Messi (Universal)

agility Hero

created by by MMan | Last update: Dec 04, 2025

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Messi the Greatest is a master of finesse and nimble moves that confounds his enemies. Being the greatest, he can outhshine his enemies, making them jealous to attack him. Using his magical left foot, he can convert his shots to magic to pierce his attacks through enemy armor. He can also summon his golden orbs to aid him in battle. Inspired by football (soccer) legend, Lionel Messi. Original... View more

agility HERO

melee

unspecified

Preferred role

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COMPLEXITY

Finesse Shot

active ABILITY

Messi fires a shot to attack and temporarily steal random attributes from the target. Attack damage is dealt as magical damage.

50 / 60 / 70 / 80

15 / 12 / 9 / 6

Elusive

passive ABILITY

Messi gains evasion and movement speed bonus per each nearby enemy hero. Effect becomes stronger at close range.

Outshine

active ABILITY

Upgrades Outshine

Messi taunts nearby enemies after a short delay, dealing damage and forcing them to attack him. Deals bonus damage based on the differences in total attributes between Messi and the each affected e...

80 / 90 / 100 / 110

18 / 16 / 14 / 12

Golden Orbs

ULTIMATE

active ABILITY

Messi summons golden balls that orbit around him to deal damage to enemies they collide with. Balls also strike nearby enemies within short intervals, dealing bonus damage and slowing their targets...

150 / 175 / 200

100 / 95 / 90

Body Feint

active ABILITY

Grants Body Feint

Messi performs a body feint followed by a short dash, leaving nearby enemies facing towards him fooled into moving towards his initial position. Enemies have their ankles broken, reducing their mov...

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LEVEL

BONUS STATS

STRENGTH

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

AGILITY

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

INTELLIGENCE

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

DPS

DAMAGE

SPEED

RANGE

ARMOR

MAGIC RES.

SPEED

TURN RATE

VISION

ABILITIES

THIS IDEA CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 5 ABILITIES

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Finesse Shot

Elusive

Outshine

Golden Orbs

Body Feint

Active

Finesse Shot

Passive

Elusive

Active

Outshine

Active

Golden Orbs

ULTIMATE ABILITY

Active

Body Feint

BASIC

Finesse Shot

TYPE active

DAMAGE magical

TARGET MODE unit

Messi fires a shot to attack and temporarily steal random attributes from the target. Attack damage is dealt as magical damage.

CAST RANGE 650

ATTACK DAMAGE 100%

BONUS DAMAGE 15 / 25 / 35 / 45

ATTRIBUTE STEAL 4 / 6 / 8 / 10

DURATION 30

50 / 60 / 70 / 80

15 / 12 / 9 / 6

BASIC

Elusive

TYPE passive

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE none

Messi gains evasion and movement speed bonus per each nearby enemy hero. Effect becomes stronger at close range.

EVASION PER ENEMY 5 / 6 / 7 / 8%

MOVE SPEED PER ENEMY 3 / 4 / 5 / 6%

INNER AREA BONUS 2X

INNER RADIUS 450

OUTER RADIUS 1200

LINGER DURATION 2

BASIC

Outshine

TYPE active

DAMAGE magical

TARGET MODE none

EFFECT DELAY 0.5

BASE DAMAGE 80 / 125 / 170 / 215

DAMAGE PER STAT (UNIT) 1

DAMAGE PER STAT (HERO) 1.5

DAMAGE REDUCTION 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%

DURATION 1.4 / 1.6 / 1.8 / 2.0

RADIUS 400

Aghanim's Scepter

Upgrades Outshine

Reduces enemy attributes by 20% for 8s. Enemies dying with the debuff lose 1 all attributes. Increases radius by 100.

80 / 90 / 100 / 110

18 / 16 / 14 / 12

BASIC

Golden Orbs

TYPE active

DAMAGE magical

TARGET MODE none

BALLS 5

COLLISION DAMAGE 30 / 40 / 50

COLLISION RADIUS 100

STRIKE DAMAGE 120 / 160 / 200

STRIKE MOVE SPEED SLOW 40%

STRIKE SLOW DURATION 1

STRIKE INTERVAL 1.25

STRIKE SEARCH RADIUS 400

ROTATION INTERVAL 2.5

ROTATION RADIUS 220 - 320

DURATION 10

150 / 175 / 200

100 / 95 / 90

BASIC

Body Feint

TYPE active

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE unit or point

CAST RANGE 400

DASH SPEED 800

ENEMY PULL SPEED 600

MAX PULL DURATION 0.5

MOVE SPEED SLOW 50%

ATTACK SPEED SLOW 50

SLOW DURATION 1.5

RADIUS 400

Aghanim's Shard

Grants Body Feint

Grants new ability: Body Feint

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

is breakable: YES

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

ULTIMATE ABILITY

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

Reduces enemy attributes by 20% for 8s. Enemies dying with the debuff lose 1 all attributes. Increases radius by 100.

Upgrades Outshine

AGHANIM'S SHARD

Grants new ability: Body Feint

Grants Body Feint

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+3 Golden Orbs

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Finesse Shot Bounces to a Secondary Target

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+35% Outshine Damage Reduction

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+0.5 Outshine Damage per Attribute Difference

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+2% Elusive Move Speed and Evasion

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-0.25s Golden Orbs Strike Interval

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+0.4s Outshine Duration

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+2 Finesse Shot Attribute Steal

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Innate & Facets for 7.36 Innate - Greatest: Messi always has the highest agility gain on the battlefield. If an enemy hero has a higher agility gain than him, he starts the battle with a agility gain 0.2 higher than that enemy hero. Messi also gains 0.8 damage from agility and intelligence attributes, but gains 0.1 damage from strength. Facet 1 - Tiki-Taka: Messi and his allies permanently gain +1 all attributes bonus per kills and +1 random attribute bonus for assists. Aura radius: 1200. Facet 2 - Sidestep: Elusive can be activated to disjoint projectiles. Messi moves 60 units left or right. Cooldown 15/12/9/6, Mana Cost: 40.

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11 Aug 2023

Created 2 years ago

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SpottyRed commented 2 years ago

I love it, finesse shot is a pretty bad ability though. At least make it a mini-dash with increased cast range. Perhaps throw on a brief slow as well?

MMan replied 2 years ago

Didnt wanna copy Ronaldo's first skill on that one :D He can also get his mini-dash with his shard anyway

FlyDoomer commented 2 years ago

amazing

MMan replied 2 years ago

Thanks :D So which one would win in a Dota 2 matchup, Messi or Ronaldo?

Satou the Deus Musco commented 2 years ago

Encara messi encara messi encara messi encara messi!

MMan replied 2 years ago

Gol gol gol gol!

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