Ability
Waveform
Morphling dissolves into liquid and surges forward, damaging enemy units in his path. Morphling is invulnerable during Waveform.
↻ 21 / 18 / 15 / 12 sec.Mana 115
Morphling
Abilities, roles and builds with an explanation for every purchase.
HERO GAME PLANWhat I want to do in the game
I farm with adaptive attributes, choose when to go in, and use Morph as the situation demands.
Shifting his attributes to suit his situation, Morphling can be as elusive as he is deadly. Whether riding a wave to flank an enemy, or boosting his health before escaping into his deceptive replication, few can hope to corner him.
01 / ROLE IN THE TEAM
A pick is not a plan yet.
My recommendation is a starting point. We choose another position together with the team and for its needs.
01
Carry · position 1
Initial recommendationI need protected farm, my item window and damage on important targets.
02
Mid · position 2
Levels, lane control and joining the team at the right moment matter.
02 / ITEMS FOR A PURPOSE
What I buy and why.
This is an editorial starting plan based on hero mechanics. It is not presented as a match I have already tested or a popularity ranking.
Carry · position 1
My starting plan
Here is my initial plan: I do my role's job first, then choose the items the team needs. I adapt the order and expensive purchases to the opponent.
01 / First stepPower TreadsProvide attack speed and switchable attributes for farming and managing my resources.
02 / FoundationDragon LanceIncreases a ranged hero’s attack range and provides useful attributes.
03 / FoundationManta StyleProvides illusions for pressure and a separate dispel. This item cannot help you wait out or remove every disable.
04 / Next choiceEye of SkadiImproves attributes and lets attacks keep a target under control, limiting suitable sources of its restoration.
05 / Next choiceSatanicHelps recover health through attacks during its active window; without access to a target, it is not a guaranteed save.
What I change for the situation 3 options
Butterfly ↗Increases physical damage and protection against suitable attacks. I check whether the enemy has an answer to evasion.
Linken's Sphere ↗Blocks an eligible targeted ability; a cheap enemy spell can remove this protection in advance.
Black King Bar ↗Provides a window for my actions against eligible magical damage and disables. I check effects that pierce the protection.
I see the minute on the clock. And the situation too.
I do not assign one ‘correct’ minute to every purchase. I look at my gold, the next fight and the problem: am I missing mana, target access, control or protection? If an expensive slot will arrive too late, I get a useful answer earlier.
03 / HERO ABILITIES
Abilities. As in the game.
Original Valve icons and descriptions. Cooldowns and mana are shown by level from the data snapshot; talents and upgrades can change the values.
Ability
Adaptive Strike
The hero launches a stream of water at an enemy unit, stunning and knocking it back and dealing base damage plus damage based on the owner’s agility. The agility multiplier is at its maximum if the hero’s agility is 50% higher than his strength.
↻ 17 / 14 / 11 / 8 sec.Mana 40 / 50 / 60 / 70
Details
Launches a surge of water toward an enemy unit, stunning them, knocking them back, and dealing base damage plus additional damage based on Morphling's agility times a multiplier. If Morphling's agility is 50% higher than strength, the maximum agility multiplier is used. Knockback distance and stun duration are based on Morphling's strength. If his strength is 50% higher than his agility, the maximum knockback distance and stun duration is used.
Ability
Attribute Shift (agility)
The hero changes his form, converting strength into agility at a rate of 4/8/12/16 per second. This process is reversible.
Details and upgrades
The hero changes his form, converting strength into agility at a rate of 4/8/12/16 per second. This process is reversible.
Aghanim’s Shard
Morphling can shift attributes while stunned. Reduces mana cost.
Ability
Attribute Shift (strength)
The hero changes his form, converting agility into strength at a rate of 4/8/12/16 per second. This process is reversible.
Details and upgrades
The hero changes his form, converting agility into strength at a rate of 4/8/12/16 per second. This process is reversible.
Aghanim’s Shard
Morphling can shift attributes while stunned. Reduces mana cost.
Ability
Morph
Morphling changes his form to match the targeted enemy, gaining their basic abilities and changing his primary attribute based on his target. Can be toggled for the duration of the ability.
↻ 125 / 90 / 55 sec.Mana 50
Details and upgrades
Morphling changes his form to match the targeted enemy, gaining their basic abilities and changing his primary attribute based on his target. Can be toggled for the duration of the ability.
Aghanim’s Scepter
Adds an alternate cast mode to the ability. When enabled, it creates a strong illusion of the selected hero that can use all their basic abilities. If the illusion is alive when Morph is used, the hero moves to its location and destroys it.
Innates, upgrades and other forms1 ability +
These abilities are not necessarily available at the same time. I check the condition beside the name: innate ability, another form or an Aghanim purchase.
Innate
Ebb and Flow
The hero gains cast range and slow resistance bonuses based on current strength, and attack range and movement speed bonuses based on current agility.
Full description
Morphling receives bonus cast range and slow resistance based on his current Strength, and attack range and movement speed based on his current Agility. These bonuses persist if he is morphed into another hero.
Valve base stats +
- Health · base
- 472
- Mana · base
- 303
- Damage · Valve field
- 45–54
- Armour · Valve field
- 4.5
- Movement speed
- 285
- Attack range
- 350
- Strength · base / gain
- 16 / 2.6
- Agility · base / gain
- 33 / 4.2
- Intelligence · base / gain
- 19 / 1.8
These are fields from the official source. The hero's final values in the client account for attributes and other active mechanics.
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One hero. Many decisions.
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