Medusa

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Base Attributes

Release Date

September 14th, 2017^[1]

Origin

Marvel Comics
First Appearance: Fantastic Four #36 (1964)

Abilities

Poison Immunity
Armor Break
Armor Shattered
Bleed

Signature Ability

Living Strands

Availability

No

Yes

No

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Medusa is a Cosmic Champion. Being a Cosmic Champion, she has a Class Bonus against Tech Champions, but is weak to Mystic Champions.

Bio[]

Born into the Inhuman Royal Family of Attilan, Medusa was exposed to the mutagenic Terrigen Mists when she was only an infant. This transformation endowed her with tougher-than-steel hair and the ability to control each strand like an added appendage. Along with her husband, Black Bolt, Medusa leads her people as the Queen of the Inhumans in their search for a better place in the world.

Stats[]

Max Rating	Max Health	Max Attack
565	2305	190
-	-	-
1525	6245	512
-	-	-
3820	15660	1283
-	-	-
7691	31398	2572
-	-	-
13120	53576	4388
-	-	-

Abilities[]

Passive

An enhanced immune system provides full immunity to Poison.

Medium Attacks

Medusa slashes with her hair, breaking the opponent’s Armor and reducing their Armor Rating by X for 3.6 seconds.

Tier	Armor Rating
	300
	326.47
	352.94
	370.59
	397.06

Armor Shattered

When the opponent has 6 Armor Break Debuffs, they are removed and replaced by both an Armor Shattered and Armor Break Debuff for 26 seconds.
While Armor Shattered is active, this Champion cannot inflict additional Armor Break Debuffs.
The Armor Break reduces Armor Rating by X and removes an Armor Up Buff.

Tier	Armor Rating
	2077.78
	2261.11
	2444.45
	2566.67
	2750

While Armor Shattered is active, Opponent's Armor Up Buffs suffer -100% Ability Accuracy. Additionally, this shatters Robot Champions systems, reducing their Combat Power Rate and Ability Power Rate as well as their Ability Accuracy, by 100%.

Critical Light Attacks and All Heavy Attacks:

100% chance to inflict Bleed if Armor Shattered is active, dealing X Direct Damage per second until Armor Shattered expires.

Tier	Bleed Damage
	3.8
	10.24
	25.66
	51.44
	87.76

Signature Ability[]

Living Strands - Passive

Medusa gains a Fury Buff every 3 seconds, up to 3 stacks, each increasing Attack by X. Fury Buffs expire 14 seconds after reaching the maximum amount.

Tier	Attack Rating
	32.3
	87.04
	218.11
	437.24
	745.96

When struck twice, Medusa has X% chance to Auto Block with her hair, Purifying any Stun Debuffs, for the cost of 3 Fury Buffs. This can trigger Parry.

Tier	Auto-Block Chance %
	12.03 - 89.97%
	12.03 - 89.97%
	12.03 - 89.97%
	28.2 - 100.03%
	28.2 - 100.03%

Special Attacks[]

Special 1 - Split Ends
Medusa individually controls each strand of her hair to subdue opponents with a 4-hit combo.

Medusa inflicts a 4-hit combo, each breaking the opponent’s Armor and reducing their Armor Rating by X per stack for 6 seconds.

Tier	Armor Rating
	300
	326.47
	352.94
	370.59
	397.06

Special 2 - Swinging Strands
Medusa swings her body, striking her opponents with a combination of sword and hair attacks.

Medusa performs a 10-hit combo, each hit has a 60% chance to inflict Bleed if Armor Shattered is active, dealing X Direct Damage over 2 seconds.

Tier	Bleed Damage
	76
	204.8
	513.2
	1028.8
	1755.2

Stuns the opponent for 3.5 seconds if Armor Shattered is inactive.

Special 3 - Rite of Royalty
Wielding blades in her hands and hair, Medusa shows her opponents that she is the Inhuman Queen for a reason.

Remove all Armor Breaks on the Opponent and replace them with both an Armor Shattered and Armor Break Debuff for 35 seconds.
The Armor Break reduces Armor Rating by X and removes an Armor Up Buff.

Tier	Armor Rating
	2077.78
	2261.11
	2444.45
	2566.67
	2750

Synergy Bonuses[]

Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
Inhuman Royal Family		Medusa: Heavy Attacks inflict indefinite Armor Break Debuffs to a max of 4. Karnak: Striking into the Opponent's Block reduces their Ability Accuracy by 30% per Focus Charge. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Inhuman Royal Family		Medusa: Living Strands generates up to 6 Fury Buffs. Black Bolt: Provocation generates permanent Buffs instead of temporary Buffs. Inhuman Royal Family: +25% Attack at the start of the fight if Medusa, Black Bolt and Karnak are together in a team. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Enemies - Level 3		All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Rivals - Level 3		All Champions: +115 Critical Damage Rating.
Incoming Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
Family - Level 3		All Champions: +6% Health.
Romance - Level 3		All Champions: +5% Combat Power Rate.
Family - Level 3		All Champions: +6% Health.

Strengths and Weaknesses[]

Strengths[]

Black Panther (Civil War)
- Medusa’s new Armor Shattered Debuff prevents opponents from activating their Armor Buffs, meaning Black Panther will not be able to take advantage of his Reflect Stun ability.
Ultron, Vision (Robots)
- Armor Shattered has a pretty long duration, and against Robots it has an extremely potent bonus which is reducing their Ability Accuracy to 0. A great counter to Ultron’s Regeneration and Vision’s Power Gain effects.

Weaknesses[]

Doctor Strange, Black Widow (Claire Voyant)
- Medusa heavily relies on her Fury Buffs to Auto Block and for general damage output. Doctor Strange and other mystic champions not only has the power to passively Nullify those Buffs, but also has Class Advantage against Cosmic Champions.
Colossus, Ghost Rider, Sasquatch, Thing, Absorbing Man
- Bleed and Armor Break Immune Champions greatly reduces Medusa’s burst damage capabilities.
Undermine, Unblockable, True Strike, True Sense, True Accuracy
- All these effects can bypass Medusa's autoblock when she is awakened.

Recommended Masteries[]

Deep Wounds
- Medusa’s Special 2 is able to inflict a lot of short Bleeds, Deep Wounds will more than double the damage inflicted by those Bleeds. Additionally, when the opponent’s Armor is Shattered, Medusa will constantly inflict Bleeds through her Sword Attacks, quickly finishing opponents off when she has more Health Points than them.
Extended and Enhanced Fury
- Medusa can get a lot of Fury Buffs when awakened, extending their duration and enhancing their effectiveness will add a lot more burst damage capacity especially when pairing that with her Armor Breaks, Bleeds, and the Inhuman Royal Family synergy with Black Bolt and Karnak.
Parry
- Medusa’s signature ability, Living Strands provides a chance to break the opponent’s combo by activating an Auto-Block. This ability can not only save you from a deadly combo, but can also Stun the opponent if you have the Parry Mastery, allowing Medusa to safely start her own combo.