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Marci

Dashes around pummeling enemies with rapid attacks

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Marci portrait

Win rate

49.2%

B across all ranks

Pick rate

5.3%

of public matches

Public picks

180.8K

in the sample

Pro scene

3

0 bans · 67% win rate

Win rate by rank

  • Herald1Herald48.8%
  • Guardian2Guardian48.3%
  • Crusader3Crusader48.2%
  • Archon4Archon48.7%
  • Legend5Legend49.7%
  • Ancient6Ancient49.7%
  • Divine+7Divine+50.5%

Bars start at 50%. Sample sizes: Herald 5.6K · Guardian 16.2K · Crusader 27.7K · Archon 39.9K · Legend 44.5K · Ancient 26.8K · Divine+ 20.3K.

Last 6 days

49.5%

Popular item build

Starting items

Bought before the horn

  1. 1

    Iron Branch

    55g
  2. 2

    Tango

    90g
  3. 3

    Blood Grenade

    50g
  4. 4

    Sentry Ward

    50g
  5. 5

    Circlet

    155g
  6. 6

    Faerie Fire

    65g

Laning

The first minutes

  1. 1

    Boots of Speed

    500g
  2. 2

    Chainmail

    500g
  3. 3

    Phase Boots

    50%1,450g
  4. 4

    Bracer

    505g
  5. 5

    Helm of Iron Will

    975g

Mid game

Core items

  1. 1

    Phase Boots

    50%1,450g
  2. 2

    Black King Bar

    55%4,050g
  3. 3

    Solar Crest

    2,575g
  4. 4

    Point Booster

    1,200g
  5. 5

    Blink Dagger

    61%2,250g

Late game

The full build

  1. 1

    Blink Dagger

    61%2,250g
  2. 2

    Black King Bar

    55%4,050g
  3. 3

    Abyssal Blade

    6,250g
  4. 4

    Nullifier

    4,350g
  5. 5

    Solar Crest

    2,575g
  6. 6

    Glimmer Cape

    2,150g

Most-bought items for Marci in OpenDota’s sample of parsed public matches (1,222 purchases counted). Bars compare each item with the most-bought one in its phase. The percentage is the win rate in games where Marci bought the item by minute 30 (green or red when it is clearly above or below Marci’s average). Teams that are ahead buy items sooner, so a high number shows the item goes with winning games, not that it causes the win. Items with fewer than 100 games show no percentage. Cheap components are hidden from the mid and late game.

Best win rate by purchase time

Bought 12–15 min

  1. Mithril Hammer

    72 games

    65%
  2. Phase Boots

    111 games

    45%

Bought 15–20 min

  1. Aghanim's Shard

    61 games

    67%
  2. Black King Bar

    86 games

    58%
  3. Mithril Hammer

    173 games

    51%

Bought 20–30 min

  1. Blink Dagger

    97 games

    62%
  2. Skull Basher

    65 games

    58%
  3. Aghanim's Scepter

    66 games

    58%

Final items compared within the same purchase window (at least 60 games each), so they are not simply ranked by how late or expensive they are. Still a correlation: a team that is far ahead can buy anything sooner.

What these items do

  • Iron Branch

    55

    • +1 All Attributes

    Use: Plant Tree: Targets the ground to plant a happy little tree that lasts for 20 seconds.

  • Tango

    90

    Use: Devour: Consumes a target tree to gain 7 health regeneration for 16 seconds. Consuming an Ironwood Tree doubles the heal duration. Comes with 3 charges.

  • Blood Grenade

    50

    • +50 Health

    Use: Throw Grenade: Throw a grenade at the target area. Enemies in the area will take 50 damage on impact, and be slowed by -15% and take 15 damage every 1s for 5…

    Full description

    10s

    Use: Throw Grenade. Throw a grenade at the target area. Enemies in the area will take 50 damage on impact, and be slowed by -15% and take 15 damage every 1s for 5 seconds. Radius 300.

  • Sentry Ward

    50

    Use: Plant: Plants a Sentry Ward, an invisible watcher that grants True Sight, the ability to see invisible enemy units and wards, to any existing allied vision within a…

    Full description

    1s

    Use: Plant. Plants a Sentry Ward, an invisible watcher that grants True Sight, the ability to see invisible enemy units and wards, to any existing allied vision within a 1050 radius. Lasts 7 minutes. Does not grant ground vision. Hold Control to give one Sentry Ward to an allied hero.

