Arena of Valor Reviews

by Alana J.M.

I have played this game religiously for 4-5 years. I haven’t spent a single penny on my account and earned everything myself through countless of hours and hard work, including limited skins & gotten myself to master rank, by myself, over several seasons. Tell me why for the most recent update, important information was left out regarding login options. The information being: we would not be able to login using Gamecenter anymore, so maybe anybody using Gamecenter as a login option should link another login to the account.
I have emailed support several times and all I receive back are copy and paste responses saying “Gamecenter is no longer supported, please login using Apple ID, Facebook, or VK.” I have asked if there would be any way for me to ever get my account back, one that I’ve spent YEARS earning what I have, and I still get the same response. The game devs clearly do not care about how long you’ve played their game or how much time and effort you’ve put into it. If I could just “login using apple/Facebook/VK” I would have done that already, but I can’t, and I never received any type of warning about the login update AT ALL. So, in conclusion, my account is gone which is extremely unfair to me, and the support I received was terrible regarding my situation. Not even an “I’m sorry to hear about this issue, I’ll see what I can do.”

by DarkKatsumi

First things first, the servers don’t ever let you understand what good ping is. 200 ms becomes normal and it’s sad because my WiFi is new at that. Don’t even get me started on how many skins there are and how strong mages are. Not to mention tanks because that’s a whole other level of overpowered. Most of Tencent’s priorities are money and skins as their other games also demonstrate. The gameplay is the best part yet it isn’t even fun. I won’t talk about the players since that isn’t in any dev’s control but can the report system get better? Back to the gameplay. The map for 5v5 is balanced with hardly any issues. My main issue here is the heroes. Marksman that have harass are just the pinnacle of broken. They are supposed to scale late game and be weak early. Why are marksman good in every stage of the game? With mages, they are the same problem. Now tanks. Please save me from the tanks. They have an early game that depends on the player and late game or mid game makes you wonder why you installed the game to begin with. Every tank has damage, tank items are overtuned so it allows for them to go full AP after a medallion and mail of pain. Their base stats are high and their damage is insane for a hero who is supposed to tank yet not deal much damage. Here are the main things to focus on: Server lag, Tanks, Marksman, Mages and more on the game not money.

by Moderate Phone Player(:

I’m very fond of mobas and I’ve played them for about 8-10 years and I’ve recently started to play this game, while playing I noticed that the higher cost players clearly have a lot more power and mobility then Lower class players SPecifically the super Hero characters are beyond broken. I understand that some characters are supposed to have strengths but some of them have 0 weaknesses besides CC. Before releasing any character there should atleast be 3-4 characters the counter him fairly well, but players such as flash running in and doing massive dig with using a ability that you can’t target him is way beyond. Especially when if you put him ability to ability to most mages he significantly out damages them with the same build. If your willing to spend atleast 20$ on the game I’d say buy it go nuts, but if not I wouldn’t waste your time. Go to a moba with more balanced corrections. Just because the game has time with it doesn’t make it balanced. For instance I was a HEAVY smite player reaching top 10 in the world for a couple of years and was the game balanced ? Definitely not. Although each god did have a counter pick to them to even the playing field in some ways. CC chains should not be the only way to shut down someone, period.

by Dongpongkingkong

I downloaded this game because I was looking for a mobile league of legends. At first I was having fun, destroying enemy teams because I actually knew how to play a MOBA. Then the problems started to emerge, and it totally killed the game for me, to the point that I uninstalled it. The biggest issue is the controls, they are horrible. If you are an auto attack reliant hero, then you can’t reliably target who you want. There are so many times when I wanted to jump in as Zanis and CC the enemy carry, but instead I jump the opposite way and CC a jungle monster. The controls need heavy improvement, otherwise the game is nearly unplayable. The other major issue was the lack of role enforcement. I lost so many games because I would call jungle, but someone on my team would pick Butterfly and go jungle anyway. You need a system that allows people to queue for a specific role, so that you don’t end up with 2 people fighting over a role mid game. The last thing that killed this game for me was the DC character sellout. I understand Tencent has rights to the characters, but part of the fun of MOBA is all the unique characters to play. There is nothing unique about copy pasting a comic book character into a game. If Tencent wants to make use of its rights to the DC characters, then at least make it its own game rather than dumping them into this one.

by JBneato

Every game in existence will have its fanbois telling you to play non-stop to get better and learn counters, etc., etc (while convincing you it doesn’t require a lot of time). And it will have its detractors saying it is pure garbage. AOV is a beautiful and well designed game at its core. However, initially fun and interesting play is quickly overshadowed by poor matchmaking, AFK’ers, and balancing that favors control. I would jump on HOTS if I wanted 50% pure garbage matches and playing with a fidget spinner while I wait for my stunlock volley to wear off.

