Dagon

Dagon is an upgradable item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Caster. 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 ////.
 * One Dagon grants the following on each level:
 * Level 1: health,  health regeneration,  armor,  attack speed,  mana,  mana regeneration, % spell damage and  ( to  intelligence heroes) attack damage.
 * Level 2: health,  health regeneration,  armor,  attack speed,  mana,  mana regeneration, % spell damage and  ( to  intelligence heroes) attack damage.
 * Level 3: health,  health regeneration,  armor,  attack speed,  mana,  mana regeneration, % spell damage and  ( to  intelligence heroes) attack damage.
 * Level 4: health,  health regeneration,  armor,  attack speed,  mana,  mana regeneration, % spell damage and  ( to  intelligence heroes) attack damage.
 * Level 5: health,  health regeneration,  armor,  attack speed,  mana,  mana regeneration, % spell damage and  ( to  intelligence heroes) attack damage.

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 ennemy is close (6 seconds before fighting at level 4) then cast it on the ennemy 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.


 * 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 ennemies in range from his Natural Order aura.
 * can reduce the magic resistance by 30% to anyone inside Ice Vortex.
 * Heroes that can amplify the damage:
 * can increase all damage type by 50% with Soul Catcher however the debuff is applied on a random ennemy in an area.
 * can increase all damage type by 36% with Penitence, he can then use Test of Faith which can deal 400 damage.
 * 's ultimate can increase the damage to a maximum of 30% when close. Steal strength with Decay before using it to decrease the HP pool of your ennemy and get mobility items to get close to your ennemy.
 * Nukers that want additional burst damage:
 * Heroes that can amplify the damage:
 * can increase all damage type by 50% with Soul Catcher however the debuff is applied on a random ennemy in an area.
 * can increase all damage type by 36% with Penitence, he can then use Test of Faith which can deal 400 damage.
 * 's ultimate can increase the damage to a maximum of 30% when close. Steal strength with Decay before using it to decrease the HP pool of your ennemy and get mobility items to get close to your ennemy.
 * Nukers that want additional 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.
 * Against a who has 35% base magic resistance, it deals 260/325/390/455/520 damage under the same conditions.
 * Against a who has 10% base magic resistance, it deals 360/450/540/630/720 damage under the same conditions.
 * Powerful against high armored ennemies, damage block and evasion.

Items synergy

 * : amplifies the magic damage by 40%.
 * : amplifies the magic damage by 25%.
 * : amplifies the magic damage by 8% and increases the cast range of all your items and spells by 220.
 * : 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 ennemy 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.
 * : will reflect the magic damage onto the caster.
 * : will reflect the nukes and disablers.
 * : will make you immune to magic damage.
 * : will increase the magic resistance both upgrades reduce the damages even more.
 * : give you 1150 HP, it can tank two Dagon level 5 with the default 25% magic resistance.

Trivia

 * Dagon is the name of an ancient Mesopotamian god.
 * Level 5 Dagon is the most expensive item in the game.