Medusa (DotA 2)

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Medusa (DotA 2) - Medusa Skills

This page details each of Medusa's abilities/skills.

First Ability

Split Shot [Keybind: Q]
AbilityAffects
Toggle Enemies
Medusa magically splits her shot into several arrows. These arrows deal a lower percent of her normal damage. The extra targets will not receive other attack effects (such as critical strike) and Unique Attack Modifiers.
  • Radius: 700
  • Single arrow damage: 80%
  • Number of arrows: 2/3/4/5
Lore: All who encounter the cursed Gorgon will feel her rage.
  • Will only propagate to illusions if toggled on when they are created.
  • Secondary targets will be the closest visible enemy units.
  • Unlike original DotA, in Dota 2 Split Shot can not be used to dodge stuns.
  • All attack damage is reduced, not just base damage. Attack damage is currently displayed incorrectly when split shot is active.
  • Can theoretically increase raw damage (damage not caused by Unique Attack Modifiers, etc) output to 160%/240%/320%/400%.
  • If illusions of Medusa are created while Split Shot is active, they will also have this ability.
  • The active from Manta Style (when split shot is active) coupled with Medusa's split shot could potentially increase total damage output to 249.6%/374.4%/499.2%/624% (Not including raw damage, since illusions do not benefit from it).

Second Ability

Mystic Snake [Keybind: W]
AbilityAffectsDamage
Target Unit Enemies Magical
A mystic snake made of energy jumps from target to target dealing damage and stealing some mana. After it reaches its last target, it jumps back to Medusa to replenish her with mana. The snake deals more damage and steals more mana per jump.
  • Range: 800
  • Jump radius: 475
  • Base damage: 80/120/160/200
  • Base mana stolen: 20/35/50/65
  • Number of jumps: 3/4/5/6
  • Damage/mana increase per jump: 25%
  • Cooldown: 11 seconds
  • Mana Cost: 140/150/160/170
Lore: The Gorgon's curse is her greatest strength.
  • Is blocked by Linken's Sphere but the snake returns to Medusa to replenish with current stolen mana when blocked.
  • Mana steal is incremented by 25% only if the affected unit has mana (units including heroes, illusions, ranged creeps, and some neutral creeps).The mana steal will NOT increment on units without mana.
  • Mystic Snake deals pure damage to units Petrified by Stone Gaze.
  • The damage and mana steal amounts increase independently.
  • Mystic Snake has a move speed of 633 until it is returning, at which point it increases to 833.
  • If Mystic Snake hits all jumps and all targets have remaining mana, Medusa will steal
    • (lvl1) 20/25/30.
    • (lvl2) 30/37.5/45/52.5.
    • (lvl3) 40/50/60/70/80.
    • (lvl4) 50/62.5/75/87.5/100/112.5 mana (a total of 476 mana).
  • If Mystic Snake hits all jumps, Mystic Snake will dealMystic Snake cannot be disjointed by blinking or going invisible. It will also jump to units out of sight.
    • (lvl1) 80/100/120.
    • (lvl2) 120/150/180/210.
    • (lvl3) 160/200/240/280/320.
    • (lvl4) 200/250/300/350/400/450 damage (a total of 1,950 damage).

Third Ability

Mana Shield [Keybind: E]
AbilityAffects
Toggle Self
Creates a shield that absorbs 60% of the incoming damage by using Medusa's mana.
Damage absorbed per point of mana: 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5
Lore: While Medusa was not gifted with eternal life upon birth, her curse bestowed her with impressive defensive powers.
  • Absorbs damage before any damage reduction takes place, meaning that armor will not reduce the amount of mana needed to absorb damage.
  • When active, Medusa's effective health will be doubled (further increased by damage block).

Ultimate Ability

Stone Gaze [Keybind: R]
AbilityAffects
No Target Enemies
Any enemy units looking at Medusa will have their movement and attack speed slowed. If 2 seconds of total time is accumulated looking at Medusa while Stone Gaze is active, that unit will turn to stone. Petrified units are stunned, have 100% magic resistance, and take bonus physical damage. If the petrified unit is an illusion, it is immediately killed.
  • Radius: 1000
  • Duration: 6
  • Stone Duration: 3
  • Attack speed slow: 50%
  • Movement speed slow: 50%
  • Turn rate slow: 50%
  • Bonus Physical Damage: 30%/40%/50%
  • Cooldown: 90 seconds
  • Mana Cost: 200
Lore: The beauty of Medusa is legendary.
  • Affects any units that have line of sight with Medusa at any period for the spell duration.
  • Mystic Snake deals pure damage to units in Stone Form.
  • If a unit in its AoE is an illusion, it is immediately killed once the petrification takes effect.
  • Stops if Medusa is killed.
  • Does not affect enemy heroes who haven't turned to face Medusa even if they are within spell's radius (1000 units).

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