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All of the files in the game are using placeholder imagery ranging from sketches, concept art, or straight-up memes in the case of the \u201cstick_em_up\u201d ability.\u00a0 In the case of the file names, all of them are labeled bird_samurai, corpse_mother, or gunslinger\u2014with several of the gunslinger placeholder imagery being from Gyrocopter\u2019s abilities such as Rocket Barrage or Homing Missle. Not a lot of other data is featured in this leak, but the names of some moves do point to potential concepts for some of Muerta\u2019s abilities.\u00a0 For example, Fan the Hammer likely means Muerta will unload a full six shooter\u2019s salvo or two into a target while Reload is pretty self-explanatory. 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And if these leaked Muerta abilities are also real, it could point to the new Dota 2 hero being added in an upcoming patch too\u2014which lines up with the last hero, Primal Beast, which was released last February too.","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/30040608\/FgTkn4iUcAE91w1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1706"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792972"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":793006,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792972\/revisions\/793006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792972"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=792972"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=792972"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=792972"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=792972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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In the case of the file names, all of them are labeled bird_samurai, corpse_mother, or gunslinger\u2014with several of the gunslinger placeholder imagery being from Gyrocopter\u2019s abilities such as Rocket Barrage or Homing Missle. <\/p>

Not a lot of other data is featured in this leak, but the names of some moves do point to potential concepts for some of Muerta\u2019s abilities.\u00a0<\/p>

For example, Fan the Hammer likely means Muerta will unload a full six shooter\u2019s salvo or two into a target while Reload is pretty self-explanatory. Powered Rounds should provide some form of power up to her shots while Hail of Bullets could hit enemies from a further distance at the cost of damage\u2014the same can be said about Trickshot. <\/p>

On the corpse_mother side of the files, which is widely considered to be Muerta\u2019s in-game file name, Life Link, Soul Swell, and True Love will likely play into her more ghostly abilities. And who knows what the bird_samurai abilities like Avian Assault and Plumage Party will be reworked into, if they appear at all, since the only connection Muerta has to a bird is the potential use of feathers in her design.\u00a0<\/p>