So if you want to go hardcore/play with friends/are one of those mindless drones who have a blast 24/7 because you can ignore design issues: have fun. If you’re familiar with MOBAs/play solo-casual and don’t want the usual frustrations: stay away. AOV treats you like all games in this genre seem to. It shoves you into a lurch between repeated garbage matches (even those you win) and rare nail biters with reliable teammates/comps that reel you back in.

Regardless, it merits a try if I haven’t convinced you otherwise; there are a lot of great features and F2P friendliness. But if you’re like me: a casual 30-something gamer that doesn’t have time to live in front of a device anymore, quit before you convince yourself that “maybe this time will be better/more fun.” 75% of the time it will not be.

by CallMeBigSenpai

First off, I play and love League of Legends. Both games are made by tencent so I hoped for a similar game with the same kind of mechanics being that they already technically own the most popular and successful MOBA out there. I wasn't disappointed and I think it is a very in depth and technical game as League is...maybe not quite as much but it's alot better than I was expecting from a mobile game. My only problem with this game,which is big enough of an issue to where I even prefer vain glory to this sometimes, is how cluttered everything is. The menus are just cluttered with so much extra nonsense going on and all these log in bonuses and spin wheels are unnecessary and are a major drawback to the actual good game. A couple reviews I've seen of Vain Glory have people praising them for nice clean menus with no extra garbage and events and activities like this game constantly has. I feel like a lot of games do this now and it discourages a lot of people from playing the game just because how much is going on that you have literally no clue what any of it is or what functionality it serves. Is it important if I spin and collect all the things? Will it improve how I play? Do I want it too??? I just want simple menus that will let me navigate to what I need to and just play the game.

by Skydefox

this game is verrryyy well made and really make me think of league of legends my only 2 problems is the the game take almost no skill and there is a lack of varity in the game modes which im sure the second will be fixed as time passes but for now its a compliant and what i mean by no skill is the from someone whos played team based games like vainglory,league of legends, smite,paragon,and overwatch, all of these games had a few easy to learn characters to get you foot in the door but after that the game doesnt hold you hand and you have to learn how to play to get better. in this game it feels like every character that ive used can just be used in the exact same way and ive managed a team wipe with every character ive played something i could never pull off in any other moba or team based game i just feel as though there should be some way to have more powerful characters and not every character be a team wiping machine maybe by changing health snd damage idk but i feel like the game needs a little more challenge too it other than that the game is amazing and i love it. especially some of the animations and character designs also when is batman coming to N.A.

by TheUltimateAppReviewer

This game is definitely enjoyable, but I’m not sure I see too much skill involved as far as controls. I’ve only been playing for a few weeks, but so far, it seems as though gameplay just consists of spam buttons. It is extremely difficult to overcome an enemy that has had a better start than you, which gets frustrating sometimes. As a long time Vainglory player, the action spamming in this game is quite enjoyable for a change, but once you’ve played for a few days, there isn’t too much strategy and skill involved, unlike Vainglory. Once you understand your heroes abilities, and the fun of spamming the “attack” button with Valhein starts to wear off, the game starts to lose some fun. Also, in the rare occasion that both teams are pretty equal, late game is a little annoying. Both teams just bunch up in middle lane and try to push, which takes forever, and I feel like the game doesn’t move forward. I mean, both teams can just keep killing each other forever, so I feel like this game is in need of something like the “kraken from Vainglory”. Although it does have the dragons, they do not really change the flow of the game as much as I would hope. However, I love the colorful roster of heroes and the 5v5 action. Overall, I feel as though this game is only really fun on the winning team, but has great potential with the wonderful heroes, so far so good community, and well known developer. Hope this helps thanks!

