Unleashes the souls of fallen enemies for damage
Capturing souls from every kill he makes, Shadow Fiend is always gathering his power. Every assault, each carefully aimed raze that kills an enemy, brings him closer to unleashing his gathered souls in a deadly blast of scouring energy.
Win Rate 51.5%
Pick Rate 20.7%
Attributes
418 +59.4/lvl
216 +26.4/lvl
19 +2.7/lvl
25 +3.5/lvl
18 +2.2/lvl
Stats
Damage:
16 - 22 + 3.5/level (117.5 - 123.5 at level 30)
Range:
525
Armor:
1 + 0.6/level (18.4 at level 30)
Movement:
305
Roles
Carry
Escape
Nuker
Initiator
Durable
Disabler
Support
Pusher
Facets
Lasting Presence
Win Rate: 49.8%
Pick Rate: 9.5%
Presence of the Dark Lord temporarily reduces more armor after nearby enemy heroes are killed.
Presence of the Dark Lord
Presence of the Dark Lord temporarily reduces more armor after nearby enemy heroes are killed.
REDUCTION PER HERO:
2
HERO REDUCTION DURATION:
70
Shadowmire
Win Rate: 51.7%
Pick Rate: 90.5%
Shadowraze slows enemies.
Shadowraze
Applies a stacking 5 =6 =7 =8% movement speed and 5 =6 =7 =8 attack speed debuff on enemies hit.
Shadowraze
Applies a stacking 5 =6 =7 =8% movement speed and 5 =6 =7 =8 attack speed debuff on enemies hit.
Shadowraze
Applies a stacking 5 =6 =7 =8% movement speed and 5 =6 =7 =8 attack speed debuff on enemies hit.
Abilities
Necromastery
Shadow Fiend steals the soul from units he kills, gaining bonus damage. On death, he releases 30% of them from bondage. Every hero kill increases max souls by 1 until Shadow Fiend dies.
DAMAGE PER SOUL: 1/3/4/5
MAX SOULS: 20
SOULS PER KILL: 2
CRITICAL DAMAGE: 190%
FEAR DURATION: 0.4
Shadowraze
Shadow Fiend razes the ground directly in front of him, dealing damage to enemy units in the area. Adds a stacking damage amplifier on the target that causes the enemy to take bonus Shadowraze damage per stack.
PASSIVE:No
DISPELLABLE:basic
shadowraze damage:90 / 160 / 230 / 300
shadowraze radius:250
shadowraze range:200
shadowraze cooldown:3
stack bonus damage:35 / 50 / 65 / 80
duration:8
movement speed debuff:0 / 0 / 0 / 0
attack speed debuff:0 / 0 / 0 / 0
+30 Shadowraze Stack Damage
+120 Shadowraze Damage
Shadowraze Applies Attack Damage
9
75
Shadowraze
Shadow Fiend razes the ground a short distance away from him, dealing damage to enemy units in the area. Adds a stacking damage amplifier on the target that causes the enemy to take bonus Shadowraze damage per stack.
PASSIVE:No
DISPELLABLE:basic
shadowraze damage:90 / 160 / 230 / 300
shadowraze radius:250
shadowraze range:450
shadowraze cooldown:3
stack bonus damage:35 / 50 / 65 / 80
duration:8
movement speed debuff:0 / 0 / 0 / 0
attack speed debuff:0 / 0 / 0 / 0
+30 Shadowraze Stack Damage
+120 Shadowraze Damage
Shadowraze Applies Attack Damage
9
75
Shadowraze
Shadow Fiend razes the ground a longer distance away from him, dealing damage to enemy units in the area. Adds a stacking damage amplifier on the target that causes the enemy to take bonus Shadowraze damage per stack.
