Murky | |
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Basic Info | |
Title | Baby Murloc |
Role | Melee Assassin |
Difficulty | Hard |
Franchise | Warcraft |
Price | 625 / 7,000 |
Release Date | May 22, 2014 |
Base Stats | |
Attack Type | Melee |
Health | 730 |
Health Regen | 29.1992 |
Resource | None |
Unit Radius | 0.625 |
Attack Speed | 1.25 |
Attack Range | 1.2 |
Attack Damage | 60 |
Data Page |
Murky, the Baby Murloc, is a Melee Assassin Hero from the Warcraft universe.
Murky slimes enemies and spits out Pufferfish. Murky can place an Egg to respawn quickly back into battle.
Background[ | ]
The origins and history of the murloc race are shrouded in mystery. A large part of this is because their lore is passed down via their own oral tradition, which is almost incomprehensible to most other sentient races, but also because murlocs generally have very little tolerance for other races. Murlocs often congregate in heavily populated coastal settlements, and are more than willing to assist each other when threatened. While many have debated on their intelligence, there is reason to believe that their use of weaponry and uncanny fighting abilities may actually imply that they possess a rather sinister racial intellect.
Like the enigmatic origins of the murloc race, Murky's past is also veiled in a variety unanswered questions. Who is he? Where does he come from? He dies again and again, and yet each time, returns to life from his egg. Stranger yet, when he emerges, he looks and sounds precisely the same. Does he possess unspeakable powers? Could he be immortal?
The world may never know.
Gameplay[ | ]
Murky is a Melee Assassin who 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. Even if his Health and damage values are limited, his Hero Trait, Spawn Egg, makes it so that he is never away from battle for long when killed. Another important aspect of Spawn Egg to consider is the fact that Murky's revival timer is of only 8 seconds at all stages of the game. Early on, this advantage is mediocre; later in the game, it is outstanding.
Strengths[ | ]
- Good waveclear
- Strong revival mechanic
- Very threatening late-game presence
Weaknesses[ | ]
- Extremely fragile
- Inept at carrying Map Objectives, which are dropped on death
- Several conditions may limit his damage potential
- Underwhelming early-game
- Distinct playstyle to which your team must adapt
Abilities[ | ]
- See Data page for a table of scaled values at key levels.
Talents[ | ]
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.
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.
Fake Egg
- Minions, Mercenaries and Monsters do not attack fake Eggs.
- Enemy Structures can attack fake Eggs, instantly killing them.
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.
❢ 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%.
Pufferfish gains 50 Spell Armor and deals 50% more damage to Slimed targets.
- 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.
❢ Quest: Every 15 seconds Murky is alive, he gains 5% Spell Power, up to 25%. This bonus is reset upon his death.
- Only grants increased Spell Damage, as opposed to Spell Power.
- Damage bonus stacks additively with itself and other offensive damage modifiers.
Increase Slime's radius by 30%.
Gain 50% Movement Speed and move through units while in Safety Bubble. Additionally, Safety Bubble's cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds.
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.
- 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.
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.
Cooldown: 50 seconds
Murky becomes Unstoppable and Stuns target enemy Hero for 3 seconds while he hits them for 1 damage a second.
Safety Bubble restores 40% of Murky's maximum Health.
Spawning from his Egg grants Murky a Shield equal to 100% of his maximum Health. The Shield lasts indefinitely.
Murky is healed for 25% of the damage he deals with Basic Attacks and Basic Abilities.
- Does not benefit from Egg Hunt's Slime and bonus damage from Wrath of Cod.
Every 3rd consecutive Basic Attack against an enemy Hero causes a free Slime to be cast upon them.
- 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.
The Pufferfish casts Slime at its location upon landing.
- Fish Oil's Slime has the same properties as baseline Slime and interacts with all talents affecting Slime.
Heroes hit by Pufferfish take additional damage equal to 15% of their maximum Health over 5 seconds.
March of the Murlocs can be channeled, sending little Murlocs indefinitely.
Increase the damage of Octo-Grab by 13,700%.
- Increases Octograb's base damage to 137.
Murky's maximum Health and Egg respawn time are doubled.
Reduces the cooldown of Slime from 4 seconds to 2 seconds.
