Doom · Offlane (pos. 3)
Doom Safe Play Guide
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Overview
This guide is about playing Doom safely and consistently. Safe offlane means soaking experience from a distance, pulling the wave's attention and never dying for a last hit. The kit brings crowd control (stun) with Infernal Blade and sustain with Scorched Earth.
Strengths
- Sustain from Scorched Earth to stay in lane and in fights.
- Valve tags Doom as Durable: it stays in fights longer than most heroes.
- Reliable stun: Infernal Blade sets up kills and interrupts enemy channels.
Weaknesses
- Melee: has to walk up to its target, which makes the lane harder against ranged heroes.
- No escape in the kit: without good positioning and vision, Doom is easy to catch.
- Tough patch: wins only 47.8% of measured public matches.
Build cheat sheet
Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.
- Survival buildDefensiveRecommendedPrioritises the popular items that keep you alive — Black King Bar and Drum of Endurance. Choose it against heavy disables or burst, or when you are the enemy's focus. Built from what Doom players buy in the public matches we measured.
- Against physical damageDefensiveSituationalFor games against right-click carries: keep your first two core items and add armor, evasion or damage block.
Builds
Survival build
When to use it
Prioritises the popular items that keep you alive — Black King Bar and Drum of Endurance. Choose it against heavy disables or burst, or when you are the enemy's focus. Built from what Doom players buy in the public matches we measured.
Where it's played
Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.
189%- OfflaneMain89% of matchesOff lane as the space-making core (pos. 3).
Starting items
Core items
- 1Black King Bar+10 Strength, +24 Damage. Active: Avatar.
- 2Drum of Endurance+8 Strength. Active: Endurance.
- 3Radiance+55 Damage, +25% Evasion.
- 4Echo Sabre+20 Damage, +15 Strength, +1.75 Mana Regeneration.
Boots
Late game
Skill order
Max order:Scorched Earth›Devour›Infernal Blade
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Talents by level
- Permanent Scorched EarthDoom applies Mute25
- +66 Damage-10s Doom Cooldown20
- +7% Scorched Earth Movement Speed+1.5% Infernal Blade Max HP As Damage15
- +10% Magic Resistance+0.2s Infernal Blade Stun Duration10
Against physical damage
When to use it
For games against right-click carries: keep your first two core items and add armor, evasion or damage block.
Where it's played
Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.
189%- OfflaneMain89% of matchesOff lane as the space-making core (pos. 3).
Core items
- 1Blink Dagger
- 2Aghanim's Shard
Situational
Skill order
Max order:Scorched Earth›Devour›Infernal Blade
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Talents by level
- Permanent Scorched EarthDoom applies Mute25
- +66 Damage-10s Doom Cooldown20
- +7% Scorched Earth Movement Speed+1.5% Infernal Blade Max HP As Damage15
- +10% Magic Resistance+0.2s Infernal Blade Stun Duration10
Abilities
- Devour66s40 / 50 / 60 / 70 mpConsumes an enemy or neutral creep, acquiring any special abilities that it possessed. If alt-cast is activated, Doom will not acquire the creep's abilities. Duration is equal to the cooldown.
- Bonus gold
- 35·70·105·140
- Creep max level
- 4·5·6·6
- Scorched Earth41 / 39 / 37 / 35s60 / 70 / 80 / 90 mpCarpets the nearby earth in flames which damage enemies, while also granting Doom increased movement speed and health regeneration.
- Damage
- 20·30·40·50
- Bonus hp regen
- 6.66
- Radius
- 666
- Bonus move speed
- 7%·8%·9%·10%
- Duration
- 10·12·14·16
- Infernal Blade13 / 10 / 7 / 4s35 mpDoom swings his burning sword, igniting the enemy. Stuns for 0.66 seconds and applies a 4 second burn that deals a base damage plus a percentage of the target's Max HP as damage per second.
- Base burn damage
- 18·34·50·66
- Max hp as damage
- 0.5%·1.75%·3%·4.25%
- Burn duration
- 4
- Stun duration
- 0.66
Devoured AbilityPassiveThis slot will be replaced with abilities acquired using Devour.
Devoured AbilityPassiveThis slot will be replaced with abilities acquired using Devour.- Doom140 / 130 / 120s150 / 200 / 250 mpInflicts a curse that dispels an enemy and prevents them from casting spells or healing in any way, while taking damage over time.
DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
- Duration
- 12·14·16
- Damage per second
- 22·44·66
Lvl ? PainPassiveDoom's attacks curse enemy heroes. After 2.5s, the cursed hero bursts with a pillar of fire, damaging itself and all units in a 66 AoE for 10% of the damage taken from Doom during the curse. The damage and radius of the curse is 66% stronger if the enemy's level is a multiple of 6.
Most played skill order
The most played order in the last 100 professional matches with this hero. Highlighted levels are the points spent on talents.
Max order:Scorched Earth›Devour›Infernal Blade
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Strategy
1Safe laning
Safe offlane means soaking experience from a distance, pulling the wave's attention and never dying for a last hit. Trade when the enemy support uses their mana or leaves the lane; a level up is worth more than a kill here.
2Surviving fights
You go in first: land Infernal Blade on as many heroes as you can and soak the spells your carry fears. You have no escape in the kit, so your position is your defence: stay behind someone who can protect you.
3Positioning and peel
Stand where the enemy has to go through your team to reach you, and protect whoever the enemy focuses. Hold Infernal Blade for the enemy diver.
4Playing from behind
When the game goes badly, farm what's safe, defend with your team and wait for the enemy to make a mistake: a single won fight can turn it around.
Tips
- Save Infernal Blade for whoever jumps on your team.
- Keep Scorched Earth for the enemy's burst, not for chip damage.
- Go back when your key abilities are down: a reset costs less than a death.
- Never be the first to show on the map in the late game.
- If enemies are missing from the map, back off before they appear.
Matchups
Weak against
- Largo41.2%win rate in the matchup
Doom only wins 41.2% of the 102 games measured against Largo this patch.
102 matches
- Dragon Knight45.9%win rate in the matchup
Doom only wins 45.9% of the 109 games measured against Dragon Knight this patch.
109 matches
- Jakiro46.0%win rate in the matchup
Doom only wins 46.0% of the 126 games measured against Jakiro this patch.
126 matches
- Shadow Fiend46.2%win rate in the matchup
Doom only wins 46.2% of the 184 games measured against Shadow Fiend this patch.
184 matches
- Axe46.4%win rate in the matchup
Doom only wins 46.4% of the 125 games measured against Axe this patch.
125 matches
Changelog
- Guide created for patch 7.41.
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