PASSIVE:No
DISPELLABLE:basic
shadowraze damage:90 / 160 / 230 / 300
shadowraze radius:250
shadowraze range:700
shadowraze cooldown:3
stack bonus damage:35 / 50 / 65 / 80
duration:8
movement speed debuff:0 / 0 / 0 / 0
attack speed debuff:0 / 0 / 0 / 0
+30 Shadowraze Stack Damage
+120 Shadowraze Damage
Shadowraze Applies Attack Damage
9
75
Requiem of Souls
Shadow Fiend gathers his captured souls to release them as lines of demonic energy. Units near Shadow Fiend when the souls are released can be damaged by several lines of energy. Any unit damaged by Requiem of Souls will be feared and have its movement speed and magic resistance reduced for 0.7 seconds for each line hit up to a maximum of 2.15. Lines of energy are created for every soul captured through Necromastery.Requiem of Souls is automatically cast whenever Shadow Fiend dies, regardless of its cooldown.
PASSIVE:No
DISPELLABLE:basic
requiem radius:1000
requiem reduction ms:-20 / -25 / -30
requiem reduction mres:-5 / -10 / -15
requiem slow duration:0.7
requiem slow duration max:2.15
requiem soul conversion:1
requiem line width start:125
requiem line width end:350
requiem line speed:700 / 700 / 700
soul death release:0.5
Aghanim`s Scepter Upgrade
Reduces cooldown and causes Requiem of Souls to return back to Shadow Fiend. The wave back to Shadow Fiend deals less damage, but heals Shadow Fiend for all the damage it dealt.
+0.25s Requiem Fear per line
120 / 110 / 100
150 / 175 / 200
Talents
Feast of Souls Grants +30% Cast Speed
+ 2.7 %
Shadowraze Applies Attack Damage
+0.25s Requiem Fear per line
+ 4.5 %
+2 Damage Per Soul
Presence Aura Affects Buildings
+ 1.0 %
+120 Shadowraze Damage
+30 Shadowraze Stack Damage
+ 2.7 %
+30 Feast of Souls Attack Speed
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Stack Shadowraze debuffs on the enemy laner and secure last hits at the same time if possible.
Build up Necromastery stacks through last hitting and capitalize on the extra damage you have.
Try to stack camps close to mid after you push in the wave.
Kill the creepwave prior to rune spawns quickly and collect the runes. You need runes badly for mana.
Alert your teammates to stack for you as you can clear those early.
Look to farm your BKB before you join fights as Shadow Fiend is quite susceptible to disables.
Keep side lanes pushed out when not much is happening.
Counter Strategy
Shadow Fiend has low starting damage and he relies on gathering souls through last hits. Try to contest last hits with him when his base damage is low.
Shadow Fiend does not have an escape mechanism, so look to gank him during the laning stage. If left unchallenged, he's one of the best farming heroes
Try not to run at Shadow Fiend in plain sight as you might get triple razed to death
Keep an eye out on the availability of Black King Bar in Shadow Fiends inventory and try to gank him continuously before he gets the item.
In teamfights, look to play around Shadow Fiends ultimate by either canceling it or moving away from him
Armor items are good against Shadow Fiend as his Presence of the Dark Lord is an armor reducing aura
Shadow Fiend should be a high priority target in team fights. If left unchecked, he can do tons of damage. At the same time, he's not that tanky and easy to bring down
Lore
It is said that Nevermore the Shadow Fiend has the soul of a poet, and in fact he has thousands of them. Over the ages he has claimed the souls of poets, priests, emperors, beggars, slaves, philosophers, criminals and (naturally) heroes; no sort of soul escapes him. What he does with them is unknown. No one has ever peered into the Abysm whence Nevermore reaches out like an eel from among astral rocks. Does he devour them one after another? Does he mount them along the halls of an eldritch temple, or pickle the souls in necromantic brine? Is he merely a puppet, pushed through the dimensional rift by a demonic puppeteer? Such is his evil, so intense his aura of darkness, that no rational mind may penetrate it. Of course, if you really want to know where the stolen souls go, there's one sure way to find out: Add your soul to his collection. Or just wait for Nevermore.