Dagon

Dagon is an upgradable item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Magical. It can be upgraded by purchasing the recipe again.

Additional information

 * Upgrading the item improves its stats and the damage, range and cooldown of Energy Burst. Can be upgraded four times.
 * The total gold cost for each level is ////.

Recommended heroes

 * grants a second cast of Energy Burst to quickly kill enemies.


 * greatly amplifies Energy Burst's damage for high kill potential.
 * Cast it on yourself or an ally with nuke(s) to increase the damage by a maximum of 40% if the enemy is close (6 seconds before fighting at level 4) then cast it on the enemy to amplify the damage he takes by a further 40%.
 * The damage dealt by Energy Burst grants an instant boost and potentially vision over the target.


 * He can reduce the cooldown of the Dagon by 50% with his ultimate.


 * The damage from Energy Burst can easily bring an enemy into the kill threshold of.


 * resets Energy Burst's cooldown for constant damage output.


 * Using Energy Burst on an enemy affected by will cause severe burst damage from the latter.

Others

 * Ganking heroes can use Dagon for an additional burst of damage to help secure kills.
 * Heroes that can reduce the magic resistance:
 * can reduce the magic resistance by 60% with Decrepify. Note that it applies ghost form so it doesn't stack with Ethereal Blade.
 * can reduce the magic resistance by 45% with Ancient Seal.
 * can reduce the magic resistance by 33% to enemies in range from his Natural Order aura.
 * can reduce the magic resistance by 30% to anyone inside Ice Vortex, and he has a 10% spell amplification talent.
 * Nukers that want additional burst damage:
 * Heroes that lack burst damage:
 * Heroes that can reduce the magic resistance:
 * can reduce the magic resistance by 60% with Decrepify. Note that it applies ghost form so it doesn't stack with Ethereal Blade.
 * can reduce the magic resistance by 45% with Ancient Seal.
 * can reduce the magic resistance by 33% to enemies in range from his Natural Order aura.
 * can reduce the magic resistance by 30% to anyone inside Ice Vortex, and he has a 10% spell amplification talent.
 * Nukers that want additional burst damage:
 * Heroes that lack burst damage:
 * Heroes that lack burst damage:
 * Heroes that lack burst damage:
 * Heroes that lack burst damage:
 * Heroes that lack burst damage:
 * Heroes that lack burst damage:
 * Heroes that lack burst damage:

Tips

 * Most heroes have 25% magic resistance by default, causing Energy Burst to deal 300/375/450/525/600 damage to them, considering no other sources of reduction or amplification.
 * Powerful against high armored enemies, damage block and evasion.

Items synergy

 * : amplifies the magic damage by at least 9% and lowers the manacost by 12%.
 * & : both amplify the magic damage by at least 13% and lower the manacost by 16%.
 * : amplifies the magic damage by 40% and does magic damage when used.
 * : amplifies the magic damage by 25%.
 * : increases the cast range of all your items and spells by 250.
 * : can be used to gank, chase, escape and trigger a Linken's Sphere to use your Dagon.
 * ,, : are other items you can use to gank, chase and escape after killing an enemy while the Dagon and other abilities are on cooldown.
 * : amplifies the damage by 30% after the end of Soul Burn. It will also increase your mana regen.
 * : reduce the cooldown of all your spells and items by 25% allowing to cast two Dagon during a fight and can lifesteal from your burst damage. It is more useful on Intelligence heroes with multiple spells.

Counter items

 * : will completely block the damage from the Dagon. However, Dagon can be used to put 's on cooldown for stronger disables.
 * : will reflect the magic damage onto the caster.
 * : will reflect the nukes and disables.
 * : will make you immune to magic damage.
 * : will increase the magic resistance both upgrades reduce the damages even more.
 * : give you 1300 HP, it can tank two Dagon level 5 with the default 25% magic resistance.

Trivia

 * Dagon is the name of an ancient Mesopotamian god.
 * Dagon's active ability, Energy Burst, may be a reference to the Bible's Samson where he prayed to the Abrahamic god for power to destroy his enemies at Dagon's Temple.
 * 's cosmetic item, Nyx Assassin's Dagon, is based on Dagon.

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