Most people shy away from Morphling due to the complex nature of his abilities, but if you can master him, there is no way your enemies can have an upper hand! Morphling requires quick decision-making skills, which only come with time and experience. Even if he lacks during the early game, he can easily catch up later on.
We bring you the Best 5 Morphling in the current meta. These builds turn his enemies into vapor in no time.
5. Miracle Build
Miracle gained notoriety for being a consistently high-ranked pub star. His Morphling is said to be extremely dangerous as he picked it quite a lot in his pub games. He is known to be quite the aggressive laner, often picking Morph, to synergize with other heroes on his team, especially when his team has follow-up or high initiation potential.
Manta Style into Butterfly build is preferred by Miracle. This build provides great sustain and stats, it also guarantees immense damage in team fights, most of which can’t be negated. He also alters his build according to the heroes he is facing, which is an impressive skill to learn.
Use This Build If:
- You want an elusive build. Morphling is always on the verge of getting eviscerated with high physical damage. You can avoid that with this build by prioritizing both Attribute Shift and Adaptive Strike, along with purchasing items like Butterfly and Silver Edge.
Skill Points
- Level 1: Attribute Shift - Allows Morphling to either gain agility or strength, it is toggleable.
- Level 2: Adaptive Strike - Launches water towards the targetted enemy, making them take damage based on Morphling’s agility
- Level 3: Attribute Shift
- Level 4: Wave Form - Allows Morph to surge through enemies and objects, making him invulnerable during it.
- Level 5: Attribute Shift
- Level 6: Adaptive Strike
- Level 7: Adaptive Strike
- Level 8: Attribute Shift
- Level 9: Morph - Morphling turns into the targetted enemy or ally hero, making him able to use all their nonultimate abilities for a short duration.
- Level 10: Stats
- Level 11: Adaptive Strike
- Level 12: Waveform
Items to buy for this build (Early to Late Game)
- Falcon Blade - Bought at around 4 minutes. Provides increased health and attack damage along with mana regen, all of which are essential in the laning phase.
- Power Treads - Bought at 9 minutes. Power Treads provide Morph with a bonus of three attributes, which can be toggled, providing increased HP, movement speed, or mana according to the attribute set.
- Manta Style - Bought at 17 minutes. Manta Style provides Morphling with increased agility and movement speed. It is also used to disjoint spells and split push lanes. Manta also increases Morphling’s map presence and helps him stay durable in fights.
- Aghanim’s Shard - Bought at 19 minutes. Allows Morphling to Attribute Shift even when stunned.
- Butterfly - Bought at around 24 minutes. Butterfly provides Increased evasion, agility, and movement speed which complements the already existing evasion and makes her untouchable due to her high damage.
- Satanic - Bought at around 29 minutes. Allows Morphling to lifesteal immensely on physical attacks upon activation, and even with Waveform with the Waveform talent. It also provides basic dispel from the latter. Great to sustain in the ultra-late game as he can be surrounded by multiple enemies at once.
- Shadow Blade - Bought at 32 minutes. Shadow Blade allows Morphling to go invisible, helping him to both escape or initiate the fights. It is later upgraded into Silver Edge at 35 minutes.
- Linken’s Sphere - Bought at 40 minutes. This is a situational item, but it is extremely useful in games where the magic immunity from the Black King bar isn’t enough. It is highly essential in the late game in specific matchups where single targetted abilities can prove to be lethal.
- Black King Bar - Bought at 44 minutes. Provides magic immunity, making Morphling invulnerable during teamfights. It is essential in most matchups.
4. Ana Build
Ana’s carry plays garner views and praise from his fans all over the world. Morphling is regarded as his go-to pick to counter heavy farming heroes and squishy laners. Ana is also known to be an efficient farmer, often utilizing the most out of his tool kit, no wonder he has won two Ti’s!
When it comes to item builds, Ana likes to switch up and adapt according to the game. Lately, he prefers the sustainable build which allows him to be durable in fights along with dealing decent damage right off the bat. These items include Manta Style, Aghanim’s Shard, and Eye of Skadi. This build offers optimum physical damage, weakening his enemy’s armor along the way.
Use This Build If:
- You want a durable build. Items like Satanic and Eye of Skadi are key in keeping Morphling durable in teamfights, building high physical damage items at the same time gives him the best of both worlds.
Skill Points
- Level 1: Attribute Shift - Allows Morphling to either gain agility or strength, it is toggleable.
- Level 2: Wave Form - Allows Morph to surge through enemies and objects, making him invulnerable during it.
- Level 3: Attribute Shift
- Level 4: Wave Form
- Level 5: Attribute Shift
- Level 6: Morph - Morphling turns into the targetted enemy or ally hero, making him able to use all their nonultimate abilities for a short duration.
