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Data Page for Murky
Parameter Variable Value
name name Murky
date date May 22, 2014
price price 7000
title title Baby Murloc
role role Melee
franchise franchise Warcraft
info info Not quite a full Hero, Murky can place an Egg to respawn quickly back into battle.
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difficulty difficulty Hard
melee melee True
health health 730
healthRegen health regen 29.1992
resource resource 0
resourceType resource type None
armor armor 0
attackSpeed attack speed 1.25
attackRange attack range 1.2
attackDamage attack damage 60
healthScaling health scaling 0.0400390625
regenScaling health regen scaling 0.0400390625
adamageScaling attack damage scaling 0.0400390625
unitRadius unit radius 0.625
skills skills see below
talents talent_<tier>_<column> see below

Skills

Spawn Egg Icon
D
Spawn Egg
Cooldown: 15 seconds

Place an Egg at target location, revealing the nearby area. Upon dying, Murky respawns at the Egg after 8 seconds. Murky only grants 25% of a real Hero's experience upon dying.

If Murky's Egg is killed, he is revealed to enemies for 15 seconds, and Spawn Egg is placed on cooldown.


Type: Summon / Status effect
Affects: Self
Targeting: Point target
Properties: Revealed
Cast time: 1.5 (ch) + 0 seconds
Range: 1.0

Respawn Egg
Type: Passive
Scaling: 4.00390625% (Health)
Health: 420
Basic Attack damage: -
Movement Speed: -
Unit radius: 0.5
Sight radius: 6.0

  • Minions, Mercenaries and Monsters do not attack the Egg.
  • Enemy Structures can attack the Egg, dealing normal damage to it.
  • Egg remains killed until Murky places a new one.
  • Every time Murky respawns in the Hall of Storms (due to dying without an active Egg) a new Egg is automatically spawned in the Hall of Storms as well.
Slime Icon
Q
Slime
Cooldown: 4 seconds

Deal 86 damage and apply Slime on nearby enemies for 6 seconds, Slowing them by 20%.

Deal 210 damage to enemies who are already Slimed.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00390625%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: No target
Properties: Area of Effect
Cast time: Instant
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 3.0

  • Subsequent applications refresh Slimed duration.
  • Structures cannot be Slimed.
  • All Murkys on a team benefit from the "Slimed" debuff on enemies, regardless of who placed it on the target.
Pufferfish Icon
W
Pufferfish
Cooldown: 15 seconds

Spit out a Pufferfish with 225 Health at the target point. After 3 seconds, the fish will blow up for 410 damage. Deals 50% less damage to Structures.


Type: Summon
Targeting: Point target
Cast time: 0.125 + 0 seconds
Range: 7.0
Flight time: 0.75 seconds

Pufferfish
Type: Passive
Scaling: 5.4925002655% (Health)
Health: 225
Basic Attack damage: -
Movement Speed: -
Unit radius: 0.125
Sight radius: 3.0

Explode

Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00390625%
Affects: Enemies
Properties: Area of Effect
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 4.5

  • The three-second detonation timer starts after Pufferfish has landed.
  • Self-casting Pufferfish causes the projectile phase to be omitted, leaving the Pufferfish at Murky's current location and instantly initiating the detonation timer.
  • Enemies can kill the Pufferfish to prevent it from exploding.
  • Pufferfish cannot be hit by skillshots.
  • The Pufferfish can be targeted and attacked by enemy Structures.
  • Minions, Mercenaries and Monsters do not attack Pufferfish.
  • Damage reduction to Structures stacks additively with offensive damage modifiers that can affect Pufferfish's damage.
Safety Bubble Icon
E
Safety Bubble
Cooldown: 14 seconds

Becomes Invulnerable for 2 seconds. While active, Murky cannot attack or use Abilities.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self
Targeting: No target
Properties: Invulnerable
Cast time: Instant

  • Safety Bubble cannot be manually canceled.
March of the Murlocs Icon
R
March of the Murlocs
Cooldown: 110 seconds

