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Split Shot (7.07-7.27a)

Split Shot (7.07-7.27a)

▶️QT

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Instant Attack

Medusa magically splits her shot into several arrows. These arrows deal a lower percent of her normal damage.
The extra targets will not receive other attack effects (such as critical strike).

Secondary Arrows Range Bonus: 100

Bonus Attack Targets: 3

Secondary Arrows Outgoing Damage: 30%/45%/60%/75%

Modifiers

modifier_medusa_split_shot

Undispellable

All who encounter the cursed Gorgon will feel her rage.

• This ability was reworked into the current Split Shot in the 7.27b gameplay patch.

• Causes Medusa to perform instant attacks on a certain number of enemies whenever she launches an attack projectile.
  • This means all projectiles are released at the same time together with the main attack.
  • Therefore, it does not matter whether the primary attack misses or not, the extra arrows are still released.

• The primary attack target is not affected by Split Shot. It is only hit by the primary attack, which deals full attack damage to it.

• The extra arrows travel at the same speed as the primary arrow.

• The search radius is based on Medusa's attack range + 100, resulting in a search radius of 700, considering her default attack range.

• The instant attacks of Split Shot may not proc any attack modifiers or on-hit effects, unless the talent which allows them to do so is chosen.
  • However, they still count as regular attacks. Damage done by Split Shot does not count as spell damage.
  • They are also affected by armor type, and blocked by damage block like regular attacks.
  • If Medusa is blinded, Split Shots can miss, unless she has True Strike. They can also miss to evasion.

• Does not target wards, buildings, invisible units, attack immune units, or units inside the Fog of War, but does target couriers.
  • However, attacking wards or buildings still causes secondary arrows to hit valid targets within the radius.
  • Secondary arrows are not released upon attacking allies.

Split Shot (6.00-7.06f)

Split Shot (6.00-7.06f)

▶️QT

Ability
Toggle

Affects
Enemies

Medusa magically splits her shot into several arrows. These arrows deal a lower percent of her normal damage.
The extra targets will not receive other attack effects (such as critical strike) and Unique Attack Modifiers.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Search Radius: 700

Bonus Attack Targets: 1/2/3/4 ( 2/3/4/5)

Attack Damage Reduction: 20%

 0

Modifiers

modifier_medusa_split_shot

Undispellable

All who encounter the cursed Gorgon will feel her rage.

• This ability was reworked into the following Split Shot in the 7.07 gameplay patch.

• Split Shot does not interrupt Medusa's channeling spells upon toggling.

• Causes Medusa to perform instant attacks on a certain number of enemies whenever she launches an attack projectile.
  • This means all projectiles are released at the same time together with the main attack.
  • Therefore, it does not matter whether the primary attack misses or not, the extra arrows are still released.

• The search radius is a fixed value and does not adapt to Medusa's current attack range.

• The primary attack target is not affected by Split Shot. It is only hit by the primary attack.

• The extra arrows travel at the same speed as the primary arrow, and can be disjointed like regular attacks.

• Unlike most other instant attacks, the ones from Split Shot may not proc any attack modifiers or on-hit effects.
  • However, they still count as regular attacks. Damage done by Split Shot does not count as spell damage.
  • They are also affected by armor type, and blocked by damage block like regular attacks.
  • If Medusa is blinded, Split Shots can miss, unless she has True Strike. They can also miss to evasion.

• Does not target wards, buildings, invisible units, or units inside the Fog of War in range, but does target couriers.
  • However, attacking wards or buildings still causes secondary arrows to hit valid targets within the radius.

• When toggled on, Medusa's main attack damage and bonus attack damage are reduced.
  • Other sources of damage added to the primary attack are not reduced (e.g. bash from items).
  • The reduction displayed in the HUD is inaccurate, as it is based on the main attack damage, instead of main and bonus damage.

• Split Shot persists through Medusa's death. If Split Shot was active upon death, she respawns with it active.

Purge (Pre 6.00)

Purge (Pre 6.00)

QG

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies / Allies

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

Cast Animation: 0.4+0.5

Cast Range: 600

Damage to Summons: 1000

Movement Speed Slow: 100%

Attack Speed Slow: 100

Slow Duration: 6

 12

 85

Modifiers

Purge

Death

• This ability was removed in the 6.00 gameplay patch.

• Applies a basic dispel on the target upon cast.

• Can be cast on allies and enemies. Can be cast on invulnerable units.

• Does not slow or damage allied targets.

• The slow deceases in 3/2/1.5/0.857 second intervals, resulting in 2/3/4/7 intervals. This is how much it slows on each interval and level:
  • Level 1: 100%/50%
  • Level 2: 100%/66.66%/33.33%
  • Level 3: 100%/75%/50%/25%
  • Level 4: 100%/85.71%/71.42%/57.14%/42.86%/28.57%/14.28%

• This means, leveling the ability downgraded it, as the slow got weaker faster.

