Medusa counter and synergy picks
Pick Medusa with Wraith King to increase win-rate from 52.7% to 59.5% or against Timbersaw to increase win-rate to 59.7% in Patch 7.38c.
Good with...
...based on stats [7.38c]
| Hero | Change in Win Rate ▼ |
|---|---|
6.8% | |
3.6% | |
3.6% | |
3.4% | |
3.3% | |
3.2% | |
3.1% | |
3.1% | |
2.9% | |
2.8% | |
2.7% | |
2.1% | |
2.0% | |
2.0% | |
1.9% |
...counter items [up-to-date]
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps farm much faster with more DPS using Split Shot.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats. Also gives you a dispel and the ability to split push lanes with illusions.
A core item to have more DPS with attack speed and stats while also boosting your tankiness with evasion and armor.
A core item to significantly increase your tankiness and damage through stats. Works well against lifesteal and high HP regen on enemy heroes. Reduces the movement speed and HP sustain of enemy heroes you hit to make them less tanky and keep chasing them.
A core item to boost your right click damage and burst down enemy heroes. Can crit multiple units once you upgrade Split Shot with Aghanim's Scepter.
A core item to have a defensive tool against single target initiations and disables. Also brings you some mana when the reflected Snake returns to you.
A core item to apply attack modifiers such as the slow from Eye of Skadi or the critical strike from Daedalus and Revenant's Brooch to all the Split Shot arrows.
A laning stage pick up that increases your mana pool, which is effectively also your HP pool. Also provides some much needed mana regen.
An upgrade for Kaya to have even more AoE damage and control alongside your spells, and do significant damage to towers. Also lets you clear creeps quickly together with your spells and provides decent stats.
An upgrade for Rod of Atos to lock down multiple enemy heroes from high range and set up for your Gorgon's Grasp and Meteor Hammer on them. Also increases the AoE of Gorgon's Grasp.
A core item to maintain your teamfight prowess and tankiness on the map more often by decreasing the cooldown of all your spells and items. Also improves your mana pool to increase your damage and effective HP pool.
A core item to have an instant disable against elusive enemy heroes and hit them freely. Also boosts your mana regen and mana pool, effectively making you more tanky with Mana Shield.
Good against...
...based on stats [7.38c]
| Hero | Change in Win Rate ▼ |
|---|---|
6.9% | |
5.7% | |
5.4% | |
4.6% | |
4.2% | |
3.4% | |
3.3% | |
2.9% | |
2.9% | |
2.7% | |
2.2% | |
2.1% | |
1.8% | |
1.7% | |
1.4% |
...based on gameplay [up-to-date]
Medusa's Mana Shield is essentially her HP bar, which makes her the perfect counter to Ice Blast as it does not affect mana regeneration in any way, completely rendering the impact of the spell to only a fraction of it. Manta and Butterly are staple items for Medusa, with which she can Dispel Cold Feet and Evade Chilling Touch hits.
Mana Shield does not take into account any Armor or Magic Resistance, making it the perfect counter to Doom's Pure Damage. Cold Blooded (Aghanim's Shard Upgrade) when combined with Aghanim's Scepeter allows Dusa to stun Doom upon casting Doom and naturally create distance. Doom lacks Mana Burn and the Attack Speed to justify a Diffusal/Disperser and struggles greatly to get trough Dusa's Manapool.
Bad against...
...based on stats [7.38c]
| Hero | Change in Win Rate ▲ |
|---|---|
-12.2% | |
-11.9% | |
-11.9% | |
-11.2% | |
-11.0% | |
-10.9% | |
-10.8% | |
-10.3% | |
-9.9% | |
-9.9% | |
-9.7% | |
-9.0% | |
-8.9% | |
-8.5% | |
-8.2% |
...based on gameplay [up-to-date]
Simply put by the time Medusa is ready to fight Alchemist is ready to end the game. Her inability to pressure early or scale quickly when paired against Alch's farming potential often result's in games where she has half an inventory versus a maxed out Alch. Chemical Rage and Berserk Potion dispel Gorgon's Grasp.
Mana Break is amazing at shredding trough Medusa's mana pool and turning her core defensive mechanic Mana Shield against her with a huge Mana Void follow up . Manta is a staple item for AM that provides him with dispel for Gorgon's Grasp root and Counter Spell can block/reflect Mystic Snake.
Wall of Replica and Normal Punch (Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade) can create multiple Illusions of Medusa to do devastating amounts of damage to her own team as she tends to build heavy stat items to improve her own Manta Illusions' damage and durability. The Illusions DS creates inherit both Mana Shield and Split Shot if it was active at the moment of creating the Illusion. Surge is amazing at disengaging from Stone Gaze or closing the gap on Dusa.
...counter items [up-to-date]
Gives you HP sustain to stay in the lane and not get zoned by Medusa's constant damage from right clicks and Mystic Snake.
Gives you movement speed to kite or close the gap on Medusa. Also lets you counter the movement slow from Mystic Snake.
Gives you movement speed to kite or close the gap on Medusa. Also lets you counter the movement slow from Mystic Snake.
Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Medusa's farm speed.
Gives you and your team a barrier to take less damage from Medusa right clicks and nullify her AoE kill potential.
Lets you burn through Medusa's mana pool with right clicks and burst her down as she relies on mana to survive and has a relatively small HP pool.
Provides evasion and lets you disarm Medusa to prevent her from right clicking freely in fights.
Lets you block jungle camps from spawning with Sentries to slow down Medusa's farm speed. The Observers help you scout and gank her with Smoke plays.
Lets you kite Medusa by protecting yourself or an ally against her right clicks through invisibility.
Gives you a repositioning tool to kite Medusa as well as push an ally to safety when stunned by Stone Gaze.
Lets you kite Medusa by protecting yourself against her right clicks in Ethereal form.
Gives you an instant disable against Medusa to burst her down in its duration before she can defend herself with Stone Gaze or regain mana with Mystic Snake.
Lets you save an ally stunned by Stone Gaze. Can also be used to protect yourself against Medusa's right clicks in Ethereal form.
Gives you an instant lockdown against Medusa and burst her down with a possible chain stun before she can defend herself with Stone Gaze or regain mana with Mystic Snake.
Gives armor to your team to take less damage from Medusa's right clicks to nullify her AoE kill potential.
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against Medusa's right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Medusa to kill her before she can defend herself with Stone Gaze or regain mana with Mystic Snake.
Bad with...
...based on stats [7.38c]
| Hero | Change in Win Rate ▲ |
|---|---|
-9.4% | |
-6.5% | |
-5.3% | |
-5.2% | |
-5.0% | |
-4.5% | |
-4.5% | |
-4.4% | |
-4.3% | |
-4.2% | |
-4.0% | |
-4.0% | |
-3.9% | |
-3.7% | |
-3.5% |
