MLBB Season 41 jungle roaming changes landed with Patch 2.1.88 on June 17, 2026, and the numbers point to one conclusion: Moonton wants earlier jungle tempo and less poverty for traditional roamers. Subtle, if replacing the entire economy layer counts as subtle.
Patch 2.1.88 also arrives after Patch 2.1.67a pushed bruisers up in June. That matters because stronger objective control and richer roamers directly decide whether those EXP lane bodies actually reach fights on time. For the full raw changelog, start with the MLBB Patch 2.1.88 notes, then come back for the part where the arithmetic becomes rude.
#MLBB Season 41 jungle roaming changes, the numbers that matter
40 plus balance touches, 25 listed buffs, 11 nerfs, and one Retribution rewrite make Patch 2.1.88 a system patch first. Hero changes are visible. The jungle and roaming changes decide who actually gets to use them.
| System | Before Patch 2.1.88 | After Patch 2.1.88 | Practical Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Retribution | 520 plus 80 per hero level | 750 plus 150 per hero level | Much stronger from level 1 |
| Advanced Retribution | 780 plus 120 per hero level | 750 plus 150 per hero level | Same at level 1, stronger later |
| Roaming income | More dependent on assists and shared economy | Damage, vision, and sharing can contribute | Less dead time for tank roamers |
| Roam footwear | Separate movement and advanced behavior | Aligned with common movement footwear | Cleaner item timing |
| Dire Hit | Damage focused blessing | Movement stack behavior added | More rotation value before contact |
The headline is not the hero list. It is Basic Retribution jumping from 600 to 900 damage at level 1. A 50% increase at spawn changes leash timing, invade threat, and the first river contest.
Moonton called it early jungle pacing. That is accurate. It is also a polite way to say weak first clears were taxed for existing.
#MLBB Season 41 jungle roaming changes make Basic Retribution real
Level 4 Basic Retribution now deals 1,350 damage, up from 840. That is a 60.7% increase before most junglers have completed their first major item.
| Hero Level | Old Basic Retribution | New Basic Retribution | Change | Old Advanced Retribution | New Advanced Retribution | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 600 | 900 | +50.0% | 900 | 900 | 0.0% |
| 4 | 840 | 1,350 | +60.7% | 1,260 | 1,350 | +7.1% |
| 8 | 1,160 | 1,950 | +68.1% | 1,740 | 1,950 | +12.1% |
| 15 | 1,720 | 3,000 | +74.4% | 2,580 | 3,000 | +16.3% |
The old gap between Basic and Advanced Retribution was large enough to make early jungle disruption brutally binary. Patch 2.1.88 compresses that gap at level 1, then makes the new formula scale harder than both previous versions.
This benefits junglers who reach level 4 cleanly and contest Turtle with timing, not just raw burst. It also reduces the punishment for awkward early rotations, which is generous. Jungle mains will call it quality of life. Everyone else will call it another reason the jungler can miss one camp and still contest the map.
For live pick trends after the patch, the MLBB stats page will matter more than pre-patch reputation. Patch math invalidates old comfort lists quickly.
#Retribution damage table, why objectives are less stealable now
3,000 Retribution damage at level 15 is the new ceiling for both Basic and Advanced Retribution. The old Advanced value was 2,580, so late-game objective security gains 420 true damage.
That matters most around Lord, where burst windows decide whether a teamfight was brilliant or just a five-man donation. A 16.3% late-game increase reduces coin-flip steals from mages and assassins with delayed burst.
The larger change is psychological. Junglers now have a clearer execution threshold, and enemy teams have less room to gamble on panic burst. Moonton has spent years trying to reduce objective randomness, then occasionally adds heroes that turn Lord pits into accounting fraud. This patch leans toward order.