Split Shot (Pre 5.61)

Split Shot (Pre 5.61)

QT

Ability
No Target / Toggle

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

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

Cast Animation: 0.4+0.5

Search Radius: 600

Number of Arrows: 2/3/4/5

Damage per Arrow: 35/45/55/65

 0.75

 14/15/17/18

• This ability replaced Split Shot (Pre 6.00) in the 5.54 gameplay patch, and was replaced back by Mana Shield in the 5.61 gameplay patch.
  • Before 5.54 Split Shot name was Multi Shot.

• This ability worked similar to Quill Spray and Scream of Pain, deals damage in a small radius around Medusa [?].
  • However, instead of damaging all enemies in the search radius it had 2/3/4/5 target cap.
  • This ability could be toggled on. This caused Medusa to continuously cast the split shot until she was stunned, silenced or she runned out of mana.
  • The Spell projectile was Medusa's arrows. The arrows had a 1200 projectile speed.

• The arrows could not proc any Attack modifiers like bash or lifesteal.

• Does not target wards, buildings and couriers.

Lightning Storm (Pre 4.00beta2)

Lightning Storm

QN

Ability
Target Area / Channeled

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Calls a storm of lightning bolts to strike enemy units for 15 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0.5

Cast Range: 500

Max Channeled Time: 15

Lightning Interval: 1

Damage Per Lightning: 12/24/36

Structure Damage Reduction: 15%

Effect Radius: 450

 30

 80

• This ability was replaced by Multi Shot in the 4.00beta2 gameplay patch.

Chain Lightning (Pre 6.60)

Chain Lightning

WC

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

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

Cast Animation: 0.4+0.5

Cast Range: 700

Bounce Distance: 500

Number of Bounces: 3/5/7/9

Base Damage: 75/150/225/300

Bounce Damage Reduction: 15%

 11

 90/105/125/145

• This ability was replaced by Mystic Snake in the 6.60 gameplay patch.

• The lightning bounces in 0.25 second intervals, so hitting all target takes 0.5/1/1.5/2 seconds.

• Does not bounce on invisible units or units in the Fog of War.

• Can never hit the same unit twice per cast.

• This is how much damage each bounce deals:
  • Level 1: 75/63.75/54.19 damage
  • Level 2: 150/127.5/108.38/92.12/78.3 damage
  • Level 3: 225/191.25/162.56/138.18/117.45/99.83/84.86 damage
  • Level 4: 300/255/216.75/184.24/156.6/133.11/113.14/96.17/81.75 damage

• All bounces together can deal up to 193/556/1019/1507 damage (before reductions).

• Cannot be cast when a chain lightning from a previous cast is still bouncing.

Mana Shield (Pre 7.32e)

Mana Shield (Pre 7.32e)

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Ability
Toggle / Passive

Affects
Self

Creates a shield that absorbs of incoming damage in exchange for Medusa's mana. Provides bonus mana capacity.

Cast Animation:  0+0

Passive Mana Bonus: 120/180/240/300

Damage Absorption: 70%

Damage Absorbed per Mana: 1.3/1.7/2.1/2.5 ( 6.3/6.7/7.1/7.5)

 0

 0

Modifiers

modifier_medusa_mana_shield

Undispellable

While Medusa was not gifted with eternal life upon birth, her curse bestowed her with impressive defensive powers.

• This ability was reworked in 7.33.

• Does not interrupt Medusa's channeling abilities upon toggling On / Off.

• Mana Shield persists through Medusa's death. If Mana Shield was active upon death, she respawns with it active.

• Reduces damage before any damage reduction takes place, including from damage block or damage negating sources (e.g. Aphotic Shield), as long as Medusa has mana when toggled On.
  • This also affects everything which works directly with damage dealt after reductions (e.g. Soul Burn).

• Applies unique incoming damage reduction on Medusa. Stacks multiplicatively with all other sources of incoming damage manipulation.
  • Affects all damage types Medusa recieve. Does not reduce damage flagged as HP removal.

• Increases Medusa's effective health by 0.91/1.19/1.47/1.75 ( 4.41/4.69/4.97/5.25) per point of mana when toggled On, assuming she has enough mana.
  • In other words, for each 100 damage taken, Medusa loses 30 health and 53.85/41.18/33.33/28 ( 11.11/10.45/9.86/9.33) mana when toggled On.

• Both leveling up ability and the damage absorption per mana increasing talent does not update the current active instance.
  • Medusa has to re-toggle Mana Shield to update its ability values.

