Devour
на цельConsumes an enemy or neutral creep, acquiring any special abilities that it possessed. If alt-cast is activated, Doom will not acquire the creep's abilities. Duration is equal to the cooldown.
Pros max it by level 10
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Doom
Doom: Melee, position 3 (offlane), Disabler, Initiator, Durable, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 48.0% win rate in pubs and a 5.7% pick rate.
One way or another, Doom shuts down his enemies. Devouring creeps to claim the various skills they had in life, he can place a lingering silence upon a foe's spells and items with his ultimate as he torches his foes.
Meleeposition 3 (offlane)DisablerInitiatorDurableNuker
48.0%Win rate · all pubs
5.7%picked in 1 of 18 games
47.1%Turbo · 70,064 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Doom
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
2′
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2′7′7′8′Core
13′
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13′16′17′Core items in order: Soul Ring (around minute 13), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 16), Blink Dagger (around minute 17).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+10% Magic Resistance16+1.5% Infernal Blade Max HP As Damage18+66 Damage
Max Scorched Earth, then Devour, then Infernal Blade.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Meepo, Leshrac and Wraith King; easiest: Underlord, Tiny and Timbersaw.
All 126 opponents →4How much to farm?
569average663good773great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 569 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 773.
5Common mistakes by role
Died with gold in pocketEnemy took the runesAegis without buildingsFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
Compare your Doom match with this cheat sheet
The coach shows on the map where you fell behind the pros on items and where you died.
Review my matchMistake guides for the mid and offlane role
- Died with gold in pocketDied while holding enough gold for a whole item.
- Enemy took the runesIn mid your opponent took two or more power or water runes than you.
- Aegis without buildingsYour team took Roshan but broke no building during the 5 minutes of Aegis.
- Key spell not used in the fightYour ultimate, BKB or another key ability was never used in the fight.
Picked by the hero's role. Once the hero has 20 reviews, its real common mistakes show up here.
AI coach
A review of your Doom game
Sign in with Steam and pick a match: the coach reads the replay second by second and in a couple of minutes shows where the game slipped.
- Every death and fight becomes a moment on the map: the fog of war as you saw it, and what the enemy saw that second.
- Your pace against the Doom benchmark: 569 GPM for an average player, 663 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Soul Ring by minute 13, and the coach shows where you lose time.
- Five-game homework the coach checks in your next review, plus a chat with the coach about the match.
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Pro build by minute
Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′Starting
2′73%
7′83%
7′99%
8′26%
11′74%13′72%16′87%
17′99%
25′92%
31′64%
37′26%
2′73%7′83%7′99%8′26%11′74%13′72%16′87%17′99%25′92%31′64%37′26%Skill build
27% of 100 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+10% Magic Resistance
- Lvl 16+1.5% Infernal Blade Max HP As Damage
- Lvl 18+66 Damage
Scorched Earth
без целиCarpets the nearby earth in flames which damage enemies, while also granting Doom increased movement speed and health regeneration.
Pros max it by level 7
Infernal Blade
на цель, автоприменение, Attack ModifierDoom swings his burning sword, igniting the enemy. Stuns for 0.66 seconds and applies a 4 second burn that deals a base damage plus a percentage of the target's Max HP as damage per second.
Pros max it by level 15
Doom
на цельInflicts a curse that dispels an enemy and prevents them from casting spells or healing in any way, while taking damage over time. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Pros max it by level 17
Lvl ? Pain
пассивная · innateDoom's attacks curse enemy heroes. After 2.5s, the cursed hero bursts with a pillar of fire, damaging itself and all units in a 66 AoE for 10% of the damage taken from Doom during the curse. The damage and radius of the curse is 66% stronger if the enemy's level is a multiple of 6.
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Doom.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Devour.
Doom applies Mute25Permanent Scorched Earth
+1.5% Infernal Blade Max HP As Damage20-10s Doom Cooldown
+7% Scorched Earth Movement Speed15+66 Damage
+10% Magic Resistance10+0.2s Infernal Blade Stun Duration
Matchups
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Doom: counter picks →Benchmarks on the hero
Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
Gold per minute
average 569good 663great 773
Experience per minute
average 686good 892great 1,096
Last hits per minute
average 5.3good 6.7great 8.6
Hero damage per minute
average 541good 692great 924
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: mediumIt does best in Divine (50.0% wins) and wins 47.1% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 3 (offlane) in 94% of games. Pros usually build Soul Ring, Aghanim's Shard and Blink Dagger by minute 17. It struggles most against Meepo, Leshrac and Wraith King and has the easiest time against Underlord, Tiny and Timbersaw.