Medusa - The Ugly Tank

WOOT first post...

hmm...without chain=hard to kill heros mana shield is nice during level 16-25 i disagree with getting EoS i know alot of pple get it but i prefer going Butterfly then BoT desolater radiance ,heart and finally rapier

It's hard to get early kills without Chain Lightning. Get Chain early for last hitting for early kill(big advantage). Farming for later.

Purge cannot purge doom?Can somebody tell me it is true or false??Pls

BoT, Butterfly, Guinsoo, Radiance, Heart, Linkens = tasty meat

oh well i've used medusa several times and i find her powers and skills easy to understand... but why won't you get chain lightning first? how can you kill without a skill in early games then? chain lightning is not useless - i know it causes mana but it's worth it, it helps you farm well and that's you're only skill that can kill heroes in early games.. and why would you put the mana shield on all the time? i guess that would be just wasting your mana, life is enough with regen items that i guess all players will get, i would just put it on if like when i'm running away from a powerful hero or being gangbanged but not all the time.. and purge is a powerful skill - that's the skill that will help you get a kill and will be helpful when chasing heroes and when escaping also... your items are by the way considerable, that's also what i get if im using medusa except EoS because i think EoS does not stock to split shots? oh well, that's all.. i just can't believe the way you expressed medusa's skills and medusa..

Good guide, I see you put alot of effort into this. This is the classic farm all game Medusa build boring but still effective.

I know chain lightning is bad if your going for this kind of build but you seriously underrate the effectiveness of Chain lightning. Chain lightning is a powerful nuke early game and it gives you some use in your lane rather then being a dead weight although it puts off your mana shield.

Ok, i'm not a good user of Medusa but i did go the tank build before (which is the same as above) and it does work for medusa.

I know a lot of ppl are tempted to take Chain Lightning for early game harassing and farming. But early-game farming is about un-pushing creeps. A Chain here and there will kill creeps so fast that you will be going across the river to farm. And that's when it is dangerous for Medusa, especially as Mana Shield is not there. As pitiful as it sounds, Chain Lightning and Purge do not suffice for early game ganks (if you're thinking of being lina + CM ganking all day), and if Medusa neglects her farming too much then she is useless late game. That's why Chain is bad: Using AoE nukes to farm lanes is always counterproductive.

Shield + Stat is for survivability and is oriented towards lane staying for a long period of farming. You may not have Chain but the increased stat means you start to last-hit better, and mana shield is always telling the other side: "Don't bother wasting your nukes on me." This build may be unorthodox in DS (it isn't in DP), but this is the realistic build for Medusa, like how treads + Radiance has always been for Syllabear. I apply the same logic to Syllabear as to Medusa:

Syllabear: no Radiance, no ownage.
Medusa: no Butterfly, no ownage.

For an unexperienced Medusa player like me, I say (in opposition to the rest):

Thumbs up.

Sincerely yours,
caspian

thumbs up guide.

listed totally how limited medusa is as a hero and took step-by-step measures to make up for those loop holes to develop her into what she is.


aweeessommeee

keep up the good work

Last time I tried I could Purge track...

I play so that I get RoB and later on I disassemble it and make an arcane ring.

However I am not a pro Medusa so you know better...

PERFECT!

11/10

Well let me congratulate you, EXCELLENT guide...
You detailed every important aspect of medusa and how to overcome her weaknesses..
However, with medusa a butterfly is achievable at levels 11 or 12 because she can pretty much stay in her lane for as long as you want her to and when you come back/die you have like 5000 gold to spare (or more)
Oh and about killing without chain lightning...she has purge, she harasses well, and her life never goes down...what more do you ask?
10/10

Great guide (8.5/10). I only disagree in one thing. WHY u shouldn't buy Mjollnir?In my exp Medusa with Mjollnir is almost unstoppable. OK you lose the 2 arrows from split shot when chain proc, BUT chain lightning does 200 dmg to all nearby units which is about same dmg u deal with 2 arrows from split shot and its LOT more dmg to one(primary) target(normal + 200).
And you said that Mjollnir doesn't help in tanking!!!! STATIC CHARGE is one of the greatest tanking spell in dota!!!(probably even more effective then mana shield itself!!!)Combined together mana shield and static charge make you almost unstoppable. Except that thing I would say everything is great including the skill build.

What does the static field do exactly?
Sorry to ask but i havent ever used it

mjonlir very good for she
bad skill build
4/10

leet sauce guide, thoses who say the skill build is noob, you are noob your nuke sucks its too much mana for little damage and you need all the damn mana u can get, any ways awsome strat, great job!


10/10

"Medusa is also cool because she can fire arrows out of her ass." LMAO!! I think that chain is needed and mana shield is useless early game as you have no mana, also chain helps finish off enemies and to farm, also I think that monkey King Bar does work with split shot.

Mjollnir is actually really good with medusa. this isnt the way i play her, but there's different builds for one hero and this is one way. It can be as good as getting chain lightning first for early hero kills or better. this isnt bad, just different

i cant believe you pass chain lightning early game... 7 sec cool down for a 290 dmg nuke that jumps? that and stats and your a terror early/mid game.

...too each their own i guess

Well to everyone who thinks that chain lightning is good i believe you havent really used it...
its damage is not that great and the bounce only gets you into trouble early game...
And after you get past early game its not quite a good nuking skill it gets really weak even in mid game and this whole strat is geared towards END game so its a pretty useless skill for that purpose...
If you want desperately to own early just dont pick medusa, pick someone like lina inverse or viper

Finally, the guide we've all been waiting for. Good job, everything's so in depth and all...but I kind of disagree about getting as many stat items as possible.

get mjolnir

unless i am mistaken, static charge does not help u to tank, it only helps u to deal dps to ppl focusing on u.

