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Melissa"Cursed Needle"
Release date	22 February 2022
Role	Marksman
Specialty	Finisher/Damage
Lane Recc.	Gold Lane
Price	32000 or 599
Skill resource	Mana
Damage type	Mixed
Basic attack type	Ranged
Ratings (1–10)
Durability	2
Offense	9
Control effects	4
Difficulty	4
Hero number
← #113	Yin
#114	Melissa
#115 →	Xavier
Hero spotlight
Website
MLBB hero page: → www.mobilelegends.com → m.mobilelegends.com → new.mobilelegends.com MLBB Hero Academy page MLBB China hero page

“	A rebellious girl that runs a tailor shop and solves problems for people.	”
	— Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

Melissa, the Cursed Needle, is a hero in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and is accompanied by Cuddles, Giggles and Muddles.

She is the second hero to be introduced as a member of Forsaken Light.

Hero stats [edit]
Attribute	Base stats
	Level 1	Level 15	Growth
HP	2288	4528	160
HP Regen	6.6	9.6	0.2143
Mana	500	1900	100
Mana Regen	4	6.8	0.2
Physical Attack	123	221	7
Magic Power	0
Physical Defense (Physical Damage Reduced)	18 (13%)	78 (39.4%)	4.2857
Magic Defense (Magic Damage Reduced)	15 (11.1%)	50 (29.4%)	2.5
Attack Speed	0.94	1.08	0.01
Attack Speed Ratio	100%
Critical Damage	200%
Movement Speed	248
Basic Attack range	4.6

Story

		This article or section contains material(s) that are unofficially translated from the source material. The following may not accurately represent the source material. Material untranslated: Temperament (气质 "qìzhì" meaning "temperament, disposition, manners, aura qualities) or Traits.

Melissa
In-story information
Alias	Cursed Needle
Chinese Name	梅丽莎 (Méilìshā)
Internal name	Melissa
Born	9 June (Gemini) Moniyan Empire
Age	16
Gender	Female
Species	Human
Occupation	Tailoress Owner of Melissa's Tailor
Affiliation	Forsaken Light
Weapons	Cursed Needle Cuddles Giggles Muddles
Abilities	Black magic
Website	Legends of Dawn hero page Melissa Mastery Code
Personal profile
Traits	Goes through her own way, Rebellious Maiden
Likes	Stuffed toys, exquisite needles
Relationships
Unnamed mother Unnamed father Unnamed half-sister Aamon, Gusion (maternal distant cousins) Valentina (ancestor) Yin, Xavier, Julian (Forsaken Light co-members) Alice (enemy)
Voiced by
English	Sarah Anne Williams
Japanese	Nakamura Kanna (中村 カンナ)

“

A girl with cursed needle who runs a tailor shop and solves problems for clients.

”

“	A girl with cursed needle who runs a tailor shop and solves problems for clients in her "unique" way.	”
	—515 M-World official website

As an illegitimate child of a noble, Melissa grew up in the Lumina City, capital of the Moniyan Empire, where she runs a small tailor shop and down with black magic, she uses cursed needles to fight solving problems for her clients in unique ways.

The Needle: Broken Doll

There used to be an inconspicuous little tailor shop on the busy streets of the Lumina City, capital of the Moniyan Empire. Its owner was an elegant woman always with a weary smile on her face, who had a clever, quirky daughter named Melissa.

They lived a hard life, but Melissa always wore a clean, pretty dress and shoes, the worn-out parts carefully patched up in adorable patterns. She was naughty, but she was also thoughtful and sensible. When she was in the shop, she'd help her mother with the needlework and put aside the shredded cloths. When she was old enough and already had enough worldly experience, she never asked again about where her dad was.

Melissa always wished for a beautiful rag doll, but she never once mentioned it to her mother, because she knew that her mother couldn't even afford to go to the doctor's despite her illness.

Every time she passed by the doll shop, she'd pop her head up to stare inside, and the aggravated shop owner had tried to scare her off a few times with empty threats. Then the young girl would make a face instead of panicking, so the shop owner that pretended to lose temper would give up first.

