Zhask

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Zhask"The King of Swarms"
Release date	2017
Role	Mage
Specialty	Chase/Damage
Lane Recc.	Mid Lane
Price	32000 or  599
Skill resource	Mana
Damage type	Magic
Basic attack type	Ranged
Ratings (1–10)
Durability	1
Offense	10
Control effects	4
Difficulty	4
Hero number
← #49	Hylos
#50	Zhask
#51 →	Helcurt
Hero spotlight
Website
MLBB hero page (desktop) MLBB hero page (mobile) MLBB Chinese version (决胜巅峰) hero page

“	Dominate, slaughter, and pillage.	”
	— Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

Zhask, the King of Swarms, is a hero in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and is accompanied by Nightmaric Spawn.

Hero stats [edit]

Attribute	Fixed-value base stats			Percentage stats
	Level 1	Level 15	Growth
HP	2401	4256	132.5	-
Mana	490	2170	120	-
HP Regen	6.8	11.0	0.3	-
Mana Regen	4.0	7.0	0.21429	-
Physical Attack	107	208	7.2143	-
Magic Power	0			-
Physical Defense (Physical DMG Reduced)	15 (11.1%)	63 (34.4%)	3.4286	-
Magic Defense (Magic DMG Reduced)	15 (11.1%)	50 (29.4%)	2.5	-
Attack Speed	1.00	1.14	0.01	-
Attack Speed Ratio	-			100%
Cooldown Reduction	-			0%
Critical Chance	-			0%
Critical Damage	-			200%
Crit DMG Reduction	-			0%
Movement Speed	240			-
Physical PEN	0			0%
Magic PEN	0			0%
Lifesteal	-			0%
Spell Vamp	-			0%
Basic Attack Range	4.5			-
Resilience	-			0%
Damage Reduction	0			0%
Healing Effect	-			0%
Healing Received	-			100%

Story

Zhask
In-story information
Full name	Zhask, King of Kastiya
Alias	King of (the) Swarms Planes Dominator (former)
Internal name	zhask
Born	Kastiya
Origin	Frozen Sea Chronorift
Gender	Male
Species	Extraterrestrial
Nationality	Kastiyan
Title	King of Kastiya
Weapons	Domorey[citation needed]
Abilities	Summons Nightmaric Spawn Fires mental missile Summons Nightmeric Clones Fuses to Nightmaric Spawn
Battles fought	Invasion of Mithlora Invasion of the Land of Dawn
Website	Legends of Dawn hero page Zhask Mastery Code
Relationships
Yve (enemies) Aurora (enemies) Tobias (enemies) (Aurora's Old Lore) Argus (enemies) (Old Lore)
Voiced by
English	Cian Hoyne (2017–2021)
Japanese	Miyamoto Jyun (宮本 淳)

“

King of the Swarm who distrupts the balance of the universe

”

Zhask expanded his swarm as he pleased in the universe, disrupting its balance in the process. Yve pursued him, but Zhask was able to escape every time. When he shuffled to the Land of Dawn and attempted to destroy it, he was hit hard by the resistance of Aurora and Tobias, so he hibernated in Kastiya to recuperate. But at this time, Yve also arrived, so a dual was imminent.

Lore

In the vast universe, there are countless unknown planets and mysterious regions.

Some planets have been annihilated and forgotten, but some endure – like the planet of Kastiya.

Many great civilizations were built over a long history of discovery and enlightenment. This was however, not the case for the Kastiyans – whose bloody history was etched in struggles and brutality. For countless eons, the Swarm of Kastiya plundered and devoured to maintain the prosperity of their own race. The vicious nature of the Swarm made them keen on endless encroachment and reproduction.

As the king of Kastiya, Zhask knew exactly what he and his race needed. The terrifying Swarm was able to follow Zhask's lead, appearing anywhere in the universe, and then devouring all in its path. The scourge of the Swarm was more prolific than any other race. No planet in known history has ever been completely safe from the Swarm – and the most terrifying thing was that the Swarm could never be completely wiped out.

Of course, the Swarm of Kastiya also had their arch-enemy – Mithlora.

Mithlora was a mysterious region among the stars. The race living there was few in number, but naturally powerful. As one of the most advanced hunters in the universe imbued with tremendous power, Mithlora was burdened with the purpose to maintain the balance of the universe. Therefore, the ever-present Swarm had the ever-watchful Mithlora to deal with.

A veteran hunter from Mithlora had once destroyed Zhask's home Kastiya, but the Swarm could not be completely wiped out. In fact, the destruction of their hometown sparked a raging crusade to expand wildly and ravage other planets. Led by King Zhask, they took absolute pleasure in plundering and replicating their own species. In the midst of their savagery, Mithlora had dispatched a formidable new hunter – Yve.

Zhask was not afraid of this new threat. On the contrary, he enjoyed the thrill of the chase. Even though Kastiya had already been reduced to dust, Zhask and his Swarm believed that any area in the starry sky may become the the new Kastiya II – so long as they never stop breeding.