Pls Mojollier is overrated pure damage items are alot better than mojollier.

very good strat!! weLL expLained!! i agree with your skiLL buiLd!! but not much in item buiLd!!! but perfect!! 9/10

Split and chain for early game... a couple of split shots., when creeps are in the orange/red HP., use chain for Easy Gold... very essential gold., needed for pricy items., i agree with skadi., but i go for MKB (For damage and speed) and Guinsoo... i am quite shocked to see that you are getting your Mana shield that early., are you honestly thinking of going head to head brawling with other heroes at around those levels.??? understand that Medusa is one of the heroes with the lowest possible HP's in the game., its just stupid to get mana shield early game., you are in no position to take in damage... and also you repeatedly insisted that she needs and ally to be effective... i soooo disagree...


me don't like this guide so much... 6/10

hey great guide! I never knew wat purge would fix and not fix...never knew it sucked that bad too compared to other ults. i guess thats y its 60 mana with a 12 sec cooldown...
great skill build...people really underestimate stats...last hitting is the key and stats is the way to do that not chain lighting

CooL ^^

Pros: Very good outlining of Medusa Pros/Cons; detailed description of Split Shot; screenies (everyone loves screenies); Can and can't Purge section.
Cons: Skill build - lack of Chain Lightning, its effective, stats early is good and so is mid game Split Shot, but you can't do anything without an early nuke! Items - Mjollnir is FINE! Your build is fine also up to the Relics - why!? Get more Butterflies! Same damage plus ATTACK SPEED AND EVASION AND ARMOR. Money is no problem, you're Medusa! Gameplay = farm and attempt to own late game = boring as HELL. Also, in the early Cons YOU stated - Slow movespeed?? 300 is normal, and that stat is WRONG, she has 320! SPEEDY! You say she is item and ally dependant when I have seen Medusa getting double and triple kills ALONE, with nothing more than Treads and Bracers!
Overall, your guide doesn't satisfy me, although I acknowledge the importance of Mana Shield that I do not know how to properly use. Its just another way to play Medusa, but its BORING and your guide has the above flaws. I'm not even going to rate this since I bet you can argue for a bunch of these and thus change my opinion. And, someone tell me what the GODDAMN deal is with Sobi vs Basilius - besides, Basilius gives ARMOR... anyway, respond so I can give a rating I won't regret.

@bau_HARRY

Let me just remind you that split shot further reduces your somewhat low base damage, making it even harder to last hit. And if you use Chain to last-hit and think Chain can bring in loads of money, honestly you have not seen the power of Chain pushing and how so ferocious ppl are when you threaten their tower. This was a trend so noticed in DP that Bengal_Tigger actually posted a pinned thread to advise against the use of AoE lane farming. I repeat: using AoE nukes (or AoE attacks) to farm lanes is always counterproductive.

Plus, rain didn't say use mana shield to face off against the other guy. He just said mana shield to survive longer against ganks for longer lane staying. He did not say "head to head brawling with other heroes at around those levels".

@Shimrra_3
Medusa has 300 ms and she's very item dependent.

Mojollier is bad on medusa you should be getting items like rapier to take full advantage of split shot.

Basilus mana regen is inferior to sobi mask's once your int reaches 36.

This is actually a good guide you might need to try this build first before you criticize harshly.

I can recognise that but HOW the HELL does the Sobi-Basilius thing work??? You didn't tell me anything just then!
And NO, she does NOT have 300 movespeed! F F S ! Just because the site says!! COME ON, surely you guys actually play Medusa... unlss there was some new nerf I totally missed. Its 320 base movespeed.
And, everytime I get a Mjollnir I totally own.

@Shimrra_3

Medusa's ms is indeed 300. Pls use -ms on Medusa when entering dota next time.

And also, i addressed the RoB-Sobi thing in a thread i created myself. This is what i got from DA, from one of the beta-testers: when a hero reaches INT 32, having a sobi gives him additional 0.65 mp/sec, ie the same as RoB. So after INT 32, Sobi is definitely > RoB since Sobi depends on INT stat. Plus, when using RoB u must switch off Devotion Aura to avoid pushing creeps. Hope u get fwii~'s pt and my pt.

About the Mojo/Mjollnir issue:
If you have a personal built that is not conventional and owns, then go ahead and own with it. But my opinion is that Mjollnir does not help with Medusa tanking (this is what Medusa is about). Plus, the silly proc Chain Lightning is something I've been rattling about if you notice: AoE nukes are counterproductive to farming lanes. Butterfly on the other hand, increases the effective hp of Medusa (tanking issue here), gives the same AGI as Mjollnir, does not interfere with Split Shot and no idiotic Chain Lightnings when you need to farm safely on YOUR side of the river.

Well what i can see from the comments is that people didnt even bother to try it...
Yes i know early game up to levels 13-14 ARE boring but after that you become almost unkillable unless ganked by 3 or more people...
And a few levels after, youll get an EoS which is by far the best item for medusa...
Remember AoE is only useful if you want to PUSH not FARM and medusa is a farmer not a pusher...
You can push all you want later on with split shot but doing it earlier can (and will) be suicide....

@Bruno YOU'RE SUCH A RETARDED SPAMMER GET A LIFE WILL 'YA?



@Creator :

Getting Chain Lightning WOULD BE ESSENTIAL EARLY GAME If You Ask Me , Yes Even Though A Tank , But Hell You Need Money For The Item Build You Have Right ? So Hell Yeah Chain Lightning = Good Early Game Last Hitting Heroes Tool

@ caspian
i am well aware that split shot reduces ur damage... but hitting multiple targets at the same time is better., thus the need for chain lightning., use chain lightning to last hit and not the split shot.. i so totaly disagree with the notion that AoE spells are or pushing and not for farming.. uh, hello.??? last hitting multiple targets at the same time = gold.. its that simple...

and in addition... medusa is weak.. very weak at early to mid game and is just so item dependent... skill points used on mana shield are just wasted., you don't have enough mana for your mana shield to be effective., and since hes build is stats+mana shield., farming is a lot more difficult compared to a split+chain skill build.

BoT... I never tried that, but the rest items have the same build with me. Nice guide, I'll try BoT later.

@bau_HARRY

Is it really so simple like you said? You did contradict yourself a little. If you know Medusa is weak early-mid, then split shot + Chain is shooting herself, because it does not help towards survivability, and Chain + Split can't kill a 3v1 in that stage. If i knew Medusa is so weak early game, then shield + stats do not make her so weak now, doesn't it?

The problem wrt AoE lane farming is so widespread that even some premium guide writers fail to understand why it is harmful to one's farming. This especially applies to a farmer hero like Medusa. If you have ever heard of something called lane-locking then that word basically summarises all i have said. The technique of lane-locking brings in more gold than AoE farming and gives the sense of security without the need for ever farming neutrals.

that Baller_01 was really mean in the replay of 15-1 lol took the whole team to kill u oh yeah that baller guy really hates furion!

for everyone hu doesnt agree wid skill build or item build just watch the replay of 15-1 and ull see

VERY NICE guide dude


=)) at last i can play somebody again wheww....


I was so bored today and i havent since there was no body to play with i practiced and then i saw your guide

=) 10/10 for me

since my panda guide isnt up might take next week im gonna try this hero

additional info.

