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Doom
26 + 3.5 11 + 0.9 15 + 2.1
Level Base 1 15 25 Health 200 785 1887.5 2675 Health regen 0 3.25 9.38 13.75 Magic res. 25% 26.13% 28.33% 29.91% Mana 75 255 603 855 Mana regen 0 0.75 2.22 3.27 Spell dmg 0% 1.05% 3.11% 4.58% Armor -1 0.76 2.78 4.22 Att/sec 0.5 0.56 0.62 0.66 Move sp amp. 0% 0.55% 1.18% 1.63% Damage 27‒43 53‒69 102‒118 137‒153
Movement speed 285 Turn rate 0.5 Vision range 1800/800 Attack range 175 Projectile speed Instant Attack animation 0.5+0.7 Base attack time 2 Collision size 24 Legs 2  Gib type Default

Lucifer, the Doom, is a melee strength hero with strong farming capabilities, good versatility, and one of the strongest single-target disables in the game. His very low starting armor makes him vulnerable to harassment, but his abilities and high health allow him to lane or even jungle quite effectively. A ruthless demon, Doom possesses malicious abilities revolving around greed, fire, and death. His Devour ability allows him to consume creeps, providing additional gold and allowing him to absorb their powers, using them to increase his own strength. Because there are numerous neutral creep abilities to choose from to supplement his other abilities, the role that he chooses to play is quite flexible. Scorched Earth serves numerous purposes, allowing him to chase, escape, regenerate, and slowly burn his enemies all at once. He can deal tremendous damage with Infernal Blade, an attack modifier which mini-stuns enemies and deals damage over time, based on their maximum health, making it a powerful nuking ability that scales into the late game. Finally, his namesake ultimate Doom serves as one of the strongest single-target lockdown abilities in the game. A unit afflicted with Doom takes intense damage over a lengthy duration while having all its active abilities - even those from items - completely silenced. With numerous expensive items in his arsenal and a key enemy hero rendered useless for a teamfight, a farmed Doom ensures that nobody can extinguish his flame.

Bio

Lucifer, the Doom

Play "Hehm ehme meh heh heh, speak of me, and I shall appear. Face me and face the furnace!"

Lore:

He that burns and is not consumed, devours and is never sated, kills and is beyond all judgment--Lucifer brings doom to all who would stand against him. Bearing away souls on the tip of a fiery sword, he is the Fallen One, a once-favored general from the realm behind the light, cast out for the sin of defiance: he would not kneel. Six times his name was tolled from the great bell of Vashundol. Six and sixty times his wings were branded, until only smoking stumps remained. Without wings, he slipped loose from the tethers that bound him within the light and he fell screaming to earth. A crater in the desert, Paradise lost. Now he attacks without mercy, without motive, the only living being able to move freely between the seven dark dominions. Lashed by inescapable needs, twisted by unimaginable talents, Doom carries his own hell with him wherever he goes. Defiant to the last. Eventually, the world will belong to Doom.

Voice:

John Patrick Lowrie (Responses)

Abilities

Devour

Play

Q

E

Ability
Target Unit / Autocast

Affects
Enemy Units

Damage
Pure
(HP Removal)

Consumes an enemy or neutral creep, acquiring any special abilities that it possessed.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.93

Cast Range: 300

Gold Bonus: 25/50/75/100 ( 175/200/225/250)

Health Regeneration Bonus: 4/8/13/18

Digest Duration: 80

70/60/50/40

40/50/60/70

Modifiers

Devour: Undispellable.

Lucifer's appetite and greed are never sated.

Notes:

• The autocast is just to enable acquring spells of neutral creeps. It does not make Doom cast the spell automatically.

• Can target all neutral creeps and summons, except for couriers, ancient creeps and creep-heroes.
  • Can target ancient creeps (excluding couriers and Roshan) when the talent for it is chosen.

• The targeted creep is instantly killed, granting its bounty and experience like a regular last hit.