One day, after their shop closed, her mother magically produced a rag doll sewn together with shredded cloths from a pile of cloths. Melissa was beyond happy, smiling and jumping up and down holding the doll and her mom.

Her happy childhood fleeted away, and the little Melissa who used to run around the streets became a pretty young woman and was able to assist her mother. Watching the girl growing up, her mother always expected to see Melissa getting married in a gorgeous wedding dress she made for her, but, unfortunately, she left Melissa forever before she could fulfill her wish.

The little tailor shop was closed down, and the father Melissa had never met before suddenly showed up and took her away with him.

They went back to her father's house, and it was then she found out that her mother was a Paxley. Giving up the connection to the noble family, she eloped with her father for love, which abandoned her and left her an illegitimate daughter.

Later on, even though her father tried to make up for abandoning Melissa, he couldn't give her all the rights entitled to a legitimate child. When Melissa was introduced to her half-sister, a cultured and graceful young lady, she became filled with hatred toward Melissa. She thought Melissa had barged into her family, so she always bullied Melissa when their father wasn't home, and Melissa pretended not to care but remembered it all.

Every night, only the rug doll would accompany Melissa in her sleep, which gave her a feeling that her mother was still there with her inside the doll, so when she felt the urge to cry, she would hold the tears and hug the doll.

But her sister was also hostile toward the rug doll. One time, she deliberately tore it apart and falsely suggested Melissa throw away the broken doll that didn't please her eyes and accept one of her old dolls.

Though Melissa pretended that she agreed, there was no way that she would throw away her "mom doll". Afterward, every time she was bullied, she would often poke the doll, which had her sister's favorite bow-knot sewn on it, as if it had been her sister herself.

One time, when she was taking her anger out on the doll, she accidentally found out that her actions seemed to have actually affected her sister! Her suspicion was confirmed after a few attempts, and an idea started to form in this little girl's mind…

It was soon her sister's coming-of-age ceremony, and important guests were gathered in their house, but as the illegitimate daughter who couldn't be seen by others, Melissa stayed in her room while her sister was showing her piano skills to everyone in the room. When her sister gracefully sat down on the stool as people clapped, Melissa was also prepared with a full grin on her face—she followed the rhythm of the piano song with one hand, and the other hand was ready to poke the "sister doll".

A melodious piano sound filled the room, and it soon reached the highlight of the song. It was when her sister confidently pressed the keys that Melissa poked the doll—she had rehearsed it to perfection when her sister was practicing the piano.

At that moment, the song started to go awry.

Her sister kept hitting the wrong notes, once, twice, and the guests began to whisper to each other as they listened to the off-key melody. Her sister's pale face gradually turned crimson, until she finally broke and smashed the piano while cussing at it, and the entire audience was dead silent…

When her sister and the maid who snitched rushed into Melissa's room, she had already changed into her old attire and sneaked out of the house with her little baggage and dolls.

Melissa escaped from her father's house and returned to wander on the familiar streets.

One night, she dreamt of Cuddles speaking to her in her mom's voice, telling her not to be afraid because she would always protect her. Overwhelmed and ecstatic, Melissa threw herself at her mom, only to wake up alone on a rainy night the moment she raised her hands. Suddenly, in-explicit magic energy burst out from her heart—her dark magic ability inherited from her mother had awakened, and a girl endowed with curse magic from nature was thus born.

After that night, Melissa decided to settle down and started a small tailor shop in the Lumina City, inside of which she recreated the layout of her mother's old shop, with various dolls hanging here and there. Sitting behind the counter, Melissa would always have her feet on the table and coldly stare at the bustling world outside with a sneer.

Despite having the appearance of a normal tailor shop, Melissa's Tailor guarantees that all client's problems would be taken care of—on condition that the picky shop owner wouldn't refuse to take requests from you.

At the mere age of 16, Melissa really manages to solve every problem of her clients. She always produces some unexpected ideas to deal with the targets: it is either swapping an overdue contract with a loan shark, or telling a homeless child to hold a groom who abandoned his old love and call him daddy at his wedding.

