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Version

Description

7.35

• Increased agility gain from 3.4 to 3.6.
• Increased Split Shot self attack damage from 35%/50%/65%/80% to 40%/55%/70%/85%.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +5% Stone Gaze physical attack damage amplification increased to +8%.

  LVL 20

   

  +2 Mystic Snake bounces increased to +3.

7.34

• Talents:
• LVL 25

   

  +1.3/+0.7 Mana Shield damage to mana for Medusa/illusions increased to +1.7/+0.9.

7.33e

• Reduced base intelligence and gain from 27 + 3.7 to 25 + 3.4.
• Reduced Split Shot self attack damage from 55%/65%/75%/85% to 35%/50%/65%/80%.
• Reduced Mystic Snake max mana as mana restored from 14%/16%/18%/20% to 14%/15%/16%/17%.

7.33d

• Reduced Mystic Snake max mana as mana restored from 16%/18%/20%/22% to 14%/16%/18%/20%.
• Reduced Mana Shield illusion damage absorbed per mana from 2/2.4/2.8/3.2/3.6 to 1/1.4/1.8/2.2/2.6. [?]
• Reduced Stone Gaze petrify duration from 2.4 on each level to 2/2.2/2.4.

• Talents:
• LVL 20

   

  +2s Stone Gaze gaze duration reduced to +1.5s.

  LVL 25

   

  +1.3 illusion Mana Shield damage to mana reduced to +0.7.

7.33c

• Increased Mystic Snake cooldown from 10 on each level to 13/12/11/10.
• Mana Shield
  • Reduced minimum level requirement from
    LEVEL 3+
    to
    LEVEL 2+
    . [?]
  • Reduced passive mana bonus from 200/225/250/275/300 to 0/50/100/150/200.
  • Reduced damage absorbed per mana from 2/2.5/3/3.5/4 to 2/2.4/2.8/3.2/3.6.

7.33b

• Increased base intelligence from 23 to 27.
• Increased Split Shot outgoing attack damage from 45%/55%/65%/75% to 55%/65%/75%/85%.
• Increased Mystic Snake max mana as mana restored from 11%/14%/17%/20% to 16%/18%/20%/22%.
• Mana Shield
  • Illusions now fully benefit from the passive ability.
  • Increased damage per mana from 2/2.3/2.6/2.9/3.2 to 2/2.5/3/3.5/4.

7.33

• Reduced base strength and gain from 17 + 1.5 to 0 + 0.
• Increased intelligence gain from 3.4 to 3.7
• Reduced Mystic Snake mana cost from 140 on each level to 80/100/120/140.
• Reworked
  Mana Shield.
  • Now innately starts the game with ability
    LEVEL 1
    and can be leveled up 4 times with the same basic abilities level requirements.
  • Increased passive mana bonus from 120/180/240/300 to 220/225/250/275/300.
  • Old
    Absorbs 70% of the incoming damage per 1.3/1.7/2.1/2.5 mana. [?]
  • New
    • Removed
      active component. [?]
    • The hero's mana bar is now visible to enemies if the hero has this ability. [?]
    • Now grants 98% incoming damage reduction.
    • U
      Now grants 100% incoming damage reduction for Medusa's illusions.
    • Passively grants a Damage Barrier that converts 98% per point of incoming damage to 2/2.3/2.6/2.9/3.2 mana. [?]
    • Has the highest priority among Damage Barrier and Damage Block sources.
    • Now also converts damage flagged as HP Removal.
• Reduced Stone Gaze petrify duration from 3 to 2.4.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Reduced Mystic Snake base stone duration from 1.3 to 1.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +0.5 Mana Shield damage absorbed per mana ➜ +5% Stone Gaze physical attack damage amplification.

  LVL 25

   

  +75 Intelligence ➜ +1.3 Mana Shield damage to mana.

7.32e

• Increased Mystic Snake base damage from 80/120/160/200 to 85/130/175/220.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  -2s Mystic Snake cooldown increased to -3s.

7.32d

• Mystic Snake
  • Increased cast range from 700 to 750.
  • Increased ability projectile speed increment per bounce from 0% to 15%.

7.32b

• Increased Mana Shield passive mana bonus from 100/150/200/250 to 120/180/240/300.

7.32

• Rescaled Stone Gaze physical attack damage amplification from 40%/45%/50% to 35%/45%/55%.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +20 attack speed ➜ +15% Mystic Snake turn rate/movement speed slow.

  LVL 15

   

  -1.5s Mystic Snake cooldown increased to -2s.

  LVL 15

   

  +12% Split Shot self attack damage reduced to +10%.

7.31c

• Reduced Split Shot outgoing attack damage from 50%/60%/70%/80% to 45%/55%/65%/75%.
• Increased Stone Gaze mana cost from 100 to 150.

7.31

• Reduced Mystic Snake mana cost from 140/150/160/170 to 140 on each level.
• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Cold Blooded
    • Is now disabled by Break.
    • Reduced trigger range from Global to 2000. [?]

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  15% evasion ➜ +0.5 Mana Shield damage absorbed per mana.

  LVL 10

   

  +15 attack damage ➜ +20 attack speed.

  LVL 15

   

  +30 attack speed ➜ +12% Split Shot self attack damage.

  LVL 20

   

  30% Mystic Snake mana gain ➜ +2 Mystic Snake bounces. [?]

7.30e

• Reduced agility gain from 3.6 to 3.4.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +35% Mystic Snake mana gain reduced to +30%.

