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Shadow Fiend · Carry (pos. 1)

Simple build

BalancedRecommendedData-drivenPatch 7.41
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When to use it

The most-bought items without the situational ones: buy them in this order and focus on playing the hero.

This build is part of the guide Shadow Fiend for Beginners.

Where it's played

Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

Seen from RadiantRadiant · bottom leftDire · top right
  1. Safe laneMain68% of matchesSafe lane as the farming core (pos. 1).
  2. MidPriority 231% of matchesMid lane, one against one (pos. 2).

Starting items

Faerie FireIron BranchMagic WandTangoCirclet

Core items

  1. 1Manta StyleYour first big item.
  2. 2Mask of MadnessSecond: buy it right after.
  3. 3Force StaffThird: completes your core.

Boots

Power Treads

Late game

CrystalysSatanic

Skill order

Max order:Shadowraze›Presence of t…›Feast of Souls

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Talents by level

  1. Shadowraze Applies Attack Damage
    Feast of Souls Grants +30% Cast Speed
    25
  2. +5 Necromastery Max Souls
    +0.2s Requiem Fear per line
    20
  3. +1.5 Presence Armor Reduction
    +2 Feast of Souls Souls Collected Per Hero
    15
  4. +30 Shadowraze Stack Damage
    +30 Feast of Souls Attack Speed
    10