Underlord

Fiend's Gate
Summoned Ancient Ward
Health 450 +0
This unit has no mana.
Notes	Cannot be attacked.

Underlord 25 + 3 12 + 1.6 17 + 2.3
	+20HP and +0.1HP regeneration/point.; +1 main attack damage/point.
	+0.17 armor and 1 attack speed/point.
	+12MP and +0.05MP regeneration/point.
L0	Base Hero Values
L1	⤷ + Base Attributes
L15	⤷ + Attribute Gain
L25	⤷ + 6 levels of Attribute Bonus
L30	⤷ + 7 levels of Attribute Bonus
	All values shown are without talent bonuses.

Hero

Strategy

For the spin-off game, see Dota Underlords.

Vrogros, the Underlord, is a melee strength hero whose commanding presence is crucial to his team's success. With his long-lasting abilities, Underlord is able to control wide areas of the battlefield during teamfights and skirmishes. Raining down damage from afar with Firestorm, he clears out creeps and discourages enemies from approaching. With his ultimate, Dark Rift, he can teleport his entire team across the map, taking enemies by surprise, pushing in lanes while the other team is dead or out of position. He can also use it as an escape mechanism, bringing himself and his own team to safety in a dicey situation. Enemies' base attack damage are reduced around Underlord by his Atrophy Aura, making him and his team far more durable when dealing with physical damage. The aura also provides him with damage with the death of nearby enemy creeps and heroes, making him an excellent laner and a strong pusher after a won teamfight as well. One of the best area disables in the game, Pit of Malice presents a very large obstacle for enemies, especially melee attackers. With it, Underlord can repeatedly ensnare multiple enemies at once, making him a potent and disruptive opponent in any teamfight.

Bio[]

Vrogros, the Underlord

▶️ "Nothing can stop us. Nothing can slow our march. And when we have arrived, all will burn."

Lore:

Neither myth nor song exist to tell of their coming.

Deep below the surface of the world lay unknown wonders and horrors. Down and down again, well beneath the slithering magma fields and simmering roots of dormant volcanoes stands the obsidian city of Aziyog, its incomparable stonework spanning an endless cavern. Within honeycomb walls mortared with the bones of countless slaves lies the domain of the Abyssal Horde, and their brutal underlord Vrogros.

Armed by the monstrous forgemasters of his kind and well-practiced in the arts of the Dark Rift, Vrogros is able to conjure forth flame and crippling malice through the twist between worlds. He seeks always to expand his holdings, destroying or enslaving all he encounters. Yet the lands offered by the subterranean realm are few, and so his sights have turned upward. By his command the first waves of abyssal invaders have already marched through the rift, a few doomed legions meant merely to test the might of nations above. Now, as his full force readies itself for unending conquest, Vrogros himself steps into a sunlit world to announce his coming reign. Those who face the Underlord will bow and pay tribute, or be crushed where they stand.

Voice:

TJ Ramini (Responses)

Abilities[]

Firestorm

▶️

▶️QF

Ability
Target Area
(

Target Unit)

Affects
Enemies
(

Self)

Damage
Magical

Calls down waves of fire that damage enemy units in the target area, burning for additional damage over time.

Cast Animation: + (

+)

Cast Range: 600/625/650/675

Effect Radius: 425 (

500)

Number of Waves: 6 (

9)

Wave Interval: 1

Damage per Wave: 25/40/55/70

Max Health as Damage per Second: 1%/2%/3%/4% (

2%/3%/4%/5%)

Burn Duration: 2

12 (

8)

110/120/130/140

Firestorm can be self-targeted. When used that way, the Firestorm follows Underlord around. Increases the wave count by 3. Reduced cast point by half.

Attempts to damage if debuff was placed before spell immunity.

Modifiers

modifier_abyssal_underlord_firestorm_thinker: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_abyssal_underlord_firestorm_burn: Dispellable with any dispel.

The flames of conquest blaze forth from the darkest depths of the abyss.

Notes:

The visual and audio effects at the targeted area during the cast time are visible and audible to allies only.

Creates 6 ( 9) waves in 1-second intervals, starting immediately upon cast, resulting in the effect lasting 5 ( 8) seconds.

Despite the visual effects, the damage is applied instantly, and not upon the waves landing.

On each wave, Firestorm first applies the damage, then the debuff.
- Does not place the burn debuff on Roshan, but does apply the wave damage.

