Shadow Fiend

Notes:

• Leveling one of the Shadowraze abilities levels the others as well.

• Shadowraze (Near) blasts a 250 radius area 200 range in front of Nevermore upon cast.
  • This means that it can hit units up to 50 range behind Shadow Fiend, and up to 450 range in front of him.

• Places one hidden debuff on the enemy. This debuff counts how many Shadowrazes hit the target within its duration.
  • Shadowraze first sets its damage based on current stacks, then applies the debuff or increases the stack count, and then deals the damage.
  • This means the stack added by the raze does not affect the ability’s damage.
  • A number on the icon shows how many times the debuff was refreshed, including the first cast.
  • The debuff has no stack limit and can be increased infinitely.

• Hitting all 3 razes consecutively can deal up to 420/660/900/1140 ( 720/960/1200/1440) damage to a single unit (before reductions).

• The hidden debuff is placed on heroes is used to count successive Shadowraze hits. It lasts for 3 seconds.
  • Although only the Demon Eater cosmetic item makes use of it, the counter is always placed.

Notes:

• Leveling one of the Shadowraze abilities levels the others as well.

• Shadowraze (Medium) blasts a 250 radius area 450 range in front of Nevermore upon cast.
  • This means that it can hit units from 200 to 700 range in front of Shadow Fiend.

• Other notes from Shadowraze (Near) fully apply.

Notes:

• Leveling one of the Shadowraze abilities levels the others as well.

• Shadowraze (Far) blasts a 250 radius area 700 range in front of Nevermore upon cast.
  • This means that it can hit units from 450 to 950 range in front of Shadow Fiend.

• Other notes from Shadowraze (Near) fully apply.

Notes:

• If Shadow Fiend has an odd number of souls upon death, the number of lost souls is rounded down.
  • This means that he never can lose all his souls. He still keeps 1 soul, even when dying while only having 1 soul.
  • No souls are lost with Reincarnation.

• Despite the visual effects, Shadow Fiend instantly gains the soul and thus the damage of killed units.

• The more souls Shadow Fiend has, the more red particles fly around his chest area.

• Can grant a total of 11/28/51/80 ( 44/70/102/140) attack damage with maximum amount of souls.

• With Aghanim’s Shard, Necromastery turns into an active attack modifier. The passive components are still present.
  • The cast range is based on the attack range of the caster.
  • The cast range can be further increased by other attack range bonuses. However, it is not affected by cast range bonuses.
  • Both Autocast and manually casting it uses Shadow Fiend’s current attack range.
  • Consumes a soul and goes on cooldown upon projectile launch, so missing the attack wastes the soul and cooldown.
  • Casting Necromastery ensures a critical strike, crits with a lower value have no effect if they proc, since the higher crit value takes priority.

Notes:

• The armor reduction is provided by an aura. Its debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

• Does not affect enemies which have no vision over Shadow Fiend.

• With the level 15 talent, the aura affects buildings.

Notes:

• Shadow Fiend becomes phased while casting this ability.

• The damage is entirely based on the amount of souls gathered with Necromastery.

• The damaging lines have the following mechanics:
  • The area of every single damaging line is shaped like a cone.
  • The distance between the damaging lines is always even. One line is always released towards the east and the others adapt accordingly.
  • Creates a line on every 32.7°th/25.7°th/21.2°th/18°th ( 14.4°th) with the maximum number of souls on each level of Necromastery.
  • The damaging lines travel at a speed of 700, taking 1.43 seconds to reach the max distance.
  • With the travel distance and end width, the damaging lines can hit units up to 1350 range away.
  • Each damaging line cannot hit the same unit more than once per cast upon expanding and returning respectively.

• Fears and reduces the movement speed of all enemy units hit by the damaging lines of Requiem of Souls.

• The expanding lines can deal up to 1600/2400/3200 damage to a single unit (before reductions), if all lines hit.

• The lines first apply the damage, then the debuff.

• Upon death, Requiem of Souls is passively cast automatically and instantly, regardless of mana and cooldown.
  • Shadow Fiend first loses 40% of his Necromastery souls before this happens, so this passive cast can only have a maximum of 6/8/10/12 ( 15) lines.
  • Requiem of Souls cast this way does not apply fear, but does apply the movement speed slow.
  • It also does not trigger with Reincarnation sources.

• With Aghanim’s Scepter, after the lines expand to their maximum distance, they return back to Shadow Fiend.
  • Despite the visual effects, the lines do not “respawn” around Shadow Fiend. They start returning back exactly where they stopped.
  • The lines return at the same speed to Shadow Fiend’s current location, not to the location Requiem of Souls was originally cast from.
  • The lines do not follow if Shadow Fiend moves. Once the lines start returning, their path cannot be further altered.
  • The maximum travel distance also applies to the lines also upon returning, meaning they travel a total distance of 2000, taking 2.86 seconds.
  • The width of the lines is reversed upon returning—starting with the maximum width and getting thinner towards the end.
  • The returning lines deal 40% damage. They hit all units regularly like the expanding lines and also apply the movement speed slow and fear debuff.
  • Aghanim’s Scepter only affects manual casts. The on-death Requiem if Souls cast is not upgraded.

• The returning lines can deal up to 800/1200/1600 damage to a single unit, if all lines hit.
  • Together with the expanding lines, it can deal up to 2800/4200/5600 damage to a single unit (before reductions).

• The heal is based on the damage dealt by the returning lines, not by the initial expanding lines.
  • The heal is applied as soon as the lines stop moving.
  • Always heals for 32/48/64 health per hero hit, regardless of how much damage the lines actually dealt.
  • Only heals from damage dealt to heroes, including illusions.