  • Circlet

    155

    • +2 All Attributes
  • Faerie Fire

    65

    • +2 Damage

    Use: Imbue: Instantly restores 85 health.

    Full description

    5s

    Use: Imbue. Instantly restores 85 health.

  • Boots of Speed

    500

    • +45 Move Speed

    Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.

  • Chainmail

    500

    • +4 Armor
  • Phase Boots

    1,450

    • +50 Move Speed
    • +4 Armor

    Active: Phase: Gives 20% increased movement speed on melee heroes, and 10% on ranged heroes, and lets you move through units and turn more quickly for 3 seconds.

    Win rate when bought49.8% · 592 games

    • ≤ 12 min52%431
    • 12–15 min45%111
    • 15–20 min38%39
    • 20–30 min–11
    Full description

    8s

    Active: Phase. Gives 20% increased movement speed on melee heroes, and 10% on ranged heroes, and lets you move through units and turn more quickly for 3 seconds. Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.

  • Bracer

    505

    • +5 Strength
    • +2 Agility
    • +2 Intelligence
    • +0.75 Health Regen
    • +50 Health
  • Helm of Iron Will

    975

    • +4 Armor
    • +4 Health Regen
  • Black King Bar

    4,050

    • +10 Strength
    • +24 Damage

    Active: Avatar: Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage.

    Win rate when bought54.9% · 359 games

    • ≤ 12 min–3
    • 12–15 min–13
    • 15–20 min58%86
    • 20–30 min53%257
    Full description

    95s50

    Active: Avatar. Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage. For the duration of the effect, any negative effect from enemy spells has no effect. Duration: 9 / 8 / 7s Dispel Type: Basic Dispel

    • Purchasing another Black King Bar will not reset its immunity duration.
    • Avatar duration is not affected by increases to buff duration.
  • Solar Crest

    2,575

    • +7 Armor
    • +25 Move Speed
    • +200 Mana
    • +200 Health

    Active: Shine: When cast on an ally, grants them 5 armor, 60 attack speed, 15% movement speed and a 350 physical damage barrier.

    Full description

    16s100

    Active: Shine. When cast on an ally, grants them 5 armor, 60 attack speed, 15% movement speed and a 350 physical damage barrier. Does not grant bonus armor, movement or attack speed if used on self. Duration: 7

    • Shares cooldown with Pavise.
  • Point Booster

    1,200

    • +175 Mana
    • +175 Health
  • Blink Dagger

    2,250

    Active: Blink: Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. Blink Dagger cannot be used for 3 seconds after taking damage from an enemy hero or Roshan.

    Win rate when bought61.4% · 145 games

    • ≤ 12 min–3
    • 12–15 min–10
    • 15–20 min66%35
    • 20–30 min62%97
    Full description

    15s

    Active: Blink. Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. Blink Dagger cannot be used for 3 seconds after taking damage from an enemy hero or Roshan.

    • Self-casting will cause you to teleport in the direction of your team's fountain.
  • Abyssal Blade

    6,250

    • +35 Damage
    • +30 Strength

    Active: Overwhelm: Stuns a target enemy unit for 1.6 seconds. Pierces Debuff Immunity.

    Full description

    35s75

    Active: Overwhelm. Stuns a target enemy unit for 1.6 seconds. Pierces Debuff Immunity.

    Passive: Bash. Grants melee heroes a 25% chance on hit to stun the target for 1.2 seconds and deal 120 bonus physical damage. Bash chance for ranged heroes is 10%.