The burn debuff deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting immediately as the debuff is applied, resulting in 3 instances.
- The burn debuff does not stack per interval. Each interval refreshes its duration, resulting in 8 ( 11) possible instances.

Can deal up to 150/240/330/420 + 8%/16%/24%/32% ( 16%/24%/32%/40%) of maximum health as damage (before reductions) when all waves hit.
- With Aghanim's Shard, it can deal up to 225/360/495/630 + 11%/22%/33%/44% ( 22%/33%/44%/55%) of maximum health as damage.

With Aghanim's Shard, Firestorm additionally gains self-targeting functionality. It cannot target other units.
- ↓↓ Double-tapping automatically targets self.
- When targeting self, the waves area is created and centered along with Underlord's current location for the full duration, and follows if he moves, instead of staying at the original cast location.

Pit of Malice

▶️

▶️WT

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

A deadly pit is conjured at the target location; any unit that enters will be rooted. Each enemy unit within the pit are affected every 3.6 seconds.

Cast Animation: +

Cast Range: 675

Effect Radius: 400 (

475)

Root Interval: 3.6

Root Duration: 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8 (

1.85/2.05/2.25/2.45)

Pit Duration: 12

21/19/17/15

80/100/120/140

Modifiers

modifier_abyssal_underlord_pit_of_malice_thinker: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_abyssal_underlord_pit_of_malice_buff_placer: Dispellable with death only.

modifier_abyssal_underlord_pit_of_malice_ensare: Dispellable with any dispel.

Twisting into the seams of reality itself, Vrogros' manifest hatred paralyzes those who defy his will.

Notes:

The visual and audio effects at the targeted area during the cast time are visible and audible to allies only.

Roots the targets, preventing them from moving and casting certain mobility abilities.
- Fully affects invisible units and units inside the Fog of War.
- Provides True Sight over the targets.

The root is applied periodically on every enemy within the area.
- However, the hidden modifier prevents them from being continuously rooted for the whole duration.
- This hidden modifier is applied on every unit within the area which does not have the modifier yet. The modifier lasts for 3.6 seconds.
- Whenever the modifier expires, enemies get instantly rooted again, and then the hidden modifier is reapplied again.
- This means that Pit of Malice does not root every unit within the area in set intervals. Each unit is rooted every 3.6 seconds based on when they entered the area.
- The hidden modifier does not disappear upon leaving the area. Quickly leaving and re-entering does not result in an instant-root.
- All pits share the same modifier, therefore the root does not stack — once rooted, the unit becomes immune to all other pits until the modifier wears off.

Can root a unit up to 4 times if it stays within the area for the full duration, resulting in a total root time of 4.8/5.6/6.4/7.2 ( 7.4/8.2/9/9.8) seconds.

Creates a distinct visual effect around, and plays a distinct sound on affected heroes and illusions, but not around other affected units.

Atrophy Aura

ER

Ability
Aura

Affects
Enemies / Self

Nearby enemy units are weakened, losing a portion of their base damage. If an enemy dies while under this effect, Underlord gains temporary bonus damage.

Radius: 900

Attack Damage Reduction: 5%/15%/25%/35% (

20%/30%/40%/50%)

Attack Damage Bonus per Hero Death: 30/35/40/45

Attack Damage Bonus per Non-Hero Death: 2/4/6/8

Attack Damage Bonus Duration: 30/45/60/75

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

Allied Bonus Percentage: 50%

Disables aura and prevents gaining new stacks. Already existing stacks still provide bonus attack damage.

Illusions carry the aura.
When an enemy unit dies around an illusion which is or was under Underlord's control, the damage is granted to Underlord. If the source of the illusion is an enemy or allied ability, the damage is granted to the illusion, although the illusion cannot make use of it.

Modifiers

modifier_abyssal_underlord_atrophy_aura: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_abyssal_underlord_atrophy_aura_dmg_buff_counter: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_abyssal_underlord_atrophy_aura_creep_buff: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_abyssal_underlord_atrophy_aura_hero_buff: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_abyssal_underlord_atrophy_aura_effect: Undispellable. Persists death.

To merely stand in the presence of the Underlord is to feel the conviction of battle sapped from one's soul.

