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Shadow Demon

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

Abilities

patch 7.41f · Valve
Disruption

Disruption

на цель

Banishes 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

Disseminate

Disseminate

на цель, по области

Whenever 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

Shadow Poison

по области, на точку

Deals 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 Cleanse

Demonic Cleanse

на цель · from Aghanim's Shard

Cleanses the target allied unit, removing negative buffs for the duration. At the end of the duration, the unit is healed. Units under the effect of Disruption can still be affected by Demonic Cleanse.DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel

Demonic Purge

Demonic Purge

на цель

Purges 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

Menace

пассивная · innate

Shadow Demon's Attacks apply a stacking debuff to the enemy for 8 seconds that increases their damage taken.

Aghanim's Scepter

Upgrades Demonic Purge.

Causes Demonic Purge to break and gain 2 charges.

Aghanim's Shard

Grants a new ability, Demonic Cleanse.

Talents

Demonic Purge Applies Shadow PoisonLvl 252 Charges of Disruption
+15% Disseminate Shared DamageLvl 20-20s Demonic Purge Cooldown
+20 Movement SpeedLvl 15-1s Shadow Poison Cooldown
+15% Shadow Poison DamageLvl 10+8 Strength
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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