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 will take an enemy out of the fight, banishing them to a shadowy world and returning on the present world, along with two demonic illusions. Soul Catcher can curse his victim with vulnerability. The cursed target takes more damage from attacks and spells and his Shadow Poison can harass any unfortunate foe he encounters, slowly infecting them and dealing more when afflicted with the poison again and again, until the Shadow Demon chooses to take the poison to its full effect, bursting out the collected poison. Demonic Purge, his ultimate, is his key to a successful kill; the Shadow Demon greatly slows down his fleeing victim and removes all purgeable buffs of his enemy, crippling and weakening them. His spells also serve as a great support for his allies as well as a great way to gank. With a great start, the Shadow Demon will begin to dominate the battle. An ancient being of evil and darkness, Shadow Demon will soon rise again and conquer, bringing the world to despair and destruction.

Tips

 * If you are facing a hero with a strong orb effect like Anti-Mage in the lane, use Disruption on them often and force them to flee from the illusions.
 * Shadow Poison becomes much more lethal when stacked up to 5 or more, with this, you can destroy enemy heroes in the lane, even in the earliest stages. However, the mana cost is great and you should learn to control your mana or buy mana-boosting items for you to perform.
 * Soul Catcher synergizes extremely well with single-target nukes, such as Finger of Death, Laguna Blade, or Dagon.
 * Soul Catcher is extremely effective in conjunction with Pure damage spells since they ignore any kind of magic armor and are amplified.
 * Disruption can save you or teammates from incoming damage and spells.
 * Disruption can be used to help teammates land spells such as Torrent, Sacred Arrow, Light Strike Array and even Sun Strike or Slithereen Crush. When combined with Soul Catcher, this makes for a powerful ganking combination.

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.
 * Shadow Demon has a ghastly skull on his head.