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Shadow Shaman

Popularity: #18

Leaderboard: #11

Ban Rank: #40

KDA Rank: #89

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Cluster Cluck

Hex can turn allies into a flock of chickens, removing other negative effects.


Hex

Can be cast on allies to apply a basic dispel and make them invulnerable for =0.1 seconds before turning into a chicken. Creates additional uncontrollable chicken illusions.

ALLY DURATION: =2.0

ALLY CHICKENS: 3


Fowl Play

Creates 3 other chicken illusions as well.

Ability Build

1
Ether Shock
2
Shackles
3
Shackles
4
Hex
5
Shackles
6
Mass Serpent Ward
7
Shackles
8
Hex
9
Hex
10
Hex
11
Ether Shock
12
Mass Serpent Ward
13
Ether Shock
14
Ether Shock
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
15
+170 Shackles Total Damage
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
16
+160 Serpent Wards Attack Range
17
Attribute Bonus
18
Mass Serpent Ward
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
20
+1.5s Shackles Duration
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
25
+20% Wards Attack Damage

Item Build

Starting
10
Blood Grenade
Enchanted Mango
Wind Lace
Iron Branch
1
Observer Ward
1
Sentry Ward
Early Game
Boots of Speed
15
Magic Wand
Ring of Basilius
7
Infused Raindrops
Mid Game
55
Arcane Boots
15
Blink Dagger
Aether Lens
Aghanim's Shard
19
Force Staff
Late Game
Aghanim's Scepter
180
Refresher Orb
Octarine Core
105
Aeon Disk
Situational
Hand of Midas
95
Black King Bar
22
Ghost Scepter
14
Glimmer Cape
15
Lotus Orb
23
Eul's Scepter of Divinity
16
Wind Waker
Boots of Travel
Core
55
Arcane Boots
15
Blink Dagger
Aether Lens
Aghanim's Shard
19
Force Staff
Aghanim's Scepter
180
Refresher Orb
Neutral
Faded Broach
60
Arcane Ring
Philosopher's Stone
Eye of the Vizier
20
Psychic Headband
Ceremonial Robe
Telescope
60
Ninja Gear
60
Seer Stone
8
Force Boots

In Game Guides

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Thunderpick

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1
Shackles
2
Ether Shock
3
Shackles
4
Hex
5
Shackles
6
Mass Serpent Ward
7
Shackles
8
Hex
9
Hex
10
Hex
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
11
+170 Shackles Total Damage
12
Mass Serpent Ward
13
Ether Shock
14
Ether Shock
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
15
Hex Breaks
16
Ether Shock
17
Attribute Bonus
18
Mass Serpent Ward
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
20
+1.5s Shackles Duration
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
25
+20% Wards Attack Damage

STARTING ITEMS

Tango
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Faerie Fire
Blood Grenade
Sentry Ward

Early game

Boots of Speed
Ring of Basilius

Core items

Arcane Boots
Magic Wand
Blink Dagger
Aether Lens
Aghanim's Shard

utility items

Observer Ward
Sentry Ward
Dust of Appearance
Gem of True Sight
Smoke of Deceit
Blood Grenade

Situational items

Glimmer Cape
Aeon Disk

Extension items

Force Staff
Boots of Travel
Black King Bar
Aghanim's Scepter
Refresher Orb

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ImmortalFaith

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1
Ether Shock
2
Shackles
3
Ether Shock
4
Hex
5
Shackles
6
Mass Serpent Ward
7
Hex
8
Hex
9
Hex
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
10
+170 Shackles Total Damage
11
Shackles
12
Mass Serpent Ward
13
Shackles
14
Ether Shock
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
15
+160 Serpent Wards Attack Range
16
Ether Shock
17
Attribute Bonus
18
Mass Serpent Ward
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
20
+50% Serpent Wards Max HP
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
25
+20% Wards Attack Damage

Starting Items

Observer Ward
Boots of Speed
Tango

Early Game

Arcane Boots
Magic Stick
Magic Wand

Core Items

Blink Dagger
Aether Lens
Aghanim's Shard
Black King Bar
Aghanim's Scepter
Refresher Orb

Situational Items

Glimmer Cape
Ghost Scepter
Lotus Orb
Aeon Disk
Eul's Scepter of Divinity
Force Staff

consumables

Tango
Healing Salve
Enchanted Mango
Clarity
Infused Raindrops
Observer Ward
Sentry Ward
Dust of Appearance
Smoke of Deceit

