Shadow Fiend: Ranged, position 1 (carry), Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 43.6% win rate in pubs and a 8.8% pick rate.
Capturing souls from every kill he makes, Shadow Fiend is always gathering his power. Every assault, each carefully aimed raze that kills an enemy, brings him closer to unleashing his gathered souls in a deadly blast of scouring energy.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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23′Core items in order: Dragon Lance (around minute 17), Manta Style (around minute 18), Hurricane Pike (around minute 23).
Full build by minute →
Max Shadowraze, then Presence of the Dark Lord, then Feast of Souls.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Visage, Bane and Bounty Hunter; easiest: Bristleback, Pangolier and Nature's Prophet.
All 123 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 627 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 857.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry role.
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36′39%55% of 56 pro matches
Shadow Fiend razes the ground directly in front of him, dealing damage to enemy units in the area, dealing bonus damage based on his current Necromastery Soul amount. Adds a stacking damage amplifier on the target that causes the enemy to take bonus Shadowraze damage per stack.
Pros max it by level 7
Shadow Fiend gains Bonus Movement and Attack Speed for 8 seconds. For the duration of the effect, every 0.5s he collects souls from 2 enemies in a 600 radius. After the effect is over, he loses the souls whose owners are still alive, retaining the rest for 8s, after which souls that are over the Necromastery max stack count are also lost. Can only collect souls once from each individual enemy.
Pros max it by level 15
Shadow Fiend's presence reduces the armor of nearby enemies.
Pros max it by level 9
Shadow Fiend gathers up to 20 of his captured souls to release them as lines of demonic energy. Units near Shadow Fiend when the souls are released can be damaged by several lines of energy. Any unit damaged by Requiem of Souls will be feared and have its movement speed and magic resistance reduced for 0.6 seconds for each line hit up to a maximum of 2.15. Lines of energy are created for every soul captured through Necromastery. Requiem of Souls is automatically cast whenever Shadow Fiend dies, regardless of its cooldown.
Pros max it by level 17
Shadow Fiend steals the soul from units he kills, gaining 1 bonus damage per soul. Hero kills grant 4 souls. On death, he releases 30% of them from bondage.
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 Shadow Fiend: counter picks →Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
It does best in Guardian (45.0% wins) and wins 44.4% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 94% of games. Pros usually build Dragon Lance, Manta Style and Hurricane Pike by minute 23. It struggles most against Visage, Bane and Bounty Hunter and has the easiest time against Bristleback, Pangolier and Nature's Prophet.
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