Waveform
на точкуMorphling dissolves into liquid and surges forward, damaging enemy units in his path. Morphling is invulnerable during Waveform.
Pros max it by level 7
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Morphling
Morphling: Ranged, position 1 (carry), Escape, Durable, Nuker, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 47.7% win rate in pubs and a 3.8% pick rate.
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.
Rangedposition 1 (carry)EscapeDurableNukerDisabler
47.7%Win rate · all pubs
3.8%picked in 1 of 26 games
49.4%Turbo · 94,501 games
Complexity: hard
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Morphling
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
2′4′
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2′4′5′6′Core
19′
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27′
19′21′27′Core items in order: Manta Style (around minute 19), Dragon Lance (around minute 21), Butterfly (around minute 27).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 11
lv 17
10+15% Magic Resistance16+250 Waveform Range18+15 Agility
Max Waveform, then Adaptive Strike, then Morph.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Outworld Devourer, Lycan and Ancient Apparition; easiest: Huskar, Kez and Viper.
All 121 opponents →4How much to farm?
678average787good861great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 678 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 861.
5Common mistakes by role
Holding goldSlow farmFarming without visionFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry role.
Compare your Morphling match with this cheat sheet
The coach shows on the map where you fell behind the pros on items and where you died.
Review my matchMistake guides for the carry role
- Holding goldCarried enough gold for an item for a minute or longer.
- Slow farmEarned clearly less in five minutes of farming than in your best minutes of the same match.
- Farming without visionFarmed on the enemy half with no wards or allies while two enemies were unseen.
- No gold for buybackDied in the late game when a buyback was needed but unaffordable.
Picked by the hero's role. Once the hero has 20 reviews, its real common mistakes show up here.
AI coach
A review of your Morphling game
Sign in with Steam and pick a match: the coach reads the replay second by second and in a couple of minutes shows where the game slipped.
- Every death and fight becomes a moment on the map: the fog of war as you saw it, and what the enemy saw that second.
- Your pace against the Morphling benchmark: 678 GPM for an average player, 787 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Manta Style by minute 19, and the coach shows where you lose time.
- Five-game homework the coach checks in your next review, plus a chat with the coach about the match.
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Pro build by minute
Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′45′Starting
2′84%
4′40%
5′31%
6′100%
11′86%
19′93%21′23%27′54%
33′23%
33′42%
33′32%
37′20%
40′22%
2′84%4′40%5′31%6′100%11′86%19′93%21′23%27′54%33′23%33′42%33′32%37′20%40′22%Skill build
7% of 41 pro matches
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- Lvl 10+15% Magic Resistance
- Lvl 16+250 Waveform Range
- Lvl 18+15 Agility
Adaptive Strike
на цельLaunches 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.
Pros max it by level 11
Attribute Shift (Agility Gain)
без целиMorphling shifts its form, pulling points from Strength and pouring them into Agility at a rate of 4 / 8 / 12 / 16. The process is reversible.
Pros max it by level 12
Attribute Shift (Strength Gain)
без целиMorphling shifts its form, pulling points from Agility and pouring them into Strength at a rate of 4 / 8 / 12 / 16. The process is reversible.
Morph
на цельMorphling 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.
Pros max it by level 17
Ebb and Flow
пассивная · innateMorphling 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.
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Morph.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Attribute Shift (Strength Gain).
-40% Waveform Cooldown25+35 Strength
-3s Adaptive Strike Cooldown20+15 Agility
+250 Waveform Range15+75 Attack Range
+15% Magic Resistance10+12s Morph Duration
Matchups
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Morphling: counter picks →Benchmarks on the hero
Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
Gold per minute
average 678good 787great 861
Experience per minute
average 896good 1,066great 1,292
Last hits per minute
average 10.0good 11.4great 12.9
Hero damage per minute
average 604good 907great 1,164
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: hardIt does best in Herald (48.9% wins) and wins 49.4% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 98% of games. Pros usually build Manta Style, Dragon Lance and Butterfly by minute 27. It struggles most against Outworld Devourer, Lycan and Ancient Apparition and has the easiest time against Huskar, Kez and Viper.