Overview
Shadow Demon
Tier C48.0% win rate
Win rate
48.0%
Pick rate
24.8%
Tier
C
Main
Position 5
Abilities
Skill Level Order Distribution
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1%
28%
10%
85%
20%
1%
28%
65%
52%
47%
99%
0%
17%
8%
20%
0%
20%
26%
39%
36%
0%
72%
73%
7%
59%
0%
52%
9%
8%
12%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
99%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Talents
Talent Build
+8 Strength
OR
+50% Shadow Poison Damage
-1s Shadow Poison Cooldown
OR
+20 Movement Speed
-30s Demonic Purge Cooldown
OR
+15% Disseminate Shared Damage
2 Charges of Disruption
OR
Demonic Purge Applies Shadow Poison
Facets
Grandmaster Facet Preference
Promulgate
Left facet
72%
242
Demon Facet Soul Mastery
Right facet
28%
95
Starting
Common Starting Items
Iron Branch
Tango
Blood Grenade
Magic Stick
Grandmaster
Core Items
Item 1
Talents
Talent Win Rates
-1s Shadow Poison Cooldown
53.6% WR
+8 Strength
48.2% WR
+50% Shadow Poison Damage
46.2% WR
-30s Demonic Purge Cooldown
60.1% WR
+20 Movement Speed
57.2% WR
+15% Disseminate Shared Damage
59.2% WR
2 Charges of Disruption
63.0% WR
54.4% WR
-5s Telekinesis Cooldown
50.0% WR
+75 Spell AoE
50.0% WR
-3s Dragon Slave Cooldown
50.0% WR
5% Fiery Soul Magic Resist Per Stack
0.0% WR
+300 Health
0.0% WR
Shadowraze Applies Attack Damage
100.0% WR
+60 Phantom Strike Attack Speed
0.0% WR
50% Gust Self Movement Speed
0.0% WR
-2s Overwhelming Odds Cooldown
0.0% WR
+20% God's Strength Slow Resistance
100.0% WR
Wave Of Terror Steals 25% Of Reduced Damage And Armor
100.0% WR
+20 Crippling Fear DPS
100.0% WR
+0.25 Predator Damage Per Missing Health
100.0% WR
+1 Scurry Ability Charge
100.0% WR
+2 Chaos Meteors
100.0% WR
+15 Movement Speed
0.0% WR
+5 Armor
0.0% WR
+10% Magic Resistance
100.0% WR
+200 Health
0.0% WR
x1.5x Flesh Heap and Meat Shield bonuses
100.0% WR
+70 Bonus Damage On Geminate
0.0% WR
+15% Magic Resistance
100.0% WR
+1 Heavenly Jump Target
100.0% WR
+8% Spell Lifesteal
0.0% WR
+2 Damage Per Soul
0.0% WR
-4s Doppelganger Cooldown
100.0% WR
+30 Feast of Souls Attack Speed
0.0% WR
+50 Max Headshot Knockback Distance
0.0% WR
Refraction Dispels
100.0% WR
-3 Wave of Terror Armor
0.0% WR
-2s Magic Missile Cooldown
0.0% WR
+3 Psionic Traps
0.0% WR
+1s Storm Hammer Stun Duration
0.0% WR
+5% Scorched Earth Movement Speed
0.0% WR
+1.5 Mana Regen
0.0% WR
+80 Boulder Smash Damage
100.0% WR
+1 Lunar Orbit Glaives
0.0% WR
+40% Luminosity Critical Strike Damage
0.0% WR
+50 Smoke Screen Radius
100.0% WR
-1s Shadow Strike Damage Interval
0.0% WR
Moonlight Shadow gives +20% Evasion
0.0% WR
-5s Skewer Cooldown
0.0% WR
+8 Warcry Armor
0.0% WR
+20% Gush Slow
100.0% WR
-15s Tombstone Cooldown
100.0% WR
+30 Decay Damage
100.0% WR
+0.6s Shuriken Toss Slow
0.0% WR
Track Grants Shared Vision
0.0% WR
-15s Wrath of Nature Cooldown
100.0% WR
+100 Spirit Lance Damage
0.0% WR
Boots
Boot purchase timing & impact
Arcane Boots46.4% WRBought ~11 min · 15,814
Boots of Speed47.0% WRBought ~6 min · 5,093
Tranquil Boots48.2% WRBought ~10 min · 1,712
Guardian Greaves61.4% WRBought ~39 min · 1,126
Boots of Travel71.2% WRBought ~49 min · 521
Boots of Bearing68.4% WRBought ~38 min · 155All Players
Most Popular Item Path
Early Game
0 - 15 min
Mid Game
15 - 35 min
Late Game
35+ min
Neutrals
Top Neutral Items by Tier
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Tier 5
Tips
How to Play
Disruption banishes a target and creates illusions, so use it to save allies or copy strong carries.
Disrupting an enemy Terrorblade or Morphling creates illusions that shred their own team.
Shadow Poison stacks damage, so keep applying it and detonate the stacks for big burst.
Soul Catcher amplifies damage on a target, so combine it with Disruption for a kill combo.
Demonic Purge slows and removes buffs, so use it on BKB carries and buff reliant heroes.
Shadow Demon is fragile, so position safely and use Disruption as your defensive save.
Counters
Toughest matchups for Shadow Demon
Meepo
32.0%
Troll Warlord
38.5%
Bounty Hunter
39.2%
Pugna
40.2%
Centaur Warrunner
40.3%
Synergy
Best allies for Shadow Demon
Visage
63.3%
Meepo
58.6%
56.2%
Medusa
54.4%
Wraith King
53.4%