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Shadow Demon Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Known Bugs Shadow Demon 19 + 2.2 18 + 2.2 23 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. | |
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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 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 + , Naga Siren For the race in Dota 2 lore, see Naga. Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Known Bugs , Spectre Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Known Bugs Spectre 19 + 2.3 23 + 1.8 16 + , Phantom Lancer Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Phantom Lancer 21 + 2 29 + 2.6 21 + 2 Level 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
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Talents
Hero Talents Main Table of Gained Bonuses The Talent Selection interface. Talents are traits unique to each hero. They are chosen every 5th level starting at level 10, offering a permanent choice between | ||
-6s Soul Catcher Cooldown | 25 | +400 Demonic Purge Damage |
-1.5s Shadow Poison Cooldown | 20 | +15% Magic Resistance |
+8% Spell Amplification | 15 | +75 Cast Range |
+20 Movement Speed | 10 | +10 Strength Strength is the attribute that grants health and health regeneration. For each point of strength a hero gets: 20 Health 0.06 Health regeneration Additionally, strength heroes also get 1 attack damage per strength point. To |
- The magic resistance stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.
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 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 .
Disruption
- Disruption has many good uses. One way is to save an ally after they get caught (e.g. by a stun) and save them from damage they would otherwise take, as well as prevent the enemy from stacking disables. Another use is to set up a gank: use Disruption, and then your allies can position themselves closer to the target or right on top of it, as needed, as well as set up spells that require aiming, or has a delay.
- Disruption, as most banishes, is a very versatile skill, that has this unfortunate flaw it can do more harm than good to your team than good, in the wrong hands.
- Like Eul`s Scepter of Divinity For the cosmetic item equipped by Crystal Maiden, see Eul s Scepter of Divinity (Equipment) Item Changelogs Known Bugs Eul s Scepter of DivinityB A mysterious scepter passed down through the ages, , it is a perfect setup for unreliable stuns such as Leshrac Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Leshrac 16 + 1.8 23 + 1.7 26 + 3 Level Base `s