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Thunderpick

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1
Shackles
2
Ether Shock
3
Shackles
4
Hex
5
Shackles
6
Mass Serpent Ward
7
Shackles
8
Hex
9
Hex
10
Hex
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
11
+170 Shackles Total Damage
12
Mass Serpent Ward
13
Ether Shock
14
Ether Shock
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
15
Hex Breaks
16
Ether Shock
17
Attribute Bonus
18
Mass Serpent Ward
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
20
+1.5s Shackles Duration
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
25
+20% Wards Attack Damage

STARTING ITEMS

Tango
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Faerie Fire
Blood Grenade
Sentry Ward

Early game

Boots of Speed
Ring of Basilius

Core items

Arcane Boots
Magic Wand
Blink Dagger
Aether Lens
Aghanim's Shard

utility items

Observer Ward
Sentry Ward
Dust of Appearance
Gem of True Sight
Smoke of Deceit
Blood Grenade

Situational items

Glimmer Cape
Aeon Disk

Extension items

Force Staff
Boots of Travel
Black King Bar
Aghanim's Scepter
Refresher Orb

Pro Builds

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KILLS

4

DEATHS

8

ASSISTS

10

KDA

1.8

TEAM KILL %

51.9%

GPM

286

XPM

474

LH/DN

27/0

STARTING ITEMS

Dota 2 Item tango
Dota 2 Item magic-stick
Dota 2 Item blood-grenade
Dota 2 Item observer-ward
Dota 2 Item wind-lace
Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

00:40

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

01:26

Dota 2 Item tango

03:10

Dota 2 Item tango

03:10

Dota 2 Item tango

03:29

Dota 2 Item clarity

04:41

Dota 2 Item tango

04:41

Dota 2 Item blood-grenade

04:42

Dota 2 Item clarity

04:42

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

04:43

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

04:43

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

05:52

Dota 2 Item tango

05:53

Dota 2 Item clarity

05:53

Dota 2 Item clarity

05:55

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

08:57

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

09:23

Dota 2 Item blood-grenade

11:14

Dota 2 Item ring-of-regen

11:27

Dota 2 Item clarity

11:28

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

11:28

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

12:06

Dota 2 Item tranquil-boots

12:34

Dota 2 Item great-healing-lotus

12:37

Dota 2 Item iron-branch

12:37

Dota 2 Item iron-branch

12:39

Dota 2 Item clarity

12:39

Dota 2 Item clarity

12:39

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

12:39

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

12:40

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

13:19

Dota 2 Item magic-wand

14:20

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

14:20

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

14:20

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

14:20

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

14:20

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

14:21

Dota 2 Item clarity

14:22

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

15:22

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

19:37

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

20:02

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

20:03

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

20:06

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

20:06

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

20:06

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

20:06

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

21:01

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

21:01

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

22:48

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

23:04

Dota 2 Item staff-of-wizardry

23:04

Dota 2 Item fluffy-hat

23:04

Dota 2 Item force-staff

24:06

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

24:06

Dota 2 Item clarity

24:06

Dota 2 Item clarity

26:25

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

26:25

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

26:25

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

27:02

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

30:52

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

30:52

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

30:52

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward
Dota 2 Item magic-wand
Dota 2 Item clarity
Dota 2 Item force-staff
Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance
Dota 2 Item tranquil-boots
Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman ether shock

01:46

2

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman shackles

03:50

3

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman ether shock

05:34

4

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman voodoo

07:01

5

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman ether shock

10:05

6

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman mass serpent ward

12:05

7

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman ether shock

14:14

8

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman shackles

16:31

9

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman shackles

18:16

10

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman shackles

19:02

11

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman voodoo

22:42

12

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman mass serpent ward

23:47

13

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman voodoo

25:29

14

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman voodoo

29:13

15

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

29:56

16

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

TEAMMATES

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OPPONENTS

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KILLS

2

DEATHS

7

ASSISTS

14

KDA

2.3

TEAM KILL %

61.5%

GPM

321

XPM

374

LH/DN

46/4

STARTING ITEMS

Dota 2 Item tango
Dota 2 Item tango
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item circlet
Dota 2 Item sentry-ward
Dota 2 Item sentry-ward
Dota 2 Item blood-grenade
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