7.30

• Reduced Mystic Snake bounce radius from 475 to 450.
• Reduced Mana Shield damage absorbed per mana from 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5 to 1.3/1.7/2.1/2.5.

7.29d

• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Reduced Mystic Snake base petrify duration from 1.5 to 1.3.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +35% Mystic Snake mana gain ➜ -1.5s Mystic Snake cooldown.

  LVL 15

   

  -3s Mystic Snake cooldown ➜ +35% Mystic Snake mana gain.

7.29b

• Reduced intelligence gain from 3.6 to 3.4.

7.29

• Reduced intelligence gain from 4 to 3.6.
• Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 0.25.
• Increased turn rate from 0.5 to 0.6.
• Mana Shield now grants 100/150/200/250 mana bonus.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Mystic Snake
    • Increased base petrify duration from 1 to 1.5.
    • Reduced petrify duration increment per bounce from 0.3 to 0.2.
• Added
  Attribute Bonus.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +32% Mystic Snake mana gain increased to +35%.

7.28

• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • U
    Fully affects the Mystic Snake projectile released by Cold Blooded.
• Added
  Aghanim's Shard upgrade for Medusa:
  • Grants Medusa the Cold Blooded ability.
    • Passively releases a single-target Mystic Snake projectile based on its current level to the enemy triggering the ability. [?]
    • Has a 12-second cooldown.
    • Has Global range.
    • Not disabled by Break.

• Talents:
• LVL 25

   

  +800 mana ➜ +75 intelligence.

7.27d

• Increased base attack damage from 24‒30 to 26‒32.
• Reduced Stone Gaze mana cost from 200 to 100.

7.27b

• Increased base strength from 15 to 17.
• Increased base intelligence from 19 to 23.
• Reworked
  Split Shot.
  • Changed
    ability type from Passive to Toggle. Attacks multiple enemies at once when toggled On.
  • Primary target no longer takes full damage.
  • All attacked targets take the same reduced damage.
  • Increased bonus attack targets from 3 to 4.
  • Increased secondary arrow range bonus from 100 to 150.
  • Increased outgoing attack damage from 30%/45%/60%/75% to 50%/60%/70%/80%.
• Mystic Snake
  • Reduced cast time from 0.4 to 0.2.
  • Reduced cooldown from 11 to 10.

7.26b

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  20% evasion reduced to 15%.

  LVL 10

   

  +20 attack damage reduced to +15.

  LVL 15

   

  +40% Mystic Snake mana gain reduced to +32%.

  LVL 15

   

  +40 attack speed reduced to +30.

  LVL 20

   

  +2.5s Stone Gaze gaze duration reduced to +2s.

  LVL 20

   

  -4s Mystic Snake cooldown reduced to -3.

  LVL 25

   

  +1000 mana reduced to +800.

7.25

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +25% Mystic Snake mana gain increased to +40%.

7.24

• Increased intelligence gain from 3.4 to 4.
• Increased Stone Gaze self movement speed bonus from 35% to 50%.

7.23c

• Increased Mana Shield absorbed damage from 60% to 70%.
• Increased Stone Gaze self movement speed bonus from 25% to 35%.

7.23

• Increased intelligence gain from 2.6 to 3.4.
• Mystic Snake
  • Hit enemies no longer lose mana.
  • Now only restores mana to the caster based on the hit enemies' max mana.
  • Now slows hit enemies' movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds.
  • Now slows hit enemies' turn rate by 50% for 3 seconds.
• Stone Gaze
  • Now grants self 25% movement speed bonus.
  • Increased radius from 1000 to 1200.
  • Reduced attack damage amplification from 50% on each level to 40%/45%/50%.
  • Reduced duration from 5/6/7 to 5/5.5/6.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +15 attack damage increased to +20.

  LVL 10

   

  15% evasion increased to 20%.

  LVL 15

   

  +25% Mystic Snake mana steal ➜ +25% Mystic Snake mana gain.

  LVL 15

   

  +30 attack speed increased to +40.

7.22c

• Increased strength gain from 1.3 to 1.5.

7.22

• Reduced agility gain from 3.9 to 3.6.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +30% Mystic Snake mana steal reduced to +25%.

7.21c

• Increased intelligence gain from 2.1 to 2.6.

7.21

• Increased agility gain from 3.4 to 3.9.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +20 attack damage reduced to +15.

  LVL 15

   

  +35% Mystic Snake mana steal reduced to +30%.

  LVL 20

   

  +700 mana ➜ -4s Mystic Snake cooldown.

  LVL 25

   

  +7 Split Shot targets ➜ +1000 mana.

7.20b

• Increased base agility and gain from 20 + 2.5 to 22 + 3.4.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +20% Mystic Snake mana steal increased to +35%.

7.20

• Reduced base health regeneration from 1.5 to 0.
• Reduced base mana regeneration from 0.9 to 0.
• Stone Gaze
  • Mystic Snake no longer deals Pure damage type to units affected. [?]
  • No longer grants petrified enemies 100% magic resistance.
  • No longer instantly kills illusions.

7.15

• Increased base strength from 14 to 15.

7.08

• Reduced Mystic Snake cast range from 800 to 700.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  12% evasion increased to 15%.

  LVL 15

   

  +15% Mystic Snake mana steal increased to +20%.

  LVL 20

   

  +800 mana reduced to +700.

7.07d

• Reduced strength gain from 1.5 to 1.3.
• Reduced base movement speed from 285 to 275.
• Talents:

Level 10 right talent: .

