Shadow Demon Guide


Gameplay

Playstyle
Shadow Demon   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Shadow Demon 19 + 2.2 18 + 2.2 23 dota2 is an excellent defensive support capable of resetting fights, counter-initiating, and dealing with blinks and magic-immunity. His Disruption working well as a way to break up chain stuns as well as set up an ally`s stun, debuffing the enemy with Soul Catcher is a 50% damage increase, while his ultimate Demonic Purge slows and dispels enemies even through magic immunity.
Pros Cons
  • Magic immunity piercing debuffs
  • Chain stun breaker
  • Excellent gank setup
  • Wave clear and tower push with Shadow Poison and Disruption illusions
  • No hard crowd control
  • Offers little sustain in and after fights
  • Nuke requires time to build up damage

Videos

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Lane Support/Gank Shadow Demon

This is the most common way to play Shadow Demon. It relies heavily on teamplay as your hero will do very little of the damage himself, serving only as initiator with Disruption followed by Demonic Purge (eventually), and huge damage booster for your allies with Soul Catcher, using Shadow Poison to scout and chase.

Paired up with/against strong illusion heroes

This is a scenario where you know Disruption will do a lot of damage, probably to enemy buildings. This style requires a bit more micro as you will need to control the illusions you`re spawning instead of letting them auto-attack whatever.

This style is fully dependent on your and your enemy`s team composition. Your best friend in this scenario is Terrorblade   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Terrorblade 15 + 1.7 22 + 3.2 19 + 1.75 Level Base dota2 as the illusions will dish out colossal amounts of damage while he`s in Metamorphosis, also being a lot more durable than his own Conjure Image. These images also serve as the perfect target for your disruption, as it can`t be used as an initiation against Terrorblade himself.

Other friends include Luna   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Luna 15 + 2.5 18 + 3.3 16 + dota2 , Naga Siren For the race in Dota 2 lore, see Naga.   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     dota2 , Spectre   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Spectre 19 + 2.3 23 + 1.8 16 + dota2 , Phantom Lancer   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Phantom Lancer 21 + 2 29 + 2.6 21 + 2 Level dota2 and more. All these heroes are also good targets when playing against them.

Since you`re maxing out disruption, keep in the mind the cooldown gets shorter and you`ll have more occasions to save your allies` lives from a deadly Reaper`s Scythe or even a Thundergod`s Wrath

It`s worthwhile to note that, in scenarios where we`re maxing Shadow Poison last, it can be interesting to ignore the second level of Demonic Purge at level 12. The damage from Demonic purge only increases by 100 per level and the slow improves a bit. If you can get 3 stacks of poison or more on an opponent, the damage from poison actually scales better.

Passive game Shadow Demon

This is a scenario where you`ll be stacking and farming the jungle, perhaps because the opponents have escape mechanisms and your team has no real catch/silence, perhaps because both teams have a jungler and you cannot gank theirs by yourself. In this scenario, think long and hard before skilling Shadow Poison at level 1 since in most cases, you should prioritize Disruption for your first skill point.

Ability Builds

Lane Support/Gank Shadow Demon
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Paired up with/against strong illusion heroes
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Passive game Shadow Demon
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Talents

General

In most scenarios, Shadow Demon`s combo goes like this: Initiate on a lonesome enemy with Disruption; use Shadow Poison to disable their Blink Dagger For the cosmetic item equipped by Axe, see Little Blink Dagger.   Item   Changelogs     Blink DaggerBL The fabled dagger used by the fastest assassin ever to walk the lands. Cost2250 Bought FromArcane dota2 should they have one, use Soul Catcher on top of it to amplify the damage taken, use Demonic Purge when the enemy pops out of Disruption, and attempt stacking more poison on them during the slow period. The combo can be repeated if you have Aghanim`s Scepter   Item   Upgraded Abilities   Old Abilities   Lore   Changelogs     Aghanim s Scepter The scepter of a wizard with demigod-like powers. Cost4200 Bought FromCaster Passive Ultimate Upgrade Bonus +10 Strength+10 Agility+10 Intelligence+175 dota2 .

Disruption