When those targets come to seek revenge on Melissa, she would grin and make them remember how it feels to be regretful with her cursed needles.

Not long after she opened the shop, even the nobles begin to talk about it—"Have you heard of Melissa's Tailor?"

"I have. Is the owner really as good as they say?"

"Yeah, I've got a tough job that needs some help with…"

If you also find yourself in trouble in the Lumina City, just go to Melissa's Tailor and find its owner, Melissa…

The Needle: Lucky Day

Main article: The Needle: Lucky Day

Abilities

Passive

	Doll Buster Buff Uh-oh, Melissa's taken apart another bunch of dolls! "My tailor shop excels at "fixing" dolls and "fixing" dolls. Am I right?, Muddles?" (Melissa deals 125% damage to minions, creeps and summoned units.)
Icon variants Notes Additional damage dealt to summoned units and minions includes all types of damage from battle spells, talents, equipment, skills, and basic attacks.

Skill 1

Falling! Mobility Buff Melissa is falling… In your dreams! "Watch me slide forward and increase my Attack Speed for 3 seconds—Ah, that was just boring…" "Muddles, go that way!" "Cuddles, come here!" (The skill's cooldown is reduced by 0.5 seconds each time Melissa damages the enemy by attacking Muddles.) Skill terms Blink Movement ability that can pass through obstacles. ATK Speed It determines the attacking times (capped at 3 times) per second. Total current ATK Speed = Basic ATK Speed + Extra ATK Speed × ATK Speed Coefficient.

Icon variants Level scaling Properties 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cooldown 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 Mana Cost 30 35 40 45 50 55 Attack Speed Bonus 50% 55% 60% 65% 70% 75%

Skill 2

Eyes on You! Debuff AOE Go, Muddles! "The plan's like this: Throw Muddles out to hold the bad guys, and then… I come on stage!" "I puncture the bad guys, while Giggles hit Muddles to punish the bad guys! Hee, fantastic!" (Muddles deals 250–400 (+80% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage on the first hit and links nearby [enemy heroes and summoned units] for up to 6 seconds. Linked enemies will be slowed by 60% that decays over 1.5 seconds and can break the link by moving out of the range. Muddles will return to Melissa early when she's too far away. When Muddles is present, you can tap the Attack Minion button to directly attack Muddles, though it cannot trigger the multi-hit damage.) Skill terms Physical Skill Deal Physical DMG to enemies. Triggers Spell Vamp.

Icon variants Level scaling Properties 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cooldown 9.0 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.4 7.0 Mana Cost 60 50 40 30 20 10 Base Damage 250 280 310 340 370 400 Damage Transfer 60% 64% 68% 72% 76% 80% Notes Dealing damage against linked enemies may vary according to their unit types. Damage against Link enemies that can be affected by her passive is as follows: 75%/80%/85%/90%/95%/100%. Cooldown begins instantly after cast. While in the air, "Falling!" can be used to dash without moving Muddles. Muddles Applies on-hit effects and critical damage. Damage dealt by Muddles through the link is affected by the Damage Transfer Ratio. On-hit effects such as Weakness Finder and Corrosion are not affected and retain full effectiveness. Effects that can only target 1 enemy such as Weakness finder will apply to the first enemy hit if attacking Muddles, else it would only affect the enemy being targeted by Melissa. Muddles can independently land Critical Hits from Melissa and will activate Critical dependent effects like Frenzy. Muddles also benefits from Physical Penetration and Magic Penetration. Muddles 'attack' is considered a basic attack from Melissa, and can apply effects suck as; Impulse, Endless Strike, Engulf, Retribution and Corrosion. This also means that with Muddles attacking, she will use the Inspire buff quicker, scaling with the amount of enemies linked to Muddles.