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +25 attack damage reduced to +20.

7.07b

• Reduced strength gain from 1.95 to 1.5.
• Split Shot damage from 35%/50%/65%/80% to 30%/45%/60%/75%.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  10% evasion increased to 12%.

  LVL 15

   

  +10% Mystic Snake mana steal increased to +15%.

  LVL 20

   

  +2s Stone Gaze gaze duration increased to +2.5s.

7.07

• Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 1.5.
• Increased base mana regeneration from 0.01 to 0.9.
• Reduced base movement speed from 290 to 285.
• Reworked
  Split Shot.

Old

Split Shot

Medusa magically splits her shot into several arrows. These arrows deal a lower percent of her normal damage.

Radius: 700

Bonus attack targets: 1/2/3/4

Attack damage reduction: 20%

Notes: Can be toggled On / Off. When toggled On, Medusa's attacks deal less damage, but hit multiple enemies. The radius for the extra targets is fixed and does not adapt. The extra attacks cannot proc attack modifiers. When attacking allied units, extra arrows are still released to nearby enemies.

New

Split Shot

Medusa magically splits her shot into several arrows. These arrows deal a lower percent of her normal damage.

Bonus attack targets: 3

Secondary arrows range bonus: 100

Outgoing attack damage: 30%/45%/60%/75%

Notes: Passive. Attacks multiple enemies at once. The primary target takes full damage, while the secondary targets take reduced damage. The search radius adapts to Medusa's attack range, being always 100 range bigger than her attack range. The extra attacks cannot proc attack modifiers. Does not trigger upon attacking allied units.

• Stone Gaze
  • The slow is now inactive when a debuffed enemy faces away from Medusa. [?]
  • Can now affect the same units multiple times. [?]

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +15 attack damage ➜ 10% evasion.

  LVL 10

   

  +12 intelligence ➜ +25 attack damage.

  LVL 15

   

  15% evasion ➜ +10% Mystic Snake mana steal.

  LVL 15

   

  +20 attack speed increased to +30.

  LVL 20

   

  +600 mana ➜ +2s Stone Gaze gaze duration.

  LVL 20

   

  +1 Split Shot target ➜  +800 mana.

  LVL 25

   

  +2s Stone Gaze stone duration ➜  Split Shot applies attack modifiers.

  LVL 25

   

  25% lifesteal ➜ +7 Split Shot targets.

7.06d

• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Increased Mystic Snake petrify duration increment per bounce from 0.2 to 0.3.

7.06

• Increased strength gain from 1.65 to 1.95.
• Reduced base health regeneration from 0.25 to 0.
• Increased base mana from 50 to 75.
• Added
  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Medusa:
  • Mystic Snake
  • The projectile now applies the Stone Gaze petrify debuff on affected enemies.
  • Has a 1-second base duration and a 0.2-second duration increment per bounce.

7.03

• Talents:
• LVL 25

   

  +1s Stone Gaze stone duration increased to +2s.

7.02

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +10 intelligence increased to +12.

  LVL 15

   

  10% evasion increased to 15%.

  LVL 20

   

  +500 mana increased to +600.

  LVL 20

   

  +15 agility ➜ +1 Split Shot target.

7.00

• Removed
  Attribute Bonus.

• added
    Talents:
• +15 attack damage

    

  +10 intelligence

  10% evasion

    

  +20 attack speed

  +500 mana

    

  +15 agility

  +1s Stone Gaze stone duration

    

  25% lifesteal

6.88

• Increased intelligence gain from 1.85 to 2.1.

6.87

• Increased base health from 180 to 200.
• Increased base mana from 0 to 50.
• Stone Gaze
  • Increased attack damage amplification from 30%/40%/50% to 50% on each level.
  • Reduced movement speed slow from 50% to 35%.
  • Reduced attack speed slow from 50 to 35.
  • Reduced turn rate slow from 50% to 35%.
  • Increased gaze duration from 6 on each level to 5/6/7.

6.86

• Increased base health from 150 to 180.
• Mystic Snake
  • No longer increases mana steal by 35% per bounce.
  • U
    No longer steal mana from illusions.
  • Changed
    mana steal from a flat 20/35/50/65 to 11%/14%/17%/20% * MaxMana.
  • Now replenishes Medusa the actual amount of mana stolen, instead of always the full value.

6.85

• Mystic Snake
  • Increased damage increment per bounce from 25% to 35%.
  • Increased mana steal per bounce from 25% to 35%.

6.84

• The following abilities now persists through death:
  • Split Shot
  • Mana Shield
• Stone Gaze no longer ignores ancient creeps, Roshan and creep-heroes.

6.82

• Mystic Snake
  • Increased outgoing projectile speed from 633 to 800.
  • Reduced return projectile speed from 833 to 800.
  • Increased base mana steal from 20/30/40/50 to 20/35/50/65.
• Increased Mana Shield absorbed damage from 50% to 60%.

6.81

• Split Shot
  • Reduced number of arrows from 5 on each level to 2/3/4/5.
  • Increased damage per arrow from 50%/60%/70%/80% to 80% on each level.
• Mystic Snake
  • No longer requires Fog of War vision to bounce.
  • No longer deal damage to targets that turn invisible while the projectile is in mid-air.
• Increased Mana Shield damage absorbed per mana from 1/1.5/2/2.5 to 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5.

6.80

• Increased Mana Shield damage absorbed per mana from 0.75/1.25/1.75/2.25 to 1/1.5/2/2.5.

