold a bruiser 2v2 with the lifesteal boot line. Roamer picks bend too — Atlas returns because his fixed Skill 1 makes level-4 rotations reliable again. Chip and Ruby stay fine, but Atlas is the pick if you want to punish Fredrinn's slower clear on the enemy side of the map.
What the Diamond math looks like at REDX Game vs App Store MY
The 2.1.90 pivot spends its Diamonds on three heroes (Aulus, Argus, Atlas) that most active accounts already own but have not touched in months. Emblems and skins pay the bill, not new-hero purchases. Aulus's Passion Warlord line, Argus's Devouring Dragon variant, and Atlas's Void Manipulator each sit in the 599–899 Diamond bracket. Add a Twilight Pass reset and a Weekly Diamond Pass Plus, and a full-meta wardrobe pivot lands close to 3,000 Diamonds.
MLBB's standard MYR Diamond ladder at REDX Game runs from roughly 6.0 to 8.0 sen per Diamond depending on tier, with mid-tier packs (1,000–2,500 Diamonds) sitting at the sen-per-Diamond floor. The same volume paid through Moonton's App Store Malaysia bundles lands 15–21% higher on MYR because Apple's platform fee is baked into every pack Moonton lists there. On a 2,000 Diamond top-up that gap works out to roughly RM 18–25 per order. Two top-ups a month across a full season is close to RM 480 you keep in your Touch 'n Go wallet, enough for both premium skins listed above.
Cost-per-Diamond math is where the pivot pays. On the ladder at REDX Game a 2,000 Diamond pack sits near 6.1 sen per Diamond, while the App Store MY equivalent hovers near 7.5 sen. Multiply that gap across three skins plus a Weekly Pass Plus and you have paid one full skin extra just for using Apple's checkout. Boleh tahan — four teh tarik sessions stay in your wallet. Handle the whole pivot through REDX Game's MLBB Diamond page: one order, one MYR total, three-minute delivery ceiling.
How to top up the 2.1.90 meta bundle in 5 steps
- Open MLBB, tap the profile portrait top-left of the main screen, and copy your User ID plus Zone ID. Screenshot both, you will paste them at checkout.
- Head to the REDX Game MLBB direct top-up page and pick this season's Twilight Pass first if you do not already own it.
- Stack the Weekly Diamond Pass Plus on top, a Petaling Jaya standard for consistent monthly Diamond drip that pays for the Passion Warlord skin outright without a separate top-up.
- Attach a mid-tier Diamond pack in the 1,000 to 2,500 Diamond range to cover the two remaining skins plus your emblem upgrades. Sen-per-Diamond is at its floor here, so this is where you buy the volume rather than dripping four small packs across a month.
- Paste your User ID plus Zone ID, pay through DuitNow, Touch 'n Go, FPX, or Boost, then check MLBB in-game within 1–3 minutes. Senang gila: no gift-code redemption, no App Store review sheet, no delay.
Kuala Lumpur players on 5G report near-instant balance updates. If your delivery lags past three minutes on a Shah Alam cafe WiFi, refresh the friend list once inside MLBB. That forces a Diamond balance re-sync from the server.
FAQ: MLBB Patch 2.1.90 for Malaysian players
When did Patch 2.1.90 hit the Malaysian server?
July 8, 2026, alongside the global Original Server maintenance window. Malaysian accounts route to the Original Server through the SEA region, so there was no separate rollout. You had the buffs at the same clock the Philippines had them.
Is Baxia dead now?
No, but the permaban days are done. The Roll-around damage cut removes his one-shot pressure on ranged mid Mages, so drafts stop centering their first ban on him. Look for Baxia to settle in the 12–15% pick range through MPL Malaysia Season 18 qualifiers, respectable rather than dominant.
Should I main Aulus in Mythic solo queue?
If you already own him, yes. His post-patch clear speed competes with Karrie in the jungle role while giving up almost none of the tank durability that lets him solo the enemy Turtle at 6:00, and his level-4 all-in is one of the strongest 1v1 windows in the current roster once the passion stack tops out. If you do not own him, grind two weekend Brawl runs. The 32,000 Battle Points cost is faster than paying a Diamond equivalent.
Which REDX Game pack fits this meta pivot best?
The mid-tier Diamond pack (2,000 Diamonds ballpark, roughly RM 120 range depending on Moonton's active MYR ladder) is the sen-per-Diamond sweet spot for a single top-up on Malaysian rails. Two of these in a month covers Aulus plus Argus plus Atlas skins with change left for the next hero release. Order through the REDX Game MLBB top-up page to keep the 15–21% Apple premium out of your wallet.
Will Moonton revert the buffs in Patch 2.1.92?
Historically Moonton's mid-cycle revisions stick unless a hero pushes above 55% pick-or-ban at the pro level. Aulus's projected ceiling sits closer to 40%. Argus and Esmeralda land lower still. Expect the numbers to survive into 2.1.92 without further tweaks.
"After the new season's jungle changes left Tank Junglers overtuned, this update trims the jungling speed and damage of Baxia, Fredrinn and Akai while lifting underused Exp Lane and Jungle picks." — MLBB Hub Patch Notes summary, July 8 2026.
REDX Game processes MLBB Diamond top-ups in 1–3 minutes for Malaysian accounts, accepts DuitNow, Touch 'n Go, FPX, Boost, and standard cards, and lists prices in MYR only, with no hidden USD conversion at checkout. The Aulus-Argus-Atlas pivot does not need to wait for payday.