Notes:

Reduces the main attack damage of affected units. Bonus attack damage is not reduced.
- The aura does not affect invulnerable or hidden units, and its debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

It does not matter how an enemy unit dies, Atrophy Aura grants bonus attack damage as long as the dying enemy unit was affected by the debuff.
- However, Underlord does not gain bonus attack damage if he is invulnerable or hidden as the enemy dies.

Does not gain bonus attack damage from dying illusions, buildings, wards, Undying Zombie, Courier and the Tempest Double.
- When there are multiple Meepo clones within the radius, only one of them grants Underlord damage when they die.
- Treats creep-heroes as creeps.

Each damage increment per dying unit lasts for the set duration. Gaining more damage does not refresh the duration of the previous increments.
- The damage bonuses persist through Underlord's death.

A status buff icon appears whenever Underlord gains damage from the aura. The buff shows how much damage the aura currently grants.
- Underlord's weapon also glows stronger with green particle effects the more damage stacks he has.

The attack damage reduction does not affect enemies which have no vision over Underlord.
- However, he still gains damage from dying enemies within the aura's radius, despite the debuff not being present.

With the level 25 talent, Atrophy Aura grants the bonus attack damage buff to all allied heroes (including illusions, clones, and creep-heroes) within its radius, rather than only to Underlord.
- However, the bonus attack damage is not provided by an aura, it is placed as an expiring buff on allies.
- It uses the same modifiers for allies as it does for Underlord, so they work exactly the same.
- Affected allies gain 15/17.5/20/22.5 bonus attack damage per dying hero and 1/2/3/4 bonus attack damage per dying non-hero units.

Fiend's Gate

▶️

▶️DE

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Allies

Opens 2 portals, one next to Underlord and one in the target location up to 4000 range. Allies can channel a portal for 2 seconds to teleport to the other side.

Cast Animation: +

Cast Range: 4000

Channel Distance: 400

Channel Time: 2

Portals Duration: 20

110

100

Can channel and teleport while rooted or leashed.

Modifiers

modifier_kill: Dispellable with death only.

modifier_magic_immune: Dispellable with death only.

modifier_underlord_portal_fx: Dispellable with death only.

modifier_underlord_portal_warp_channel: Dispellable with death only.

modifier_underlord_portal_warp_channel_soundstop: Dispellable with death only.

Ability Draft Notes:

Requires drafting

Dark Rift to be unlocked.

Long have the forces of the abyss been limited in reach, but with the power of Aghanim in hand, Vrogros' thirst for conquest grows only stronger.

Notes:

Requires Aghanim's Scepter to be unlocked.
- In Ability Draft, Fiend's Gate can be unlocked by the player that drafted Dark Rift.

The portals cannot be placed inside the fountain area (including the small area in front of the ramp), or in Roshan's pit.
- Cannot be placed on unpathable terrain, or spots obscured by trees.

When cast, allies and enemies get a ‼ Ping on their minimap, showing where the portals are placed.
- The portals are marked on the minimap with a green cylinder if it is an allied, or red if it is an enemy portal.
- Both portals face each other when created, their particle effects point towards each other, indicating in which direction the other portal lies.

Destroy trees within 300 radius around the portals upon spawning.

The portals gain their spell immunity through a buff, so it is possible for enemies to ‼ Ping it to display their remaining duration.

Right Click or giving an attack order (A) on the portal starts the channeling.
- Cannot start the channeling while silenced. However, getting silenced while already channeling does not interrupt it.
- While channeling, the unit gets moved towards the center of the portal over the 2 channel time, so the speed varies based on the distance.

Upon finishing the channeling, the unit gets teleported to the other portal.
- Does not disjoint projectiles upon teleporting.
- Does not interrupt queued (or ⇧ Shift-queue) orders upon teleporting.

Dark Rift

▶️

▶️RD

Ability
Target Point / Target Unit

Affects
Allied Heroes

Opens a dark rift at the targeted friendly unit's or building's position. After a short delay, Underlord and all nearby friendly heroes are teleported to that unit's location. Dark Rift can be cancelled at anytime during the cast. If it is cancelled in this way or the target unit dies before the spell becomes active, Dark Rift goes into cooldown.

Cast Animation: +

Cast Range: Global

Radius: 600

Teleport Delay: 6/5/4

130/115/100

100/200/300

Modifiers

modifier_abyssal_underlord_dark_rift: Dispellable with death only.

They come without warning, leaving fire and blood where kingdoms once flourished.

Notes:

↓↓ Double-tapping automatically targets the team's fountain.