6.79

• Added
  to Captain's Mode.
• Mystic Snake now deals pure damage to units petrified by Stone Gaze.

6.78

• Removed
  from Captain's Mode.
• Reworked
  Stone Gaze.

Old

Stone Gaze

Any enemy units staring at Medusa over the next 5 seconds will be purged and slowed. Lasts 5 seconds.

Radius: 800

View Angle Spread: 85

Damage against summons: 500/1000/1500

Movement speed slow: 100%

Attack speed slow: 100

Stone Gaze duration: 5

Slow duration: 5

Notes: Can only affect units once per cast. The slow deceases in 1.66-second intervals, slowing for 100%/66%/33% on each interval.

New

Stone Gaze

Any unit facing Medusa will have its attack, movement and turn rate reduced by 50% until the end of the spell. If the unit accumulates 2 seconds time (in total) facing Medusa, it will turn to stone.

Radius: 1000

Physical damage amplification: 30%/40%/50%

Movement speed slow: 50%

Attack speed slow: 50

Turn rate slow: 50%

Gaze duration: 6

Stone duration: 3

Mana cost: 200

Cooldown: 90

Notes: Stoned units are disabled, have 100% magic resistance and take extra damage from physical attacks. The slow lasts as long as the gaze's remaining does. Instantly kills illusions instead of petrifying them.

6.77

• Reduced Stone Gaze cooldown from 140/110/80 to 140/100/60.

6.76

• Mystic Snake
  • Reduces projectile flying vision radius from 800 to 300.
  • No longer has a 3.34-second vision linger duration.

6.75

• Increased Split Shot damage per arrow from 45%/55%/65%/75% to 50%/60%/70%/80%.
• Mystic Snake
  • Increased damage increase per bounce from 20% to 25%.
  • Increased mana steal per bounce from 20% to 25%.
• Increased Mana Shield damage absorbed per mana from 0.75/1.25/1.5/2 to 0.75/1.25/1.75/2.25.

6.74

• Increased Split Shot number of arrows from 4 to 5.

6.73

• Reduced Mana Shield cooldown from 10 to 0.
• Stone Gaze
  • Rescaled damage to summons (and illusions) from 600/800/1000 to 500/1000/1500.
  • Rescaled cooldown from 100 on each level to 140/110/80.
  • Increased mana cost from 100/50/0 to 200/100/0.
  • Rescaled the speed recovery factor from 5/3/2 to 3 on each level.
  • Increased gaze duration from 0.6 to 5. [?]

6.72

• Updated Split Shot toggling display.
• Fixed Stone Gaze slow decaying faster on higher levels, instead of slower.

6.70

• Fixed ability interactions between Split Shot and Curse of the Silent.

6.68

• Reduced strength gain from 1.85 to 1.65.
• Reduced base movement speed from 300 to 290.

6.67

• Reduced intelligence gain from 2.25 to 1.85.
• Fixed the following abilities' interaction with Split Shot: [?]
  • Last Word
  • Essence Shift

6.66b

• Fixed ability interactions between Essence Shift with enemy transformation abilities (e.g. Split Shot).

6.65

• Increased Stone Gaze cooldown from 35 to 100.

6.63

• Updated the following abilities' icon:
  • Split Shot
  • Stone Gaze
• Mystic Snake
  • Updated ability effects.
  • Updated ability sound effects.
  • Updated ability icon.

6.61

• Fixed ability interactions between Essence Aura and toggling Split Shot On / Off.
• Mystic Snake
  • Increased cast range from 700 to 800.
  • Increased base damage from 60/100/140/180 to 80/120/160/200.
  • Increased projectile speed from [ Info Needed ] to 633. [?]
  • Reduced cooldown from 12 to 11.
• Reduced Stone Gaze cooldown from 70 to 35.

6.60

• Split Shot
  • Now interrupts channeling abilities upon toggling On / Off.
  • Fixed ability toggling Off while being disabled.
  • Increased cast time from 0 to 0.1.
• Replaced
  Chain Lightning with Mystic Snake.

Old

Chain Lightning

Hurls a bolt of damaging lightning at a target enemy that jumps to nearby enemies. Each jump deals less damage.

Cast range: 700

Bounce distance: 500

Number of bounces: 3/5/7/9

Base damage: 75/150/225/300

Bounce damage reduction: 15%

New

Mystic Snake

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 her mana. The snake deals more damage and steals more mana per jump.

Cast range: 700

Jump radius: 475

Number of jumps: 3/4/5/6

Base damage: 60/100/140/180

Base mana steal: 20/30/40/50

Damage and mana steal increase per bounce: 20%

Mana cost: 140/150/160/170

Cooldown: 12

Notes: The snake's damage gets higher upon each enemy it hits. The mana steal gets stronger only when it hits a target with mana.

• Replaced
  Purge with Stone Gaze.

Old

Purge

Casts a powerful anti-magic buff at a target enemy unit. Slows movement and attack speeds for 6 seconds.

Cast range: 500

Damage against summons: 600/800/1000

Movement speed slow: 100%

Attack speed slow: 100

Slow duration: 5

Mana cost: 125/140/155

Cooldown: 12/10/8

Notes: Can be cast on allies as well, without slowing or damaging them. The slow deceases over time.

New

Stone Gaze

Any enemy units staring at the Gorgon will slowly turn to stone, removing status buffs and slowing all speed properties.