    • The stun is melee range.
    • Does not stack with other bashes, and does not grant bash to Clones and Tempest Doubles.
    • Multiple sources of damage block do not stack.
    • The following heroes cannot trigger Bash on this item: Spirit Breaker, Faceless Void, Slardar, and Kez while in Sai mode.
  • Nullifier

    4,350

    • +75 Damage
    • +10 Armor

    Active: Nullify: Dispels the target and applies a debuff for 4 seconds. Continuously dispels and slows the target. Dispel Type: Basic Dispel

    Full description

    10s

    Active: Nullify. Dispels the target and applies a debuff for 4 seconds. Continuously dispels and slows the target. Dispel Type: Basic Dispel

    • Can be cast on invulnerable units.
  • Glimmer Cape

    2,150

    Active: Glimmer: After a 0.5 second delay, grants invisibility, 20 movement speed and a magic damage barrier that absorbs up to 375 damage to you or a target allied unit…

    Full description

    15s125

    Active: Glimmer. After a 0.5 second delay, grants invisibility, 20 movement speed and a magic damage barrier that absorbs up to 375 damage to you or a target allied unit for 5 seconds. Can be cast while channeling.

Abilities

Dispose

16 / 14 / 12 / 10s80

Marci grabs an allied or enemy target and throws it effortlessly behind her, damaging and slowing the unit if it's an enemy. Any enemy units in the landing area will also be damaged and slowed.

THROW DISTANCE
250
SLOW DURATION
3
IMPACT DAMAGE
60 / 150 / 240 / 330
MOVEMENT SLOW
20 / 30 / 40 / 50%

Rebound

24 / 20 / 16 / 12s70 / 80 / 90 / 100

Marci bounds to the targeted allied unit, choosing a direction and distance she will spring away from it. Upon reaching the unit, Marci lunges to her final destination, damaging and stunning enemies where she lands. When Rebound is set to alt-cast, Marci brings the target ally with her to her final destination. The ally receives 25% bonus movement speed for 4s.

CAST / JUMP RANGE
450 / 550 / 650 / 750
IMPACT DAMAGE
75 / 150 / 225 / 300
STUN DURATION
0.8 / 1.1 / 1.4 / 1.7
  • Marci's initial run to her target unit can be disjointed.
  • Does not trigger spell reflect.
  • Does not bring allies who are Rooted or Leashed when alt-cast.

Aghanim’s ShardIncreases damage. Rebound can be cast on enemies, and causes Marci to also get the speed boost when she casts it.

Bodyguard

20s60

Passively grants Marci lifesteal and bonus attack damage. When cast on an ally, she provides them with 75% of her passive lifesteal and attack damage bonus. Additionally Marci creates a shared all damage barrier for herself and her partner. As Marci attacks heroes, 30% of the damage dealt restores the barrier.

DURATION
7
LIFESTEAL
12 / 18 / 24 / 30%
BONUS BASE ATTACK DAMAGE
12 / 18 / 24 / 30%
SHARED BARRIER AMOUNT
90 / 160 / 230 / 300
  • Marci cannot cast Bodyguard on herself.
  • Lifesteal effectiveness gets a 40% penalty against creeps.
  • The shared barrier is reduced by damage on either Marci or her partner.

Special Delivery

Innate215s

Marci whistles to instantly summon her courier to her. If the courier started in the fountain, it will take items from Marci's stash. After teleporting it will transfer these items to Marci and head back to the fountain. Passively grants all allied couriers 3 bonus levels and 1 bonus health.

COOLDOWN
215
  • If the courier didn't transfer any items or still has items after casting, it will remain next to Marci.

Unleash

Ultimate80 / 70 / 60s100 / 125 / 150

Marci taps a hidden power, gaining Fury charges that allow her to deliver a rapid sequence of strikes that slow movement and attack speed of the target for 2s. The last strike in every Fury combo creates a damaging pulse around the target. In between Fury combos, Marci is unable to attack for 1.5s. Marci gains 15% movement speed when Unleash is cast.

DURATION
16
STRIKES PER FURY
5
BONUS ATTACK SPEED
700 / 925 / 1150
PULSE RADIUS
800
PULSE DAMAGE
50 / 100 / 150
MOVEMENT SLOW
30%
BASE ATTACK SPEED SLOW
60 / 80 / 100
  • Once a Fury combo is started, each attack must be delivered within 1s or the Fury combo expires.
  • Removes attack speed limit.