You should still include Naga in your worst enemies list

Split shot hurts naga but a naga with taraqsue and manta even 1 purge wont deal with it she burns mana and gets hard crits

if you want team help

THE 3 NAGAS ARE HERE FOR YOU

MEDUSA, SLARDAR, SLITHICE

I want to see that some time

To tell you the truth I always get chain lightning, its good for pushing and farming. But since your guide is about making her a tank, I have no arguments.
In 3 of your split shot screenies you had a recently killed ally.
Good guide 9/10.

I just played against a Medusa and it literally seemed like 4-5k hp instead of only 2k. Yes. Fine. I knew that worked well when I commented. BUT - what is the point in early game?? You have WHAT mana?? Even if you go MS + Stats, you have lousy mana until EoS!

Whoa!That's great strat!10/10

Purge works against Syllabear's Rabid. By the way nice guide very helpful

waow...poor perhaps if u could look more at other people's way of using medusa and i am sure this guide would get better

....wEt.wew
.. why not get chain lightning ? its very useful for early kills.. mana sheild usefullness usually comes in 11-25...
best way to boost him is by mana and damage..!!! when medusa has a lot of mana its hard to kill her..

..item should be:
butterfly
BoT/PT
linkens
mjolnir/EoS/divine/desolator..its all up to you
2 its up to you whats your build for your combo!!!
...sumtimes i usually use ``desolator'' though split shot will lose its usefullnes...but they will surely taste your pure damage!!


great strat!!


8/10

very nice guide. was wondering how to play this hero effectively and where the balance between using chain lightning and shield were. well, it seems there isn't really a balance. if you want to hit harder in early game, you'd go for lightning. if you want to do well mid/late game, then you'd go for the shield. using both is difficult, seeing as when you cast lightning, you're draining your shield, and when you're taking hits, you cannot cast lightning. i guess if you wanted both, use lightning for early game only, then when you get shield, don't use it anymore or use only it to finish heros. my choice: farm well, go for the shield, and own mid/end game.

to clear something up:
'EoS does not stock to split shots?'
it does, but not all the arrows will be of the freezing kind. only the hero/creep medusa is specifically targetting will be under skadi's slowing effect. so if you want to slow a particular hero down with EoS AND use split shot for damaging other heros/creeps, then manually click and attack that hero whilst having split shot activated.

lol, to clear something else up:
'EoS does not stock to split shots?'
what he was asking here was if EoS stacked with split shot. don't worry about stocking anything... or... stalking anybody...

sry to post again, but thought i'd just make it crystal clear.

i kinda started to like medusa.................................................but i used to bulid mjollnir................................but you seem to know better so i like da strat

Few comments:

Mjollnir is a great item, and i love it. If you want to play medusa and have a mjollnir, go for it! But which item don't you get then... Bfly? Well, if you don't get bfly then you dont get 30% evasion, which kicks ass. If you get bfly and mjollnir, you don't get the massive hp/mana from skadi, making you frail (well, in relation to my build... You're still a good tank though). Personally I'd go mjollnir/skadi, then get bfly afterwords instead of linkins (if the game goes to the 80 minute mark).

Remember, with skadi you'll have (as ss shows) 2300 hp and 1600 mana roughly, which equates to a total of over 5000 damage required to take you down. If they miss 30% of the time, that is directly multiplied with 1 / (1-0.30) OR 1.42. Meaning: Bfly's evasion takes your tanking ability from 5000 "hp" to 7100. Theres alot of articles on survivability, and how armor and evasion help. Bfly's evasion is a fantastic way to improve tanking, even for str heroes.

Secondly, regarding mana shield's usefulness early game. Mana shield at level 7 provides theoretically 2 more HP per 1 mana. Since all the items we get increase both strength and intelligence at the same rate (stats, skadi, linkens), and medusa gains 1.85 strength and intelligence per level, we can assume that the ratio of health/mana will always be the same, from levels 1 to 25 (roughly). Anotherwords, At level 25 you'll have 2300 hp and maybe 1550 mana (estimate). While at the same time, at level 7, with stats at levels 1 and 4, you'll have 701 hp and 442 mana. At level 7 your "hp" is increased by 884, or 125%. At level 25 your hp is increased by ~3100, or 135%. In both cases, having full mana and mana shield (level 7 and 25) *MORE* than doubles your survivability. Not sure about modern day imba issues, but i would think any skill that doubles your hit points has to be up there on the list. Thus mana shield is just as good early game as it is late game. Without mana shield/stats, at level 7, you'll have 625 hit points. 625 hp (chain lightning/split shot) vs 1585 hp (stats/manashield). You're use of chain lightning will have pushed you close to their tower, and they will have no trouble ganking you.

Chain/Stats. Goes both ways, no frailty problem and you're not bulking abilities that only become effective in mid/late game. Eaaaassssyy. And you can actually get kills instead of just FARMING.

i think there are 2 choses when using this:

1) sacrifice mana for damage reduction
or
2) sacrifice mana for gold

and the one which rain9441 chose is the 1st option

i was suppose to make may own medusa guide. But some ds bug. cause may guide to vanish instantly. I worked on it within the span of 3hours then after a day.. it vanished.. Radiance seems to be popular to other medusa users. but its immo 35/sec dmg seems to be not worth its price for heroes.. i think even for creeps. u see.. i think with maxed splitshot. each creep wave would only last i think 4-6 sec with u. so its 35*4-6=140-210 dmg. creep armor not yet included. It think as items would be better than radiance. its additional dmg is okey but not worth its price. btw great guide. but i think getting basilus early is good. Its additional damage and armor is pretty useful. just a a little 175 and youll be having plus 2 armor aura and six dmg. isnt that great? 1 more thing. nukes like chain lightning with fixed dmg is only usefule for early game. why not get it? early game u wont have much mana for mana shield in my past experiences with medusa, even if mana shield is maxed out. OffT: May pc got chucked up so im still waiting for it to get repaired. Thats also the reason y i wasnt always online.

dude why get chain lightning in the late game ? chain is for killing heroes in early-mid game, not late game...

er.. i kinda disagree wif few of ur equips. i think the best build is radiance. butterfly. bootz of travel. skadi. mjllonir(dunno how 2 spell). and a assult curaiss. though split arrows do dmg. the 200dmg from mjllonir does way more dmg compared 2 the split arrows. plz consider my build.

eye of skadi is pointless when she already has got purge.
and cooldown of purge is really fast and manacost low. So its really good ultimate.
Nice guide

BoT bOt bot YOU ARE A BOT

Nice guide,it's very complete! 10/10

Hmm, very well put together guide... BUT!

