Muerta stats, abilities and strategy [7.41a]
Blasts fearsome trickshots and unleashes ethereal ruin
Muerta is a master of death who stalks the lands of life, corralling targets with fearsome trickshots and summoning revenants to smother her foes. Always ready to pick off unwary targets with her spare gunhand, Muerta is at her most menacing when she crosses the veil of the dead to strike her enemies with the ethereal fury of the damned.
Win Rate 48.3%
Pick Rate 6.8%
Attributes
538 +44.0/lvl
351 +43.2/lvl
19 +2.0/lvl
21 +2.7/lvl
23 +3.6/lvl
Stats
Damage:
47 - 55 + 3.6/level (165 - 173 at level 30)
Range:
575
Armor:
3.5 + 0.5/level (18.9 at level 30)
Movement:
295
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
Whenever an enemy hero dies within 925 units of Muerta, she gains a stack of 1% spell amplification. When Muerta dies she loses half the stacks, rounded down.
COLLECTION RANGE: 925
SPELL AMP PER STACK: 1%
Patch 7.41
- Ability reworked
- Whenever an enemy hero dies within 925 units of Muerta, she gains a stack of 1% spell amplification up to a maximum equal to her current level. When Muerta dies she loses half the stacks, rounded down
- Passive ethereal bonuses moved to Pierce the Veil
Dead Shot
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF: Yes
Muerta fires a ghostly trickshot at an enemy unit or tree. When the bullet strikes, it damages and briefly slows, then ricochets in the targeted direction.
The ricochet damages all units that it passes through, stopping when it hits a hero. Heroes hit by the ricochet are feared away from the impact.
Feared enemies are phased and unslowable.
The ricochet will travel 1.5x Dead Shot's cast range.
Can ricochet off of magic immune targets.
DAMAGE: 100 / 175 / 250 / 325
RICOCHET FEAR DURATION: 0.8 / 0.95 / 1.1 / 1.25
IMPACT SLOW PERCENT: 100%
IMPACT SLOW DURATION: 1
16 / 14 / 12 / 10
100 / 120 / 140 / 160
1000
LEVEL 25 TALENT: 2 Dead Shot Charges
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +300 Dead Shot Cast Range
A steady gunhand and an eternity of practice produce trickshots that defy the mortal mind.
The Calling
AFFECTS: Area
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Summons a group of 4 revenants that slowly circle the targeted location. Enemies within the area are slowed. Revenants deal damage and silence enemies as they pass through them.
DAMAGE: 45 / 90 / 135 / 180
DURATION: 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
MOVEMENT SLOW: 20%
SILENCE DURATION: 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3
30 / 28 / 26 / 24
135 / 150 / 165 / 180
600
LEVEL 20 TALENT: The Calling summons 2 additional revenants
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +3% Max HP Regen while inside The Calling
Patch 7.41a
- Cooldown decreased from 30s to 30/28/26/24s
Muerta's family are forever beyond the spirit veil, but her deal with Death allows her to briefly call on them in times of want or need.
Gunslinger
PASSIVE: No
Toggleable. When toggled on, Muerta's attacks have a chance to fire a second shot at another target.
If no other units are in range, she fires both guns at the original target.
Secondary shots can hit units within Muerta's attack range plus 175.
The secondary shot can trigger attack modifiers.
Prioritizes heroes, then non-hero units, then buildings.
CHANCE: 18% / 27% / 36% / 45%
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +20% Gunslinger chance
Muerta offers all of her victims Mercy. Some are fortunate enough to also earn Grace.
Ofrenda
Facet grants ability
PASSIVE: No
Muerta places a sacred altar at the targeted location that increases her attack speed when she is near it.
When respawning, Muerta will gain the benefits of Pierce The Veil's corporeal form for 50% of the duration and respawn at the Ofrenda.
Muerta can select the Ofrenda and force it to destroy itself. Only one Ofrenda can exist at a time.
ATTACK SPEED BONUS: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50
EFFECT RADIUS: 400 / 450 / 500 / 550
60
50
300
Pierce the Veil
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PASSIVE: No
Muerta transforms, becoming ethereal, gaining bonus base damage and phased movement.
