Traps and damages enemies in a black hole
Widely feared for his ultimate ability, Enigma can summon a black hole capable of entrapping enemy forces, so that allies can then destroy them. An ever-present contingent of eidolons at his side, he pummels foes with ranged attacks.
Win Rate 49.7%
Pick Rate 3.4%
Attributes
582 +55.0/lvl
303 +43.2/lvl
21 +2.5/lvl
14 +1.0/lvl
19 +3.6/lvl
Stats
Damage:
44.8 - 50.8 + 5.0/level (218.3 - 224.3 at level 30)
Range:
500
Armor:
3.3 + 0.2/level (10.5 at level 30)
Movement:
280
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Event Horizon
Win Rate: 49.2%
Pick Rate: 62.2%
Event Horizon
Splitting Image
Win Rate: 50.4%
Pick Rate: 37.8%
Splitting Image
Abilities
LEVELS WITH: Black Hole
BREAKABLE: Yes
Allies within 500 distance from Enigma have up to 9 / 11 / 13 / 15% Damage Reduction. Effect starts at 0% at max distance and increases to its maximum strength when the ally is at 200 distance. Does not affect Enigma itself.
PATCH 7.37
Damage reduction rescaled from 15% to 9/11/13/15%. Now scales with Black Hole
Malefice
Focuses Enigma's power on a target, causing it to take damage and become repeatedly stunned for multiple instances. An instance strikes every 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 seconds.
STUN DURATION: 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.7 / 0.9
DAMAGE PER INSTANCE: 55 / 70 / 85 / 100
INSTANCES: 3 / 3 / 3 / 3
20 / 18 / 16 / 14
100 / 110 / 120 / 130
450 / 500 / 550 / 600
Aghanim's Shard
Increases Malefice stun duration by 0.35s and creates an Eidolon next to the target every instance of Malefice stun. These Eidolons will not multiply further.
- +40 Malefice Instance Damage
- +4 Malefice Instances
Demonic Summoning
Summons three fragments of Enigma himself at the cost of health. The eidolons health is increased by 3% of Enigma's current health. These eidolons are all under Enigma's control, and repeated successful attacks cause them to multiply. When this happens, the eidolons have their health restored.
SPAWN COUNT: 3 / 3 / 3 / 3
EIDOLON HP: 180 / 200 / 220 / 240
40 / 38 / 36 / 34
70 / 80 / 90 / 100
400
- +10 Eidolon Attack Speed
- +40 Eidolon Damage
- +4 Demonic Summoning Eidolons
Midnight Pulse
Steeps an area in dark resonance, dealing 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 + a percentage of the enemies current HP as damage.
RADIUS: 600
DURATION: 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
40 / 35 / 30 / 25
65 / 90 / 115 / 140
700
- +200 Midnight Pulse Radius
Black Hole
CHANNELED - Summons a vortex that sucks in nearby enemy units. Enemies affected by Black Hole cannot move, attack, or cast spells.
DAMAGE PER SECOND: 100 / 150 / 200
RADIUS: 420
DURATION: 4
180 / 170 / 160
300 / 400 / 500
275
Aghanim's Scepter
Black Hole deals additional damage equivalent to 4% of the unit's Max Health per second and does a non-interrupting pull towards it in a 1200 AoE. Pulls at a rate of 175.
- +50 Black Hole Damage Per Second
Talents
+4 Demonic Summoning Eidolons
+ 2.7 %
+4 Malefice Instances
+40 Eidolon Damage
+ 2.5 %
+200 Midnight Pulse Radius
+40 Malefice Instance Damage
+250 Health
+ 1.2 %
+50 Black Hole Damage Per Second
+10 Eidolon Attack Speed
+ 4.1 %
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Avoid feeding eidolons, try to have them multiply and use them to secure last hits and denies as well as harassing your opponents.
Midnight Pulse destroys trees which can be useful in certain scenarios to reveal hiding opponents in trees or clear the way for your team.
Once you get Blink Dagger, make use of it immediately before opponents can see it in your inventory.
Be patient in teamfights, avoid showing too early and wait for opponents to clump up for your combo.
When not much is happening, use eidolons to push out sidelanes safely or farm jungle camps.
Look to use Demonic Summoning frequently to harass and zone the enemy support, and blocking the pull camp.
Counter Strategy
Try to kill eidolons before they multiply.
Be aware of Enigma's Blink Dagger timing.
Avoid fighting in choke spots and clumping up against Blink Dagger into Black Hole combo.
Black Hole has a long cooldown. Look for a fight when it is on cooldown.
Stay back with one hero that can cancel Black Hole or save a core that is being Black Holed.
Having Aegis on a core hero to survie trough Black Hole is key versus Enigma. Kill Roshan the first chance you get.
Lore
Nothing is known of Enigma's background. There are only stories and legends, most of them apocryphal, passed down through the ages. In truth, Enigma is a mystery for whom the only true biography is description: he is a universal force, a consumer of worlds. He is a being of the void, at times corporeal, other times ethereal. A beast between the planes.
There are stories that say he was once a great alchemist who tried to unlock the secrets of the universe and was cursed for his arrogance. Other legends tell that he is an ancient being of strange gravity, the abyss personified--a twisted voice from out the original darkness, before the first light in the universe. And there are older legends that say he is the first collapsed star, a black hole grown complicated and sentient--his motivations unknowable, his power inexorable, a force of destruction unleashed upon existence itself.