Builds and guides[ | ]
Murky Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire
Murky Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth
Skins[ | ]
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Backstory: Mrgglglbrlg rmrmgllg mrggggm. Mrrglglgy, mgllglgl mgggrrmgl? MRGGGLGLLM! Mrrggllgggllggll mrrglrlg mrrg mrrg mrrrg. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
625 / 7,000 Baby Murloc |
Free Bioluminescent |
Free Tropical |
120 / 75 Clownfish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Backstory: Noblegarden is an important time of the year for the inhabitants of Bunny Island. Even murlocs celebrate the festivities, hiding their eggs in the most inconvenient spots possible. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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350 / 400 |
350 / 400 Spring |
350 / 400 Albino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Backstory: Alright, fess up... Who put the murloc in that power armor? Sammy? We talked about this... Guys, this is real cute and all, but how the heck are we supposed to get him out of there? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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350 / 400 Fire-batty |
350 / 400 Heavenly |
525 / 600 Earthy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Backstory: Do you live on land? Would you be more comfortable in water? Well now, with Murky's new conch-filtration device, you can stay wet, AND smell like crustaceans! Win win! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
120 / 75 |
120 / 75 Bluefish |
120 / 75 Inky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Backstory: Johanna's apprentice might be small, but he doesn't take any carp. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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350 / 400 |
350 / 400 Scarlet |
350 / 400 Steel |
350 / 400 Obsidian |
350 / 400 Amber |
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Backstory: For his first Hallow's End costume, Murky wanted to dress up as the scariest thing he could think of. So, he chose to be a garden shambler. Wouldn't you? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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120 / 75 |
120 / 75 Orchid |
120 / 75 Tulip |
120 / 75 Lilac |
120 / 75 Hibiscus |
Portraits[ | ]
Sprays[ | ]
Emojis[ | ]
Development[ | ]
According to Game Designer Kent-Erik Hagman the development of Murky revolved around the idea of Murlocs being a persistent, annoying force that just die a lot. Credit for the core idea does belong to Dustin Browder. The developers had been spinning their wheels for a while trying to come up with a cool hook for Murky when Dustin Browder suggested to try the "cartoon character" Murloc, for whom death doesn't mean anything. They decided the most straightforward approach would be for the Murky player to pick the respawn spot. They wanted to offer the most freedom for their players, and after talking with the art team, they gave them the idea of a Murloc Egg or Nest that Murky could respawn from. From there, it was just a lot of playtesting and reworking the numbers to get the egg to feel exciting and fun.[1]
Trivia[ | ]
- Murlocs first appeared in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (July 2002). A Murky pet was added to World of Warcraft in 2005, and Murky appears in World of Warcraft: Legion (August 2016).
- Murky is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
- Murky was one of the four heroes revealed at PAX East 2014.[2]
- Murky originally lived in the coast of Feralas in Traveler (October 2016).
- However, he was kidnapped by a band of thugs and held captive, but was later rescued by a pair of children and a wyvern the size of a giraffe.
- Many of the opening lines involving Murky are expressions of confusion at the murloc language. Even Malfurion mentions he has to brush up on it. Certain heroes, notably the telepathic protoss and the supernatural angels and demons, are able to understand what Murky is saying. The more noble of these (Tassadar, Zeratul, Fenix, Tyrael, and Auriel) react as either offended or scared of the little Murloc's bloodthirsty demeanor and desire for vengeance. Even Diablo is a little scared of him. On the other hand, Alarak actually likes the "little fish creature", and Malthael is flat out impressed to find someone who understands his "great work".
Gallery[ | ]
General[ | ]
The Blizzard DOTA models of Murky, Samuro, Stitches, Sylvanas and Warfield.
The Blizzard DOTA models of Murky and various other heroes.
Grunty in the Eternal Conflict.
Murky attacks Diablo.
Abilities[ | ]
Videos[ | ]
References[ | ]
- ↑ Designer Insights: Clearing the Murky Waters
- ↑ 2014-04-11, PAX EAST: DAY 1, accessed on 2014-04-11
External links[ | ]
- Developer Insights: Clearing The Murky Waters
- Murky Hero Week
- Murky - Heroes of the Storm
- Murky - Wowpedia
- Murky Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
- Murky Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm
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Bruisers | Artanis • Chen • Deathwing • Dehaka • D.Va • Gazlowe • Hogger • Imperius • Leoric • Malthael • Ragnaros • Rexxar • Sonya • Thrall • Varian • Xul • Yrel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Healers | Alexstrasza • Ana • Anduin • Auriel • Brightwing • Deckard • Kharazim • Li Li • Lt. Morales • Lúcio • Malfurion • Rehgar • Stukov • Uther • Tyrande • Whitemane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Melee Assassins | Alarak • The Butcher • Illidan • Kerrigan • Maiev • Murky • Qhira • Samuro • Valeera • Zeratul | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ranged Assassins | Azmodan • Cassia • Chromie • Falstad • Fenix • Gall • Genji • Greymane • Gul'dan • Hanzo • Jaina • Junkrat • Kael'thas • Kel'Thuzad • Li-Ming • Lunara • Mephisto • Nazeebo • Nova • Orphea • Probius • Raynor • Sgt. Hammer • Sylvanas • Tassadar • Tracer • Tychus • Valla • Zagara • Zul'jin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Support | Abathur • The Lost Vikings • Medivh • Zarya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tanks | Anub'arak • Arthas • Blaze • Cho • Diablo • E.T.C. • Garrosh • Johanna • Mal'Ganis • Mei • Muradin • Stitches • Tyrael | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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