Passively allows Muerta to always attack ethereal targets and attack when she is ethereal. When either she or her target is ethereal, all of her attack damage is dealt as magical damage and her physical lifesteal is treated as spell lifesteal.
DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Muerta will dodge projectiles upon transformation.
Muerta cannot attack buildings while transformed.
DURATION: 8
TRANSFORM DURATION: 0.35
BASE DAMAGE BONUS: 70% / 85% / 100%
75 / 60 / 45
150 / 250 / 350
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +2s Pierce the Veil Duration
Patch 7.41a
- Base Damage Bonus rescaled from 75% to 70/85/100%
Patch 7.41
- No longer provides 70/100/130 bonus damage
- Now grants +75% base damage
- Now has a passive component
- Muerta can always attack ethereal targets and can attack when she is ethereal. When either she or her target is ethereal, all of her attack damage is dealt as magical damage and her physical lifesteal is treated as spell lifesteal
- Lifesteal conversion happens only for attacks and won't affect her spells
- No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
Muerta sheds her corporeal form, crossing the spirit veil and striking her enemies with the fury of the damned.
Spectral Slug
Shard grants new ability
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF: Yes
Muerta shoots a spectral bullet at an enemy, dealing damage, knocking them back, and turning them ethereal for 3s - rendering them immune to physical damage and unable to attack. The target is slowed and 20% more vulnerable to magic damage. Enemies will not be knocked out of Muerta's attack range.
DAMAGE: 225
MAX KNOCKBACK DISTANCE: 250
DURATION: 3
MOVEMENT SLOW: 30%
INCREASED MAGIC DAMAGE: 20%
12
75
500
Patch 7.41
- New ability granted by Aghanim's Shard
- Muerta shoots a spectral bullet at an enemy, dealing damage, knocking them back, and turning them ethereal for 3s, rendering them immune to physical damage and unable to attack. The target is slowed and becomes 20% more vulnerable to magic damage
- Range: 500. Mana Cost: 75. Cooldown: 12s. Damage: 225. Slow: 30%. Knockback Distance: 250
Talents
2 Dead Shot Charges
+20% Gunslinger chance
+ 4.8%
The Calling summons 2 additional revenants
+2s Pierce the Veil Duration
+ 0.3%
+15 Intelligence
+ 1.8%
+3% Max HP Regen while inside The Calling
+20 Attack Speed
+ 0.2%
+300 Dead Shot Cast Range
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Patch 7.41
- Level 15 Talent +55 Gunslinger Damage replaced with +15 Intelligence
Strategy
Use Dead Shot to secure last hits and damage enemy heroes.
Look for angles to fear enemies under tower with Dead Shot.
Use Dead Shot to fear enemy heroes into The Calling spirits.
Be careful not to use Pierce the Veil against debuff immunity and heavy magic resistance.
Pierce the Veil makes you immune to all physical damage. Use it to evade attacks.
You can dodge mid air projectiles, like {vengeful-spirit}'s Magic Missile, with Pierce the Veil.
Be careful about your positioning in team fights as your hero is slow and immobile without {blink-dagger} or {hurricane-pike}.
Look to keep enemy heroes within your attack range with the Dead Shot fear.
Be patient using Pierce the Veil when enemy heroes have {black-king-bar} activated.
Use Pierce the Veil to burst down high armor heroes with massive magic damage from your right clicks.
Use {ethereal-blade} in combination with Pierce the Veil for massive magical burst damage.
Get {maelstrom} in the early game to flash farm the map and scale better in the mid game.
Counter Strategy
Be careful about last hitting close to the enemy tower against Dead Shot fear.
Get some movement speed with {boots-of-speed} and {wind-lace} to get out of The Calling AoE.
Try not to fight Muerta solo as she can hit you with double attacks on Gunslinger procs.
Get an early {black-king-bar} against Muerta to reduce her spell damage from Pierce the Veil and Dead Shot.
Magic resistance items are incredible against Muerta's magical burst.
Get items like {mage-slayer} and {heavens-halberd} to severely reduce Muerta's damage output.
Buy mobility items like {blink-dagger} and {force-staff} to close the gap on Muerta.