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Morphling changes

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Change record

43 patches with recorded changes · 118 of 118 listed patches readable.

Coverage: Feb 1, 2018 to Sep 15, 2026. This feed does not include every patch in Dota’s lifetime.

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Jul 30, 2026

Morphling in 7.41e

  • MorphCooldown decreased from 140/100/60s to 125/90/55s
  • MorphAghanim's Scepter illusion no longer has illusion vision penalty

Jun 4, 2026

Morphling in 7.41d

  • Base Strength decreased from 23 to 16
  • Base Agility increased from 24 to 33
  • Damage at level 1 increased by 9 (from 36-45 to 45-54)
  • Ebb and FlowAgility to Attack Range increased from 20% to 25%
  • Ebb and FlowStrength to Cast Range increased from 20% to 25%
  • Ebb and FlowStrength to Slow Resistance increased from 20% to 25%
  • MorphAghanim's Scepter illusion incoming damage decreased from 300% to 200%

May 6, 2026

Morphling in 7.41c

  • WaveformWill now be cast in the desired direction, if the target location is further than the cast range

Mar 24, 2026

Morphling in 7.41

  • Hero model size now scales on his Agility/Strength ratio
  • Removed Accumulation innate ability
  • Ebb and FlowNew innate ability. Passive
  • Ebb and FlowStrength and Agility provide Morphling with additional bonuses. His cast range and Slow Resistance are increased by a portion of his Strength. His attack range and movement speed are increased by a portion of his Agility. These bonuses are provided even while replicating, except for the extra attack range which is not provided when replicating a melee unit
  • Ebb and FlowStrength to Cast Range: 20%. Strength to Slow Resistance: 20%. Agility to Movement Speed: 15%. Agility to Ranged Attack Range: 20%
  • WaveformCast Range decreased from 700/800/900/1000 to 700/775/850/925
  • Adaptive StrikeBase Damage increased from 25/50/75/100 to 50/70/90/110

Dec 15, 2025

Morphling in 7.40

  • Flow · Adaptive StrikeStun is no longer exclusive to this facet
  • Adaptive StrikeCast Range decreased from 600/700/800/900 to 600/675/750/825
  • Adaptive StrikeNow stuns the target for 0.5s and up to 1.2/1.6/2.0/2.4s when Morphling's Strength is 50% higher than his Agility

May 29, 2025

Morphling in 7.39b

  • Attribute Shift (Strength Gain)Health change is now affected by negative Health Restoration effects

May 22, 2025

Morphling in 7.39

  • Strength gain decreased from 3.2 to 2.6
  • Base Mana Regen decreased from 0.5 to 0
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Agility decreased from +20 to +15
  • Attribute Shift (Agility Gain)Shift Rate decreased from 5/10/15/20 to 4/8/12/16
  • Attribute Shift (Strength Gain)Shift Rate decreased from 5/10/15/20 to 4/8/12/16
  • MorphMorph Replicate sub-ability cooldown increased from 1s to 2s

