[Gorgon] Don't stare in her mystical eyes.

[77L]

Content:
Hero Introduction
Background story
Statistics
When Picking Medusa
Pros and Cons
Skill Build
Items
Gameplay
Allies and Foes

Medusa is a tank, both in durability and AOE damage, once she is fully leveled. Her early game consists of spamming Mystic Snake for gold and harass. Split Shot will become truly formidable after you've acquired damage item. You need to be in the center of team fights, as you can effectively output 300% damage with Split Arrow. Focus fire on you is mitigated by your Mana Shield for tanking and Stone Gaze which slows movement and attack speed, dispels status buffs and damage summon units.


An insidious creature that dwelled for eons in the underwater prisons of Nazjatar, the Gorgon was unwittingly freed during the war waged between King Arthas's Scourge and the Naga on the icy shores of Northrend. Plagued by undeath in the aftermath, Medusa welcomed the blessing of immortality. Gifted with a keen sense of archery and affinity to magic at birth, she has honed her skills over the ages. Firing barrage of arrows, freeing her energy leeching serpent upon her enemies, and conjuring a protective barrier of mana are just minor skills at her disposal. Like her namesake, Medusa instills paralyzing fear into all that would dare looking at her.


Affiliation: Scourge


Strength

14 + 1.65
Agility

20 + 2.5
Intelligence

19 + 1.85

When Picking Medusa
Medusa is one of the strongest hardcore carry in DotA. Only mana burnersenemy is preventing Medusa to be pick in your team. You must be in a solo lane to farm this hero properly or simply have 1 babysitter to protect you from ganks.
Pick Medusa if:
*When their are no carry in your team
*You love right clicking
*You love farming (farmville)

Don't Pick Medusa if:
*When their are 2 or more carry in your team
*You hate right clicking
*You hate farming
*You love ganking

Pros and Cons
Pros:
[+]Very strong in late game (if farmed properly)
[+]A hardcore carry
[+]Hard to gank
[+]High DPS with tanking potential
[+]Easy to farm


Cons:
[-]Low stats gain
[-]Item dependent
[-]Easily counter by mana burn
[-]No escape mechanism
[-]Weak spells when at low level
[-]Very weak in early and mid game

Understanding Skills

Medusa's Split Shot is very useful in team fights with her Mana Shield she can take all damage use by their enemy. Mystic Snake is very useful in farming it can also harras enemy by absorbing mana and damaging them. Stone Gaze can deal a lot amount of damage to summoned units or illusion it can also stop enemy from moving and slow their attack speed.

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Split Shot

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

• Notes
• Usage
  

• Only the primary target will recieve attack effects like bash and orb effects.
• Secondary targets will be the three closest enemy units excluding the primary target.
• Has a 0.1 seconds transformation time.
• You can dodge stuns while transforming.

Use this skill to jungle, farm or in clashes. It is very useful to Medusa because this skill gives her a high DPS.
PS: Activate this skill when it is level 3 or 4.

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 it with mana. The snake deals more damage and steals more mana per jump. The snake's power is increased by 20% each jump.

• Notes
• Usage
  

• 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 increase independently..
• The mystic snake moves at a speed of 633 until it is returning, at which point it moves at a speed of 833.

Killing Creeps
Use this skill when 2 or more creeps are a wave have dark orange or red HP to last hit easily and to finish the creep wave quickly then go to the jungle and stack creeps(Optional)

4 creeps are in the lane then I cast Mystic snake at the low hp creeps .

You get 3 creeps in the lane using only 1 skill.
If your Mystic Snake is level 3 try hitting the long range creep once then cast Mystic Snake on at the melee
PS: Mystic Snake was level 4


Harassing Enemy Heroes

Notice that Medusa cast Mystic Snake in the creeps near Centaur it's because Mystic Snake deal more damage for each jump in a unit.
PS : Don't cast Mystic Snake directly to the enemy hero because it will only deal 200 damage.

Mana Shield

Creates a shield that absorbs 50% of the incoming damage by using Medusa's mana.

• Notes
• Usage
  

• Absorbs damage before any damage reduction takes place, meaning that armor will not reduce the amount of mana needed to absorb damage.

Medusa is almost nothing without this skill; it give Medusa a very high EHP.

Stone Gaze

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.

• Notes
• Usage
  

• Affects any units that have line of sight with Medusa at any period during 0.6 seconds after cast.

Using this spell is hard to use. The opponent must be facing Medusa to activate the effect. You can use this skill when escaping a gank or destroying summoned units.