With great strength and cunning, Zhask caused Yve’s efforts to hunt down the scourge to fail countless times. Because of the Swarm’s potency to reproduce, the planets that had been invaded had almost no power to fight back. The creatures on those planets were quickly rendered extinct from Zhask's desolation.

Although those from Mithlora never needed help from others, the weakness of those planets isolated Yve to a certain extent. Zhask was always 2 steps ahead of his Mithloran pursuer.

Yve would always find herself a completely plundered and ruined planet with Zhask already absconded towards his next foray into the known universe.

Zhask was immersed in the pleasure of plundering. He enjoyed the thrill of the hunt and the endless slaughter. Even with the best of Yve’s attempt to stop him, Zhask would always manage to escape under the cover of his swarm.

The scars on his body did not deter Zhask from his plundering journey. Without pause, Zhask once again passed through the spacetime continuum and came to a new area.

This time, he came to the Land of Dawn.

The arrival of Zhask and the Swarm brought serious disaster to The Northern Vale in the Land of Dawn. Numerous villages and tribes were destroyed by the Swarm and the people were displaced. But in a place where heroes gathered, and unlike his previous encounters, Zhask found unprecedented resistance in the Land of Dawn.

The young knight Tobias led his knights to fight Zhask and sacrificed his life for his land. It was in this battle that Tobias’ lover Aurora, dealt Zhask a devastating blow.

This was the first time that Zhask had been badly hurt by anyone other than Yve. Injured, he could not escape from the Land of Dawn through the Chrono Rift, so he could only find a piece of land on this continent as a temporary stronghold to give him and his Swarm some respite. He never imagined that these seemingly fragile creatures would be so powerful.

Zhask went to ground, waiting for the right opportunity. But the situation was a bit tricky: Aurora, who in order to avenge her lover, guarded the Frozen Ocean and never left sight. Meanwhile, the unusual yet familiar time and space fluctuations in the universe only meant to Zhask of Yve’s imminent arrival. A battle of astronomic proportions was soon to happen in the Land of Dawn that could decide the fates of countless many in the universe…

Abilities

Passive

	Decimation Summon | Attack Effects: 20% Upon death, Zhask summons a frenzied Nightmaric Spawn on the spot, which gradually loses HP over time until death.
	Icon variants Notes Unlike the normal one, frenzied Nightmaric Spawn enjoys 100% of Zhask's attributes.

Skill 1

Nightmaric Spawn Summon | Attack Effects: 20% Zhask summons a Nightmaric Spawn that Inherits 50%–80% of his Attributes plus an additional 15–30 Magic Power. Nightmaric Spawn will automatically attack nearby enemies by firing a Death Ray at the target, dealing 60–90 (+20% × Extra Attack Speed) (+20% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage and slowing them by up to 30% for 0.6 seconds. If Zhask is too far away from Nightmaric Spawn, it will disappear. Death Ray is considered as a Basic Attack but cannot Crit. Fusion Enhanced: The damage of Nightmaric Spawn is increased to 180%. and it can be repositioned. Skill terms Magic Skill Deal Magic DMG to enemies. Triggers Spell Vamp. Movement Speed Movement Speed on the battlefield. Usually Calculated and Actual Movement Speed is equal. But when Movement Speed is below 230 or over 420 both Slowdown and Speedup Effect will decay. Calculated Movement Speed = Basic Movement Speed × (100% + All Speedup Effect% - All Slowdown Effect%).

Icon variants Level scaling Properties 1 2 3 4 Cooldown 13.0 12.0 11.0 10.0 Mana Cost 60 70 80 90 Attributes Inherited 50% 60% 70% 80% Extra Magic Power 15 20 25 30 Attack Speed Inherited by Nightmaric Spawn 100% Notes The disable duration of Skill 1 after the enhanced Nightmaric Spawn dies or disap ears: 2 seconds. (Patch Notes 1.9.06) Nightmaric Spawn also benefits from Zhask's current buffs and debuffs, but not on standard/tier 3 talents. Nightmaric Spawn can use Lifesteal to replenish its own HP but it won't heal Zhask. Its basic attacks and Death Ray are considered as melee attacks. Its attacks benefit from  Golden Staff's Unique Passive - Endless Strike, but it cannot stack them up by attacking. The spawn will give an undefined EXP and gold when slain. Casting Dominator's Descent resets the cooldown of Nightmaric Spawn. The skill Nightmaric Spawn cannot be used for an unknown time[duration needed] at a second before Dominator's Descent ends. Bugs/errors Nightmaric Spawn will benefit twice from  Holy Crystal Unique Passive-Mystery's magic power bonus (Total Magic Power = (Initial Magic Power + 35%) + 35% at level 15). When terrified, Nightmaric Spawn will move from its position, showing that the spawn has a Movement Speed attribute, albeit stationary when summoned.