- Level 7: Attribute Shift
- Level 8: Wave Form
- Level 9: Wave Form
- Level 10: Stats
- Level 11: Adaptive Strike - Launches water towards the targetted enemy, making them take damage based on Morphling’s agility
- Level 12: Morph
Items to buy for this build (Early to Late Game)
- Power Treads - Bought at 4 minutes. Power Treads provide Morphling with a bonus of three attributes, which can be toggled, providing increased HP, movement speed, or mana according to the attribute set.
- Manta Style - Bought at 14 minutes. Manta Style provides Morphling with increased agility and movement speed. It is also used to disjoint spells and split push lanes. Manta also increases Morphling’s map presence and helps him stay durable in fights.
- Aghanim’s Shard - Bought at 16 minutes. Allows Morphling to Attribute Shift even when stunned.
- Eye of Skadi - Bought at 27 minutes. On Morphling’s attacks, it reduces the enemy’s regen while also providing stats, it also slows their movement as well as attack speed.
- Black King Bar - Bought at 31 minutes. Provides magic immunity, making Morphling invulnerable during teamfights. It is essential in most matchups.
- Satanic - Bought at around 35 minutes. Allows Morphling to lifesteal immensely on physical attacks upon activation, and even with Waveform with the Waveform talent. It also provides basic dispel from the latter. Great to sustain in the ultra-late game as he can be surrounded by multiple enemies at once.
- Daedalus - Bought at minutes. Daedalus has a chance to do critical damage on physical attacks. Helps Morhpling deal impressive physical damage in the early to mid-game.
3. Ame Build
China has produced various superstars over the ages this also includes Ame. He is one of the youngest players to emerge successfully from this region. His carry playstyle is praised all over the world, particularly on fast-paced aggressive heroes like Morphling.
Morphling remains his specialty despite being highly versatile. High tempo and fast pace are the names of the game for our superstar. Ame loves building items that provide him with insane farming potential and durability, such as the Manta Style, Dragon Lance, and Eye of Skadi. These items elevate Ame’s gameplay and ensure his enemies do not stand a chance in the early game, let alone the late game.
Use This Build If:
- You want to be tanky and deal high damage at the same time, this build is viable in pretty much all matchups and can be tweaked according to the heroes that you face.
Skill Points
- Level 1: Attribute Shift - Allows Morphling to either gain agility or strength, it is toggleable
- Level 2: Adaptive Strike - Launches water towards the targetted enemy, making them take damage based on Morphling’s agility
- Level 3: Attribute Shift
- Level 4: Wave Form - Allows Morph to surge through enemies and objects, making him invulnerable during it.
- Level 5: Attribute Shift
- Level 6: Wave Form
- Level 7: Attribute Shift
- Level 8: Morph - Morphling turns into the targetted enemy or ally hero, making him able to use all their non ultimate abilities for a short duration
- Level 9: Wave Form
- Level 10: Wave Form
- Level 11: Stats
- Level 12: Morph
Items to buy for this build (Early to Late Game)
- Power Treads - Bought at 5 minutes. Power Treads provide Morphling with a bonus of three attributes, which can be toggled, providing increased HP, movement speed, or mana according to the attribute set.
- Linken’s Sphere - Bought at 16 minutes. This is a situational item, but it is extremely useful in games where the magic immunity from the Black King bar isn’t enough. It is highly essential in the late game in specific matchups where single targetted abilities can prove to be lethal.
- Yasha - Bought at 20 minutes. Yasha provides increased agility and stats, making Morphling deal decent damage in the early game. Upgraded into Sange and Yasha at 27 minutes, providing Morphling with insane status resistance and strength.
- Aghanim’s Shard - Bought at 21 minutes. Allows Morphling to Attribute Shift even when stunned.
- Eye of Skadi - Bought at 25 minutes. On Morphling’s attacks, it reduces the enemy’s regen while also providing stats, it also slows their movement as well as attack speed.
- Daedalus - Bought at 30 minutes. Daedalus has a chance to do critical damage on physical attacks. Helps Morhpling deal impressive physical damage in the early to mid-game.
2. Topson Build
When it comes to Morphling, Topson has shuffled roles, playing him both in the safe lane and the mid lane, and he is also known to dominate them both. He loves to stretch out the games late so he can utilize Morph’s abilities to their full potential. He is aware that the hero is an absolute slippery killing machine in the late game.
Matumbaman believes in situational item builds and aims for the late game in order to dominate. He is known to build the standard and conventional items like Dragon Lance, Sange, and Yasha which provide decent stats along with decent damage in the early game. Other items built by Topson include defensive items like Linken’s Sphere, and physical damage dealing items.
Use This Build If:
- You are facing heroes with various stuns and disables. Purchasing the Aghanim's Shard in such matchups enables Morphling to attribute shift to strength and gain sufficient HP which stops him from dropping like a fly.
