so i was spamming muerta all day yesterday, and here are some things i figured out and final "best" build i have for her:
witch blade sucks ass. don't even bother. the only way it can be good is if you build brooch which costs a shit ton.
she need attack speed badly even tho good agil gain.
casual gloves of haste is nice, even if you want midas
best farming item is maelstrom. still
getting ranged on her is more important than spell immunity, you can get kited. i usually went maelstrom into bkb to fight, but felt like bkb wasn't needed as long as my team isn't 5 ranged heroes
pike very good item not because you can pike whoever jumps on ya, because you have ult anyways. however you get a force staff +range which makes you a bit more mobile
blink feels very good on her to position well, same as drow sort of
brooch is nice because if your ult ends you still got some good dmg, and the attack speed is a lot when active. 100 or so
MJ vs gleipnir. I'd say situational but mj felt better because of the attack speed. the only way yu lack damage later into game is attack speed, if you buy a daedalus somehow with goo attack speed during your ult u just burst people
learn to back off when ult ending, after ult ends try to cast fear and the calling, and wait for disables to be casted on enemy by your teammates ad then start hitting
her calling skill is very annoying to fight into and very hard to fight in.
her q is annoying more than anything. good wave clear
i tried her at mid 2 games, and she was magnificent. i was against bat, and he couldn't go on me as he would on other heroes. anytime he went for last hits i fear him into me and then casy calling, doing a shit ton of dmg to him. however i went for witchblade and missed one fear he went on me and lane was over for me xd. either way felt good to bully the bat
13.item build I'll drop for both mid and safe lane
safe lane: similar to lina, start with blades of attack and 3 branches, then order 3 tangos. finish flacon blade and go for treads. from there you can either go midas or maelstrom, and after finish the other one or just skip midas it's your call but i like midas attack speed more than anything. casual gloves of haste will do. from there build d lance and then get bkb if you want, if not finish pike if you don't want again xd buy gleipnir or mj if you don't lack catch on team. you can legit go refresher if your fights go long enough for 2 ult 2 bkb. buy blink for mobility and then from there build situational. u need dmg? daedalus. enemy has glimmer? cuz that's your counter support item, buy nullifier. enemy has passives hard to deal with, such as am magic res. just buy silver edge. enemy has a hard carry that pumps dmg and you can possibly get gone on? maybe silences you and doesn't let you ult, etc etc. buy e blade very good against hard carries you cam disable them or save yourself. it increases dmg too
- suggestions you may see that I'm 100% sure doesn't work: mask of madness. while this is good for farming, i think she already farms fast enough. i wouldn't get mom and maelstrom both to then farm, maelstrom already good enough for farming. mom during ult is another suggestion i saw, and i just have to say no. you need to cast fear as it has a short cooldown.
witchblade is a joke. brooch too expensive maybe if you have good enough money, as it doesn't even increase your dmg during ult. I'll add if i see more
- how to use fear/calling
in mid lane was really easy, let them come for last hit, then use ranged creep to push em towards you then cast calling in a way thry get hit while feared. they have to walk back as they can't fight back into it. they are silenced and slowed. it's 100% win situation for you. another way to use in my is when near to some last hits, cast it on those creeps while fearing enemy and deny your own shit
in safe lane, again let them come for last hit and push them to you so they get out of position. pretty similar except for you have follow up from your support. another way besides securing last hits is casting it when your support is getting gone on. it completely removes a man from a fight for almost 2s before its maxed (its more than the fear duration cuz they have to walk back, slower than they were feared)
lemme know if you have more tricks and such
also counters to muerta : pipe for offlane, mage slayer for safe lane glimmer for support. i think all of them are pretty nice especially glimmer but there is nullifier for that(mage slayer bc of magic res). also i noticed that i take dmg from blademail in ult which is weird
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/11lokkx/thoughts_on_muerta_carry_and_build/