Feb 18, 2025

Morphling in 7.38

  • Ebb · WaveformNow attacks all targets it goes through with 50% of Morphling's Attack Damage. Does not apply on-hit effects
  • Ebb · Adaptive StrikeNo longer knocks back enemies (moved to base spell)
  • FlowNo longer affects Morphling's Cooldowns
  • FlowChanges Morphling's Primary Attribute to Strength. Morphling gains +1% Spell Amp per 4 Agility. Spell Amplification effect is breakable
  • Flow · Adaptive StrikeStuns enemy target for 0.5-2.4s depending on Morphling's Strength. Has the same rules as a knockback effect
  • Flow · Adaptive Strike · ContextMaximum effect is reached when Morphling's Strength is 50% higher than his Agility
  • Removed Adaptive Strike (Strength) ability as it is merged with an Agility one
  • Accumulation: No longer grants +100% bonus stats from the Talent Tree's All Attribute bonus
  • Accumulation: Now Talent Tree's All Attribute bonus provides an additional +3 to Morphling's primary attribute
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +250 Waveform Range replaced with +12s Morph Duration
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +15 Agility replaced with +75 Attack Range
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +16s Morph Duration replaced with +250 Waveform Range
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +1s Adaptive Strike Stun Duration replaced with +20 Agility
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +75% Waveform Attack Damage and Applies On Hit effects replaced with -3s Adaptive Strike Cooldown
  • WaveformNo longer attacks enemies by default
  • Adaptive StrikeMerged both abilities into one
  • Adaptive StrikeNow knocks back enemies by default
  • Adaptive StrikeDistance is between 50-350 units, based on Morphling's Strength. Maximum effect is reached when Morphling's Strength is 50% higher than his Agility
  • Adaptive StrikeNo longer stuns enemies by default
  • Adaptive StrikeCooldown decreased from 19/16/13/10s to 17/14/11/8s
  • Adaptive StrikeBase damage rescaled from 55/65/75/85 to 25/50/75/100
  • Attribute Shift (Agility Gain)Mana Cost rescaled from 5/10/15/20 to 10
  • Attribute Shift (Strength Gain)Mana Cost rescaled from 5/10/15/20 to 10
  • MorphMorphling now keeps his attributes while Morphed

Jun 6, 2024

Morphling in 7.36b

  • FlowMaximum cooldown reduction increased from 50% to 60%
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Adaptive Strike Stun Duration increased from +0.8s to +1.0s
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Waveform Attack Damage increased from +50% to +75%

May 26, 2024

Morphling in 7.36a

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Waveform Attacks Target replaced with +50% Waveform Attack Damage And Applies On Hit Effects
  • WaveformMana Cost decreased from 130 to 115
  • WaveformNow attacks all targets it goes through with 50% of Morphling's Attack Damage by default. Does not apply on-hit effects

May 22, 2024

Morphling in 7.36

  • Innate AbilityNew Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
  • Innate AbilityMorphling receives 50% of Attribute gain bonuses every half level instead of full bonuses at level up. Also increases All Attributes bonus gained for skill points in the Talent Tree from +2 to +4
  • EbbHero’s Primary Attribute is Agility
  • Ebb · Adaptive Strike(Strength): Knocks back the target hit
  • FlowHero’s Primary Attribute is Strength
  • FlowMakes Morphling's current Agility to Strength ratio affect his Cooldown speed, ranging from 50% faster with 175% Agility/Strength ratio to regular speed with 50% Agility/Strength ratio. Doesn't affect items
  • Flow · MorphReplicated abilities are also affected by increased Cooldown Speed, based on Agility/Strength ratio Morphling had before replicating
  • Adaptive Strike(Agility): No longer grant bonus Agility, even with Aghanim's Shard
  • Adaptive Strike(Strength): No longer grant bonus Strength, even with Aghanim's Shard
  • Adaptive Strike(Strength): No longer knocks back the target hit by default
  • Attribute Shift (Agility Gain)Aghanim's Shard now additionally reduces mana cost by 50%
  • Attribute Shift (Strength Gain)Aghanim's Shard now additionally reduces mana cost by 50%
  • MorphMorphling benefits from most Innates and Facets of the targeted hero

Aug 8, 2023

Morphling in 7.34

  • MorphAghanim's Scepter Upgrade reworked
  • MorphAdds an alternative cast to Morph. When enabled, Morphling creates beside himself a strong illusion of the target hero that can cast all of the hero's basic abilities and deals 100% of the target's damage but takes 300% damage. If the illusion is alive when Morphling toggles Morph, he teleports to the illusion and destroys it before turning into the enemy hero

Jul 12, 2023

Morphling in 7.33e

  • Adaptive Strike(Agility) Cooldown increased from 10s to 16/14/12/10s
  • Adaptive Strike(Strength) Cooldown increased from 10s to 16/14/12/10s
  • MorphAghanim's Scepter Target Stats Steal decreased from 20% to 10%
  • MorphAghanim's Scepter Additional Stats Steal from Universal heroes decreased from 20% to 5%