Skill Points
- Level 1: Attribute Shift - Allows Morphling to either gain agility or strength, it is toggleable
- Level 2: Adaptive Strike - Launches water towards the targetted enemy, making them take damage based on Morphling’s agility
- Level 3: Attribute Shift
- Level 4: Wave Form - Allows Morph to surge through enemies and objects, making him invulnerable during it.
- Level 5: Adaptive Strike
- Level 6: Morph - Morphling turns into the targetted enemy or ally hero, making him able to use all their non ultimate abilities for a short duration
- Level 7: Wave Form
- Level 8: Wave Form
- Level 9: Attribute Shift
- Level 10: Wave Form
- Level 11: Morph
- Level 12: Adaptive Strike
Items to buy for this build (Early to Late Game)
- Bottle - Bought at around 2 minutes. Bottle contains 3 charges which slowly replenish mana and health. Bottle is an essential item on Mid Morphling as he does not have to call out for extra regen or head back to base in order to regen.
- Power Treads - Bought at 5 minutes. Power Treads provide Morph with a bonus of three attributes, which can be toggled, providing increased HP, movement speed, or mana according to the attribute set.
- Dragon Lance - Bought at 10 minutes. It provides increased attack range to Morphling as he is a ranged hero, along with providing bonus stats. It is later upgraded into Hurricane Pike at 24 minutes.
- Manta Style - Bought at 16 minutes. Manta Style provides Morphling with increased agility and movement speed. It is also used to disjoint spells and split push lanes. Manta also increases Morphling’s map presence and helps him stay durable in fights.
- Aghanim’s Shard - Bought at 18 minutes. Allows Morphling to Attribute Shift even when stunned.
- Aghanim’s Scepter - Bought at 23 minutes. Allows Morphling to steal stats from the targetted hero as he morphs into them, gaining the benefits (i.e. Status Resistance/Attack Speed/Magic Amp) depending on the primary attribute of the target.
1. Yatoro Build
Team Spirit and Yatoro made history and shocked millions of spectators around the world with their Ti win earlier last year. Morphling was a specialty of Yatoro’s in the group stage, he can decimate the hero in no time so it is obvious that Morphling was always banned later on in the tournament. He is known to be an aggressive laner, often opting to chase and ward off enemies from the lane.
Yatoro loves the Linken’s into Manta Style build, primarily due to safeguarding himself from any damage and dispelling spells whenever needed. The mentioned items also provided him with decent damage and stats. He loves to target support heroes and exterminate them first! Yatoro prefers fast-paced games and is seen ending pub games in just under 30 mins! His incredibly impressive armlet toggles ensure he ends up escaping or destroying his enemies.
Use This Build If:
- You are facing heroes with high magic damage, or damage in general. Purchasing items such as Aghanim's and Mage Slayer saves you from the lethal onslaught of enemy spells.
Skill Points
- Level 1: Attribute Shift - Allows Morphling to either gain agility or strength, it is toggleable
- Level 2: Wave Form - Allows Morph to surge through enemies and objects, making him invulnerable during it.
- Level 3: Attribute Shift
- Level 4: Wave Form
- Level 5: Attribute Shift
- Level 6: Morph - Morphling turns into the targetted enemy or ally hero, making him able to use all their non ultimate abilities for a short duration
- Level 7: Attribute Shift
- Level 8: Wave Form
- Level 9: Wave Form
- Level 10: Stats
- Level 11: Adaptive Strike - Launches water towards the targetted enemy, making them take damage based on Morphling’s agility
- Level 12: Adaptive Strike
Items to buy for this build (Early to Late Game)
- Power Treads - Bought at 4 minutes. Power Treads provide Morph with a bonus of three attributes, which can be toggled, providing increased HP, movement speed, or mana according to the attribute set.
- Linken’s Sphere - Bought at 14 minutes. This is a situational item, but it is extremely useful in games where the magic immunity from the Black King bar isn’t enough. It is highly essential in the late game in specific matchups where single targetted abilities can prove to be lethal.
- Manta Style - Bought at 20 minutes. Manta Style provides Morphling with increased agility and movement speed. It is also used to disjoint spells and split push lanes. Manta also increases Morphling’s map presence and helps him stay durable in fights.
- Aghanim’s Shard - Bought at 22 minutes. Allows Morphling to Attribute Shift even when stunned.
- Aghanim’s Scepter - Bought at 26 minutes. Allows Morphling to steal stats from the targetted hero as he morphs into them, gaining the benefits (i.e. Status Resistance/Attack Speed/Magic Amp) depending on the primary attribute of the target.
- Eye of Skadi - Bought at 31 minutes. On Morphling’s attacks, it reduces the enemy’s regen while also providing stats, it also slows their movement as well as attack speed.
- Mage Slayer - Bought at 33 minutes. Upon physical attacks, it reduces enemy magical damage by 35% for 6 seconds. It is exceptional against enemies with heavy magical damage. It can be further upgraded into Bloodthorn by 29 minutes.
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