Stone Gaze (Pre 6.78)

Stone Gaze (Pre 6.78)

▶️RG

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

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

Cast Animation: 0.4+0.5

Radius: 800

Damage to Summons: 500/1000/1500

Movement Speed Slow: 100%

Attack Speed Slow: 100

Gaze Duration: 5

Slow Duration: 5

 140/100/60

 200/100/0

Modifiers

modifier_medusa_stone_gaze

Death

modifier_medusa_stone_gaze_slow

Any

The beauty of Medusa is legendary.

• This ability was reworked into the current Stone Gaze in the 6.78 gameplay patch.

• Every enemy unit that faces Medusa within 85 degrees in front of them within 800 radius around Medusa gets purged, having most buffs removed and their speeds slowed.

• The slow always lasts 5 seconds, regardless of the remaining duration of Stone Gaze.

• The slow deceases in 1.66 second intervals, so it slows for 100%/66%/33%, going one step down every 1.66 seconds.

• Can only affect units once per cast.

• Stone Gaze ends when Medusa dies.

Purge (6.04-6.59d)

Purge (6.04-6.59d)

QG

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies / Allies

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

Cast Animation: 0.4+0.5

Cast Range: 600

Damage to Summons: 600/800/1000

Movement Speed Slow: 100%

Attack Speed Slow: 100

Slow Duration: 5

 12

 85

Modifiers

Purge

Death

• This ability was replaced by the following Stone Gaze (Pre 6.78) in the 6.60 gameplay patch.

• Applies a basic dispel on the target upon cast.

• Can be cast on allies and enemies. Can be cast on invulnerable units.

• Does not slow or damage allied targets.

• The slow deceases in 2.5/1.66/1 second intervals, resulting in 2/3/5 intervals. This is how much it slows on each interval and level:
  • Level 1: 100%/50%
  • Level 2: 100%/66.66%/33.33%
  • Level 3: 100%/80%/60%/40%/20%

• This means, leveling the ability downgraded the slow, as it got weaker faster.

Gaze (Pre 6.04)

Gaze

RZ

Ability
Target Unit / Channeled

Affects
Enemies

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 effects of the gaze slow the unit's speed for up to 5 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0

Cast Range: 500

Max Channel Time: 10

Movement Speed Slow: 9%/18%/27%

Attack Speed Slow: 9/18/27

Slow Duration: 5

 45

 150/200/250

Modifiers

Gaze

Death

• This ability was replaced by the following Purge (6.04-6.59d) in the 6.04 gameplay patch.

• The slow increases by 9%/18%/27% by each channeled second.

• Only player-based damage cancels the channeling.

• When the channeling ends or is canceled, the slow lingers on the target for 5 seconds.

• Cannot be cast on ancient creeps.

Split Shot (Pre 6.00)

Split Shot (Pre 6.00)

RT

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

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%

All who encounter the cursed Gorgon will feel her rage.

• This ability was reworked into the following Split Shot in the 6.00 gameplay patch.

• Pre 6.00, Medusa had 2 ultimates, one being this, the other being Mana Shield, both were reworked into regular abilities in the 6.00 patch.

• Unlike regular ultimates, Split Shot required level 5/9/13 to be leveled.

• The secondary arrows travel at the same speed as the original attack (1200) and can be disjointed. However, they cannot miss.

• Secondary arrows are launched at the 4/5/6 closest visible targets to Medusa. Invisible or fogged units are unaffected.

• The extra arrows are released at the same time as her primary is released. This means that when an attack misses, the arrows are still released.

• Other effects of attack modifiers like bash or lifesteal is only applied to the primary attack target.

• Does not target wards, buildings and couriers.

Pandemona (4.0beta2-5.59)

Pandemona

Ability
Target Point / Aura

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

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

Number of Tornadoes: 1/2/3

Summon Radius: 500

 180

 175/235/310

Modifiers

Pandemona

Death

• This ability replaced Mana Shield in the 4.00beta2 gameplay patch, and was replaced back by Mana Shield in the 5.59 gameplay patch.
  • Mana Shield was a semi-ultimate ability during 3.2a gameplay patch.

Pandemona
Summoned Creep
Health 1600 +0.5 This unit has no mana. Level 4 Duration 60 Armor 0 Magic Resistance 0% Move Speed 165 (100) Turn Rate 0.50 Collision Size 32 Vision Range (G) 1200 • 800 Bounty 76–88 Experience 0 Abilities Tornado Damage Aura Tornado Cyclone

Tornado Damage Aura

Ability
Aura

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

There is no description for this ability.

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

Modifiers

Tornado Damage

Death

• This ability belonged Tornado.

• The Damage Aura used to affect enemy and allied units.

Tornado Cyclone

Ability
Aura

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

There is no description for this ability.

Effect Radius: 275

Cyclone Duration Hero Creep: 6/12

Cyclone Cooldown/Interval: 3

Modifiers

Tornado Cyclone

Unknown

• This ability belonged to Pandemona.

• This ability applies a cyclone to any enemy unit around the effect radius, turning it invulnerable and fully disabled.