Radius: 800

Damage against summons: 600/800/1000

Movement speed slow: 100%

Attack speed slow: 100

Slow duration: 5

Gaze duration: 0.6

Mana cost: 100/50/0

Cooldown: 70

Notes: The slow deceases at a factor of 2/3/5. Does not affect enemies when Medusa is not visible to them (invisible or in the Fog of War). If an enemy faces Medusa within the 0.6-second duration, it gets purged and slowed.

6.55

• Increased Split Shot number of arrows from 3 to 4.
• Reduced Purge cooldown from 12/11/10 to 12/10/8.

6.53

• Updated hero description.

6.52

• Reduced attack point from 0.73 to 0.5.
• Increased attack backswing from 0.54 to 0.6.
• Increased Purge damage against summons from 600 on each level to 600/800/1000.

6.51

• Fixed ability interactions between Essence Aura and toggling Mana Shield toggling On / Off.

6.50

• Reduced Mana Shield mana cost from 50 to 0.
• Reduced Purge cooldown from 12 on each level to 12/11/10.

6.46

• Increased intelligence gain from 1.85 to 2.25.

6.37

• Reduced Purge damage against summons from 99999 to 600.

6.36b

• Purge
  • Updated ability tooltips.
  • Increased damage against summons from 1000 to 99999.

6.20

• Updated hero description.
• Increased Split Shot damage per arrow from 40%/50%/60%/70% to 45%/55%/65%/75%.
• Reduced Purge slow duration from 6 to 5.

6.09

• Reduced Purge mana cost from 125/140/155 to 60 on each level.

6.05

• Increased Split Shot attack damage reduction from 35%/45%/55%/65% to 40%/50%/60%/70%.

6.04

• Medusa is now restricted from buying Aghanim's Scepter. [?]
• Increased Split Shot attack damage reduction from 20%/30%/40%/50% to 35%/45%/55%/65%.
• Replaced
  Gaze with Purge.

Old

Gaze

Medusa focuses her most ancient power on an enemy unit. It slowly turns the unit into stone, slowing its movement speed. Medusa must channel all of her energy into this Gaze. Taking damage breaks the channeling. The slowing effect of the stone slows the unit's speed for up to 5 seconds.

Cast range: 500

Max channel time: 10

Movement speed slow per second: 9%/18%/27%

Attack speed slow per second: 9/18/27

Slow duration: 5

Mana cost: 150/200/250

Cooldown: 45

Notes: Is a channeling ability. The slow gets stronger by the mentioned values for each channeled second. When the channeling ends or gets canceled, the slow lingers for 5 more seconds. Recasting this on the same unit resets the slow.

New

Purge

Casts a powerful anti-magic buff at a target enemy unit. Slows movement and attack speeds for 6 seconds.

Cast range: 500

Damage against summons: 1000

Movement speed slow: 100%

Attack speed slow: 100

Slow duration: 6

Mana cost: 125/140/155

Cooldown: 12

Notes: Can be cast on allies as well, without slowing or damaging them. The slow decays over time.

6.03

• Fixed Mana Shield level requirements from 1/2/3/4 to 1/3/5/7.
• Updated Gaze ability tooltip.
  • Added
    CHANNELED notice.

6.02

• Fixed Gaze not going on cooldown when used.

6.00

• Increased base attack damage from 19‒25 to 24-30.
• Changed movement type from Foot to Amphibious.
• Reworked
  Split Shot.
  • Moved
    from the third to the first ability slot. This is a basic ability.

Old

Split Shot

Medusa magically splits one arrow into many, firing an arrow at multiple nearby enemies.

Radius: 700

Number of arrows: 4/5/6

Damage per arrow: 100%

Notes: Is an ultimate and a passive ability in Medusa's 4th ability slot. Requires level 5/9/13 to be leveled.

New

Split Shot

Medusa magically splits her shot into three arrows. These arrows deal a lower percent of her normal damage.

Radius: 700

Number of arrows: 3

Attack damage reduction: 20%/30%/40%/50%

Notes: Toggle ability. All her attacks deal the reduced damage when toggled On, not only the extra arrows.

• Removed
  Purge.
• Mana Shield
  • This is now a basic ability.
  • Changed
    Legacy Keys from N to E.
  • Reduced absorbed damage from 100% to 50%.
  • Rescaled damage absorbed per mana from 1/1.5/2 to 0.75/1.25/1.5/2.
• Added
  Gaze.
  • This is now Medusa's ultimate ability.

Gaze

Medusa focuses her most ancient power on an enemy unit. It slowly turns the unit into stone, slowing its movement speed. Medusa must channel all of her energy into this Gaze. Taking damage breaks the channeling. The slowing effect of the stone slows the unit's speed for up to 5 seconds.

Cast range: 500

Max channel time: 10

Movement speed slow per second: 9%/18%/27%

Attack speed slow per second: 9/18/27

Slow duration: 5

Mana cost: 150/200/250

Cooldown: 45

Notes: Is a channeling ability. The slow gets stronger by the mentioned values for each channeled second. When the channeling ends or gets canceled, the slow lingers for 5 more seconds. Recasting this on the same unit resets the slow.

• Removed
  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Medusa.
  • No longer increases Mana Shield damage absorbed per mana from 1/1.5/2 to 1.5/2/2.5.

5.80

• Increased agility gain from 2.25 to 2.5.
• Reduced intelligence gain from 2.1 to 1.85.
• Reduced base attack damage from 23‒29 to 19‒25.
• Reduced Split Shot number of arrows from 2/4/6 to 2/3/4. [?]

