Murky Build Guide “Mrglrglmrglmrrrlggg!”

Murky is a Melee Assassins that excels at frustrating his opponents. Uniquely designed, he is adept at attracting the attention of enemy players, causing them to behave inefficiently to respond to his abrasive presence. Murky's allies must capitalise on the fact that he thrives in attrition battles; even if his attributes and damage values are limited, his Hero Trait, Spawn Egg, makes it so that he is never away from battle for long when killed.

Strengths

• Good waveclear
• Strong revival mechanic in the form of Spawn Egg
• Has access to Octo-Grab, one of the strongest Heroic Abilities in the game
• Abilities have no Mana cost
• Generally very threatening late-game presence

Weaknesses

• Extremely fragile; by far the lowest amount of Health amongst all Heroes
• Inept at carrying coin-like Objectives, which are dropped on death
• Several conditions may limit his damage potential
• Underwhelming early-game presence
• Distinct playstyle to which your team must adapt

Slime Build

Recommended

Level 1 ?

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10

Level 13

Level 16

Level 20

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Murky's Slime Build is designed to increase his survivability during team fights, especially if he happens to hit multiple enemies with Slime. This allows Murky to be quite annoying when he does not get killed quickly.

In order to stack Slime Time at Level 4, try to hit enemy Heroes with Slime when there are no enemy Minions to clear. The range from Black Lagoon at Level 7 makes it easier to hit enemy Heroes with Slime. Toxic Buildup at Level 16 and Making Inky at Level 20 increase your damage output.

Pufferfish Build

Advanced

Level 1 ?

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10 ?

Level 13

Level 16

Level 20

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Murky's Pufferfish Build is designed to empower your waveclear and, more in general, your macro impact on the game. This allows Murky to put a lot of pressure on the enemy team outside of team fights.

Tufferfish at Level 4 increases your waveclear. Fish Oil at Level 16 allows you to clear Minions by just using Pufferfish. Faster Fish at Level 20 makes Pufferfish more reliable against enemy Heroes.

ARAM Build

ARAM

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10

Level 13

Level 16

Level 20

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Murky's ARAM Build is designed to increase his survivability during team fights, especially if he happens to hit multiple enemies with Slime. This allows Murky to be quite annoying when he does not get killed quickly.

In order to stack Slime Time at Level 4, try to hit enemy Heroes with Slime when there are no enemy Minions to clear. The range from Black Lagoon at Level 7 makes it easier to hit enemy Heroes with Slime. Toxic Buildup at Level 16 and Making Inky at Level 20 increase your damage output.

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Murky synergizes with

Murky's small Health pool benefits from any effect that can mitigate incoming damage (for example Blinds, Armor, or Shields).

Murky is countered by

Murky's predictable attack plan and his dependency on remaining within close range of his targets to effectively deal damage make him vulnerable to most high damage Hero with some way of kiting him or quickly destroying Pufferfish.

Murky's stronger maps

Murky's average maps

Murky's weaker maps

Murky needs to scale for being impactful in team fights and that Murky's main strengths in the early game are gank resistance and waveclear. As such, Murky does great on late game Maps, especially if it possible to double soak, and does poorly on early game Maps.

Since one of Murky's main strengths is the ability to quickly respawn from Spawn Egg, he is not a great choice on Maps where the Objective consists of items that need to be collected and are lost on death (Coins on Blackheart's Bay, Gems on Tomb of the Spider Queen, Warheads on Warhead Junction) because they require you to play safe.

• Hide your Spawn Egg in nooks and crannies, bushes, or near allied Structures so that it is difficult to find.
• Use Slime and Pufferfish to efficiently waveclear at all stages of the game.
• Standing on top of Pufferfish will prevent opponents from targeting it easily.
• Try and dodge dangerous skillshots or area of effect Abilities with Safety Bubble.
• Call out your intended Octo-Grab target so that your teammates know just who to focus down.

Murky's primary team fighting goal is to single-out key opponents for quick, one-sided kills. He also conditionally deals a fair amount of area of effect damage, however, most of his damage can be avoided by playing in a particularly defensive way. This peculiar aspect is made up for by the facts that Murky can revive and come back to an ongoing fight nearly instantly, thanks to his Spawn Egg Ability. Because of this, any energy spent killing Murky is inefficiently used, and one should see to capitalise on this attribute to take pressure away from allies. This makes him especially strong against team compositions that lack reliable targeted burst damage.

Outside of combat, Murky has some of the best waveclear available, and can scout where it would be dangerous for any other Hero to do so.