Summary
- The new update for Project NEXT 2025 features four new maps with exciting new challenges and gameplay mechanics.
- Each map has a unique “terrain effect” that can certainly affect players’ success.
If you believe you had the game all figured out, Mobile Legends Project NEXT 2025 is here to put that to the test. With new landscapes, unique gameplay features, and many surprises, this year’s annual update will reshape how you perceive the battlefield. With this year’s Project NEXT update, the whole battlefield is evolving as a unique experience. But not to worry, we’re here with a guide so you can win every map easily.
Annual Map Changes in Project NEXT 2025
The Mobile Legends Project NEXT 2025 features an innovative change in gameplay with four randomly selected maps. Consequently, these maps completely change how to strategize on the battlefield and balance champion viability. Each of these maps has its own mechanics that teams will need to navigate.
Dangerous Grass
The Dangerous Grass map contains new, dense, tall grass at important high-ground locations, which will change where players can ambush. These locations include inner turrets, the Mid Lane, and even the Lord’s pit.
Broken Walls
Broken Walls is unique in its use of destructible walls, which create new shortcuts and mobility areas as players move quickly and with less map predictability. The fallen structures on the map mean that a safe location is now a potential death trap.
Flying Cloud
The Flying Cloud platform, located near the base, allows a hero to enter a flight state and hover in the high ground for up to five seconds. This mechanic significantly increases the speed a hero can get back to the frontline compared to the normal respawn state.
The player has control over the hero when in flight state by using the joystick. If the player wants to descend immediately while in flight state, tapping the recall button will allow their hero to do so.
Expanding Rivers
With the Expanding Rivers map, the battlefield evolves around a larger river that now flows through jungle and side lanes, creating distinct areas with stronger water currents. In these water-affected areas, heroes will experience movement speed boosts from the currents.
How to Navigate the New Maps
To effectively navigate through these new maps, players should have an in-depth understanding of how each terrain will affect movement, vision, and combat position:
- Positioning will become even more important on Dangerous Grass. Bushes provide cover from enemy sight, but they also provide a dangerous proposition of cover. Thus, players should have solid vision and communication with their teammates to avoid surprises.
- On Broken Walls, players need to be aware of open recall locations and narrow choke points at all times. This is to avoid getting ambushed while taking advantage of shortcuts during rotations and ganks.
- The Expanding River requires flowing movement where players utilize current boosts to rotate effectively between lanes and objectives quickly. Therefore, rotational timing is a game-changing advantage.
- Open space control sets the tempo on Flying Cloud. This means that zone control and vision management become a key underpinning of ranged heroes.
Hero Tips for Project NEXT 2025
With Mobile Legends Project NEXT 2025, tactics will change as players will need to develop different strategies depending on which map is selected at random. So players will want to adapt their hero selections and overall gameplay to the map during the drafting period.
| Roles and Specialties | Heroes | Best Map for Synergy |
| Assassins, vision heroes, and burst damage dealers | Eudora, Saber, Helcurt, Natalia, Diggie, Chip | Dangerous Grass |
| Engage heroes and EXP laners | Johnson, Hilda, Freya | Broken Walls |
| Farming heroes (Gold laners and Junglers) and heroes without mobility skills | Aldous, Cecilion, Ixia, Layla | Flying Cloud |
| Mobility heroes and heroes affected by the movement speed buffs | Wanwan, Lancelot, Zilong, Hylos, Bane | Expanding Rivers |
Final Thoughts
With the changes in the maps for Project NEXT 2025, Mobile Legends is about to explore uncharted territory. These maps will shift the dynamics of engaging in battle and will reward players who can adapt the quickest, communicate effectively, and think creatively outside the traditional lane approach. Now, you’ll be guaranteed to want to experiment with new heroes, emblem set-ups, and even team compositions!
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