by Ryuzukii

Game is flawless so far, no bugs, easy going etc. The only issue I’ve ran into is the matching system, it happened at least to me since the last patch, I was a 60% win rate player both in classic mode and ranked before the last patch, after the patch I get matched against full diamond ranked teams me being platinum at the time now gold II with a 46% win rate, I get matched with every kind of troll in the game and AFK player, me getting a kda of a minimum of 2-4 deaths and 5 to 10 kills in one game while my team is composed of feeders and an afk,I didn’t know what a losing streak was till now, 16 losses in a row is just pitiful thanks to afk players and trolls or feeders, the matching system honestly should be fair and not place a diamond team against a team of silver or gold players with less than 1000 matches and the hero selection screen should be changed into something where players get divided into the role that suits them the most for example if a player is good with Butterfly (assassin/jungler) the game should give that player the option to call jungle or fill spot before anyone else does and give priority to that player to jungle, I’ve run into people who play a hero like Murad who in my opinion is the hardest jungler assassin to master in RANKED for the first time costing the match to other players, besides all that the game is near perfect and enjoyable, I rate it a 4.2 for now.

by DokktorDed

I’ve played many MOBA games over the past 7 years and have to say that AOV is king of the hill.
From great graphics and frame rate to a skilled META that takes patience and skill to learn. It’s not an easy game, but I come back every day for that reason; it doesn’t get old and challenges you anew day after day. It does have its downfalls, though... but so do others: The newer characters feel unbalanced, or in gaming terms “OP”, nerfs and buffs don’t seem to happen as often as they should and eye catching advertisements are everywhere, only a few buttons/icons really have anything to do with playing the game, or adjusting settings etc., most of the icons take you to a place with menus and sub menus to spend your hard earned cash on well overpriced items: tickets, orbs, scrolls in two different forms. The value of the items coded into the game are less than the price set. Also teammates going afk are prevalent in ranked matches. You will lose and also lose a star, a...hard...earned...star. You will be punished for your teammates decision to go afk and that is far from fair.
AOV has its ups and downs and is far from perfect as a game in whole, but as a MOBA it’s mechanics, gameplay and META are far superior to anything else on the market. You will spend money on overpriced items, teammates will go afk... but you won’t find a better MOBA.

by ThatDude2412

I really enjoy this game a lot and I would love to keep playing it, but there is a MASSIVE downside to the game as well. I was playing the game normally and trying out new heroes and sometimes I would do REALLY bad. Like so bad I wouldn't get a kill. And I wanted to change heroes but I can't in the middle of the game and I knew if I left I would get penalized, so I continued playing. I would still get penalized because I would get reported by other players ( I think) and all of the reports would be valid. Now I have a credibility score of 69 ( no joke). You need 70 to play pvp and I can't get into a single multiplayer bot match after waiting for others to find me so I can do a multiplayer bot match for 10 MINUTES STRAIGHT!!! How am I ever supposed to play another pvp if I can't even get into a bot match to raise my credibility score up?! I think instead of doing it to where you can't play pvp, I think it should just be "play with people with the same credibility score". It would be so much more fair. If you get a credibility score below 70 and you try to get into a multiplayer bot match for 3 days like I did and can't seem to get into one game (even after waiting in several lobbies for 10+ minutes), then I would just consider deleting the game because let's face it... you're not going to get into another pvp match and you're going to be stuck playing 1v1 bots all day.

by AliceAcorn

I really love playing Arena of Valor and everything about it but the latest update or any update that comes tends to increase the chances of crashing... and that really ruins my experience... I enjoy playing but having a crash before the game and after the game is really annoying... even when I try to go back in to reconnect it still crashes... if updates ran more smoothly and crashes were dealt with to lessen that I enjoyment ... that would be great! Other than that I really really really love Arena of Valor! I have been playing for a while and even got the switch version but them crashes need to be fixed... LOVE THE GAME THOUGH!

