Shadow Demon Build Guide DOTA 2: Analyzing competitive plays with Shadow Demon (updated for 6.81), by Peppo

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can I suggest adding viper to the list of heroes that SD counters? viper is pretty easy to get poison stacks on (he's slow), and he absolutely hates having to fight his own illusions. in my experience, sd is pretty good a messing up viper's early game, which makes him irrelevant later.

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I would say it's worth getting when going against , , and since you can purge at least 2 of their successive buffs on themselves or allies (if you don't purge them altogether on 1 cast).

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won't do bonus damage to Warlock's Golems... at max level, it does about 300 damage to a golem, which is about 1/5 of its health.

Forgot, they patched that ._.

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I highly doubt that, having 2 Purges that go through BKB is nice, but it's far from OP...unless you're up against a with an Aghs 8{D

won't do bonus damage to Warlock's Golems... at max level, it does about 300 damage to a golem, which is about 1/5 of its health.

is still considered the most powerful purge in the game (the only one that can insta-kill summoned units).

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It's definitely too expensive, and I don't think it's worth rushing one like you do on . But I've yet to see a 6.81 game with competitive teams, maybe they'll start picking SD just for the double ulti.

I highly doubt that, having 2 Purges that go through BKB is nice, but it's far from OP...unless you're up against a with an Aghs 8{D

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Is Aghs worth it for shadow demon? I haven't tested it in pubs yet.

It's definitely too expensive, and I don't think it's worth rushing one like you do on . But I've yet to see a 6.81 game with competitive teams, maybe they'll start picking SD just for the double ulti.

I'll update it after that pro players will feel more confident with the new patch.

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Is Aghs worth it for shadow demon? I haven't tested it in pubs yet.

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I think you should mention the pretty insane buff to shadow poison. With 5 stacks level 4 poison you do 1040 damage, that is insane.

I've already fixed the tips in the Abilities section following the update(s), but I don't know if I should emphasize the damage more. I think I'll do it later.

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I think you should mention the pretty insane buff to shadow poison. With 5 stacks level 4 poison you do 1040 damage, that is insane.

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I assume the 3rd skill build not having starting items is a mistake.

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