Skill 2

Mind Eater CC AOE | Spell Vamp Ratio: 50% Zhask fires a penetrating mental missile in the designated direction, dealing 300–540 (+100% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage. Afterward, Nightmaric Spawn will will attack enemies by Mind Eater for 120 (+80% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage and stun for 0.5 seconds. Fusion Enhanced: Increases the damage dealt by Mind eater by 540–975 (+180% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage. Skill terms Stun Basic level Crowd Control: Prevents a target from moving, and using Basic Attacks and skills. Can interrupt some skills. Magic Damage Skill Deal Magic DMG to enemies. Triggers Spell Vamp.

Icon variants Level scaling Properties 1 2 3 4 Cooldown 8.0 Mana Cost 50 65 80 95 Base Damage 300 380 460 540 Complete Damage 540 685 830 975 Notes Nightmaric Spawn benefits from Spell Vamp. The enhanced skill damage is considered as Zhask's attack. If Zhask gets off the Nightmaric Spawn, the Spawn's skill will turn into a regular one.

Skill 3

Hive Clones Slow Damage | Spell Vamp Ratio: 50% Zhask releases a swarm (6) of Hive Clones in the targeted direction. The clones will explode and deal 55–100 (+18% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to enemies on contact, reducing their Movement Speed by 80% for 1 second. If Hive Clones find no target, they will burrow into the ground and ambush enemies passing by. Fusion Enhanced: Zhask releases several (15) swarms of Hive Clones. Subsequent damage dealt to the same target decays to 20%. Skill terms Magic Damage Skill Deal Magic DMG to enemies. Triggers Spell Vamp. Movement Speed Movement Speed on the battlefield. Usually Calculated and Actual Movement Speed is equal. But when Movement Speed is below 230 or over 420 both Slowdown and Speedup Effect will decay. Calculated Movement Speed = Basic Movement Speed × (100% + All Speedup Effect% - All Slowdown Effect%).

Icon variants Level scaling Properties 1 2 3 4 Cooldown 10.0 Mana Cost 60 80 100 120 Base Damage 55 70 85 100 Stack scaling Properties 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Decay Ratio per subsequent hit 100% 20% 20% 20% 20% Decay Ratio per subsequent hit (Fusion Enhanced) 100% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% Notes The enhanced skill damage is considered as Zhask's. If Zhask gets off thNightmaric Spawn, the Spawn's skill will turn into a regular one.

Ultimate

Dominator's Descent Morph Buff | Attack Effects: 36% Zhask selects a designated to summon Nightmaric Spawn and substantially enhances its attributes and fuses with It. His skills are enhanced during the fusion period.

Icon variants Level scaling Properties 1 2 3 Cooldown 60.0 55.0 50.0 Mana Cost 100 150 200 Extra HP 750 1625 2500 Extra Magic Power 40 60 80 Lifesteal 50% Extra Hybrid Defense 20 30 40 Notes This skill is a blink. Dominator's Descent lasts for 10 seconds. This skill cannot be casted again within the duration. Cooldown starts when the skill has been casted. During the brief animation period when his spawn is disappearing, whether it's dead or just out of range, Zhask cannot use this skill. Zhask is untargetable during the fusion period. Furthermore, the damage dealt and received and the buffs and debuffs received during the period are exclusive to the enhanced Nightmaric Spawn and not Zhask. The game's camera height increases within the skill's duration. This skill can be cancelled during the animation. If Zhask currently has no spawn present when casting this skill, he will spawn one at his current position instead. Summoning a spawn does not cost mana. Zhask can still fuse to the enhanced Nightmaric Spawn when Skill 1 has yet to be learned (i.e. is at level 0). However, the enhanced spawn will not turn to a regular one when the skill ends and will disappear instead. Bugs/errors If you use Skill 1 during the fusion to blink the enhanced spawn from point A to point B and then quickly use the second phase of the Ultimate to leave the spawn, Zhask will exit at point A rather than point B before his spawn blinks.

Gallery

Splash art

The King of Swarms

Crystallized Predator

Bone Flamen

Cancer

Extraterrestrial

Avatar icons

The King of Swarms

Crystallized Predator

Bone Flamen

Cancer

Extraterrestrial

Battle emotes

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Videos

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Trivia

• He is the first hero to have more than 3 abilities in a singular form, with 4 abilities.
• He's also one of the heroes that can summon a unit called the "Nightmaric Spawn".
  • His summoning skill is not counted as the correct answer in MLBB Quiz, which the question says: "Which of the following heroes can summon allies to fight with them?".
• Like other heroes' spawns that have their own name, Zhask's nightmaric spawn is named "Domorey", the insect spirit; which is named by the Kastiyan language.
  • Due to Domorey's power which can be said to be equivalent to the power of a hero, Zhask is known as "the hero with the power of two heroes".
• Two of Zhask's old quotes: "Arkarmasan... Burrsossii!..." and "Ssh...shalosha....arraghh..." are spoken on Kastiyan. This is the first language to be originally created by the game.
• His Epic skin (Bone Flamen) is named after ancient Roman religion, where a flamen was a priest assigned to one of fifteen deities with official cults during the Roman Republic; the meaning of the skin's name then is "Priest of the Bone".