Warlock stats, abilities and strategy [7.41]
Summons powerful demons to fight at his side
Summoning forth his demonic golem, Warlock brings ruin to enemies and destroys their defenses. Yet even without his golem, his dark spells can still wreak havoc, whether healing allies and harming enemies with a word, or binding foes together to share their agony.
Win Rate 50.2%
Pick Rate 8.4%
Attributes
604 +52.8/lvl
375 +37.2/lvl
22 +2.4/lvl
10 +1.0/lvl
25 +3.1/lvl
Stats
Damage:
52 - 62 + 3.1/level (155 - 165 at level 30)
Range:
600
Armor:
2.7 + 0.2/level (9.8 at level 30)
Movement:
300
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Whenever an enemy unit dies while afflicted by one or more of Warlock's abilities, a minor imp is summoned that lasts for 15 seconds and explodes on death. Imps will automatically seek out nearby units, favoring fatally bonded heroes, and will explode when reaching their prey.
IMP HEALTH: 5
EXPLOSION DAMAGE: 20
Patch 7.41
- No longer levels with Chaotic Offering
- Minor Imp Health rescaled from 50/130/210/290 to 5 + 15 per level
- Minor Imp Explosion Damage rescaled from 25/70/115/160 to 20 + 20 per 3 hero levels
- Minor Imp movement speed rescaled from 300/315/330/345 to 297 + 3 per level
- Minor Imp attack damage rescaled from 10-11/14-15/18-19/22-23/26-27 to 20-21
- Aghanim's Shard now increases health of minor imps by 80 and explosion damage by 45
Fatal Bonds
AFFECTS: Unit
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF: Yes
Binds several visible enemy units together, causing a percentage of the damage dealt to one of them to be felt by the others.
The shared damage type is the same as the type of damage inflicted.
Damage done by this ability is considered reflected damage. Reflected damage does not provide any lifesteal and cannot be reflected.
ENEMIES BOUND: 6
SHARED DAMAGE: 15% / 18% / 21% / 24%
DURATION: 18
BIND RADIUS: 700
42 / 34 / 26 / 18
120 / 130 / 140 / 150
1000
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +4 Fatal Bonds Targets
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +4% Fatal Bonds Damage
An ancient incantation that links the vital energies of multiple lifeforms into one collective body.
Shadow Word
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
BUFF: Yes
DEBUFF: Yes
Warlock whispers an incantation, casting a spell on a unit that makes it deal damage to nearby enemy units and heal nearby ally units. Target Unit will also heal or be damaged depending on whether they are ally or enemy.
HEAL/DAMAGE: 15 / 25 / 35 / 45
DURATION: 10
EFFECT RADIUS: 225
15 / 14 / 13 / 12
110 / 120 / 130 / 140
650 / 700 / 750 / 800
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +150 Shadow Word AoE
Demnok's arcane arts have a myriad of uses, allowing them to be powerful friendly enchantments or damaging curses.
Upheaval
AFFECTS: Area
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
CHANNELED - A powerful slowing and damaging current that grows stronger as it's channeled. Lasts up to NaN seconds. Enemies are slowed for 1 second after leaving the area or the spell ends.
The slow increase is based on length of the channel, not the duration an enemy was standing in the area.
RADIUS: 575 / 600 / 625 / 650
SLOW PER SECOND: 11% / 14% / 17% / 20%
MAX SLOW: 55% / 70% / 85% / 100%
DAMAGE PER SECOND: 10
MAX DAMAGE: 35 / 60 / 85 / 110
60 / 50 / 40 / 30
100
800
Aghanim's Shard
While channeling, Warlock spawns a minor imp every 2 seconds that lasts for 15 seconds and explodes dealing damage to all enemies around them upon death.
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +45 Upheaval Damage
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +8 Upheaval Attack Speed per second on Allies
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +50 Upheaval Radius
Demnok manipulates space-time, impairing entire armies.
Chaotic Offering
AFFECTS: Area
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Strong Dispels Only
Summons a Golem from the depths, stunning enemies for 0.8 seconds. The Golem lives 60 seconds, takes reduced damage from spells, has increased Slow Resistance, has Permanent Immolation and Flaming Fists on attack.
This ability destroys trees in its area of effect.
SUMMON BLAST RADIUS: 600
GOLEM HEALTH: 1500 / 2250 / 3000
GOLEM DAMAGE: 100 / 150 / 200
GOLEM MOVEMENT SPEED: 320 / 340 / 360
GOLEM HEALTH REGEN: 25 / 50 / 75
GOLEM GOLD BOUNTY: 100 / 150 / 200
GOLEM ARMOR: 8 / 12 / 14
GOLEM SLOW RESISTANCE: 60%
165
200 / 400 / 600
900
Aghanim's Scepter
Calls 2 Golems.
LEVEL 25 TALENT: Summons a Golem on death
LEVEL 20 TALENT: 25% Damage Resistance for Chaotic Offering Golems
Demnok unleashes the captive spirit in his Dreadwood staff, causing destruction in enemy ranks.
Talents
+4 Fatal Bonds Targets
Summons a Golem on death
+ 2.8%
+45 Upheaval Damage
25% Damage Resistance for Chaotic Offering Golems
+ 0.7%
+150 Shadow Word AoE
+8 Upheaval Attack Speed per second on Allies
+ 2.0%
+50 Upheaval Radius
+ 0.1%
+4% Fatal Bonds Damage
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Prioritize using Shadow Word for healing instead for damage due to magic resistance. You can heal yourself and your laning partner at the same time in the 225 AoE of Shadow Word.
Fatal Bonds does not latch onto fogged units. However, if you latch Fatal Bonds onto a target, they will still take damage even if they run into fog.
Use Fatal Bonds to harass if you can link four lane creeps and multiple enemy heroes on the lane.
Chaotic Offering destroys trees upon landing.
Be active when Chaotic Offering is up, organize {smoke-of-deceit} and farm with golem after the fight.
Pick up {aghanims-shard} around minute 15 as it improves your wave clear and damage significantly.
Once you have {aghanims-shard}, you can use Upheavel to farm creep waves and jungle camps from a distance.
Make sure to keep the pull camps unblocked to bring back the lane creeps closer to your tower as Fatal Bonds will constantly push them out.
Counter Strategy
Warlock's Chaotic Offering has long cooldown. Look to fight when it is down.
Avoid clumping up and fighting in choke spots against Warlock's spells.
Most of Warlock's damage comes from Fatal Bonds. Dispel items are great at removing them.
Debuff immunity is great against Warlock's spells. However, Chaotic Offering will still stun you through {black-king-bar}
Be aware of Warlock's {aghanims-scepter} and {refresher-orb} timings. He can carry the game.