Skillbuild

• Rhino Tank
• The Balance Build
• The Farmer

Level 1:Mana Shield (1)
Level 2:Stats (1)
Level 3:Mana Shield (2)
Level 4:Stats (2)
Level 5: Mana Shield (3)
Level 6:Stats (3)
Level 7:Mana Shield (4)
Level 8:Stats (4)
Level 9:Mystic Snake (1)
Level 10:Mystic Snake (2)
Level 11:Mystic Snake (3)
Level 12:Mystic Snake (4)
Level 13:Stone Gaze (1)
Level 14:Stone Gaze (2)
Level 15:Split Shot (1)
Level 16:Split Shot (2)
Level 17:Split Shot (3)
Level 18:Split Shot (4)
Level 19:Stone Gaze (3)
Level 20-25: Stats (6)...
..

Justification:
Mana shield is max out because medusa must be tank enough for her to survive an enemy ganks. Stats also help her lasthit creeps easily in a lane and give her good bonus stats . Mystic Snake is pick in level 9 because she should not spam her snake to push the lane early so she could farm fast enough to finish her items.

Level 1:Mana Shield (1)
Level 2:Mystic Snake (1)
Level 3:Mystic Snake (2)
Level 4:Mana Shield (2)
Level 5:Mystic Snake (3)
Level 6: Mana Shield (3)
Level 7:Mystic Snake (4)
Level 8:Mana Shield (4)
Level 9:Stats (1)
Level 10:Stone Gaze (1)
Level 11:Stone Gaze (2)
Level 12:Split Shot (1)
Level 13:Split Shot (2)
Level 14:Split Shot (3)
Level 15:Stats (2)
Level 16:Stone Gaze (3)
Level 17:Split Shot (4)
Level 18:Stats (3)
Level 19:Stats (4)
Level 20-25:Stats (5)...
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Justification:
This is almost the same as the previous build but this time Mystic Snake is pick when your enemy in your lane is harassing you.You can counter your enemy by casting Mystic Snake to repel your enemy from your lane to farm properly.

Level 1: Stats (1)
Level 2: Mystic Snake (1)
Level 3: Mystic Snake (2)
Level 4: Mana Shield (1)
Level 5: Mystic Snake (3)
Level 6: Split Shot (1)
Level 7: Mystic Snake (4)
Level 8: Split Shot 2)
Level 9: Split Shot (3)
Level 10: Split Shot (4)
Level 11: Mana Shield (2)
Level 12: Mana Shield (3)
Level 13: Mana Shield (4)
Level 14: Stone Gaze
Level 15: Stone Gaze
Level 16: Stone Gaze (3)
Level 17: Stats (2)
Level 18: Stats (3)
Level 19: Stats (4)
Level 20-25: Stats (5)...
..

Justification:
I might recommend you not to follow this one because it's lame, stupid and mostly my favorite in pub.

Items

Starting Items:

Mid lane:




Side lane:




Just buy items in the secret shop (not a secret anymore)then build RoB and PMS

Early Items:





Core items:




Other possible items:





Or:




Luxury Items:
You must have this in your item slot:
+ 3 others
= For TP farming
= Blocks spell, mana regen and hp regen strengthen survivability.
= Attack speed bonus and chain lightning will turn Medusa into a DPS monster.
= Life steal is very helpful for tanking.
= Attack speed, evasion and agility stats synergies everything to Medusa.
= 300 damage synergies with Medusa's skills.

= Illusion synergies Medusa's split shot.
= Improves tanking ability
= Slow and stats very useful for Medusa.

Optional Items
= Critical and damage is always good.
= Armor reduction, attack speed bonus and possitive armor aura can turn Medusa into a Rhino tank.


Rejected Items
=You don't have any reason to get this item.
=One arrow will be flying and the damage will be reduce. When using Split Shot.
=Again?? 1 arrow will be flying...(This is should be optional)
=Oops this is an optional item(depends on your enemy).... but still rejected...
=Your going for Manta + this?? what wrong with you bitch!!!(1 yasha wasted)
=Radiance < Split Shot

Simple Gameplay

Early Game
Middle Lane (Sentinel)
Your role in the game is carry when in the middle lane you must last hit every single creeps in the wave.
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Middle Game

Late Game:
In late game toggle Medusa's Split Shot and activate Mana Shield then you and your allies have 2 things to do set-up a clash or be aggressive and finish the game

Allies and Foes

• Best Allies
• Worst Counters

Allies with buff, disables and healing spells are always good to Medusa.

This mana burners will smile when seeing Medusa in pain. Medusa will really have a problem when they are in the opposing team.
Counters:
The only thing that counters this heroes/item is to ask for help from allies with disables and take them down quickly.

Gameplay
EHOME VS. LGD
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

NOT DONE YET

[Denki]

BAM!

Stats at Level 1!

[77L]

Originally Posted by Denki

BAM!

Stats at Level 1!

yeah so you can last hit creeps easily...

[Denki]

Originally Posted by sypro(rv)

yeah so you can last hit creeps easily...

/caps
OH LOL

I guess you are new to DotA, right bro? I suggest play more before posting guides.