Murky Build Guide “Mrglrglmrglmrrrlggg!”
Welcome to our guide for Murky, a Melee Assassin in Heroes of the Storm. Within these pages, you will find everything required to understand how best to play this hero, in both different map styles and team compositions.
Murky's Overview
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.
Murky's Strengths and 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
Murky's Talent Build Cheatsheet
Pufferfish Build
RecommendedMurky's Pufferfish Build is designed to empower your macro
with the help of Tufferfish at Level 4. If played properly,
you can consistently reach the late game, at which point
your Hero is strong and annoying thanks to
Big Tuna Kahuna at Level 20
combined with
Rejuvenating Bubble at Level 13.
Slime Build
BeginnerMurky's Slime Build is designed to increase his survivability during team fights,
especially if he happens to hit multiple enemies with Slime.
Murky's Synergies and Counters
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 Maps














Murky thrives on the larger Maps that give him the space to play with
A Fishy Deal. Incidentally, he also tends to do well on
late game-oriented Maps, as it allows his full power to come to light.
Murky's Tips and Tricks
- 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 Role in the Current Meta
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.
Changelog
- 29 Mar. 2021 (this page): Synergies and Counters updated.
- 11 Mar. 2021 (talents page): Builds updated.
- 11 Mar. 2021 (this page): Builds updated.
- 25 Feb. 2021 (talents page): New layout.
- 24 Sep. 2020 (talents page): Builds updated.
- 24 Sep. 2020 (abilities page): Minor fixes.
- 24 Sep. 2020 (this page): Builds updated.
- 30 Aug. 2020 (this page): Role in Current Meta section updated.
- 05 Apr. 2020 (talents page): Description updated for Egg Hunt and Octo-Grab.
- 13 Dec. 2019 (this page): Added a note about current Anomaly.
- 11 Oct. 2019 (talents page): Talent builds and recommendations reviewed and updated.
- 11 Oct. 2019 (this page): Guide updated.
- 11 Oct. 2019 (abilities page): Abilites section reviewed.
- 28 Jul. 2018 (talents page): Updated Talents and recommendations to reflect July 25 balance patch changes.
- 21 Feb. 2017 (this page): Guide updated for LĂșcio's patch and moved to the new format.
- 14 Jan. 2017 (talents page): Updated Tier 1, 3, and 6 Talent assessments. Updated Balanced build.
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Elitesparkle is a multiple times Master player in Europe who plays Heroes of the Storm since its release. He is an active member of the community who likes to teach new and veteran players all he knows about his favorite game. He also produces more teaching content on his Tips of the Storm page on Ko-fi.
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