Top 13 best MOBA games for iPhone and iPad (iOS)

The daddy of mobile MOBAs, Vainglory has grown to be a fine experience with daunting layers of depth and plenty of updates. Its 3-on-3 combat has won the attention of streamers and pro players alike.

Arena of Valor is one of the most fully-featured MOBAs, with a massive roster of heroes and rich gameplay. It's absolutely massive in China, and we can see why. Do not think for a minute that its audience is limited outside of China, though. It has a big community in the rest of the world too, and it had some of the most massive tournaments in the mobile gaming world.

Supercell's influential game takes the MOBA and funnels movement along two set paths, with a little Hearthstone card-battling magic for good measure. The results are brilliant and surprisingly intuitive. There are many featured cards, and if you're looking for the best ones, take a look at the tier list for Clash Royale where we have ranked all of the card types from the best to the worst ones.

Wild Beyond takes the core ingredients Clash Royale and then goes quite a bit deeper with the breadth and depth of its battles and the sheer presence of a single player campaign.

At first glance, Paladins Strike looks just like a traditional MOBA, with a familiar blend of zoomed-out team tactics. But here you get the kind of direct control of your hero that gives you more of an action game vibe.

We almost forgot Battle Bay, not because it isn't good, but because it's very different to other games on this list. It feels like an online third person action game, but there's definitely a MOBA vibe to its nautical manoeuvrings.

Stormbound: Kingdom Wars is a mobile MOBA that folds in elements of turn-based strategy and tower defence, further adding to this potent soup of a genre.

Little Lords of Twilight is a highly strategic turn-based scrapper, but it weaves a little competitive MOBA magic into its fabric. The result is one of the cleverest games on this list.

The Machines applies in intriguing AR spin to the MOBA. Battles here take place on your living room floor, or some other flat area, and you by pan around with your phone to view the action

Take the Clash Royale form of mobile MOBA, flip it to a side-on view, and introduce a little Angry Birds-esque catapult physics for an extra tactile twang. That's Badland Brawl's entertaining contribution to the genre.

You wouldn't expect Gameloft to sit out the popular MOBA movement, but Heroes of Order & Chaos got in surprisingly early on mobile. It's a very accomplished effort too, with plenty of fresh content since release.

Riot has successfully managed to bring their popular PC MOBA over to the mobile realm. It's not simply a one-to-one port either, they have rebuilt the game from the game up with touch screen devices in mind and it works incredibly well. The game has been released in the US so they can also join the fun now.

It's one of our favourite MOBAs for a good reason, and therefore, we made a bunch of guides. These include the Wild Rift tier list that's updated weekly to the characters page where you can find all of the Wild Rift champions and best builds, as well as the gameplay tips!

After a successful launch on Nintendo Switch, the company has released the game on mobiles a few months later and a lot of gamers around the world rushed to play with their favourite Pokemons. In regards to gameplay, this mobile MOBA does not stand out particularly from any other in the genre. However, if you are a Pokemon fan, this one is a no-brainer for you.

As you might need help with picking the right character, we have devised a Pokémon Unite tier list, so feel free to 'poke around'!