Okay so, I do indeed like the section about why you don't choose chain lightning early, or for that matter, ever..(until forced)

BUT! See, a lot of people play Medusa, very many play her well, but many more play her horribly...

This strategy thoroughly relies on the use of mana shield..

HOWEVER! You can easily go with this skill build:

CL
Stats
CL
Stats
CL
Purge
CL
SS
SS
SS
Purge
SS
MS
MS
MS
Purge
MS
Stats(the rest)

Even though, most "pros" use this strategy without Chain Lightning and fully using Mana Shield.

BUT! If you farm well and follow this strategy you have made.. you will easily have enough to farm out linken`s sphere and EoS, so you can afford to use Mana Shield as long as you want.

ALSO! You said about Chain Lightning:

"The problem with chain lightning is that it doesnt bode well with any other abilities. If you take chain lightning and mana shield, you can't use both."

Well, the first sentence... is 100% incorrect.... if you get money from farming as you have instructed in this strategy, you can get BoT and EoS. This will easily give you enough mana to cast a repetitive Purge and Chain Lightning combo.. and there's no way the enemy hero will escape without him being saved in numerous ways by his team mate.

Otherwise.. pretty good strat. 8/10

Sorry to double-post, but I noticed an ignorant comment a few above me, lacking thought and truth.

Posted by ElioN
2007-06-10
-->"eye of skadi is pointless when she already has got purge."

without chain lightning you cant farm easily and duh this mean you have a hard time to buy your ideal items...when i'm using medusa i put on Chainligthning & stats..it makes my opponent to go home always..and besides having purge, Chainlightning & stats can do more damage..i know what your thinking...having stats & shield at the same time..to have more HP..but your opponent cant kill you having your purgechainlightning & stats...thats my opinion...base on my experience playing with her.

Well i saw ur replay , u suck . It was pure luck , and ur denying skills and last hiting skill SUCKS

yeah i go gor the guinsoo but bad skill build i think chain lightning is good
chain lightning---purge--attack4x--- then guinsoo then first blood!!!

its really ugly tank...

@eternal.nubzzz
you don't have to be the best at a hero to make a guide for the hero.

good guide. i agree with shield-stats and completely skipping chain lightning.
the key to effectively play medusa is to keep your adrenaline at low levels. you should accept the fact that early game, you cant do anything else but farm and survive. hero killing is never an option early and mid game.

however, i disagree with your item build order. what i do is rush radiance. why? because it speeds up farming. medusa badly needs items. so instead of getting an eaglehorn, why not farm 400 more gold and proceed to relic? in terms of damage, relic adds so much more than eaglehorn, and you wont need the attackspeed when last hitting. next is that when you have radiance, splitshott-immolation combo quickly wipes out a creepwave, so you can easily retreat to forest.

next item to buy must be skadi. its true that butterfly's evasion makes you realy hard to kill, given that your enemies are mostly dps heroes. however, most of the time, there are casters. and nukes dominate most part of the game. so against these nukes, stat boosts from skadi will help you more.

in conclusion, i believe that butterfly just adds flavor. everything it gives is needed by medusa, but medusa is still effective without it.

also, it seems to me that you are contradicting yourself regarding your arguments against buriza. your point is that buriza is bad because it is not synergetic with splitshot(since you fire only one arrow when a crit procs. and your damage went from 225% to 165%). however under the 'when o use splitshot section' you mentioned that the use of splitshot is situational, which means that the 225% damage is situational. also you've said that when ganking a lone hero, you must turn off splitshot. another thing is that the arrows hitting 3 heroes seldom happen. under such circumstances (where you wont need splitshot), isnt buriza a good item to boost dps?

i hope you'll understand my point. peace

I usually go for mana shield and triple shot first for better farming. I start off with buying power treads and ring of regen. then i head on for butterfly to allow for (yet again, better farming). After that i go for linken's to go with mana shield and at late games when medusa is killing heroes and all, i go for radiance or otherwise radiance then butterfly. i dunno, just the way i like to play it. I wonder if this is effective...

srry for double post but i rly agree with trple shooting heroes. 9/10 for guide

lol .. nice guide but disagree de item build.my builds are:(by orders)
power treads(speed)
buriza(multiplise damage)
monkey king bar(fast atking plus dmge)
butterfly(fast atking)
skadi(slow,purge,chain,die)
arcane ring(to keep mana shielding)
try this u will OWN.u could oso replace arcane wif mjolnir(if have lot money.lol).skadi range is not orb effect,so buying mjolnir is great.

@eyefury:

Rushing radiance might work, I've never tried it. Radiance is what, 5300, total? Theres no doubt in my mind that radiance helps farming with split shot, your getting the +60 dmg bonus (same as bfly), so your definately going to massacre creep waves even without the 35 dps aura.

I'm just curious on whether or not the 35 dps from radiance actually considerably helps with farming. Would a simple sacred relic work just as good via split shot for farming? Now lets consider the differences between bfly and Radiance:

For 1000g more, you get 60% IAS and 30% evasion (22% more) but lose the 35 DPS aura.

Radiance has some pros though:

-Relic's +60 dmg for 3800 owns eaglehorn's pidly +25 agi for 3400. Both achievable at nearly the same time (400g difference isnt much, maybe a min or 2 tops).
-Relic is a much better farming/dmg item than eaglehorn.
-Radiance is achieved much earlier than bfly would be, so medusa's splitshot farming spree starts earlier (meaning, more money for late game).
-Radiance is one of the best items in the game but only should be carried by one member of each team: specifically the tank.

In a nutshell, my opinion is that if there is another hero on your team who can utilize radiance, let them do it before you. If no other hero is going radiance, Medusa can.

If going radiance heres what I suggest you modify:

-Get treads after Radiance, skip late game BoT. Without Bfly you wont have a lot of IAS.
-Start getting split shot from levels 10-13 instead of 12-15. By level 13 you probably have radiance for sure. Probably earlier.
-Get Bfly after skadi instead of linken's. You probably won't complete it before the end of the game though.

hehehe.. Thanks.. What if i want a Fighter Medusa.? can i have a advantage when Chain +Splitshot and Stats are chosen 1st?
any way thanks again...

tnx for the guide. . .it helped a lot

strange
the MORE i read this guide, the MORE less i want to even use medusa
which is kind an opposite for a guide i think. medusa is not all THAT bad, actually IMO, although she's also not THAT good. And you don't like mjolnir? what a shame, i kinda like build it to her, it works really fine for me when playing medusa, although like you said , butter should be the first, so butter + mjolnir = rocks IMO
and i do still put chain lightning till max anyhow, around the mid (lvl 12-19) i guess, yes i know it wont be too harmless for anyone, but for me, you'll never know when you'll need it or not, and when you DO, a couple of chain wont harm you IMO, and it also actually good for "psychological" side when team battling (IMO an enemy will less afraid of you when you're only shooting arrows and defending with mana shield, then being a kind aggresive one, chain lightning when you can),and it also work well with mjolnir too, which is IMO is the reason why you don't like mjolnir and chain lightning in the first place (i suggest you try it though , chain + mjolnir, and if you still say that it sucks, well i give up )]

Anyhow, for the guide overall, its good described about medusa, but not for the skills i think, you'll way too underestimate the chain functionality just because it has a pathetic damage, but this is your build anyway,although a kinda different from mine.