5.71

• Increased base attack damage from 18-24 to 23-29.
• Increased Split Shot radius from 675 to 700.

5.65

• Increased Split Shot radius from 600 to 675.

5.62

• Now has two basic abilities:
  • Purge, taking the first ability slot.
• Now has two ultimates:
  • Chain Lightning, taking the second ability slot.
  • Mana Shield, taking the third ability slot.
  • Split Shot, taking the fourth ability slot.
    • Reduced number of arrows from 1/2/2/3 to 2/4/6. [?]
    • Increased radius from 450 to 600.

5.61b

• Reduced Split Shot radius from 1000 to 450.

5.61

• Reworked
  Split Shot.

Old

Split Shot

Medusa magically splits one arrow into many, firing an arrow at multiple nearby enemies.

Number of arrows: 2/3/4/5

Damage per arrow: 35/45/50/60

Search radius: 600

Mana cost: 8/9/10/11

Cooldown: 3

Projectile speed: 1200

Split Shot

Medusa magically splits one arrow into many, firing an arrow at multiple nearby enemies.

Radius: 1000

Number of arrows: 1/2/2/3 [?]

Damage per arrow: 100%

5.60

• Rescaled Chain Lightning bounce damage reduction from 18%/15%/12%/10% to 15% on each level.
• Mana Shield
  • Reduced damage absorbed per mana from 1/2/3 to 1/1.5/2.
  • Increased mana cost from 25 to 50.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Reduced Mana Shield damage absorbed per mana from 2/3/4 to 1.5/2/2.5.

5.59

• Increased strength gain from 16 to 14.
• Reduced agility gain from 2.85 to 2.25.
• Increased base intelligence and gain from 17 + 1.5 to 19 + 2.1.
• Replaced
  Pandemona with Mana Shield.

Old

Pandemona

Summons numerous Tornadoes that damage random units and buildings that wander too close.

Number of tornadoes: 3/4/5

Duration: 60

Cooldown: 180

New

Mana Shield

Creates a shield that absorbs damage by using Medusa's mana.

Damage absorption: 100%

Damage absorbed per mana: 1/2/3

Cooldown: 10

Mana cost: 25

• Added
  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Medusa:
  • Mana Shield
    • Increases damage absorbed per mana to 2/3/4.
    • Increases mana cost to 50.

5.58

• Reduced strength gain from 2 to 1.85.
• Rescaled base agility and gain from 19 + 3 to 20 + 2.85.
• Reduced intelligence gain from 2.25 to 1.5.
• Increased base attack time from 1.5 to 1.7.
• Chain Lightning
  • Reduced mana cost from 90/125/145/160 to 90/105/125/145.
  • Reduced cooldown from 11 to 9.
• Split Shot
  • Increased mana cost from 8/9/10/11 to 14/15/17/18.
  • Reduced cooldown from 1.25 to 0.75.
• Purge
  • Now instantly kill summoned units.
  • Rescaled mana cost from 75/85/95/105 to 85 on each level.

5.57

• Split Shot
  • Increased damage per arrow from 35/45/55/65 to 35/45/55/70.
  • Reduced cooldown from 1.5 to 1.25.

5.55

• Chain Lightning
  • Increased base damage from 75/150/225/275 to 75/150/225/290.
  • Reduced mana cost from 90/125/145/165 to 90/125/145/160.
• Split Shot
  • Increased damage per arrow from 35/45/50/60 to 35/45/55/65.
  • Reduced cooldown from 3 to 1.5.
• Pandemona
  • Increased health from 800 to 1600.
  • Reduced movement speed from 200 to 165.

5.53

• Reworked
  Multi Shot into Split Shot.

Old

Multi Shot

Medusa magically splits one arrow into many, firing an arrow at multiple nearby enemies.

Radius: 700

Number of arrows: 0/1/2/3

Damage per arrow: 100%

New

Split Shot

Medusa magically splits one arrow into many, firing an arrow at multiple nearby enemies.

Projectile speed: 1200

Number of arrows: 2/3/4/5

Damage per arrow: 35/45/50/60

Search radius: 600

Mana cost: 8/9/10/11

Cooldown: 3

• Pandemona
  • Reduced mana cost from 200/275/350 to 175/235/310.
  • Reduced number of summons from 2/3/5 to 1/2/3.

5.50

• Increased base health from 100 to 150.
• Chain Lightning
  • Reduced base damage from 100/175/250/325 to 75/150/225/275.
  • Reduced bounce damage reduction from 18%/18%/15%/15% to 18%/15%/12%/10%.
  • Reduced mana cost from 100/150/195/235 to 90/125/145/165.
• Multi Shot
  • Reduced bonus attack targets from 1/2/3/4 to 0/1/2/3. [?]
  • Reduced search radius from 800 to 700.
• Purge no longer has a hero stun duration of 2/2/3/3.
• Removed
  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Medusa.
  • No longer increases Pandemona number of summoned tornados to 3/5/7.

5.40

• Chain Lightning
  • Reduced base damage from 100/175/275/375 to 100/175/250/325.
  • Increased bounce damage reduction from 18%/15%/12%/8% to 18%/18%/15%/15%.
  • Increased mana cost from 100/150/195/225 to 100/150/195/235.
  • Increased cooldown from 10 to 11.
• Pandemona
  • Reduced number of summons from 3/4/5 to 2/3/5.
  • Rescaled mana cost from 275 on each level to 200/275/350.
• Added
  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Medusa:
  • Increases Pandemona number of summoned tornados to 3/5/7.