Also I don’t think it’s fair that I should get reported or warned or suspended for a crash... it wasn’t my fault... I couldn’t get into the game and it punished me for it... not fair... I have(had) a perfect 100 score and it goes down because of a crash and it says I abandoned when I kept trying to get back in... I just think it’s not fair at all... and no matter how much I want to keep playing to enjoy the game I can’t... please fix this crashing issue...

by Xanlau

I love this game! Until I tried to log on last night and the auto-login for FB(Facebook) somehow linked to a different account (I have two FB accounts, one for games and one for social). The new linked account has ZERO progression, so I have lost all my invested time and a little money. All my unlocked characters, my full arcana pages, skins, my Joker!!!, all gone! When I log back out and try the guest login, the games says My account is already linked my other FB acct, and that I need to login to FB, but then when I try to login through FB again it takes me to the other acct again!

The in-game support is nothing but an endless loop of automated chat. This is going nowhere fast! I am really upset at this. And to top it off, I’m being asked to update (iOS) the game version, but as usual, no update can be found in ArenaofValor Store. Hopefully someone from TenCent can help resolve my issues. My in-game account name is “LazyTrain”, if that helps anything.

This game is great to play, but that only earns it a second star, until these issues are sorted out. Am very willing to bump it up to 5 stars if fixed.

by Desire_Ellie

Since you don’t need to pay money to actually become good (unlike other games) I have been playing this game for over two years. My whole family plays it (except for my mother). It is very good to socialize with people since there is chats with your friends and also since COVID kinda disabled meeting other people! Anyways if you even if you do pay, you usually don’t need to pay that much for something good. But still they need to earn money right? It is absolutely amazing I have no words to describe this. Ok I will say this thought, you may be annoyed, or stressed the first few games, but once you get the hang of it and level up the game becomes easier and fun! You could explore ArenaofValor and collect prizes/gifts, enjoy ArenaofValor with your friends over a call, level up, collect skins of characters, collect characters, and much much more! There may be a few players who are un respectful to you, but please only a small percent of the community is like that! The rest of the community is very good. Please download ArenaofValor and enjoy it. (Please avoid hackers in the game)

by Why? So You Punish Me?

The overall game has potential but there are a few problems like being matched with over powered heroes and teams. You get destroyed in the game. The game is also too technical in the sense that you have to choose a bunch of different setting and it makes the game complicated. Some choosing is ok but having to set up so much is crazy. The interface is complicated and sometime you cant remember what to click to get to where u need to. Their is lag and delays but not all the time. The game has a huge selection of heroes but it take long time to ramp them up. You cannot play rank 5 vs 5 until you complete a few games on rank 1 player then ranked 3 vs 3 which is just idiotic. If you have an old account but don't want to link to Facebook then you are screwed because you will lose your game if you have to reinstall for any reason. This game does have potential because the graphics are excellent and the game is fun once you get passed all the things mentioned above. I will try LOA (legends of ace) and see if it is any better. Just keep in mind it is a good game but need work but i figure it is new compared to Mobile legends buy at least there is no hacks in this game just delays and a bit of lag.

by Stagomonster

UPDATE- The game runs much faster and more reliably since the update. Very fun game, and a game worth your time. Changed the review to a 5 star. No crashes since the update

Arena of Valor used to be my favorite game. Quick and easy to play, and little waiting time. Sure, it might crash here and there, but only about once per 10 games or so. Now, the update has changed everything. I love the Carano Chess and the idea of it. The problem is, it crashes AT LEAST 3 TIMES A GAME. This update also changed the normal game- now it crashes about once every two games. I can’t even access my rewards for the day and monthly sign ins - because it doesn’t show up. This I have checked with other players and they also complain of the same problem. If Arena of Valor fixes this crashing issue, I will change this to a 5 star. It is a good game, but once it crashes, the rest of the game is spent with me trying to get back the stuff I lost in the time of the crash. Now I just play other games, less fun than this one because I CAN’T play this one. Useless.