• Doom acquires neutral creep abilities only when casting Devour while its autocast is turned on.
  • Can only gain abilities from neutral creeps. Other units' abilities cannot be gained. Abilities are gained instantly upon devouring the creep.
  • The abilities use the original cast point of the neutral creeps they come from, however, the cast backswing differs depending on the spell (see chart).
  • Abilities from neutral creeps are kept permanently, even through death, until another neutral creep with abilities is devoured with autocast on.
  • When autocast is on, devouring a creep with no abilities does not remove the already acquired abilities.
  • When devouring Ancient Black Dragons, Doom gets Fireball and Splash Attack, but not Dragonhide Aura.
  • When devouring Ancient Thunderhides, Doom gets Frenzy and War Drums Aura, but not Slam.

• The bonus gold is unreliable and granted when the debuff expires. Losing it upon death does not grant the gold.

• Restores health in the form of health regeneration, so it regenerates 0.4/0.8/1.3/1.8 health in 0.1 second intervals.

• Regenerates a total of 320/640/1040/1440 health over its full duration.

• Multiple instances of the modifier fully stack with each cast.

Scorched Earth

Play

W

T

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies / Self

Damage
Magical

Carpets the nearby earth in flames which damage enemies, while also granting him increased movement speed.

Cast Animation: 0+1.27

Radius: 600

Damage per Second: 20/30/40/50 ( 40/50/60/70)

Move Speed Bonus: 11%/12%/13%/14% ( 27%/28%/29%/30%)

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

Duration: 10/12/14/16

55/50/45/40

60/65/70/75

Affects Doom and his units while spell immune.
Does not attempt to damage spell immune enemies.

Modifiers

Scorched Earth Effect Aura: Undispellable.

Scorched Earth Effect: Undispellable.

The Fallen One spreads destruction in his wake, sparing none from the flame which sustains him.

Notes:

• Scorched Earth interrupts Doom's channeling spells upon cast.

• Scorched Earth's radius is centered on Doom for the full duration.

• Units under Doom's control benefit from Scorched Earth when they are inside the radius.

• The movement speed bonus is provided by an aura, which lingers for 0.5 seconds.

• The damage is independent from the aura.

• Deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting 1 second after cast, resulting in up to 10/12/14/16 possible instances.

• Can deal up to 200/360/560/800 ( 400/600/840/1120) damage to a single enemy when within range for the entire duartion (before reductions).

• Scorched Earth does not stack with itself. Casting the ability while it is active refreshes the buff.

• Choosing the damage talent immediately upgrades damage of the current cast, however, leveling the spell up does not update it.

• Choosing the movement speed talent or leveling up the spell does not update the speed of the current cast.

Infernal Blade

Play

E

V

Ability
Target Unit / Autocast

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Doom swings his burning sword, igniting the enemy. Stuns for 0.6 seconds and applies a 4 second burn that deals 25 + 1.25%/2.5%/3.75%/5% of the target's Max HP as damage per second.

Cast Range: 150

Base Damage per second: 25

Max Health as Damage per Second: 1.25%/2.5%/3.75%/5% ( 4.25%/5.5%/6.75%/8%)

Damage Duration: 4

Bash Duration: 0.6

16/12/8/4

40

Attempts to deal damage if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.

Modifiers

Infernal Blade burn: Dispellable with any dispel.

Bashed: Dispellable with strong dispels.

Lucifer shares the fire branding bestowed upon him at the time of his exile.

Notes:

• Deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting 1 second after the debuff is applied, resulting in 4 instances.

• Can deal up to 100 + 5%/10%/15%/20% ( 17%/22%/27%/32%) of the target's maximum health as damage (before reductions).

• Multiple instances on the same target fully stack and work independently.

• The stun is provided by a bash, which fully stacks with other bash abilities.

• The attack first applies the debuffs, then its own damage.