5.35

• Increased Purge damage against summons from 700 to 1000.
• Reduced Multi Shot bonus attack targets from 2/3/4/5 to 1/2/3/4. [?]
• Pandemona
  • Increased movement speed from 140 to 200.

5.32

• Changed
  Multi Shot from dealing a fixed amount of damage to 1 * ΣAtk.

5.31

• Reduced base attack time from 1.7 to 1.5.
• Pandemona
  • Increased health from 500 to 800.
  • Increased building close damage per second from 25 to 35.
  • Increased unit close damage per second from 10 to 15.

5.10

• Increased strength gain from 1.8 to 2.8.
• Increased agility gain from 2.8 to 3.
• Increased intelligence gain from 2.1 to 2.25.
• Pandemona
  • Increased movement speed from 70 to 140.
  • Increased building damage close damage per second from 15 to 25.
  • Increased unit damage close damage per second from 5 to 10.
  • Increased unit damage far damage per second from 1 to 2.

4.1beta01

• Reduced Multi Shot bonus attack targets from 3/3/4/4 to 2/3/4/5. [?] [?]

4.0beta10

• Increased Purge stun duration from 1 on each level to 2/2/3/3.

4.0beta9

• Increased intelligence gain from 2 to 2.1.
• Replaced
  Mana Shield with Purge.

Old

Mana Shield

Creates a shield that absorbs damage by using Medusa's mana.

Damage absorption: 100%

Damage absorbed per mana: 0.75/1.4/2/2.5

New

Purge

Casts a powerful anti-magic buff at a target enemy unit. Stuns for 1 second and slows movement and attack speeds for 6 seconds.

Cast range: 600

Damage against summons: 700

Movement speed slow: 100%

Attack speed slow: 100

Slow duration: 6

Slow decay interval: 3/2/1.5/1.2

Stun duration: 1

Mana cost: 75/85/95/105

Cooldown: 12

Notes: The slow values decrease evenly until reaching 0, using the given interval.

4.0beta5

• Reduced Chain Lightning mana cost from 225 on each level to 100/150/195/225.

4.0beta2

• Added
  4th level to all basic abilities.
• Increased strength gain from 1.45 to 1.8.
• Increased agility gain from 2.6 to 2.8.
• Reduced intelligence gain from 2.25 to 2.
• Replaced
  Lightning Storm with Multi Shot.
  • Moved
    to the first ability slot. This is now a basic ability.
  • Rescaled damage per target from 15/30/50 to 15/30/45/60.
  • Rescaled bonus attack targets from 3/3/4 to 3/3/4/4.
• Chain Lightning
  • Rescaled base damage from 100/200/300 to 100/175/275/375.
  • Rescaled number of bounces from 3/5/7 to 3/5/7/9.
  • Rescaled bounce damage reduction from 18%/15%/12% to 18%/15%/12%/8%.
  • Increased mana cost from 100 to 225.
  • Reduced cooldown from 15 to 10.
• Mana Shield
  • Moved
    to the third ability slot. This is now a basic ability instead of a second ultimate.
  • Rescaled damage absorbed per mana from 1/1.75/2.5 to 0.75/1.4/2/2.5.
• Added
  Pandemona.
  • This is now Medusa's ultimate ability. The summoned Pandemona have the Tornado Damage Aura and Tornado Cyclone ability.

Summons numerous Tornadoes that damage random units and buildings that wander too close.

Number of tornadoes: 3/4/5

Health: 500

Bounty: 76-86

Movement speed: 70

Turn rate: 0.50

Mana cost: 275

Duration: 60

Cooldown: 180

Summon radius: 500

Tornado Damage Aura

Far damage radius structure/unit: 250/300

Close damage radius structure/unit: 125/150

Close damage per second structure/unit: 15/5

Far damage per second structure/unit: 5/1

Aura linger duration: 0.5

Tornado Cyclone

Effect radius: 275

Cyclone duration hero/creep: 6/12

Cyclone (radius) interval cooldown: 3

Roam radius: 1400

Movement duration: 2

3.2g

• Lightning Storm
  • Increased damage from 12/24/36 to 75/110/155.
  • Increased cooldown from 30 to 90.
  • Reduced radius from 450 to 325.
• Multi Shot
  • Increased bonus attack targets from 3 to 3/3/4.
  • Increased radius from 550 to 800.
  • Reduced damage per target from 50/70/100 to 15/30/50.

3.2a

• Increased base strength and gain from 12 + 1.25 to 16 + 1.45.
• Increased Chain Lightning cooldown from 10/12/15 to 15.

3.0b

• Created

Patch History

Patch

Description

30 Aug 2023

• Increased versus scale from 0.82 to 0.85.
• Added
  new Adjectives attributes. [?]
  • Medusa has the following values: Female 1, Green 1, Legs 0 and Nose 1.

15 Jun 2023

• Updated Mana Shield ability descriptions.

14 Jun 2023

• Updated Mana Shield ability backend strings.

13 Jun 2023

• Updated Mana Shield ability backend strings.

30 May 2023

• Fixed ability interactions between Empower Spell and Mystic Snake.

15 May 2023

• Updated Mana Shield ability descriptions.

13 May 2023

• Updated Mana Shield ability tooltips.

29 Nov 2022

• Added Mystic Snake projectile speed scale ability modifiers.

10 Nov 2022

• Updated Mystic Snake ability backend strings.

30 Sep 2022

• Updated Stone Gaze ability tracker modifier.

