Shadow Demon

Shadow Demon is a menacing ranged intelligence hero who is most powerful in the early game for his strong set of spells. Disruption takes an enemy or ally out of the fight, banishing them to a shadowy realm and returning them a short time later along with two hostile demonic illusions. Soul Catcher can curse his victims with vulnerability, instantly removing a fraction of their current health. His Shadow Poison can harass any unfortunate foe he encounters, gradually dealing more damage with each application until the Shadow Demon releases the poison from the target in a powerful, damaging burst. Demonic Purge, his ultimate, is key for securing kills: The Shadow Demon greatly slows his fleeing victim and removes all dispellable buffs, crippling and weakening them, while also (when upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter) applying a Break that disables almost all passive skills. Heavily reliant on the coordination and effectiveness of his own team, Shadow Demon proves to be incredibly strong as a defensive support by keeping his teammates alive reliably and as an offensive support by amplifying damage and endlessly slowing enemies until they're unable to escape. A formidable ally, who requires little farm to contribute greatly to his team, good positioning and timing from Shadow Demon's spells can make all the difference, and makes for one of the most potentially powerful supports well into the late game.

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Trivia

 * In Dota, Shadow Demon's hero name was Eredar. This was removed in his transition to Dota 2 to avoid copyright issues with Blizzard as the Eredar are a race of magic wielders from the Warcraft universe.
 * Shadow Demon's fun/alternate name was "Giblet", innards of birds that are used in cooking.
 * All of his spell sound effects are based on some of his voice lines in the demon language "Ozkavosh". This vo_shadow_demon_shadow_demon_spawn_04.mp3 line (" Sa nith icha gluth.") is used for Disruption, the first part of this vo_shadow_demon_shadow_demon_attack_12.mp3 line ("Ozh icha tak izh") is used by Soul Catcher, this vo_shadow_demon_shadow_demon_failure_01.mp3 is used by Shadow Poison and this vo_shadow_demon_shadow_demon_rival_14.mp3 line ("Ozh icha tak lash") is split up into 3 parts and then used by Demonic Purge.