After 0.75 seconds, Murky commands a legion of Murlocs to march in a target direction, each one leaping onto the first enemy Hero or Structure they find. Each Murloc deals 125 damage and Slows its target by 15% for 5 seconds. Murlocs deal 50% damage to Structures.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00390625%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: Point target
Properties: Channeled cast (stationary), Damage over Time, Skillshot, Slow
Cast time: 0.75 + 0.75 seconds
Radius: 0.5 (hitbox)
Width: 16
Height: 20
Missile speed: 5
Tickrate: 1.0 per second
Damage per tick: 25

  • Interrupting the Ability during its cast puts it on a 10 second cooldown.
  • Summons a total of 36 Invulnerable Murlocs over 6.75 seconds.
  • Murlocs spawn in one of 10 possible locations every 0.1875 seconds.
  • Each Murloc sticking to a target applies new instances of DoT and Slow that tick separately. New applications do not refresh the duration of pre-existing Slow and DoTs.
  • Slow stacks additively up to 5 times with itself, but not with other sources of Slows.
  • Minimum Movement Speed for affected targets is 0.4843, even in combination with self-Slows.
  • Damage reduction to Structures stacks additively with offensive damage modifiers that can affect March of the Murlocs's damage.
Octo-Grab Icon
R
Octo-Grab
Cooldown: 50 seconds

Murky becomes Unstoppable and Stuns target enemy Hero for 3 seconds while he hits them for 1 damage a second.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control / Movement: Launch, Status effect
Scaling: -
Affects: Enemy Heroes / Self
Targeting: Unit target
Cast time: 0.1 + CH + 0 seconds
Range: 6.0
Missile speed: 22
Tickrate: 1.0 per second

  • The cast is interrupted if the target moves more than 2 units past its maximum cast range.

Talents

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Fish Eye Icon
Fish Eye

Egg's Health is increased by 100%, its sight radius is increased by 300% and it can see Stealthed enemies.

Passive: Spawning from his Egg increases Murky's Mount Speed to 45% for 5 seconds.


Type: Status effect / Bonus Health
Scaling: -
Affects: Enemies / Respawn Egg
Properties: Revealed
Bonus vision radius: 18
Egg Hunt Icon
Egg Hunt

Cooldown: 3 seconds

Activate to place a fake Egg. If the fake Egg dies, it casts an untalented Slime. Maximum 3 fake Eggs.

Passive: Spawning from his Egg grants Murky Stealth for 5 seconds.


Type: Summon / Status effect
Affects: Self
Targeting: Point target
Properties: Stealth
Cast time: 1.5 + 0
Range: 1.0

Fake Egg
Type: Passive
Scaling: 4.00390625% (Health)
Health: 324
Basic Attack damage: -
Movement Speed: -
Sight radius: 5.0

  • Minions, Mercenaries and Monsters do not attack fake Eggs.
  • Enemy Structures can attack fake Eggs, instantly killing them.
A Fishy Deal Icon
A Fishy Deal

Killing a Minion with Pufferfish grants a stack of Bribe. Use 8 stacks to bribe a Mercenary, instantly defeating them. Does not work on Elite Mercenaries.

Maximum of 32 stacks of Bribe.


Type: Instant kill
Affects: Neutral non-Elite Mercenaries
Targeting: Unit target
Properties: Bribe
Cast time: Instant
Range: 6.0
4
Slime Time Icon
Slime Time

❢ Quest: Slime enemy Heroes who are already Slimed.

❢ Reward: After Sliming 10 Heroes, increase Slime's bonus damage by 125.

❢ Reward: After Sliming 20 Heroes, increase Slime's Slow amount to 30%.


Type: Bonus damage, Crowd control
Scaling: -
Affects: Ability
Tufferfish Icon
Tufferfish

Pufferfish gains 50 Spell Armor and deals 50% more damage to Slimed targets.


Type: Offensive damage modifier, Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Ability
Properties: Spell Armor

  • Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Pufferfish's damage.
  • Does not stack with other positive Spell Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
Living The Dream Icon
Living The Dream

❢ Quest: Every 15 seconds Murky is alive, he gains 5% Spell Power, up to 25%. This bonus is reset upon his death.