Ultimate

Go Away! Summon Buff Do you know? Hugs will give you the courage to face the darkness. "Cuddles, protect me! For 4 seconds, let no bad guys come close. Unless I say otherwise!" (When activated, the field knocks back Melissa creates a dome that continuously damages and repels enemies in the area and deals 500–900 (+100% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to them. It'll then continuously knock back enemies who attempt to enter the field. dealing 50–90 (+10% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage and briefly slowing them [by 60%]. The field will also interrupt the enemy's movement skills unless they're immune to control effects. The field will move with Melissa once, when she's about to move out of boundary. Passive: Melissa's Physical & Magical Defense are increased by 3. (This effect is increased to 5 times when the skill is active.) Skill terms Knocked Back A state that prevents a target from moving, attacking, or using skills. The target will move away from the caster within the duration.

Icon variants Level scaling Properties 1 2 3 Cooldown 50.0 45.0 40.0 Mana Cost 120 150 180 Base Damage 500 700 900 Extra Damage 50 70 90 Extra Defense 3 4 5 Notes Has the diameter of 5.3. The first damage applies effects such as skill effects and Magic Penetration, but the continuous damage applies none. The Protective Field can be re-positioned twice, once through Dashing out of the field with "Falling!" and once through moving out naturally. If moving out naturally, twice, the field will remain in the second location until "Falling!" is used, in which it will reform on top of Melissa. The extra damage ticks a total of 15 times if the target is pinned against the wall, for a total of 750/1050/1350 (+150% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage. Total damage including the base damage is 1250/1750/2250 (+250% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage. The ability follows when she is teleported. Leaving Yin's My Turn fully cancels this ability.

BUFF

	Forsaken Light Since there are other Forsaken Light members on [Melissa's] team, [her] Max HP, Max Mana, Movement Speed and Critical Damage are increased [by 1/1/1%/1%, respectively]. (Original text: Forsaken Light: Since all the Forsaken Light members are present, your Max HP, Max Mana, Movement Speed, and Crit Damage are increased.)

Gallery

Splash art

Cursed Needle

Twinge Weaver

Nobara Kugisaki

Nightwalker

SPARKLE Melissa

Umbra Bloom

Painted skins

SHIMMER Melissa

Avatar icons

Cursed Needle

Twinge Weaver

Nobara Kugisaki

Nightwalker

SPARKLE Melissa

Umbra Bloom

Painted avatar icons

SHIMMER Melissa

Battle emotes

Zip It!
Obtained via the MLBB X Jujutsu Kaisen event.

Apologize
Obtained via the ALLSTAR 2024 SPARKLE Melissa event.

Videos

The Needle- A Puppet Show - Melissa Cinematic Trailer - Forsaken Light - Mobile Legends- Bang Bang

Appereance

The Knight- Belated Clash - Xavier Cinematic Trailer - Forsaken Light - Mobile Legends- Bang Bang

The Awakening- Truth - Julian Animated Trailer - Forsaken Light - Mobile Legends- Bang Bang

Trivia

• Her name is a feminine given name originating the Greek word μέλισσα (mélissa) meaning "bee" which in turn comes from μέλι (meli), "honey" or "honeybee".
• Melissa's skill descriptions are written on Melissa's first-person view with her character present.
• Her concept revolves around cursed dolls and dark magic, giving her a unique identity among MLBB heroes. The voodoo theme is reflected in her skill set, where she controls "Muddles," a cursed doll that attacks enemies. Melissa is the first Marksman in the game to use a needle and voodoo doll as part of her attack kit.
• Melissa from Mobile Legends: Bang Bang shares striking similarities with Nobara Kugisaki from Jujutsu Kaisen, both in design and personality. While not officially confirmed, it’s highly likely that Nobara served as a major inspiration for Melissa. This shared voodoo-style magic suggests that Melissa’s gameplay mechanics were inspired by Nobara’s abilities.
• Melissa is the first hero in the game to have three companions in-game at the same time! Her three companions are Muddles, Cuddles, and Giggles although Muddles is the only companion that actively fights with her, functioning as a cursed link mechanic.
• Melissa is one of the few Marksmen with a strong self-peel ability aside from a dash, thanks to her ultimate (Go Away!), which allows her to counter melee heroes like assassins and fighters.