You also give screenies and even replays too, not the best replay i've ever seen anyhow, but it proves that you'll not all talk, so that's really a good point

Well detailed, described , and fun to see guide, although like i said, it somehow makes me think twice before using medusa

So overall, i give it 7/10

I dissagree with ur skills build.. chain lighting = 300 dmg and like half times normal range so that's gonna be the last hit.. next with purge.. it's the most useful skill on medusa, and i think he must have it when she can.. btw FIRST POST!!:D 6/10(coz the others are great:D)

I dissagree with ur skills build.. chain lighting = 300 dmg and like half times normal range so that's gonna be the last hit.. next with purge.. it's the most useful skill on medusa, and i think he must have it when she can.. btw FIRST POST!!:D 6/10(coz the others are great:D)

I got Guinsoo with medusa, it gives fast mana regen And is excellent for your mana shield. Guinsoo gives you the tank you want :D. also the disable u may need too :). I do have to say chain lightning is important at early levels to zap your enemy, like a 1 hit ko if they have less than 300 hp excluding armor. Other than that this strategy works!

@rain9441

i love your guide, but i did change up 1 thing. i rushed radiance and i think it worked better. wut i did was i got boots a sobi mask and then radience, then 2 nulls. then i farmed for EoS and then Butterfly. this way it takes a lot less time to farm for medusa's item. i hope maybe you try it out and hope you like it

sorry for double post but i just wanted to say i get BoT after making radience...

I keep randoming Medusa. -ms says 320 in game. Sue me; you, you, you, you, you and 2-10 sites have BAD INFO or the MAP does. Take your pick.

I'm sticking to my main itembuild. I reckon focusing on Split Shot isn't worth it unless you can guarantee you'll constantly be fighting a lot of full team battles with NO CREEPS. Unless it prioritises heroes, which I doubt, it will just mow the creeps and you get 75% damage. Wowee. So Mjollnir it is, seeing as that plus one other item generally wins the game in short order.

Then I am also keeping Chain Lightning + Stats early. Mid-game terror with a set of Power Treads. Farm? You're slaying...

Overall, I am not rating this guide because I have no idea how you can kill early with it and I seriously don't want to find out - it looks too (insert curse word) boring. Unless you want me to give it the rating I think it deserves.

Mjollnir is a great item for medusa especially when facing opponents using illusions for example phantom lancer although the orb effect is a waste.Skadi is better. Moreover you mention scythe which is great disabling item that also adds to your mana pool which helps with the mana shield. Finally you mention buterfly which is plain perfect! Although i don't agree with the skill build. Chain lightning is a useful nuke. 7/10 btw gj.

Oh god it is 320. I was probably confusing it with Naga and/or Luna. I am so sorry for the last... all comments. My points stand on the skill and item builds however. I say 5/10.

lol@Shimrra_3

Wish medusa was that fast as Luna/Naga.

hmmm this is quite wierd item building... try out 2 battle fury... wondering??? try it so u can feel the battle fury effect...

y not make the sobi mask RoB? you just have to add ring of protection 4 crying out loud...

nice guide!!

hm rain - do you have an ownage replay against stronger foes?
those are just "creep and bash noobs"

are you that razor is a waeker enemy medussa!!!!???? are you sure? wa if razor an items :SnY, butterfly. men your dead!!!!!

answer my question and testify!!!!!!

Razor vs Medusa is basically 'whoever has better items wins' in the midgame, but Medusa owns by a landslide in the late game.

Razor's got no HP compared to Medusa
All razor has on Medusa is a 100% increased attack speed skill, but takes 20% more damage. Since Medusa will have like 4 times as much overall HP, Medusa will own him.

Most exilent guide!
I will definately try this one, I randomed her yesterday, but I lost connection (God hates me).
I really love the way you discribe when and why (not) to use some skills.

This Guide SUX!!!!


Comment: Unfortunately probably one of the weakest ultimates in the game. Its not a stun, and the slow effect only lasts a whopping 5 seconds. The bonus damage vs summoned units is nice, but this ability only really gets its power when facing heroes such as Sven, Broodmother, Bloodseeker, Magnataur, or a hero with a rune. The primary use of this ability is the 5 second slow.

MY COMMENT:
Do you know how to use Purge?

Purge is very useful! And with a very low cooldown, You can spam it!

You can use purge to save your ally or get a kill!

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Comment: Medusa's signature ability, this baby theoretically adds 2 mana pools into your health pool. Keep this skill on all the time except when you are getting extremely low on mana and want to save some for a purge.

My Comment

Yes, mana shield is what Medusa is known for but You cannot use it all the time. With its low mana base, u cant spam it!

STUPID GUIDE!!!

Why not chain lightning at first!
Its ur farming and harass skill!

I cant say anymore!

boooooo!!

hmm weird guide....
i ve played medusa in some random games and i must say her arrows in connection with a huge attack speed is the best thing to do. for example:
1.powertreads
2.butterfly
3.hyperstone
4.yasha
5.another hyperstone
6.soulbooster?

and skilling this chainlightning in early game makes more sense, you can use it easily for last hits on a huge distance.....