Aghanim’s ScepterReduces Unleash cooldown by 10 seconds and causes Unleash to apply a basic dispel on Marci. While Unleash is Active, all of Marci's abilities unleash pulses when cast. All of Marci's unleash pulses will silence units for 1 seconds. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel

Talents

Unleash Duration Extended By 6s On Kill

25

Bodyguard Strong Dispels

+0.75s Rebound Stun Duration

20

+15% Unleash Movement Speed

+115 Dispose Damage

15

+12% Bodyguard Damage

+1.5s Dispose Slow Duration

10

+50 Rebound Landing Radius

Base stats

Attributes

  • StrengthStrength23+3.2/lvl
  • AgilityAgility20+2.2/lvl
  • IntelligenceIntelligence19+1.9/lvl

Universal heroes get bonus damage from every attribute.

At level 1

Damage
29–33
Attack time
1.7s
Attack range
150 (melee)
Move speed
315
Armor
3.3
Magic resistance
25%
Health
626 (+2.6/s)
Mana
303 (+1/s)
Vision day / night
1800 / 800

Recent changes

latest 12 patches
  1. 7.41f
    • Rebound:Ally bonus movement speed rescaled from 15/20/25/30% to 25%
  2. 7.41d
    • Special Delivery:Cooldown decreased from 245s - 5s per level to 215s - 5s per level
    • Bodyguard:Mana Cost decreased from 60/65/70/75 to 60
  3. 7.41c
    • Bodyguard:Cast Range increased from 500 to 600
    • Talents:Level 15 Talent Dispose Damage increased from +100 to +115
  4. 7.41
    • Special Delivery:If Marci's courier is in the fountain when Special Delivery is cast, the courier will take all items from the stash before teleporting. The courier will now automatically attempt to transfer items upon teleporting and head back to the fountain. If the courier has any extra items after trying to transfer or didn't transfer any items, it will stay next to Marci
    • Cooldown changed from 240s to 245s - 5s per level
    • Bodyguard:Ability Reworked
    • Has both passive and active components
    • Passively grants Marci 12/18/24/30% lifesteal and 12/18/24/30% bonus base attack damage
    • When cast on an ally, she provides them with 75% of passive bonuses and a shared all damage barrier that blocks 90/160/230/300 damage. Damaging the barrier on either Marci or the target will reduce it for both. As Marci attacks heroes, 30% of the damage dealt restores the barrier. Duration: 7s
    • Cast Range: 500. Mana Cost: 60/65/70/75. Cooldown: 20s. Cast Point: 0.2s
    • The effect is dispellable. Dispelling Marci will remove the barrier. Dispelling the target will remove both the barrier and passive bonuses (lifesteal and base attack damage)
    • Rebound:Ability can be set to alt-cast to bring the target ally to the destination. Does not work on rooted or leashed allies
    • Talents:Level 15 Talent +10% Rebound Movement Speed Bonus replaced with +12% Bodyguard Damage
    • Level 20 Talent Unleash Movement Speed increased from +10% to +15%
    • Level 25 Talent +20% Bodyguard Damage replaced with Bodyguard Strong Dispels (Dispels both Marci and the target)
  5. 7.40b
    • Strength gain increased from 3.0 to 3.2
    • Damage gain per level increased from 3.2 to 3.3
    • Rebound:Radius increased from 275 to 300
    • Unleash:Cooldown decreased from 90/75/60s to 80/70/60s
    • Talents:Level 10 Talent +75 Rebound Landing Radius decreased to +50
  6. 7.40
    • Removed Fleeting Fury facet
  7. 7.39e
    • Unleash:Bonus Attack Speed decreased from 700/975/1325 to 700/925/1150

Lore

Admired by many, Marci's origins are known to nameless few. She travels mostly in the company of the Princess Mirana, but the roots of their friendship are entwined in secrets neither would ever needlessly reveal. To allies, she serves as fierce and honest companion. To enemies, she acts as dauntless deterrence against harming any she deems friend. Though unwise opponents may consider her size unremarkable, Marci possesses an inner power that imbues her strikes with incredible might. She'll decimate those who think to test her, but those who earn her favor will have an unflappable confidant for life.

Win rates come from public Dota 2 matches (OpenDota), 3.4M matches counted, refreshed Oct 24, 2026. Tiers use the win rate in the chosen rank: S 52.5%+, A 51%+, B 49%+, C 47.5%+, D below; heroes with too few games are left unrated. Hero data and patch notes are Valve’s. Builds Forge is an unofficial fan site, not affiliated with Valve.