Apr 20, 2023

Morphling in 7.33

  • Base Strength increased by 1
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Adaptive Strike Stun Duration decreased from +1s to +0.8s
  • Attribute Shift (Agility Gain)No longer grants bonus Agility
  • Attribute Shift (Agility Gain)Aghanim's Shard bonus Agility moved to Adaptive Strike
  • Attribute Shift (Strength Gain)No longer grants bonus Strength
  • Attribute Shift (Strength Gain)Aghanim's Shard bonus Strength moved to Adaptive Strike
  • Adaptive Strike(Agility) Now grants bonus Agility (same values as Attribute Shift before)
  • Adaptive Strike(Strength) Now grants bonus Strength (same values as Attribute Shift before)
  • Adaptive Strike(Strength) Stun Max decreased from 1.5/2/2.5/3s to 1.2/1.6/2/2.4s
  • Adaptive Strike · ContextDuration decreased as a part of the comprehensive Disables Reduction
  • MorphAghanim's Scepter effect now steals an additional 20% of all stats when targeting Universal Heroes

Nov 29, 2022

Morphling in 7.32d

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent changed from 2 Waveform Charges to -40% Waveform Cooldown
  • WaveformCooldown increased from 20/17/14/11s to 21/18/15/12s
  • MorphAghanim’s Scepter no longer reduces Cooldown

Aug 30, 2022

Morphling in 7.32b

  • Base Mana Regeneration increased from 0 to 0.5
  • Base HP Regeneration increased from 0.25 to 0.5
  • Adaptive Strike(Agility) Base Damage increased from 40/50/60/70 to 55/65/75/85
  • Adaptive Strike(Agility) Mana Cost decreased from 50/60/70/80 to 40/50/60/70
  • Adaptive Strike(Strength) Mana Cost decreased from 50/60/70/80 to 40/50/60/70

Aug 23, 2022

Morphling in 7.32

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +20 Strength replaced with +1s Adaptive Strike Stun duration
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Attribute Shift works while stunned replaced with +35 Strength
  • Attribute Shift (Agility Gain)Reworked Shard. Now causes Attribute Shift to work while stunned and increases bonus Agility by 6
  • Attribute Shift (Agility Gain)Stat shift per second rescaled from 3/6/12/24 to 5/10/15/20
  • Attribute Shift (Agility Gain)Mana Cost per second rescaled from 10 to 5/10/15/20
  • Attribute Shift (Strength Gain)Reworked Shard. Now causes Attribute Shift to work while stunned and increases bonus Strength by 6
  • Attribute Shift (Strength Gain)Stat shift per second rescaled from 3/6/12/24 to 5/10/15/20
  • Attribute Shift (Strength Gain)Mana Cost per second rescaled from 10 to 5/10/15/20
  • MorphScepter Stolen Status Resistance increased from 35% to 40%
  • MorphScepter Stolen Attack Speed increased from 50% to 70%
  • MorphScepter Stolen Spell Damage Amplification increased from 20% to 25%

Feb 28, 2022

Morphling in 7.31b

  • Base Move Speed increased from 280 to 285
  • Turn Rate improved from 0.6 to 0.7

Feb 23, 2022

Morphling in 7.31

  • MorphReworked Scepter. Replicate steals 20% of each stat from the replicated hero. If the replicated hero's primary attribute is Strength it will also steal 35% status resistance, if it's Agility, it will steal 50 attack speed and if it's Intelligence, it will steal 20% spell amplification. Reduces Replicate Cooldown by 20s.