Can be cast on any allied unit, except for heroes, illusions, clones and wards.

Can target and teleport to invulnerable units. Cannot target hidden units, but the teleport still happens if the target turns hidden after being targeted.
- When ground-targeted, it searches for the nearest valid target on the map and teleports towards it.

The visual effects around Underlord and on the teleport target are visible to everyone.

The targeted unit's priority is lowered, meaning it is attacked as the last auto-attack target by other units.

Disjoints projectiles upon teleporting for everyone who gets teleported.

Can only teleport heroes, illusions, clones, and creep-heroes.
- Can teleport them even while invulnerable or hidden.

When Underlord or the teleport target dies during the delay, Dark Rift is canceled.
- Dark Rift is not canceled when the targeted creep changes ownership (e.g. Holy Persuasion, Enchant, etc).

Cancel Dark Rift

▶️RD

Ability
No Target

Stop the teleport.

Cast Animation: +

0

Notes:

Replaces Dark Rift until the sub-ability is used or the teleport completes.

Interrupts Underlord's channeling abilities upon cast.

Talents[]

Hero Talents
+50% Atrophy Allied Hero Bonus	25	+0.65s Pit of Malice Root
+15% Atrophy Aura Attack Damage Reduction	20	+1% Firestorm Burn Damage
-4s Firestorm Cooldown	15	+75 Pit of Malice AoE
+100 Firestorm Radius	10	+5 Armor

Notes:

The armor talent does not benefit illusions.

Recent Changes[]

Main Article: Underlord/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.30c

Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Reduced Fiend's Gate cooldown from 130 to 110.
Talents:

Level 10 left talent: +125

Firestorm radius reduced to +100.

Level 20 left talent: +12%

Atrophy Aura attack damage reduction increased to +15%.

7.30

Increased health regeneration from 0 to 0.25.
Reduced movement speed from 295 to 290.
Increased Firestorm mana cost from 100/110/120/130 to 110/120/130/140.
Reworked Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Old: Reduces Dark Rift teleport delay by 1, increases radius by 300, replaces the cooldown with 2 charges, and allows it to be cast on allied heroes.
- New: Grants Underlord the Fiend's Gate ability.

Fiend's Gate

Creates 2 portals, one next to Underlord and one at the targeted location. Allies can right-click a portal, briefly channeling to teleport to the other portal.

Cast time: 0.45

Cast range: 4000

Teleport channel time: 2

Portals duration: 20

Mana cost: 100

Cooldown: 130

Notes: Portals cannot be placed on impathable terrain, the Fountain areas, or the

Roshan pit. The portals' locations are marked on the minimap.

Fiend's Gate

Unit type: Ward

Health: 450

Collision size: 96

Vision range: 500

Notes: Cannot be attacked.

Talents:

Level 20 left talent changed: +20 health regen ➜ +12%

Atrophy Aura attack damage reduction.

Level 20 right talent changed: +60 attack speed ➜ +1%

Firestorm max health as damage per second.

Level 25 left talent: 40%

Atrophy Aura damage granted to allies increased to 50%.

7.29

Increased attack range from 175 to 200.
Rescaled Firestorm radius from 400/430/460/490 to 425 on each level.
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Dark Rift
  - No longer reduces cooldown by 50.
  - Now replaces the cooldown with 2 charges that have a 130/115/100-second replenish time.
  - Now also increases radius by 300.
Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Firestorm
  - No longer causes it to heal Underlord for 15% of its damage values.
  - Now increases the number of waves by 3.
Talents:

Level 10 left talent changed: +2

Firestorm number of waves ➜ +125

Firestorm radius.

Level 20 right talent: +50 attack speed increased to +60.

Level 25 left talent changed: 15%

Firestorm damage to buildings ➜ 40%

Atrophy Aura damage granted to allies.

Recommended Items[]

Starting items:

Tango helps Underlord stay in lane.
Clarity helps Underlord with his low mana.
Enchanted Mango is a good item for playing in the offlane, as it provides some passive sustain, while also being able to provide a boost of mana to squeeze in an extra spell that might ensure a kill or an escape.
Iron Branch provides a decent boost to Underlord's attributes.

Early game:

Wind Lace offsets Underlord's slow movement speed and lack of mobility.
Boots of Speed is mandatory on all heroes for movement speed.
Magic Stick can save Underlord in a bad situation, and give him enough mana for another ability.
Soul Ring sustains Underlord with health regeneration and strength bonuses; its active grants mana so he can use abilities.

