Morphling stats, abilities and strategy [7.41a]
Rides the waves to flank enemies
Shifting his attributes to suit his situation, Morphling can be as elusive as he is deadly. Whether riding a wave to flank an enemy, or boosting his health before escaping into his deceptive replication, few can hope to corner him.
Win Rate 47.4%
Pick Rate 5.6%
Attributes
626 +57.2/lvl
303 +21.6/lvl
23 +2.6/lvl
24 +4.2/lvl
19 +1.8/lvl
Stats
Damage:
36 - 45 + 4.2/level (171 - 180 at level 30)
Range:
350
Armor:
3.0 + 0.7/level (25.6 at level 30)
Movement:
285
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Patch 7.41a
- Agility gain increased from 3.9 to 4.2
Patch 7.41
- Hero model size now scales on his Agility/Strength ratio
- Removed Accumulation innate ability
Facets
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
Morphling receives bonus cast range and slow resistance based on his current Strength, and attack range and movement speed based on his current Agility. These bonuses persist if he is morphed into another hero.
Attack range bonuses during morph only apply when morphed into a Ranged hero.
AGILITY TO ATTACK RANGE: 20%
AGILITY TO MOVEMENT SPEED: 15%
STRENGTH TO CAST RANGE: 20%
STRENGTH TO SLOW RESISTANCE: 20%
Patch 7.41
- New innate ability. Passive
- Strength and Agility provide Morphling with additional bonuses. His cast range and Slow Resistance are increased by a portion of his Strength. His attack range and movement speed are increased by a portion of his Agility. These bonuses are provided even while replicating, except for the extra attack range which is not provided when replicating a melee unit
- Strength to Cast Range: 20%. Strength to Slow Resistance: 20%. Agility to Movement Speed: 15%. Agility to Ranged Attack Range: 20%
Waveform
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Morphling dissolves into liquid and surges forward, damaging enemy units in his path. Morphling is invulnerable during Waveform.
21 / 18 / 15 / 12
115
700 / 775 / 850 / 925
LEVEL 25 TALENT: -40% Waveform Cooldown
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +250 Waveform Range
Patch 7.41
- Cast Range decreased from 700/800/900/1000 to 700/775/850/925
A torrential flood takes enemies by force.
Adaptive Strike
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Launches a surge of water toward an enemy unit, stunning them, knocking them back, and dealing base damage plus additional damage based on Morphling's agility times a multiplier. If Morphling's agility is 50% higher than strength, the maximum agility multiplier is used. Knockback distance and stun duration are based on Morphling's strength. If his strength is 50% higher than his agility, the maximum knockback distance and stun duration is used.
Projectile moves at 1150 speed.
BASE DAMAGE: 50 / 70 / 90 / 110
DAMAGE MIN AGI MULTIPLIER: 0.5
DAMAGE MAX AGI MULTIPLIER: 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5
STUN MIN: 0.5
STUN MAX: 1.4 / 1.8 / 2.2 / 2.6
KNOCKBACK MIN: 50
KNOCKBACK MAX: 350
17 / 14 / 11 / 8
40 / 50 / 60 / 70
600 / 675 / 750 / 825
LEVEL 20 TALENT: -3s Adaptive Strike Cooldown
Patch 7.41
- Base Damage increased from 25/50/75/100 to 50/70/90/110
The Morphling calls upon his elements to crush his opponents with waves.
Attribute Shift (Agility Gain)
PASSIVE: No
Morphling shifts its form, pulling points from Strength and pouring them into Agility at a rate of 4 / 8 / 12 / 16. The process is reversible.
Attribute Shift can't convert stats from items.
Leveling up Agility Gain will also level up Strength Gain.
MANA COST PER SECOND: 10
Aghanim's Shard
Morphling can shift attributes while stunned. Reduces mana cost.
Shifting water makes it difficult to discern the nature of Morphling.
Attribute Shift (Strength Gain)
PASSIVE: No
Morphling shifts its form, pulling points from Agility and pouring them into Strength at a rate of 4 / 8 / 12 / 16. The process is reversible.
Attribute Shift can't convert stats from items.
Leveling up Strength Gain will also level up Agility Gain.
MANA COST PER SECOND: 10
Aghanim's Shard
Morphling can shift attributes while stunned. Reduces mana cost.
Shifting water makes it difficult to discern the nature of Morphling.
Morph
AFFECTS: Unit
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
BUFF: Yes
Morphling changes his form to match the targeted enemy, gaining their basic abilities. Can be toggled for the duration of the ability.
You can't target yourself with Morph.
Morph won't copy Shard/Scepter abilities unless Morphling owns the respective item.
Does not trigger spell reflect.
DURATION: 24
140 / 100 / 60
50
700 / 850 / 1000
Aghanim's Scepter
Adds an alt-cast to Morph. When enabled, a strong illusion is created of the target hero that can cast all of the hero's basic abilities. If the illusion is alive when Morphling toggles the ability, he will take the place of the illusion, destroying it.
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +12s Morph Duration
Staring into Morphling produces a reflection that mimics the beholder.
Morph Replicate
PASSIVE: No
Toggles Morphling's form between his own and the replicated enemy.
2
Talents
+35 Strength
+ 0.0%
-40% Waveform Cooldown
+15 Agility
+ 0.0%
-3s Adaptive Strike Cooldown
+75 Attack Range
+ 0.0%
+250 Waveform Range
+12s Morph Duration
+ 0.0%
+15% Magic Resistance
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Focus on last hitting with your high base damage advantage over enemy heroes. Shifting more 
agility will help with last hitting but can be risky.
Be careful when playing versus ranged heroes. You don't want to allow them to harass you too much and force you to morph 
strength.
Rush 
Morbid Mask for HP sustain on a tough lane.
Whenever you drop low on health, shift to
agility before using health consumables or 
Magic Stick.
Consider putting a point in Adaptive Strike on level 2 if you have issues securing range creep last hit.
Start shifting into
strength right away if you expect to be jumped.
Healing reductions and silences are a big problem for your hero, and early 
Manta Style can dispel both in many cases.
Don't be morphed fully into
agility when moving around or before the fight.
Aghanim's Shard is really good when you are playing against excessive disables and long stuns.
Black King Bar is necessary to prevent getting interrupted when Waveforming in to fight enemy heroes.
Counter Strategy
Someone should buy 
Spirit Vessel against Morphling to offset Attribute Shift strength gain.
Morphling is weaker in his earlier levels. Pressure him early on.
Morphling tends to play on a low HP pool. Surprise him with 
Smoke of Deceit, instant disable, silence or invisibility.
Focus Morphling in the fights or he will do insane amounts of damage.
Morphling is likely to be farming safe areas of the map like the triangle. If possible, try to gank with
Smoke of Deceit and pressure the hero.
Eye of Skadi and 
Shiva's Guard are good against Morphling to offset Attribute Shift (strength gain) and to slow him.