Nice guide.But I am a Chain lightning fan.
I get my fav build:
Linken's,Mjollnir,Skadi,Butterfly.BoT,MkB

Linken's takes care of mana shield and Chain+mjollnir.
Makes Medusa quite Untouchable.
Except the skill build guide rocks.
Good work

nice strat...but your build is WAY different from my build...chain lightning is important,split shot is not.remeber that she is an individual killer...if ur good,u will get less chances of draining mana from mana shield from attacks...my item build is treads,mjolnir,SnY,buriza,butterfly and the last depends on the situation...nice guide anyway

Get a bottle ASAP. If you build the way Rain9441 suggests (which is great btw), then you need the bottle. I'm surprised he didn't recommend this item. It is way better than the sobi and I'll explain why. Bottle regens when you need it. Bottle regens faster. Bottle regens health too (which is more important than mana). After one use of bottle, you can turn your mana shield back on. You must wait a while after shield is lost to restore it with sobi. A triple use of bottle takes 9 seconds and restores 600 hp and 300 mana. This is effectively 1200 hp for Medusa, in only 9 seconds! That cannot be beat. This can put her right back in the action after getting ganked (if you can get away for a bit to heal up). Sure the bottle costs about the same as 2 sobis, but it's still better than 2 sobis and doesn't take up 2 inv. spots.

Rain9441, I have to disagree with you on the Maelstrom/Mjollnir. I go for this item first and it makes me farm productively by level 10 or so, instead of level 15 as you suggest by getting your butterfly. I think Medusa will earn money faster, and can get to her Skaadi quicker than by going for butterfly first. Besides, it's much cheaper. It can also be upgraded and the Static charge is awesome late game. After Skaadi, I get the butterfly.

My build is usually in this order:
Chicken
Wraith bands
Power Treads (that extra attack speed is crucial in early game-plus the extra move speed helps to run if needed)
Bottle
Mealstrom
Skaadi
Butterfly
Mjollnir
Linken's/Assault Cuirass (depends on situation)

It's an expensive build, but game is usually over by the time I get my butterfly.

Thx fer the Guide ^^ help me alot though

why not just purge creeps to gain mana from essece aura?
purge costs less mana and only has 1 sec longer cooldown

I believe this is an excellent guide but very disappointing it only scored 4 stars.

I believe this is an excellent guide but very disappointing it only scored 4 stars.

Im really bad wid medusa.

Hope this thing helps me!!!



-VeRoN

some people complain that Chain Lightning is nessessary, but I tried this build out, and it works, so gj!

Chain lightning depends on the flow of the game or enemy. In facing agi and int heroes, use stat and mana shield. When facing str heroes, I'd rather max chain lightning for early game harrasment. In 2 on 2, you can use stat instead. In 4on4 or 5v5, you can easily pawn heroes using chain lightning. If you chose chain lightning vs. mana shield early game, put stat instead of mana shield because chain lightning eats up mana thus, manashield is useless if you don't have mana.. So that's gonna be CL,Stat,CL,Stat,CL,Purge,CL,Stat,.....and so forth.

this guide is bad, im sori...

I Usually Replace manashield w/ stats
or vice versa
i understand the stats thingy
and the incompatibility of the 2 skills

I Place manashield if we dont have a tanker

if there is i replace it w/ chainlightning or stats or viceversa






if u cast splitshot and have skadi
does it stack???

...i mean 3 targets will get slowed for 2 sec???

...and the lifesteal stack w/ 3 arrows calculating 25%(40% when stanic is activated) of 75% damage


just asking

nice guide, 10/10, although, are you sure no split shot early to aid in farming? Maybe it could be decent?

i would learn chain lightning, because it's very hard to kill in early and early mid game without it

i disagree wif tis guide..i will pump chain lightning first...split shot the last after stats...n i oso disagree wif EoS...i will go for Malestorm than Mjolnir. not a good guide.. =)

dot agree 0/10

Very good guide. 10/10

I own with Medusa after reading this guide

explained well on those who are taking split shots...^^ ill try this...

one error on your guide Ring cost 375 not 275 =] Just wondering you're saying lightning doesn't match with any other ability. How about lightning and stats, Works fine for me.

i think wat most ppl here aren't getting is the difference between FARMING asnd PUSHING(which some tried to explain before). in most pro games i have seen and played, they spend more time with nc's and killing heroes than in lanes and so chain lightning is pretty useless. this guide is perfect except for the BLOODTSONE part. increased mana, hp and mana-regen AND hp-regen is just amazing for medusa!gives her higher tanking abilities and gives less gold even if you do get killed(just a small advantage of the item). but yeah, it doesn't give stats so you dont like to buy it is quite right except for the fact tht ur getting stats for the HP AND MANA!anywayz, it's still a REALLY amazing guide and chain lightning sucks(especially early game)

such an awesome strat. you got medusa on check. great job.

SO many haters on this strat

I mean give it a chance


He explains the reason for chain and yes to all you chain lovers it does suck and has no synergy with any spell in medusas arsenal. So what if this isnt the norm skill build its the great one. The focus on stats is great and the pure essence of turning this hero into a tank is awsome. i mean witha skadia and bfly which is obtian able by 15-20 for me pending if i farmed good u can tank a tower and 2 heros at once. Pretty godlike to me but thats just me. Anywho WONDERFUL strat make many more plz i like your style. i love you rain

-lolrus

Just tried this hero. I went chain lightning/stats first, and went split/ms later. Got Mjol, Linken, and Bfly building to skadi on a game I went 10-2 with.

Then I played another game, with the same intent, and went 1-7 after a flat out embarassing loss where 1/2 of my team turned into feeders (including myself). Didn't even finish a single lvl 3/4 item.

Why am I posting this? Well, mainly to say that I think you're right on the dot with Medusa. I still think I woulda lost that second game, but I would probably have fed a little less. But w/o chain, man, she is REALLY boring...

I tried your guide once, I was 0-0 until I got to level 21 when I got 2 triple kills in a row with skadi and radiance... I

Hm...on second thought:

1st game, I laned with a partner, so adding another nuke to his helped a lot in getting kills.

2nd game, I soloed mid. I didn't die much at all compared to the two in the bottom lane, but chain did jack to harass.

Perhaps this has to be taken into consideration before you go pure tank early game - that nuke can actually net kills if you're laning with another strong nuker.

panget ng build mo!! nakakadiri!. nagmamarunong lang yan
1on1 tayo, mirror match.
puro mana shield ka, ako chain lightning. tignan natin kung mabuhay ka specially pag lvl 5 na.

are u insane??? y no chain lightning?? its for gankin in early game.....

10/10

very good point on mana sheild over chain lightning as well as getting only one level of purge. now i know how to play her.

still i prefer getting radiance first instead of butterfly (and the sacred relics). great synergy with split shot and helps you farm all your other items all the more quickly. with all the stats taken + your mana sheild, you really dont need that 30% evasion from butterfly for survivability just yet. the 8% from radiance will do.

U must have put alot energy into such detailed strat, although i may not agree with u, gud work!