by Blasterman105

I’ve been playing this game around a month or so and I’ve never been so attached so a MOBA like this before. The gameplay is fast-paced and well designed (just a small nitpicking, could it have more map options) it’s easy to pick up any character in the game (and with a little practice and understanding of the move set) and be good with them. I love how the game isn’t pay to win and has a heart toward f2p players as they give you a good amount of characters by just playing the game, and earning a good amount of in-game currency will get you that one character you really wanted to try out as they do have a testing mode for a character you are trying to buy to see if that character really suits your playing style (I recommend playing as the joker because he is really enjoyable). But this game isn’t without its flaws. Some characters feel way better then others and a little outdated as with there move set (the guy who rides the swords into the screen) and could be changed to feel a little worth picking up. Otherwise this game is really good.I see myself and people who wanna pickup the MOBA genre playing this game for a long time.

by Insaneiam. Sir Moobs

This update need fixed lag out of this world!!! 2/3 seconds delay all the time in battles now! Never have had this issue before this patch. Have been playing for awhile and love the game great fun and addictive gameplay! Also do not like that you can’t message in game support while in game out of game in game mode or start up to deal with content of game issues! There should be always some type of community comment section in game to alert you of bugs to Fix or to address without having to leave game all together and reply via google or whatever! The update also allows players to report you cause you have lag from patch this is totally not fair to the person lagging! The game will point you no matter what for it at you will lose points due to the game issues not the players issues. Please fix this or I will delete my game and have Apple Pay me back all money I have put into this game! But again this game is great like I stated before!! Love the playing of AOV! I have played MMO for years and just got into this game for fun but it has taken over my PC games like DAOc! Have been ago member of DAoc for 20 years so you must doing something correct!!!

Insaneiam AOV
SirMoobs DAoc

by SGM Taka

I live this moba I’m a huge fan on Pc versions of the genre and have found two in the mobile world that have held my attention. This being the main one I play almost every day. My issue is this: upon trying to reach platinum v for thane chief knight skin valor quest reward in ranked mode this season which I woulda easily managed had it not been for a few specific key players who had not intentionally done anything wrong but we’re clearly not in there league anymore. This could be due to people who’ve been carried by friends who later play solo and because they’re rank is high because of pure match wins and skill is low a player the match is lost causing four players to loose the chance at said rewards. Now the season was plenty long enough but my work schedule as a cell tower climber is hectic and hard to find good service all the time but when I got it I’m on and playing all in all good time. Just wish for better match making as far as individuals skill and role stats vs pure win. It’s easy to win with friends who know your play style... not so much when you’re playing with for random people who are hoping you under stand the mechanics well enough to carry your role.

by Johndoe42

I’ve been playing MOBAs since Warcraft three defense of the ancients I must say the fact that this is on mobile is a big plus I’ve been playing this game for a little over two years now I have hit the master rank and there is a lot of unique heroes and fun games and very cool people to meet in this game however I will be on installing this game due to the major fact of the balancing of heroes heroes like Quillen heroes like Elsa and heroes like Florentino are broken anybody with common sense can play these heroes they are truly over powered and broken they literally can go around one shotting all the other players and that’s not even skill that’s purely abuse and diminishes the value of the game I’ve been playing rank matches from multiple seasons and you get to learn that the same for heroes our band at the upper tier and they are banned because they are broken and overpowered does the creators of this game have done absolutely nothing to balance these heroes so if you want a quick win and a quick rank simply play one of these broken heroes until they fix the broken heroes I will be on installing this game other than that it’s a fun game

by Mr. Funky Ham Man

I’ve been playing this game for about 3 years now, and this by far one of the best games I’ve EVER played, I’ve seen and heard people say that matchmaking is unfair, but let me tell you it’s not, and THATS what I love about this game, no matter what or who your up against you ALWAYS have a fair chance, I’ve played games as Zanis(My Warrior Main) and had to pretty Much win it for my team. My point is, you always have the chance to win, you just need to want that win. Now back to my previous point, the game runs so smoothly, and there is a huge variety of heroes to choose from, with new ones being added pretty much monthly, And the one thing I like about this game, is that it takes a learning curve, for every. Single. Hero. With other MOBAS that I’ve played, they pretty much made it to where you didn’t have to learn the Bursts, attacks, are patterns of players and yourself, but in AoV, once you pick a character, and In a way, you become attached to that hero, and you stick with him/her, and you learn how to use your Burst correctly, where you stand in a team fight. And there are a ton of more things I could say, but all I’m TRYING to say, is that this game is in MY top 3. I know that this game will be a competitive revolution!