Underlord

Underlord 25 + 3 12 + 1.6 17 + 2.3
Magic resistance	25%
Link▶️ Movement speed	295
Link▶️ Attack speed	100
Turn rate	0.6
Vision range	1800/800
Attack range	200
Projectile speed	Instant
Attack animation	0.45+0.7
Base attack time	1.7
Damage block	16
Collision size	24
Legs	2
Gib type	Default

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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%

Burn Duration: 2

12 (

8)

100/110/120/130

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

Despite the visual effects, the damage of the waves is applied instantly, and not upon 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% ( 225/360/495/630 + 11%/22%/33%/44%) of max health as damage (before reductions) when all waves hit and the debuff is not dispelled.

With Aghanim's Shard, Firestorm may directly target Underlord. It cannot target other units.
- When done, the waves area created at Underlord's current location, instead of staying at the original cast location.
- ↓↓ Double-tapping automatically targets self.

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 spells.
- 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.
- So whenever the modifier expires, enemies get instantly rooted again and then receive the hidden modifier 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. This means quickly leaving and re-entering does not result in an instant-root.
- All pits share the same modifier, therefore the root do not stack - once rooted, the unit becomes immune to all other pits until the modifier wears off.

Fully affects invisible units and units inside the Fog of War.

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%

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: 40%

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:

Only reduces base damage and that given by the primary attribute of affected units. Raw bonus damage is not reduced.

The aura's debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

It does not matter how an enemy dies, Underlord always gets the damage as long as the enemy was affected by the debuff.
- Underlord does not gain the damage if he is invulnerable or hidden as the enemy dies.

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.

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

The aura does not affect invulnerable or hidden units.

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

With the level 25 talent, the aura grants the damage buff to all allied heroes (including illusions, clones, and creep-heroes) within its radius, rather than only to Underlord.
- This means the damage is not provided by an aura, it is placed as an expiring buff on allies.
- Uses the same modifiers for allies as it does for Underlord, so they work exactly the same.
- Allied heroes gain 12/14/16/18 attack damage per hero death and 0.8/1.6/2.4/3.2 attack damage per non-hero death.

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 (

900)

Teleport Delay: 6/5/4 (

5/4/3)

Number of Charges: 2

Charge Replenish Time: 130/115/100

130/115/100 (

0)

100/200/300

Dark Rift has two charges and can be cast on allied heroes. Reduces cast delay by -1 second.

Modifiers

modifier_abyssal_underlord_dark_rift: Dispellable with death only.

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

Notes:

Upon cast, Dark Rift is replaced by Cancel Dark Rift for its duration.

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

Can be cast on any allied unit, except for heroes, illusions, clones and wards.
- With Aghanim's Scepter, can be cast on allied heroes, illusions and clones as well.

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 targeting the ground, 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).

When acquiring Aghanim's Shard, Underlord immediately gains 1 charge.

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[edit]

Hero Talents
+40% Atrophy Allied Hero Bonus	25	+0.65s Pit of Malice Root
+20 Health Regen	20	+60 Attack Speed
-4s Firestorm Cooldown	15	+75 Pit of Malice AoE
+125 Firestorm Radius	10	+5 Armor

Notes:

The armor talent does not benefit illusions.

Recent Changes[edit]

Main Article: Underlord/Changelogs

Version

Description

Increased from 175 to 200.
Rescaled <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src="" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a> radius from 400/430/460/490 to 425 on each level.
<a href="/wiki/Aghanim%27s_Scepter" title="Aghanim's Scepter"><img alt="Aghanim's Scepter icon.png" src="" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="noprint" /></a> upgrade:
- <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src="" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a>
  - 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.
<a href="/wiki/Aghanim%27s_Shard" title="Aghanim's Shard"><img alt="Aghanim's Shard icon.png" src="" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="noprint" /></a> upgrade:
- <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src="" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a>
  - 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 <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src=" 16?cb=20160823174211

" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a> number of waves ➜ +125 <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src=" 16?cb=20160823174211

" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a> radius.

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

Level 25 left talent changed: 15% <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src=" 16?cb=20160823174211

" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a> damage to buildings ➜ 40% <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src=" 16?cb=20160823174307

" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a> damage granted to allies.

Reworked <a href="/wiki/Aghanim%27s_Scepter" title="Aghanim's Scepter"><img alt="Aghanim's Scepter icon.png" src="" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="noprint" /></a> upgrade:
- Old: Causes <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src="" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a> 's bonus damage to be granted to nearby allied heroes for half the values and increases bonus damage duration from 30/40/50/60 to 70/80/90/100.
- New: Reduces <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src="" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a> teleport delay by 1, and cooldown by 50, and allows it to be cast on allied heroes.
Added <a href="/wiki/Aghanim%27s_Shard" title="Aghanim's Shard"><img alt="Aghanim's Shard icon.png" src="" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="noprint" /></a> upgrade for <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="Underlord minimap icon.png" src="" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="noprint pixelart" /></a> Underlord:
- Reduces <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src="" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a> cast time by 50%, causes it to heal Underlord for 15% of its damage values, and allows it to be cast on self, following Underlord around when done.
Talents:

Level 10 left talent changed: +5 ➜ +2 <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src=" 16?cb=20160823174211

" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a> number of waves.

Level 10 right talent changed: +12% ➜ +5 .

Reduced <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src="" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a> cast range from 675 on each level to 600/625/650/675.
<a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src="" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a>
- Increased root duration from 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8 to 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8.
- Increased cooldown from 18/17/16/15 to 21/19/17/15.
Rescaled <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src="" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a> attack damage bonus per creep death from 4/5/6/7 to 2/4/6/8.
Talents:

Level 15 left talent: -3s <a href="/wiki/Underlord" title="Underlord"><img alt="" src=" 16?cb=20160823174211

" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="noprint" /></a> cooldown increased to -4s.

Recommended Items[edit]

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.
Aghanim's Scepter grants some attack bonus damage of Atrophy Aura to allies, a useful item for a team of heroes who rely on physical attacks to deal damage.

Gameplay[edit]


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[edit]

Responses

Sounds

History[edit]

Lore

Old Abilities

Changelogs

Equipment[edit]

Trivia[edit]

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.