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Morph has some unique ability interactions.

General Information

• Neither replaces Morphling with a clone nor an illusion of the target. Morph only copies the target's model, hitbox, including equipped cosmetic items.
  • The combat log still registers the copied model as Morphling.
  • Morphling can still be killed normally in the Morphed form.
  • Morph neither acquires innate abilities nor other innate ability traits (e.g. freely moving in the Chronosphere), except the following abilities:
    • , Mana Shield and Stone Form.

• While active, Morphling is visually distinguishable from the original hero.
  • Neither dispels buff and debuffs upon cast and casting the sub-ability.
  • Keeps the current health and mana percentages upon cast. Morph does not copy the target's current health or mana.
  • The affected target's hero icon is displayed as a debuff on the HUD.

• Changes Morphling's current base attribute values and primary attribute from agility to the affected target's values.
  • Bonus attributes from abilities and items are not copied.

• Changes Morphling's attack range type from ranged to the affected target's attack range type.
  • This causes items that use different values for melee and ranged heroes (e.g. Manta Style) to now adapt to Morphling accordingly.
  • Attack range-increasing sources are not overridden and still work normally.

• Fully copies the target's movement speed.

• This means when targeting a melee strength hero, Morphling becomes a melee strength hero for the duration.

• All other base stats of the affected target (e.g. attack damage values, armor, magic resistance, base attack time, collision size, etc.) are not copied.
  • Does not copy the target's transformed state as well (e.g. Elder Dragon Form).
  • Items are not copied as well.

• Most channeling abilities are interrupted upon unmorphing, except for Phase Shift, Upheaval, and casting item abilities.

• Treat clones and illusions as heroes, creep-heroes and the Spirit Bear as creeps.

• Casting on illusions is considered as casting Morph on the hero who owns the illusion.
  • Therefore, Morph copies the hero who owns the illusion and not the hero the illusion is based on. Casting ability on an illusion based on a dead hero does nothing.
  • For example, when targeting Disruption illusions, Morphling turns into Shadow Demon, and not the hero Disruption was cast on.
  • However, it cannot target Morphling itself or illusions under Morphling's control.
  • An Enchanted Morphling illusion is still treated as its own illusion and can still not be targeted.

• SCEPTER
  Upon acquiring the Ability Upgrade, it has Alt-cast activated by default.
  • With Alt-Cast activated, Morph creates a strong illusion of the affected target that can cast all of the target's basic abilities, but not ultimate and item abilities.
  • The Morph Illusion spawns with full health and faces the same angle as the affected target.
  • The Morph Illusion neither has a gold nor an experience bounty.
  • The distance between the Morphling and the Morph illusion is always one-fourth of the distance between Morphling and the target.

• SCEPTER
  The acquire innate abilities and other innate ability traits.
  • However, it cannot acquire Invoked and Devoured abilities.
  • The ability cooldown of the acquired basic abilities is shared between Morphling and the Morph Illusion.
  • However, it does not share the charges of Charge-based Abilities. Therefore, Morphling and the Morph Illusion both have independent charges for charged-based abilities.

• When losing the Ability Upgrade, the Morph Illusion is not instantly killed, and the sub-ability can still teleport Morphling to its place.
  • However, casting Morph no longer shifts Morphling back into the affected target.

Ability Interactions

Morph Ability Interactions

• Alchemist - Unstable Concoction
  
  Does not stun the caster upon losing the ability or while the countdown ends when the Morph buff expires.
• Batrider - Firefly
  
  Ability effects persist upon losing ability.
• Batrider - Sticky Napalm
  
  Successive casts from different sources refresh the duration, it neither updates the ability value nor increases the triggering damage per stack. Only the first unit's Sticky Napalm can increase the triggering damage per stack.
• Brewmaster - Primal Companion
  
  This ability is not granted as an upgrade.
• Broodmother - Spin Web
  
  All created Spin Webs immediately disappear upon losing ability.
• Chaos Knight - Chaos Bolt
  
  The Ability Upgrade creates illusions despite not having the ability.
• Chen - Holy Persuasion
  
  Persuaded units are killed upon losing ability.
• Death Prophet - Spirit Siphon
  
  Instantly gain all charges upon acquiring ability for the first time.
• Doom - Devour
  
  Does not grant any .
• Doom - Devoured Ability 1
  
  Devoured abilities acquired are based on Doom's current acquired ability.
• Invoker - Invoke
  
  This ability is not acquirable. However, the acquired Invoked abilities' values are based on Invoker's current level of Quas / Wex / Exort, not upon ability cast.
• Io - Spirits
  
  Spirits immediately explode upon losing the ability and while Morphing back to original form.
• Io - Tether
  
  Immediately breaks upon losing ability and while Morphing back to original form.
• Kunkka - X Marks the Spot
  
  The affected target immediately returns to the original upon losing ability.
• Lich - Sinister Gaze
  
  Sinister Gaze's ability upgrade is only limited to Lich's basic abilities.
• Monkey King - Mischief
  
  This ability is not acquirable.
• Monkey King - Tree Dance
  
  Neither sets Morphling's daytime nor nighttime vision.
• Phoenix - Icarus Dive
  
  Immediately ends upon losing ability.
• Phoenix - Sun Ray
  
  Immediately ends upon losing ability.
• Pudge - Flesh Heap
  
  The strength bonus per death last for the acquired ability's buff duration and is lost upon losing the ability.
• Queen of Pain - Shadow Strike
  
  The passive cast upon debuff expiration is based on Queen of Pain's current ability level when acquired.
• Rubick - Telekinesis
  
  Can be reflected but not castable on Rubick.
• Sand King - Burrowstrike
  
  applied is based on Sand King's current ability level when acquired.
• Sand King - Sand Storm
  
  Upon losing ability, Sand Storm only disappears when the caster leaves the radius or when the duration expires.
• Shadow Demon - Shadow Poison
  
  Successive casts of different ability levels increase the stack count of the first applied stack. However, the damage values are not updated, the stack damage value is based on the first applied stack.
• Shadow Shaman - Shackles
  
  Serpent Wards summoned are based on Shadow Shaman's current ability level when acquired.
• Spectre - Spectral Dagger
  
  All bonuses are lost upon losing ability despite the path still being visible.
• Templar Assassin - Meld
  
  Invisibility persists upon losing ability.
• Terrorblade - Metamorphosis
  
  Fully canceled upon losing ability.
• Venomancer - Latent Toxicity
  
  This ability can be acquired upon Morphing to Venomancer's hero model.
• Venomancer - Poison Nova
  
  This ability can be acquired upon Morphing to Venomancer's hero model.