Do not mind but u do make dis bitch look very pathetic. First of all initially i wud suggest u to not go solo in a lane and she has a descent range as a resul it is hard for heroes to harass her in the early game so mana shield is not that important in the early game. Well even if anyone looks threatning u can purge him and escape. Taking chain at lvl 21 wud be worthless der is absolutely no point it comes handy in initial levels because it threatens most of the heroes at early level very few will dare to mess with u plus u can help ur team mates during the initial gangs. Gorgon is an offensive hero and she shud be played lyk dat.

I like your build except my first two items with her are 2 null talisman and power treads for early game that way purge is easier to spam without having to worry about running out of mana. Also, I like to get radiance first before butterfly, that way I can farm neutral creeps while walking to a lane.

BOt Linkens Skadi gets the job done, chain lightning vital to Medusa's farming and hero killing early game

Top Guide 10 / 10

ok dude..ur guide is good overall, except for the stats build. all of the items are useful, so DONT PROCRASTINATE and choose to put points into "useless" stats later on. max out all of your abilities and thn put points into the real stats. chain lightning, purge, and split shot is still useful, so plz change your stats build. you might not even get to 18-25 since the game might end early so then you would be weaker since you have less spells...

nice guide sounds great 1010

THIS ARE HORRIBLE GUIDE

i agree for mana shield however i prefer it to be masterd last, chain lightning and split shot helps a lot in farming, buying 2 regen ring and a few branches is enuf for her since she is a range hero,, imagen your hitting 3 creeps at dsame time then when their life turns to red or yellow hit w/ chain lightning its gold right,,, your build for buterfly & EOS is excellent however fucosing to much in defensive state will turn you to be a fud for everyone,, if your playing dota you should have that killer instinct and a bit agressive... kill or be killed! instead of using bot use PT, it synergises w/ ur ulti,, a Common note.... AGi Heros are made to be a killer not a tanker...

2 rings of regeneration, chain lightning, and split shot, is not a build. Just because you are ranged hero doesn't mean anything.

Medusa has the lowest starting HP of any dota hero: 416. Now why would they make her HP so low? Obviously its because once you take mana shield it skyrockets and your net HP with mana shield considered exceeds that of Bradwarden.

If you don't take mana shield, you are going to get owned by nukes.

Of all the Medusa's I've seen playing Dota, every single one that took chain lightning or split shot early did nothing but feed all game.

Just think about this for a second. Assume Medusa doesn't get Chain Lightning. Assume her skills are as follows: Nothing, Split Shot, Free HP, Purge.

Free HP (details):

Level 1: Gives 125 HP
Level 2: Gives 295 HP
Level 3: Gives 515 HP
Level 4: Gives 780 HP

That is what mana shield does at levels 1, 3, 5, and 7 when you pick mana shield. So at level 7 you have an ability that gives you almost 800 HP. We haven't even considered the fact that you get additional free HP from items and stat bonuses. We also havent considered the fact that you get free regen (mana regen), are able to draw hitpoints out of spells that replenish mana (Chakra, mana ring), and best of all greatly benefit from the new CM's brilliance aura. Every level we take stats (after maxing mana shield) we get 90 more HP, resulting in 170 HP for the level (1.85 str, 1.85 int, +2 str +2 int). Centaur's ult gives 12 str + stat growth (2.6), which is only 277 HP! It seems as though taking stats after Free HP is like taking centaur's ult every other level.

Assuming you went stats, MS, MS, stats, MS, purge, MS, stats, stats, stats, stats: Net HP overall: 2281 (with no items).

Now assume you went CL, split shot, CL, split shot, CL, purge, CL, split shot, split shot, stats, purge. Net HP: 805. Thats quite a big difference in HP. In one case you can absorb 7 nukes and walk away, the other case you take 3 nukes and you are toast. Lets not forget that if you go stats/MS by level 11 you'll have 2281 HP which is more than alot of heroes get even at level 25 with items.

cant purge apothic shield - abbadon...

strategy are for a lone battle, chain lighting are for greedy.. be a safe player for medusa since she will be taking stats instead of chain lighting

The ice efect of Skadi works when using split shot?

Comment: Useless. At level 4 it requires 145 mana and deals 290 damage. That 145 mana could be used with mana shield to prevent 290 damage, so you are not winning either way.

think about it like this...
arc lightning acutually jumps, so at lvl 4, if it hit 9 times: 9X290= 2610
so you actually win, even if it only hit 2 units you still win

this guide is crap, bad skill build. first chain lighting

cool but not cool enough

without chain .. how to kill enemy heroes ??

huh chain lighting should be added 1st la and splited shot should not be added at all

I don't like your strategy...

awesome guide i always pwn with it i just went 15 - 0 with it...
indestructible tank

medusa i luv u

medusa we hate u

i have good news and bad news the good news is i luv medusa but the bad news is the strategy sucks!

why not make burizza do- kyanon?
Chain lightning is important?

mapanget tong guide na to kamukha mo!!

mapanget tong guide na to kamukha mo!!

very nice strategy accept i prefer after butter getting a linken sphere

why satanic its basically for strength and if u have BKB its somehow useless isnt it!??!?!?!?!

Lol, I pity the guide maker, needing to defend his build over and over again to people that clearly should try to read other comments. Same bloody argument for early CL being repeated over and over again just turned me off from that strategy in other heroes.

Altho, I am curious, why not take purge whenever you can. The amount of slow increases with the level, so really it becomes more helpful as you go on.

Excellent guide tho, 10/10. And people should read that its a TANK build. Not a early game, maybe get 1 or 2 kills then die in 2 sec for the rest of the game build.

if you need to empower her mana shield why not go for a shivas guard? i believe chain lightning is important for farming and killing. you don't need the 1st skill if you have chain lightning. 5/10

You comment so much bad things about this hero. man but still a gud guide

U noob? Get chain ligtning for gang bang kill..U want to let enemy farm unharm or push early?

U noob? Get chain ligtning for gang bang kill..U want to let enemy farm unharm or push early? My team mate will yell at me when no chain ligtning early game..

After all,this guide hard to be used for noob,and it will decend at the opnion of beginner.

Why not maelstorm or mjolingircus then each arrow increases you percentage by 20%, thats 60% to use chain lightning. But great strat.

9/10

good

No chain lightning? How do you expect to kill???

