Shadow Fiend · Carry (pos. 1)
Survival build
DefensiveRecommendedData-drivenPatch 7.41
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When to use it
Prioritises the popular items that keep you alive — Manta Style and Force Staff. Choose it against heavy disables or burst, or when you are the enemy's focus. Built from what Shadow Fiend players buy in the public matches we measured.
Where it's played
Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.
231%168%- Safe laneMain68% of matchesSafe lane as the farming core (pos. 1).
- MidPriority 231% of matchesMid lane, one against one (pos. 2).
Starting items
Faerie FireIron BranchMagic WandTangoCircletMagic Stick
Core items
- 1Manta Style+10 Strength, +26 Agility, +10 Intelligence. Active: Mirror Image.
- 2Force Staff+10 Intelligence, +175 Health. Active: Force.
- 3Hurricane Pike+15 Intelligence, +200 Health, +20 Agility. Active: Hurricane Thrust.
- 4Black King Bar+10 Strength, +24 Damage. Active: Avatar.
Boots
Power Treads
Late game
Aghanim's Scepter+10 All Attributes, +175 Health, +175 Mana.Linken's Sphere+16 All Attributes, +6.5 Health Regeneration, +4.25 Mana Regeneration. Active: Transfer Spellblock.Sange and Yasha+16 Strength, +16 Agility, +16% Status Resistance.
Skill order
Max order:Shadowraze›Presence of t…›Feast of Souls
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Talents by level
- Shadowraze Applies Attack DamageFeast of Souls Grants +30% Cast Speed25
- +5 Necromastery Max Souls+0.2s Requiem Fear per line20
- +1.5 Presence Armor Reduction+2 Feast of Souls Souls Collected Per Hero15
- +30 Shadowraze Stack Damage+30 Feast of Souls Attack Speed10