Oct 28, 2021

Morphling in 7.30e

  • Agility gain reduced from 4.1 to 3.9
  • MorphScepter no longer reduces cooldown

Aug 17, 2021

Morphling in 7.30

  • WaveformMana cost reduced from 140 to 130
  • Adaptive Strike(Agility) base damage reduced from 70/80/90/100 to 40/50/60/70
  • Morph ReplicateNo longer steals Shard/Scepter abilities if Morphling doesn't have a Shard/Scepter

Apr 9, 2021

Morphling in 7.29

  • Intelligence increased from 15 + 1.5 to 19 + 1.8
  • Attribute Shift now has 10 mana cost per second to shift attributes
  • Attribute Shift interval rescaled from 1/4/10/25 to 3/6/12/24
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +10 Agility to +15% Magic Resistance
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent reduced from +275 Waveform Range to +250
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent changed from +30 Attack Speed to +15 Agility
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from +12% Cooldown Reduction to +20 Strength
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent changed from +30 Strength to Attribute Shift While Stunned
  • Adaptive StrikeMana cost reduced from 80 to 50/60/70/80
  • Adaptive StrikeShard no longer removes the 3 second Shard cooldown
  • Adaptive StrikeShard increases stun duration by 1 second
  • WaveformMana cost reduced from 150/155/160/165 to 140

Feb 19, 2021

Morphling in 7.28c

  • MorphCooldown rescaled from 160/100/40 to 140/100/60
  • MorphScepter bonus cast range reduced from 600 to 300
  • MorphScepter now also reduces Morph cooldown by 20 seconds

Nov 27, 2019

Morphling in 7.23a

  • Intelligence from 13 + 1.1 to 15 + 1.5
  • Base strength increased from 20 to 22
  • Attribute Shift stats increased from 1/3/5/7 to 3/5/7/9
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent from +10 Agility to +12

Jul 28, 2019

Morphling in 7.22f

  • WaveformCast range reduced from 1000 to 700/800/900/1000
  • MorphCast range reduced from 1000 to 700/850/1000

Jul 14, 2019

Morphling in 7.22e

  • Base armor reduced by 1
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from Morph Targets Allies to +15% Cooldown Reduction
  • MorphScepter no longer reduces cooldowns by 35%
  • MorphScepter now allows ally targeting

Jun 30, 2019

Morphling in 7.22d

  • Attribute Shift bonus agility and strength rescaled from 4/5/6/7 to 1/3/5/7

Jun 9, 2019

Morphling in 7.22c

  • WaveformCooldown increased from 17/15/13/11 to 20/17/14/11
  • WaveformManacost increased from 140/155/160/165 to 150/155/160/165

May 24, 2019

Morphling in 7.22

  • Added Scepter upgrade. While Morphed, you gain +35% cooldown reduction, +50% manacost reduction and +600 cast range.
  • Adaptive StrikeDamage reduced from 100 to 70/80/90/100
  • MorphNo longer dispels your hero

Jan 29, 2019

Morphling in 7.21

  • Strength gain increased from 2.3 to 2.6
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent increased from +15s Morph Duration to +20s

Nov 19, 2018

Morphling in 7.20

  • WaveformCooldown increased from 14/13/12/11 to 17/15/13/11

May 27, 2018

Morphling in 7.16

  • MorphNow only dispels on initial cast, rather than on all toggles

Apr 24, 2018

Morphling in 7.14

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent from +300 Waveform Range to +350
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent from +2 Multishot Adaptive Strike to +3
  • Adaptive Strike(Agility): Adaptive Strike Talent now has a 300 cast range buffer for the secondary targets

Mar 1, 2018

Morphling in 7.10

  • MorphCan now be toggled to go back and forth from the original target until the duration runs out. Has a 1 second toggle cooldown.

Feb 1, 2018

Morphling in 7.08

  • Morphcast range increased from 600 to 1000
  • Morphmanacost reduced from 75/100/125 to 50
  • Morph ReplicateMorph Replicate cast point removed

Source: Valve’s public Dota 2 data feeds. Notes belong to Valve. Dates use Bellevue time (Pacific).