Medusa
Hero Skill
Casts a hex on two random areas. Deals 740% DMG over 6s to enemies in those areas. One hex Petrifies enemies for 2.5s. The other reduces enemy Heroes' Energy by 100. Attacks hit multiple targets. Cooldown: 8s.
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Medusa build analysis
Medusa is a legendary crowd control hero. Compared with the other 17 legendary crowd control heroes in the database, Medusa sits in the middle of its class on raw stats. Among top players, the most settled part of the build is talent (Revitalize, 26.7%) and the least settled is pet (Swarm of Doom, only 6.7%), so the pet slot is where you have the most freedom to adapt.
How settled is each slot?
The pick rate of the most popular option shows how much top players agree. Medusa's top talent, Revitalize, is picked 26.7% of the time, which is about the same as the typical hero.
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Revitalize (26.7%) | Sunder (5.3%) | contested |
| Insignia | Brawler's Favor Insignia (20.2%) | Revitalize Insignia (11.8%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Time Steer Insignia (9.4%) | Tyranny Insignia (9.2%) | no consensus |
| Equipment | Malaise (10.0%) | Pyremage (9.6%) | no consensus |
| Trait | Accuracy (26.1%) | ATK (23.0%) | contested |
| Pet | Swarm of Doom (6.7%) | Nature's Spite (5.8%) | no consensus |
Near-universal is 50% or more, clear favourite 30–50%, contested 15–30%, no consensus under 15%. When a slot is contested, the runner-up is usually a reasonable substitute if you don't own the top pick.
Stats compared with other legendary crowd control heroes
| Stat | Medusa | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 220 | 220 | 9 / 18 | 144 / 208 |
| Base HP | 1,900 | 2,525 | 14 / 18 | 174 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 13 | 13 | 8 / 18 | 134 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 110 | 120 | 10 / 18 | 164 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 1,000 ms | 1,000 | 3 / 18 | 19 / 208 |
| Move speed | 240 | 178 | 7 / 18 | 146 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks 144th of 208 and base HP ranks 174th of 208. Its skill has a 8s cooldown.
Where Medusa is a top user
These are options where Medusa is one of the five heroes most likely to run them. If you're deciding which hero should get a scarce item, these are strong candidates for Medusa.
- Revitalize (Talent): #5 of 121 heroes that use it, picked on 26.7% of Medusa builds
Heroes with similar builds
No other hero uses the same Revitalize + Brawler's Favor Insignia pairing as its top choice, so this build is specific to Medusa.
Looking at every slot, not just talent and insignia, these heroes' builds overlap most with Medusa's:
- Death Knight (legendary, multiclass): overlap score 199
- Warlock (legendary, support): overlap score 197, same top talent (Revitalize)
- Valentina (legendary, support): overlap score 195, same top talent (Revitalize)
- Vlad Dracula (legendary, support): overlap score 191
Overlap score adds up the shared pick rate across all six slots. 0 means nothing in common, and 600 would mean identical builds.
Data source: base stats, skill text and pick rates come from IGG's official Castle Clash hero data, which reports what top players equip. The rankings, consensus ratings and similarity scores above are calculated by CastleClash Builds. See the methodology for details.