Undying stats, abilities and strategy [7.41a]
Summons hordes of zombies to attack his foes
Shambling into battle, Undying forces enemies to decide whether to flee his wrath or be torn apart by it. He drains strength from his foes, and summons a horde of clawing undead. When he finally becomes a hulking flesh golem, his enemies may already be overwhelmed.
Win Rate 52.1%
Pick Rate 8.7%
Attributes
604 +52.8/lvl
399 +33.6/lvl
22 +2.4/lvl
13 +1.2/lvl
27 +2.8/lvl
Stats
Damage:
55 - 63 + 2.4/level (138 - 146 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
2.2 + 0.2/level (10.3 at level 30)
Movement:
300
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Patch 7.41
- Base Agility increased from 10 to 13
- Base Armor decreased by 1
Facets
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
When Undying dies he will instantly respawn in the fountain. Begins the game on cooldown. Cannot be refreshed.
480
Only when the Dirge of the Dead God ceases will this soldier's march finally end.
Decay
AFFECTS: Area
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Undying steals strength from all enemy heroes in an area, dealing base damage as he claims the enemy's strength for himself. Deals 2x damage to creeps.
The strength stolen stacks, but can't cause a hero to have strength below 1.
The strength steal takes effect before the damage is dealt.
Affects invisible units.
BASE DAMAGE: 20 / 60 / 100 / 140
STRENGTH STEAL: 4
STEAL DURATION: 35
RADIUS: 325
13 / 10 / 7 / 4
100
650
LEVEL 20 TALENT: -2s Decay Cooldown
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +30 Decay Damage
The strength of the living is simply borrowed from the strength of the dead.
Soul Rip
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Undying rips health away from all nearby units and uses it to heal an ally, or damage an enemy. Soul Rip can also be used to heal Tombstone.
Can heal Tombstone, but can't heal or damage other buildings.
Does not rip from invisible units, invulnerable units, units in the fog of war, or spell immune enemies.
Does rip from spell immune allies, including zombies.
DAMAGE/HEAL PER UNIT: 14 / 26 / 38 / 50
MAX UNITS: 10
RIP RADIUS: 1300
TOMBSTONE HEAL: 4 / 8 / 12 / 16
15 / 12 / 9 / 6
80 / 90 / 100 / 110
750
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +12 Soul Rip Damage/Heal
Even allies feel despair in Undying's presence.
Tombstone
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Summons a tombstone at the target point. Zombies will frequently spawn next to every enemy unit in the area around the Tombstone, and attack them. Zombies have the Deathlust ability, which causes their attacks to slow the target, and if the target reaches below a certain amount of health, increases the attack and movement speed of the zombie.
Tombstone is Spell Immune, but can be healed by Soul Rip.
Zombies and Tombstone are Spell Immune.
If their initial target dies or goes out of vision, the Zombie will die.
ATTACKS TO DESTROY: 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
TOMBSTONE DURATION: 30
ZOMBIE SPAWN RADIUS: 1200
ZOMBIE SPAWN INTERVAL: 4 / 3.6 / 3.2 / 2.8
ZOMBIE ATTACK DAMAGE: 34
80
125 / 150 / 175 / 200
500
Aghanim's Shard
Tombstone can be cast on an allied hero to bunker inside of the tombstone. Heroes that enter the Tombstone cannot leave for 2 seconds nor can they re-enter after leaving. If the tombstone is destroyed with a hero inside, that hero gets stunned for 2 seconds.
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +4 Tombstone Attacks to Destroy
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +20 Zombie Damage
LEVEL 10 TALENT: -15s Tombstone Cooldown
Dirge calls on his fallen brothers to fight for the Dead God.
Flesh Golem
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Undying transforms into a horrifying flesh golem. While in this state, he gains a percentage increase to strength, bonus movement speed, and causes attacks to slow, apply damage amplification, and spawn Tombstone zombies.
SLOW ON ATTACK: 30% / 35% / 40%
DAMAGE AMPLIFICATION: 25% / 30% / 35%
DAMAGE AMP DURATION: 3
STRENGTH MULTIPLIER: 40% / 50% / 60%
DURATION: 40
BONUS MOVESPEED: 20
140
100 / 125 / 150
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +50% Flesh Golem Strength Bonus
Patch 7.41
- Attacks now spawn the current level of Tombstone Zombie
The flesh of the recently dead add to the power of Dirge's plague.
Talents
Tombstone On Death
+50% Flesh Golem Strength Bonus
+ 2.2%
+4 Tombstone Attacks to Destroy
-2s Decay Cooldown
+ 0.7%
+20 Zombie Damage
+12 Soul Rip Damage/Heal
+ 3.4%
-15s Tombstone Cooldown
+30 Decay Damage
+ 1.0%
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Catch both opponents on the lane with Decay and use the extra damage to harass or secure last hits.
Check for the number of {magic-stick} charges opponents have before diving or committing for a kill.
Don't make it too easy for opponents to destroy Tombstone. Place it on pillars, cliffs and protect it.
Tombstone destroys trees and provides great vision.
When you drop low on resources consider suiciding into neutral camp or opponents towers to reset quickly.
During Flesh Golem, look to right click an enemy hero who your cores are targeting at least once for damage amplification.
Undying allows the team to kill 
Roshan early due to zombie tanking and damage amplification from Flesh Golem.
Play as aggressively as you can in front of your team with Flesh Golem and Decay to absorb damage and chase down enemy heroes. Don't be afraid of dying.
Keep in mind to you use Aghanim's Shard defensively on an allied hero and save them from being bursted.
Counter Strategy
Undying uses Decay frequently. Make sure you buy Magic Stick or Wand against him.
Keep distance from Undying as he is likely to have high damage due to Decay stacks.
Keep an eye on your total HP against Decay spam. Soul Rip can finish you off.
Make Tombstone a priority in fights or you risk being slowed greatly and take a lot of damage.
Consider killing off zombies chasing you or team mates in trouble.
Avoid being hit by Undying in Flesh Golem form as you will take extra damage and be slowed.