Mid game:

Magic Wand is a natural evolution from Magic Stick for extra burst health and mana.
Arcane Boots give Underlord and his team some much needed mana.
Mekansm helps keep Underlord's team alive with health and armor.

Late game:

Guardian Greaves is a natural upgrade from Arcane Boots and Mekansm, granting massive health and mana restoration to the whole team.
Shiva's Guard's slow helps Underlord keep enemies within range of Atrophy Aura and Pit of Malice.

Situational items:

Pipe of Insight reduces incoming magical damage, making Underlord and his team even more durable.
Crimson Guard, along with Atrophy Aura, greatly diminishes enemy damage against Underlord and his team.
Rod of Atos helps chain rooting enemies inside Firestorm.
Lotus Orb helps deflect magical nuke damage, and is useful on allied carries when pushing towers.
Urn of Shadows provides Underlord with a heal, increased mana regeneration, and more attributes.
Blink Dagger is good for initiating with Pit of Malice.
Force Staff improves Underlord's mobility, and lets him push enemies into Pit of Malice.
Eul's Scepter of Divinity helps Underlord with his low mana, and boosts his movement speed to keep enemies within Atrophy Aura's range. The cyclone active helps him set up Pit of Malice.
Blade Mail deters enemies from attacking Underlord.
Assault Cuirass combined with Atrophy Aura greatly reduces enemy damage output.
Heart of Tarrasque gives Underlord great durability, and allows him to hit even harder.
Radiance is a highly situational item, and is great for teamfights and pushes. Burning down creeps is a good way to feed Atrophy Aura's bonus damage bonus, and the extra evasion make Underlord even more durable.
Linken's Sphere shields Underlord and his teammates from being disabled.

Gameplay[]


Roles:	Support Durable Nuker Disabler Escape
Complexity:	★★☆
Playstyle:	Through a Dark Rift comes the legions of the Abyssal Horde, marching out of their subterranean city with intent to conquer the nations above. Amidst the invaders stood Vrogros, the demonic hulk who rained apocalyptic Firestorms from the sky, engulfing towns and villages in emerald flame. Unsatisfied with ruling the lands below, the Underlord steps into the sunlight to expand his dominion over the surface world. Trapped in a Pit of Malice, the newly enslaved can only lament their dismal fate from now until the day when all is consumed by the yawning abyss.

Strategy & Tips

Counters &
Matchups

Audio[]

Responses

Sounds

History[]

Lore

Old Abilities

Changelogs

Equipment[]

Trivia[]

Underlord is named Azgalor, the Pit Lord in DotA.^[1]
- His title, Pit Lord, was changed to avoid possible copyright infringements with Blizzard Entertainment, since the Pit Lords are a race of demons in the Warcraft universe.^[2]
- His name, Azgalor, was also changed for the same reason. Azgalor was a character from the Warcraft universe as well, who served one of the main antagonists of the Warcraft universe as a well known commander.^[3]
- According to the Bastion Announcer, ▶️ "Pyre Lord" was also a proposed name for Underlord.
- Up until the June 23, 2016 Patch, Underlord's title was "Abyssal Underlord". While the rationale of dropping "Abyssal" is unclear, it may have been to prevent confusion with the shorthand terminology of Abyssal Blade.
Underlord had been developed since 2012; he already had a beta model, placeholder ability icons and fully finished and working abilities. He could also be spawned in lobbies with cheats enabled for a short while before it was disabled.
- This suggests that his release was originally planned much earlier (as a comparison, all other heroes were released shortly after their files were added to the game), but was delayed for reasons unknown.
Before his release, Underlord was showcased at the All-Star match of The International 2016, played by N0tail. He originally picked Sand King, but a bit after the start of the game, SirActionSlacks replaced his pick by Underlord.
The line Underlord says after killing Bane, ▶️ "You have my permission to die.", is a reference to the famous line "When Gotham is ashes, you have my permission to die", said by the villain Bane from the movie The Dark Knight Rises.
Underlord's line when casting Dark Rift, ▶️ "Hold on to your butts!", was spoken by Samuel L. Jackson's character Ray Arnold in the movie Jurassic Park (1993).
Underlord was the final DotA hero ported over, before Dota 2 began to feature original heroes.