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Self

  • Only grants increased Spell Damage, as opposed to Spell Power.
  • Damage bonus stacks additively with itself and other offensive damage modifiers.
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Black Lagoon Icon
Black Lagoon

Increase Slime's radius by 30%.


Bonus radius: 0.9
Slippery When Wet Icon
Slippery When Wet

Gain 50% Movement Speed and move through units while in Safety Bubble. Additionally, Safety Bubble's cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self
Properties: Movement Speed
Time to Krill Icon
Time to Krill

Basic Attacks against Heroes deal an additional 7 damage a second and Slow the target by 7% for 4 seconds. This effect can stack up to 5 times.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00390625%
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Attack Modifier (Heroes), Damage over Time, Slow
Tickrate: 1.0 per second each (x4 each)

  • Each stack of DoT ticks separately. Basic Attacks on already affected targets refresh the duration of existing DoTs and apply another instance of DoT.
  • Slow stacks additively with itself and its duration is refreshed with each Basic Attack. Does not stack with other sources of Slows.
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March of the Murlocs Icon
March of the Murlocs

Cooldown: 110 seconds
After 0.75 seconds, Murky commands a legion of Murlocs to march in a target direction, each one leaping onto the first enemy Hero or Structure they find. Each Murloc deals 125 damage and Slows its target by 15% for 5 seconds. Murlocs deal 50% damage to Structures.

Octo-Grab Icon
Octo-Grab

Cooldown: 50 seconds
Murky becomes Unstoppable and Stuns target enemy Hero for 3 seconds while he hits them for 1 damage a second.

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Rejuvenating Bubble Icon
Rejuvenating Bubble

Safety Bubble restores 40% of Murky's maximum Health.


Type: Healing
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Properties: Heal over Time
Tickrate: 1.0 per second
Healing per tick: 10%
Egg Shell Icon
Egg Shell

Spawning from his Egg grants Murky a Shield equal to 100% of his maximum Health. The Shield lasts indefinitely.


Type: Shield
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Fish tank Icon
Fish Tank

Murky is healed for 25% of the damage he deals with Basic Attacks and Basic Abilities.


Type: Healing
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Properties: Lifesteal

  • Does not benefit from Egg Hunt's Slime and bonus damage from Wrath of Cod.
16
Toxic Buildup Icon
Toxic Buildup

Every 3rd consecutive Basic Attack against an enemy Hero causes a free Slime to be cast upon them.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00390625%%
Affects: Enemies
Properties: Attack Modifier (Heroes)

  • Toxic Buildup's Slime has the same properties as baseline Slime and interacts with all talents affecting Slime.
  • Attacks while Murky is Blinded or the target is Evading will progress through the 3-step cycle as if they had hit, except that the free Slime will not trigger (progress toward this Talent wasted).
  • Stacks toward the free Slime are tracked separately for every enemy Hero and all stacks on a particular Hero expire after 10 seconds without Murky Basic Attacking them.
Fish Oil Icon
Fish Oil

The Pufferfish casts Slime at its location upon landing.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00390625%
Affects: Enemies

  • Fish Oil's Slime has the same properties as baseline Slime and interacts with all talents affecting Slime.
Wrath of cod Icon
Wrath of Cod

Heroes hit by Pufferfish take additional damage equal to 15% of their maximum Health over 5 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: -
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Tickrate: 1.0 per second
Damage per tick: 3%
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Never-Ending Murlocs Icon
Never-Ending Murlocs

March of the Murlocs can be channeled, sending little Murlocs indefinitely.


Properties: Stationary channel
Octo-Grab Icon
... And A Shark Too!

Increase the damage of Octo-Grab by 13,700%.


Type: Bonus damage
Scaling: 4.00390625%
Affects: Enemy Heroes

  • Increases Octograb's base damage to 137.
Big Tuna Kahuna Icon
Big Tuna Kahuna

Murky's maximum Health and Egg respawn time are doubled.


Type: Bonus Health
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Making Inky Icon
Making Inky

Reduces the cooldown of Slime from 4 seconds to 2 seconds.

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