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Shadow Fiend · Carry (pos. 1)

Team utility build

UtilitySituationalData-drivenPatch 7.41
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When to use it

Built around the popular items that help your allies — Hurricane Pike and Linken's Sphere. Choose it when your team needs saves and auras more than your damage. Built from what Shadow Fiend players buy in the public matches we measured.

This build is part of the guide Shadow Fiend Guide.

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 WandTangoCircletMagic Stick

Core items

  1. 1Hurricane Pike+15 Intelligence, +200 Health, +20 Agility. Active: Hurricane Thrust.
  2. 2Linken's Sphere+16 All Attributes, +6.5 Health Regeneration, +4.25 Mana Regeneration. Active: Transfer Spellblock.
  3. 3Divine Rapier+100 Damage.
  4. 4Refresher Orb+14 Health Regeneration, +7.0 Mana Regeneration. Active: Reset Cooldowns.

Boots

Power Treads

Late game

Crystalys+32 Damage.Satanic+25 Strength, +25 Damage, +25% Lifesteal. Active: Unholy Rage.Daedalus+88 Damage.

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