00:04

Dota 2 Item magic-stick

01:05

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

02:04

Dota 2 Item clarity

04:17

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

04:17

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

04:17

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

04:48

Dota 2 Item blood-grenade

04:49

Dota 2 Item wind-lace

05:21

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

06:28

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

07:33

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

07:34

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

07:34

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

07:34

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

08:37

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

09:48

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

09:50

Dota 2 Item magic-wand

11:46

Dota 2 Item sages-mask

11:46

Dota 2 Item ring-of-basilius

11:50

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

12:27

Dota 2 Item arcane-boots

12:37

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

12:38

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

12:38

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

12:38

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

15:29

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

15:29

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

16:57

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

16:58

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

16:58

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

16:58

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

16:58

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

17:12

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

21:01

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

21:02

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

21:02

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

21:02

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

21:45

Dota 2 Item blink-dagger

21:52

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

21:52

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

22:25

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

24:13

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

24:13

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

24:13

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

24:13

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

24:13

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

24:21

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

25:17

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

25:18

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

29:11

Dota 2 Item void-stone

30:06

Dota 2 Item energy-booster

30:07

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

30:07

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

30:07

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

30:07

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

30:23

Dota 2 Item aether-lens

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item blink-dagger
Dota 2 Item aether-lens
Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance
Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards
Dota 2 Item magic-wand
Dota 2 Item arcane-boots

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman shackles

01:29

2

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman ether shock

03:35

3

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman voodoo

05:48

4

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman shackles

07:46

5

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman shackles

10:12

6

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman mass serpent ward

11:00

7

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman shackles

14:10

8

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman voodoo

15:52

9

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman voodoo

18:12

10

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman voodoo

20:34

11

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman ether shock

24:30

12

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman mass serpent ward

28:42

13

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman ether shock

28:48

14

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman ether shock

TEAMMATES

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OPPONENTS

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KILLS

2

DEATHS

7

ASSISTS

17

KDA

2.7

TEAM KILL %

70.4%

GPM

269

XPM

394

LH/DN

41/5

STARTING ITEMS

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward
Dota 2 Item blood-grenade
Dota 2 Item magic-stick
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item faerie-fire
Dota 2 Item tango
Dota 2 Item tango
Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

03:09

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

04:44

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

05:51

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

06:28

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

07:10

Dota 2 Item circlet

07:10

Dota 2 Item mantle-of-intelligence

07:16

Dota 2 Item null-talisman

08:40

Dota 2 Item iron-branch

08:40

Dota 2 Item magic-wand

08:54

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

09:17

Dota 2 Item wind-lace

09:36

Dota 2 Item ring-of-regen

10:21

Dota 2 Item tranquil-boots

10:28

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

16:18

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

17:27

Dota 2 Item shadow-amulet

17:27

Dota 2 Item cloak

17:27

Dota 2 Item glimmer-cape

19:31

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

19:52

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

20:34

Dota 2 Item void-stone

21:25

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

24:55

Dota 2 Item energy-booster

25:05

Dota 2 Item aether-lens

25:06

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

27:21

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

28:03

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

28:03

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

28:35

Dota 2 Item great-healing-lotus

31:54

Dota 2 Item ogre-axe

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item tranquil-boots
Dota 2 Item null-talisman
Dota 2 Item ogre-axe
Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance
Dota 2 Item glimmer-cape
Dota 2 Item aether-lens
Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman shackles

01:59

2

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman ether shock

04:40

3

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman ether shock

06:50

4

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman voodoo

08:12

5

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman voodoo

11:54

6

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman mass serpent ward

14:10

7

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman voodoo

16:47

8

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman voodoo

17:06

9

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman shackles

17:49

10

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman shackles

20:28

11

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman shackles

23:09

12

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman mass serpent ward

24:16

13

Dota 2 Ability shadow shaman ether shock

28:07

14

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28:19

15

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TEAMMATES

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OPPONENTS

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Counter Items

Core Players

Laning Phase
17
Magic Stick
Ring of Regen
7
Infused Raindrops
Armor items
Ring of Health
Mid Game
15
Lotus Orb
18
Orchid Malevolence
95
Black King Bar
Sange and Yasha
Late Game
14
Linken's Sphere
Assault Cuirass

Support Players

Laning Phase
17
Magic Stick
Ring of Regen
7
Infused Raindrops
Armor items
Mid Game
15
Lotus Orb
19
Force Staff
14
Glimmer Cape
Late Game
14
Linken's Sphere
95
Black King Bar
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