Excellent guide. The first time I played this hero, I got chain lighting first and floundered about uselessly and died. Mana shield is a lot more valuable.

lmao @ all the noobs who keep whining about 'chain lightning' and haven't actually read the overwhelming arguments for mana shield in the guide.

i still don't undrestand why Mjollnir is useless for Medusa

you have to max chain lightning it's your nuke

This is a such Bulls*** u talk her about. that makes me angry, considering to write a own Strategy.... OMG do not read this crap, not before u played alot with her...

u can get whatever orb effect it wont affect split shot and the skill build is very wrong medusa will not kill without her chain lightning and mana shield is only used in deep situations not when facing a creep and the best item build is : power treads, eye of skadi, butterfly, sange & yasha. i took 5 heroes one after the other with these 5 items.

why not HYPERSTONE? !!! ???
OMG
What da hel !
wat in nations
holy shit!

good strategy guide
i dissagree with bloodseeker...he owns medusa because she isnt a full out "tank" he ruptures and if u dont run he bloodrages you and ur done
but its still the best strat on medusa ive seen

ehhhh i totally disagree with this build lmao

i agree with everything well almost everything..ur stat build is mad. i agree spell sheild is required but ur never going to get a kill unless ur lvl 15 with ur idea u serioulsy need cl.btw she is a kser

well this build is actually the one they call the "TANK" build so whoever contradicts to the author of this guide might as well create their own guide about using chain lightning, Medusa is not all about killing but all about defending so I agree with the Idea of this guide, 10/10 very nice

THIS IS THA WORST BUILD I'VE SEEN OF MEDUSA, U GOT 1 THING RIGHT AND THATS MANA SHEILD WHY NOT CHAIN LIGHTNING IT OWNS IN EARLY GAME AND ALSO WHEN I WAS PLAYIN THA OTHER NIGHT I HAD BURIZA AND GOT 6 KILLS IN 4 MINS, SO CRITS DO WORK WITH SPLIT SHOT YA NUB L2P BETTER WITH MEDUSA. IF U WANT I'LL VS YA 1v1 ADD ME AS FRIENDS LIST US WEST "MY_DUALITY1985" IN CAPS OWN YA SOON NUB NUB NUB!!!!!

wad heroes can counter medusa effectively?

wad heroes can counter medusa effectively?

Bravo, an excellent guide.

In most league games, chain lightning is never learned. As a matter of fact, my league buddies absolutely refuse to learn chain lightning - they just have 4 stat points sitting around.

Your guide does an excellent job in illustrating the destructive potential of Medusa. I agree wholeheartedly with the skill build and item build - I do it myself. The EoS has a tactical advantage - in addition to providing 25 to all stats, it gives additional HP and mana.

Good work.

Chain Lightning is good for KS'ing, that's about it. A 600-HP hero that dies in a heartbeat is NOT a good build.

Seriously don't like this build.

You want to tank with an agi hero? Why?

I have been getting 2 sobi masks at the start, and spamming chain lightning at level 3. Max mana sheild and chain by level 9, then stat your way up to late game before getting triple shot as they do little damage early.

First item has been Oblivian staff and a ult orb. Then Orchid, then skadi.

ORCHID gives 75% attack speed, and 225% mana regen to help you mana sheild regen and chain lightning spam.

Butterfly next obvious agi help but also to evade alot, helping keep your mana high seeing as they miss your sheild.

Then maelstrom, skadi and maelstorm STACK. Increases attack speed even further, and gives natural chain lightning.

Next item should you even get this far is Linkens Sphere. Helps with the mana sheild, and the evasion of high damage hits. Increases HP and MANA, and all stats.


Seriously not a fan of your build, wasted time reading it.

wah!!!!!!what a diffrent tactic

great strategy, i really agree on the chain lightning, it sux! i just finished a game in which i followed your strategy. I dominated it and I just want to thank you Medusa is now my best hero!

Very Good. I'm sick of people saying chain lighting first. . the thing about chain lightingign is that it can last hit runners but its only effective vs really bad people cus a lot of peopel can avoid most of your arrows cus of pre attack animation making harassing hard and its not spammable due to low aman pool.

Props to your guide i do exactly the same item build and usually works well unless i am faced agaist razor or another carry hero that can last hit better than me at start.

Well done

this build is crap, Chain+Stats first, no need of MS or split arrow in early game.

ps: "her ult is weak", most stupid thing i have ever read.

Broodmother is going to get a beat down with this strat.

very nice.

I strongly disagree you need CL early its essential i like and i think that split shot is not needed so early i get as last skill after stats the reason being is that early game u dont have enough damage for that skill to work properly later on say you have +200 damage then its amazing for push but nothing else. This is my build Treads Wraith Wraith Wraith Wraith Maelstorm to mjonnir and later sell any of ur Wraiths and get w/e you want e.g Butterfly,Buriza.Dont bad mouth til u try it thank you.

Oh i almost forgot i do not use mjonnir with my split shot activated. I always have it turned off when fighting a hero (even though having it on very seldomly anyways)look at it from my point of view scourge is pushing mid a lone hero is pushing by itself hide behind trees come out purge attack (their natural instinct would be to run ackworks like a moron keep attacking if they attack u use mjonnirs effect for the mjonnir helix as i call it. by the time they get close they r dead if not CL

Oh i almost forgot i do not use mjonnir with my split shot activated. I always have it turned off when fighting a hero (even though having it on very seldomly anyways)look at it from my point of view scourge is pushing mid a lone hero is pushing by itself hide behind trees come out purge, attack (their natural instinct would be to run backwards like a moron keep attacking if they attack u use mjonnirs effect for the mjonnir helix as i call it. by the time they get close they r dead if not CL

sry for double post

u ppl with ur stupid chain lightning! It sux ok! All ur thinking about is how much immediate damage u can get as soon as possible, thats not how medusa works best. I bet anyone who said that u should take CL first has a different fav character, any takers?

For me this is how the skill build of medusa must be:
1.Chain Lightning
2.Split Shot
3.Chain Lightning
4.Split Shot
5.Chain Lightning
6.purge
7.Chain Lightning
8.Mana Shield
9.Mana Shield
10.Mana Shield
11.purge
12.stats
13.Mana Shield
14.stats
15.Split Shot
16.ulti
17.Spli Shot
18.ulti
.
.
.
For me the nukes come first.

I made a mistake.
In 16. and 18. i wanted to type "stats"
SRY SRY

OMG! wat have u done to my medusa! TT^TT lol medusa should stick wof chain n stats then take purge at lvl6 then max chain after that max other skill(depends on the user)if me i stick wif stats QUestion...have u ever tried purge+chain in 1 vs 1 b4? it pwned! the rest mid n late no comment want rate? 3/10

Now she's my favorite hero... Your skill build is excellent - chain lighting is only good at late game when you take linken sphere. So that's why 10/10