Dark Seer stats, abilities and strategy
Pulls and manipulates his enemies' positions
Versatile and strategic, Dark Seer excels at manipulating the positions of his enemies. Vacuuming foes into the attacks of his allies, he can turn enemy strength against itself by pulling foes through his replicating wall.
Win Rate 50.5%
Pick Rate 2.8%
Attributes
560 +57.2/lvl
327 +32.4/lvl
20 +2.6/lvl
19 +1.5/lvl
21 +2.7/lvl
Stats
Damage:
52 - 58 + 2.7/level (144 - 150 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
4.2 + 0.3/level (13.8 at level 30)
Movement:
295
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Patch 7.39
- Agility gain decreased from 1.8 to 1.5
Facets
Quick Wit
Win Rate: 50.2%
Pick Rate: 67.0%
Dark Seer also gains Attack Speed from Intelligence.
Heart of Battle
Win Rate: 51.0%
Pick Rate: 33.0%
Dark Seer moves faster when near other heroes.
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
DAMAGE TYPE: n/a
PASSIVE: Breakable
When Dark Seer levels up, he restores a percentage of his max health and mana. Restore percentage is equal to 10% + 1.5% per hero level.
Vacuum
AFFECTS: Area
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Strong Dispels Only
Dark Seer creates a vacuum over the target area that sucks in enemy units, disrupting them and dealing damage.
This ability interrupts channeling.
Pulls units over 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.6 seconds before dealing damage.
Trees near the center of the vacuum will be destroyed.
RADIUS: 325 / 400 / 475 / 550
DAMAGE: 70 / 130 / 190 / 250
60 / 50 / 40 / 30
60 / 90 / 120 / 150
450 / 500 / 550 / 600
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +75 Vacuum AoE
Ish'Kafel modifies the center of gravity to a place of his choosing.
Ion Shell
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
BUFF: Yes
DEBUFF: Yes
Surrounds the target unit with a bristling shield that damages enemy units in an area around it.
Deals small amounts of damage in 0.2 second intervals.
Doesn't damage the target it is cast on.
If cast on a unit that already has Ion Shell, the new Shell replaces the old one.
RADIUS: 275
DAMAGE PER SECOND: 30 / 50 / 70 / 90
DURATION: 20 / 22 / 24 / 26
9
100 / 110 / 120 / 130
800
LEVEL 25 TALENT: 2 Ion Shell Charges
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +50 Ion Shell Damage
LEVEL 15 TALENT: Ion Shell Provides +250 Max Health
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +65 Ion Shell Radius
Patch 7.39b
- Duration decreased from 21/24/27/30s to 20/22/24/26s
The Dark Seer slices holes into the 'Land Behind the Wall,' causing prismatic energy to seep forth.
Surge
AFFECTS: Unit
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
BUFF: Yes
Charges a target friendly unit with power, giving it a brief burst of phased movement speed. Allows the unit to reach maximum movement speed and cannot be slowed.
Units with Surge cannot be slowed unless the Surge effect is removed.
DURATION: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
24 / 19 / 14 / 9
50
600
LEVEL 25 TALENT: 350 AoE Surge
Ish'Kafel once used his speed of mind to navigate the maze between the walls.
Wall of Replica
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
Raises a wall of warping light that slows, damages, and creates replicas of any enemy hero who crosses it. Enemy replicas serve at the Dark Seer's will. Replicas last until they are destroyed, or until the wall's duration ends.
Doesn't create illusions from other illusions.
There cannot be more than one illusion per player per wall.
Wall of Replica will not slow spell-immune enemies.
WALL DURATION: 30
REPLICA DAMAGE: 70% / 80% / 90%
REPLICA DAMAGE TAKEN: 200%
MOVEMENT SLOW: 50% / 60% / 70%
SLOW DURATION: 1
DAMAGE: 25 / 40 / 55
100
125 / 250 / 375
1000
LEVEL 20 TALENT: -40s Wall of Replica Cooldown
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +15% Wall of Replica Illusion Damage
Patch 7.39b
- Cast Range decreased from 1300 to 1000
The Dark Seer, while unable to return to his natural realm, can channel part of the prismatic wall with powerful strength of mind, sowing confusion amongst enemy ranks.
Normal Punch
Scepter grants new ability
ABILITY: Passive
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
Passive ability. Causes Dark Seer's next attack on a hero to have True Strike, knock a replica out of the victim, damaging and stunning them based on how far Dark Seer has moved in the past 3 seconds. Max power is reached after 1100 distance moved.
MAX STUN DURATION: 1.25
MAX KNOCKBACK DISTANCE: 350
ILLUSION DURATION: 6
MAX DAMAGE: 400
10
Patch 7.39
- Cooldown increased from 9s to 10s
As a young soldier, long before he became a leader of his people, Ish'Kafel was known amongst his fellow recruits as quite the pugilist.
Talents
350 AoE Surge
+ 2.7%
2 Ion Shell Charges
+50 Ion Shell Damage
+ 1.9%
-40s Wall of Replica Cooldown
Ion Shell Provides +250 Max Health
+ 1.6%
+75 Vacuum AoE
+65 Ion Shell Radius
+ 1.2%
+15% Wall of Replica Illusion Damage
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Double Ion Shell the first wave and make sure opponents don't deny many creeps. Ask your teammate on lane to pull the opponent's wave for max efficiency.
Execute push and pull strategy. Push the lane with shells and pull the big camp.
If you can't pressure on the lane consider creep skipping and farming neutral camps nearby.
If you are fighting close to pillar spots or cliffs, consider Vacuuming opponents on those.
Push out dangerous lanes with Ion Shell on your creeps instead of walking up with your hero.
Keep your melee cores Ion Shelled and wait for a moment when opponents are clumped up to do your combo.
Prioritize using Wall of Replica and Normal Punch on heroes that have strong illusions or auras.
Utilize your innate ability on lane - gaining levels gives you free health and mana, so look to fight around those power spikes. If the lane is going well, skip consumables to accelerate your core items.
Level 3 is your first power spike. If you have a melee ally in lane, consider casting Ion Shell on both yourself and your teammate. This allows you to play aggressively and pressure the enemy with double shell damage.
Counter Strategy
Against 
Dark Seer, focus on denying creeps as Ion Shells are making them drop low.
Dark Seer will push the lane in with Ion Shell and pull the big neutral camp. Block it or prevent it.
When Dark Seer's Surge is on cooldown, he is vulnerable.
Avoid buying 
Radiance and 
Assault Cuirass against
Dark Seer as he can replicate these items on illusions with his ultimate.
Don't clump up in teamfights for Vacuum into Wall of Replica combination of
Dark Seer.