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Medusa - The Ugly Tank

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Unfortunately, Medusa cannot turn players into stone like its mythological stories tell, but she does have her powers in DOTA. Unlike most heroes, her skills are somewhat confusing to the average player, and don't seem to relate to any other hero in DOTA. With a lot of practice, anyone can bring out the best in Medusa, but it does require some advanced knowledge. Medusa is also cool because she can fire arrows out of her ass.
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Medusa

Medusa - The Gorgon


Range: 600 | Move Speed: 300
Primary: AGI
Str: 14 + 1.85 | Agi: 20 + 2.5 | Int: 19 + 2.25
Damage: 44 – 50 | HP: 416 | Mana: 247
HP Regen: 0.67 | Mana Regen: 0.77
Attack Speed: 1.42 | Armor: 2
Split Shot Split Shot (T)
Medusa magically splits her shot into four arrows. These arrows deal a lower percent of her normal damage.
Level 1 - 45% damage
Level 2 - 55% damage
Level 3 - 65% damage
Level 4 - 75% damage
Mana Cost: N/A
Cooldown: N/A
Comment: Deceiving at first. This is Medusa's damage skill, and a great one at that. Three arrows at 75% damage equates to a 125% increase in total DPS (damage per second). Slightly better than Viper/Clinkz/Razor's attack speed increase, but not as easy to use since it is distributed amungst 3 units.

Mystic snake Mystic snake (C)
A mystic snake made of energy jumps from target to target dealing damage and stealing some energy. After it reaches its last target, it jumps back to Medusa to replenish it with mana. The snake deals more damage and steals more mana per jump. The snake's power is increased by 20% each jump.
Level 1 - 80 base damage, 20 base mana. 3 jumps.
Level 2 - 120 base damage, 30 base mana. 4 jumps.
Level 3 - 160 base damage, 40 base mana. 5 jumps.
Level 4 - 200 base damage, 50 base mana. 6 jumps.
Every time it steals mana (only happens on units with mana), the amount it steals is increased by 20% of its base value. Every time it damages, the damage amount is increased by 20% of its base value. The damage and mana steal amounts increases independantly of each other.
Mana Cost: 140/150/160/170
Cooldown: 14 seconds
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.
Mana Shield Mana Shield (E)
Creates a shield that absorbs 50% of the incoming damage by using Medusa's mana.
Level 1 - .75 damage per point of mana.
Level 2 - 1.25 damage per point of mana.
Level 3 - 1.5 damage per point of mana.
Level 4 - 2 damage per point of mana.
Mana Cost: 0
Cooldown: 10 seconds
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.
Stone Gaze Stone Gaze (G)
Any enemy units staring at the Gorgon will slowly turn to stone, removing status buffs and slowing all speed properties. Deals more damage to summoned units per level.
Level 1 - Slow attacks by a factor 2, stops movement. Deals 600 damage to illusions.
Level 2 - Slow attacks by a factor 3, stops movement. Deals 800 damage to illusions.
Level 3 - Slow attacks by a factor 5, stops movement. Deals 1000 damage to illusions.
Affects any units that have line of sight with at any period during 0.6 seconds after cast.
Mana Cost: 100
Cooldown: 100
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.
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382 By Galleryman 2010-03-16

Tnx for the guide. I didn't kill a lot but they didn't kill me. the game ended for me 2-0. I think it's impressive given the Gorgon has the lowest hp in the game.

381 By harrydude 2010-03-08

nice guide man thanks a lot

380 By SantaClausz 2010-02-24

N O O B !

379 By White Crane 2010-02-18

bad item build

378 By hackspree17 2010-02-14

an chogeh

377 By SuntaX10 2010-01-19

luma na

376 By tres cepas 2010-01-08

someone make a new guide plz!!!!!!!!!!

375 By darkflame631 2010-01-06

pls update the guide

374 By Vintage243 2010-01-03

outdated :(

373 By emperialsheepee 2009-12-26

updated guide

1-11 stats and mana shield getting ulti when u can
after 11 get split and stats
items get 3 wraith boots skadi BoT linkens gg

372 By stormzzzz 2009-12-24

z

371 By pleth0ra 2009-12-23

Good strat. just tried it out and works great. Spent most of mid game farmin skadi but after that it was cake. 13-2

370 By Varlas 2009-12-21

This guide isn't very positive...

369 By Varlas 2009-12-21

Update

368 By chenf983 2009-12-16

Arrows split into 4.

367 By hunter86_bg 2009-12-12

Actually here how i play medusa- furst get some tangoes and 1 bracer.Farm for the Mithril Hammer(I make Maelstrom),then get boots(this should have happened until lvl7).Then get the maelstrom(recipie + gloves),after that i make treads(on str or intel-depends).At that lvl i got ulty, max shield and max splitshot.The four arrows stack with maelstrom perfectly- u just need some speed.This is the ultimate farmer now.Get the 3 boosters,hyperstone,mjolnir,preservence -and combine for bloodstone,etc.

366 By golden crystal 2009-12-05

cant some out cr8 a new strategy for medusa..i think the new medusa hard to use..especially her ulti..-who really wants to look at her ugly face-?

365 By PaMPriX 2009-12-04

doeS orb effecT itemS work on spliT shotS?

364 By PaMPriX 2009-12-04

the skiLL builD is for the 6.59 ma version..

pls.. make a new guide for thiS herO

363 By overpower darknezz 2009-11-28

update

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