Disruption
на цельBanishes the targeted unit from the battlefield for a short duration. Upon returning, two illusions of the banished unit with bonus base damage are created under Shadow Demon's control.
Pros max it by level 15
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Shadow Demon: Ranged, position 4 (soft support), position 5 (hard support), Disabler, Initiator, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 43.9% win rate in pubs and a 2.1% pick rate.
Spewing clouds of demonic poison to damage enemies or scout the battlefield, few dare to approach Shadow Demon. Banishing an enemy as his allies gather for the kill, he can inflict demonic curses as he summons traitorous illusions to turn enemy strength against itself.
Rangedposition 4 (soft support)position 5 (hard support)DisablerInitiatorNuker
43.9%Win rate · all pubs
2.1%picked in 1 of 48 games
43.2%Turbo · 38,210 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Shadow Demon
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
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5′7′9′10′Core
13′
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13′24′25′Core items in order: Arcane Boots (around minute 13), Blink Dagger (around minute 24), Glimmer Cape (around minute 25).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+8 Strength16-1s Shadow Poison Cooldown18-20s Demonic Purge Cooldown
Max Shadow Poison, then Disseminate, then Disruption.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Troll Warlord, Chaos Knight and Brewmaster; easiest: Shadow Fiend, Slardar and Clockwerk.
All 112 opponents →4How much to farm?
355average413good459great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 355 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 459.
5Common mistakes by role
Died on a rotationToo few wardsDeath without informationFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the support role.
Compare your Shadow Demon 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 support role
- Died on a rotationLeft your lane to help another one and died without getting a kill.
- Too few wardsA support placed fewer than 1.5 observer wards per 10 minutes.
- Death without informationKilled by enemies nobody could see, with no wards nearby.
- Caught aloneThe fight started on you while no ally was nearby.
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 Shadow Demon 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 Shadow Demon benchmark: 355 GPM for an average player, 413 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Arcane Boots 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
5′25%
7′40%
9′36%
10′78%13′67%24′87%25′24%
28′55%
30′31%
36′25%
5′25%7′40%9′36%10′78%13′67%24′87%25′24%28′55%30′31%36′25%Skill build
41% of 97 pro matches
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- 11T
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- Lvl 11+8 Strength
- Lvl 16-1s Shadow Poison Cooldown
- Lvl 18-20s Demonic Purge Cooldown
Disseminate
на цель, по областиWhenever the target takes damage, all enemies, including the target itself if it is an enemy, within 675 range of the target also receive a portion of that damage. Can target enemy and allied units. Effect is paused if the target is hidden by Disruption.
Pros max it by level 10
Shadow Poison
по области, на точкуDeals damage in a line, and afflicts enemy units with a poison effect. The poison deals 1/2/4/8/16 times the stack damage based on the number of stacks on the target, up to 5 stacks. Additional stacks cause 60 damage each. This deferred damage is dealt when Shadow Poison's duration is expired, or the Release sub-ability is used.
Pros max it by level 7
Demonic Purge
на цельPurges the target enemy unit, removing positive buffs, and slowing the target for the duration. The unit slowly regains its speed until the end of the duration, upon which damage is dealt. Units under the effect of Disruption can still be affected by Demonic Purge. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Pros max it by level 17
Menace
пассивная · innateShadow Demon's Attacks apply a stacking debuff to the enemy for 8 seconds that increases their damage taken.
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Demonic Purge.
Aghanim's ShardGrants a new ability, Demonic Cleanse.
Demonic Purge Applies Shadow Poison252 Charges of Disruption
+15% Disseminate Shared Damage20-20s Demonic Purge Cooldown
+20 Movement Speed15-1s Shadow Poison Cooldown
+15% Shadow Poison Damage10+8 Strength
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 Shadow Demon: 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 355good 413great 459
Experience per minute
average 521good 643great 799
Last hits per minute
average 1.4good 2.1great 3.2
Hero damage per minute
average 429good 549great 643
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: mediumIt does best in Divine (46.4% wins) and wins 43.2% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 4 (soft support) in 54% of games and position 5 (hard support) in 46% of games. Pros usually build Arcane Boots, Blink Dagger and Glimmer Cape by minute 25. It struggles most against Troll Warlord, Chaos Knight and Brewmaster and has the easiest time against Shadow Fiend, Slardar and Clockwerk.