#Roaming blessing changes finally pay tanks for doing tank work
Roamers now receive more income routes through damage, vision, and sharing interactions. That is the correct direction because traditional tanks were often punished economically for standing in the correct place.
| Roamer Type | Patch 2.1.67a Economy Profile | Patch 2.1.88 Economy Profile | Meta Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engage tanks | Low income without successful fights | Better income from active map presence | Up |
| Backline supports | Stable when attached to core | Better scaling through shared actions | Up |
| Damage roamers | Already farmed participation gold well | Still functional, less exclusive economy edge | Slightly down relative to tanks |
| Vision roamers | Underpaid for information control | Rewarded more directly | Up |
This is a direct buff to heroes like Mathilda, Angela, Khufra, and Atlas, who were already mentioned around the Patch 2.1.88 adjustment cycle. The important part is not that they received attention. It is that the role economy stopped treating non-kill impact like a hobby.
Traditional roamers gain the most because their value comes from vision lines, peel spacing, and initiation threat. Damage roamers still work, but their monopoly on income efficiency is weaker.
#Dire Hit movement changes push rotation roamers up
Dire Hit now gains Force while moving and can build toward extra Movement Speed, with the current documented cap reaching up to 40 Movement Speed. That turns inactive travel time into stored tempo.
| Blessing Impact | Old Dire Hit Identity | New Dire Hit Identity | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burst contribution | High | Still relevant | Damage roamers |
| Rotation value | Low to medium | High | Fast roamers |
| Pick setup | Conditional | More consistent | Engage supports |
| Map pressure | Fight dependent | Movement dependent | Vision roamers |
This change is not flashy. It is better than flashy. It rewards movement, which means good roamers get paid before the fight starts.
The adjustment also makes slow, reactive roaming worse by comparison. If a roamer is not using movement time to create map pressure, the item system now exposes that laziness in numerical form. Convenient.
#Patch 2.1.88 meta winners and losers
Roam tanks, utility supports, and level-dependent junglers are the immediate winners. Burst-only roamers and invade compositions lose relative leverage because Basic Retribution no longer folds as easily in the first clear.
| Tier Movement | Role or Archetype | Patch 2.1.88 Verdict | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up | Traditional tank roam | Clear winner | Better income and stronger system support |
| Up | Utility support roam | Clear winner | Sharing and movement changes fit their job |
| Up | Scaling junglers | Winner | Safer objective execution as levels rise |
| Neutral | Burst junglers | Stable | Still strong, less exclusive objective control |
| Down | Early invade drafts | Loser | Basic Retribution buff reduces punish windows |
| Down | Damage roam monopoly | Relative loser | Tanks now earn more without copying their job |
The MLBB tier list should shift toward frontliners faster than the average ranked player admits. Players love calling tank metas boring. They usually say this while face-checking a bush against Atlas.
Patch 2.1.88 also strengthens the bridge between jungle and roam. The jungler gets cleaner secure math. The roamer gets better income for enabling that math. That is not accidental design.
#Comparison with Patch 2.1.67a
Patch 2.1.67a favored bruisers and fighter stability, while Patch 2.1.88 gives the map systems enough fuel to support them. The direction is consistent: longer front-to-back fights, stronger objective setups, and fewer paper-draft compositions built only around burst deletion.
| Patch | Main Meta Signal | Best Supported Roles | Weakest Relative Archetype |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.67a | Fighter and bruiser rise | EXP lane, durable skirmishers | Fragile backline setups |
| 2.1.88 | Jungle and roaming economy reset | Roam, jungle, frontliners | Pure invade and damage roam drafts |
That is why Season 41 does not feel like a normal hero balance patch. The hero changes matter, but the economy changes dictate who reaches fights with gold, levels, and cooldown control.
The previous MLBB Fighter Meta June 2026 analysis already showed the bruiser direction. Patch 2.1.88 gives those picks better structural support.
#Final verdict on MLBB Season 41 jungle roaming changes
Patch 2.1.88 moves the meta toward controlled objectives, richer roamers, and less volatile first clears. That is a good competitive direction, even if early invade specialists just lost some of their favorite theft routes.
My Season 41 read is firm: tank roamers rise, utility supports rise, scaling junglers rise, and damage roamers stop being the default answer to every draft problem. Moonton did not delete aggression. It taxed brainless aggression, which is different and overdue.