14 Sep 2022

• Updated Cold Blooded ability tooltips.

24 Jun 2021

• Updated subtitles.

18 May 2021

• Stone Gaze target sound
  • No longer plays when applied to non-heroes.
  • Changed
    ability sound fx mixgroup from Ultimates to Weapons.

19 Apr 2021

• Fixed agility gain from 3.4 to 3.6.
• Fixed intelligence gain from 3.6 to 3.4.

25 Mar 2021

• Stone Gaze
  • Reduced cast sound volume from 0.75 to 0.66.
  • Increased cast sound volume fade out time from 0.5 to 1.

18 Sep 2020

• Increased max polygon counts.

15 Jul 2020

• Updated default hero model and Mystic Snake cast animations.

25 May 2020

• Updated default hero model and animations.
• Increased Medusa movement sound volume from 0.35 to 0.8.
• Split Shot
  • Increased attack projectile launch sound volume from 0.7 to 1 and soundlevel from 75 to 81.
  • Increased attack projectile impact sound volume from 0.8 to 1 and soundlevel from 72 to 75.

11 Jun 2020

• Reduced movement sound volume from 0.8 to 0.5, and max distance from 2500 to 2000.

09 Dec 2019

• UPDATE 3
  • Fixed Mystic Snake mana restore not restoring the correct amount of mana if the target had less mana than the mana restore percentage.

29 Jan 2019

• Fixed Mystic Snake bouncing to spell immune enemies.

01 Feb 2018

• Fixed Mystic Snake projectile blocking neutral creep camps.

17 Feb 2017

• Added Arcane Rune responses.

21 Dec 2016

• UPDATE 2
  • Updated default item build.

12 Dec 2016

• UPDATE 4
  • Fixed Split Shot lifestealing from all attacks.

26 Jul 2016

• Fixed portrait positioning with weapon equipment.

24 Mar 2016

• Fixed Mystic Snake ending if it hits an invisible unit.

17 Feb 2016

• Stone Gaze sound effects now becomes audible to enemies after it emerges from Fog of War.

09 Oct 2015

• Fixed gaining mana with Mana Shield from attacks that dealt negative damage.

29 Apr 2015

• UPDATE 5 (TEST)
  • Fixed Mana Shield ability effects color.

29 Apr 2014

• Fixed magic damage and pure damage sources triggering Mana Shield while being spell immune.

17 Oct 2013

• UPDATE 3 (TEST)
  • Fixed Split Shot attacks lifestealing from Vampiric Aura.

23 Sep 2013

• Added to Captain's Mode (Tournament Version).

18 Jul 2013

• Stone Gaze
  • Fixed various abilities being unable to remove the stun from Stone Gaze.
  • Fixed Stone Gaze facing requirement not taking into account distance once the debuff is added.

28 Jun 2013

• Fixed Split Shot missing 24 search radius.

14 Jun 2013

• Fixed Mystic Snake not jumping to magic immune units.
• Fixed an intermittent crash on some particle effects like Stone Gaze.

05 Jun 2013

• UPDATE 2
  • Stone Gaze
    • Improved and updated effects improvements.
    • Fixed ability sometimes lasting too long.

04 Jun 2013

• Fixed different turn rate slows sources from stacking (i.e. Sticky Napalm with Stone Gaze).

21 Mar 2013

• Fixed attack acquisition range.

21 Feb 2013

• Added
  to Captain's Mode (Tournament Version).

14 Feb 2013

• Added
  to Captain's Mode.

28 Feb 2013

• UPDATE 3 (TEST)
  • Fixed cast backswing behaviors for the following abilities:
    • Split Shot
    • Mana Shield

07 Feb 2013

• Fixed Split Shot hitting units affected by Nightmare.
• Fixed Mana Shield not blocking damage from the following abilities:
  • Mass Serpent Ward
  • Death Ward
  • Plague Ward
  • Tornado

24 Jan 2013

• Fixed Mana Shield happening after Damage Block (i.e. Stout Shield or Vanguard) rather than before.

17 Jan 2013

• Mystic Snake now returns to restore Medusa's mana when it is blocked by Linken's Sphere.

10 Jan 2013

• Added
  Medusa.

09 Jan 2013

• UPDATE 2 (TEST)
  • Updated portrait.
  • Raised hero health bar.
  • Updated hero hitboxes.
  • Fixed Split Shot not working on illusions.
  • Reduced the frequency of Mana Shield voicelines.
• UPDATE 3 (TEST)
  • Split Shot
    • Fixed ability sometimes only hitting 4 targets.
    • Fixed ability reducing damage too much.
    • Fixed not always picking the closest units.
  • Mystic Snake
    • Fixed mana steal rates incrementing from units without mana.
    • Fixed ability bouncing between targets while not having vision.
    • Fixed stealing mana from units that died in route.
• UPDATE 4 (TEST)
  • Split Shot
    • Fixed ability not being disabled by Doom.
    • Fixed ability firing on ethereal units.
    • Fixed search radius.
  • Mystic Snake
    • Updated ability effects.
    • Fixed ability not stealing mana on dying heroes.
    • Fixed not giving vision on snake return.
  • Mana Shield
    • Updated ability effects.
    • Mana Shield now calculates damage before armor reduction.
    • Fixed ability to not apply to HP Removal.
  • Fixed Stone Gaze not refreshing its duration on targets when used with Refresher Orb.
• UPDATE 5 (TEST)
  • Updated Mystic Snake ability effect.
  • Fixed Mana Shield graphical bug.