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Attack Type: Ranged
Strength: 23 + 3.2 | Agility: 24 + 3.9 | Intelligence: 19 + 1.8
Morphling Items build
Meta build:
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- Silver Edge
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- Power Treads
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- Manta Style
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- Black King Bar
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- Linken’s Sphere
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- Butterfly
Pro Build:
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- Manta Style
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- Power Treads
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- Satanic
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- Daedalus
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- Eye of Skadi
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- Linken’s Sphere
Morphling’s Skill Order
Skill Order: Attribute Shift -> Waveform -> Adaptive Strike -> Morph.
Combo Morphling
Heroes combo: Morphling + Drow Ranger
How To Counter Morphling ?
Pros
- High damage.
- Good farming .
- Very versatile.
- Insanely hard to kill.
Cons
- Squishy
- Low attack range.
- Vulnerable to disables.
Bad against:
- Hero
Good against:
- Hero
How To Play Morphling ?
Best items for Morphling
Start items for Morphling in dota 2 are: Tango, Faerie Fire, Circlet, Iron Branch.
Meta items for Morphling in dota 2 are: Silver Edge, Power Treads, Manta Style, Black King Bar, Linken’s Sphere, Butterfly.
Pro items for Morphling in dota 2 are: Manta Style, Power Treads, Satanic, Daedalus, Eye of Skadi, Linken’s Sphere
Tips and Tricks
He can flee danger at the beginning of Attribute Shift as long as he is not handicapped.
The main purpose of Adaptive Strike (Agility) is to do damage, scaling with agility.
While in the fountain, he can shift extra points into agility, making it simpler to last hit, by putting the first point into Attribute Shift.
Use Waveform to move between and simultaneously harm two jungle camps.
Disarms are disregarded by the “Waveform Attacks Targets” talent.
The other Adaptive Strike enters a 3-second cooldown after the first one is cast.
Morphling’s Ability
WAVEFORM
Morphling turns into liquid, surges ahead, and attacks any opponent units that go in his way. In Waveform, Morphling is impervious to damage.
ADAPTIVE STRIKE (AGILITY)
Hurls a surge of water in the direction of an opponent unit, doing base damage along with additional damage based on the Morphling’s agility times a multiplier. The highest agility multiplier is used if a Morphling’s agility is 50% greater than their strength. gives a boost to Agility.
A 3.0 second cooldown for Adaptive Strike (Strength) is also added.
ADAPTIVE STRIKE (STRENGTH)
Sends forth a flood of water that, depending on the Morphling’s strength, can shock or knock back an opponent unit. The maximum stun/knockback is dealt if his strength is 50% greater than his agility. Bonus Strength is given inactively.
Also adds a 3.0 second cooldown to Adaptive Strike (Agility).
ATTRIBUTE SHIFT (AGILITY GAIN)
Morphling changes its shape by shifting points from Strength to Agility. The procedure can be undone. The rate of stat change is accelerated by adding more Attribute Shift points.
ATTRIBUTE SHIFT (STRENGTH GAIN)
Morphling alters its shape, shifting points from Agility to Strength. The procedure can be undone. The rate of stat change is accelerated by adding more Attribute Shift points.
MORPH
The powers of the targeted enemy are transferred to Morphling as he changes into their form. For the duration of the ability, it can be toggled.
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