• Does not trigger for instant attacks.

• Does not work against Roshan.

• Choosing the damage talent or leveling up the spell does not update the damage of already existing instances.

Doom

Play

R

D

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Pure

Inflicts a curse that prevents an enemy Hero from casting spells or using items, while taking damage over time.

Cast Animation: 0.5+0.73

Cast Range: 550

Duration Stop Radius: 0 ( 900)

Damage per Second: 25/40/55 ( 65/80/95)

Duration: 16

145

150/200/250

Will suspend Doom's duration while the affected unit is within 900 range. Also causes it to remove positive buffs from the target when cast, and break most passive abilities while active.

Modifiers

Doom: Undispellable.

When a name is tolled from the bell of Vashundol, doom is sure to follow.

Notes:

• Applies a basic dispel on the target upon cast, removing most buffs in the process.

• Silences and mutes the target, preventing it from casting spells and using items.

• Cannot be cast on ancient creeps. Can be cast on creep-heroes and illusions.
  • In the case of a unit being both a creep-hero and ancient creep, the ancient unit tag takes priority, disallowing it to be targeted.

• Deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting immediately upon cast, resulting in ( at least) 16 instances.

• Can deal up to ( a minimum of) 400/640/880 ( 1040/1280/1520) damage (before reductions).

• Heroes afflicted by Doom can be denied when their health drops below 25%.

• Multiple casts on the same unit do not stack, but only refresh the duration.

• When upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter, the debuff checks for the caster's presence before each damage interval.
  • If the caster is within 900 range, one second gets added to the duration, effectively pausing the duration.
  • On each interval, the debuff icon's duration indicator is updated, showing the remaining duration.
  • Does not react on illusions of the caster.

• Applies a break on the target when upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter, disabling passive abilities.

• Leveling up the spell does not update the damage of already existing instances, but choosing the damage talent does.

Cleave

Play

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Physical

There is no description for this ability.

Starting Radius: 150

Distance: 650

End Radius: 360

Cleave Damage: 130%

Visual effects and sounds still play when illusions attack.

Notes:

• Cleave damage cannot be amplified with spell damage amplification and cannot spell lifesteal.

• Cleave damage is reduced by Damage Block.

• The complete area is shaped like an isosceles trapezoid in front of Doom.

• Fully stacks with other sources of cleaves. Each source of cleave works completely independent.

• Does not cleave upon attacking wards, buildings or allied units. Wards and buildings are unaffected by cleave.

• Despite the visual effect, cleave damage is applied instantly in the whole area.

Talents

Hero Talents
+130% Cleave	25	+3% Infernal Blade Damage
Devour Can Target Ancients	20	+40 Doom DPS
+150 Devour Bonus Gold	15	20% Evasion
+16% Scorched Earth Movement Speed	10	+20 Scorched Earth Damage

Notes:

• The evasion talent stacks multiplicatively with other sources of evasion.

Recommended items

Starting items:

• Tango helps Doom stay in lane with health regeneration.
• Healing Salve also restores health to Doom.
• Stout Shield gives Doom damage block, which is useful both in lane and while jungling, particularly because of his extremely low base armor.
• Iron Branch gives cheap attributes. It can be used with Tango for more healing or builds into Magic Wand.

Early game:

• Magic Stick provides burst health and mana regen that can often be enough to save Doom's life. As Doom has very low base intelligence, a full-charge Magic Stick can easily replenish more than half of his mana pool in the early game, giving him the mana to cast most of his spells.
• Boots of Speed grants Doom movement speed bonus to increase his mobility with Scorched Earth, allowing him to chase down or outrun enemies more easily.
• Wind Lace allows Doom to gank enemy heroes more effectively in the early game, and may be upgraded later on into a Drum of Endurance.

Mid game:

• Phase Boots, along with Scorched Earth, give mobility so he can get in range to use Doom that can be used alongside Scorched Earth. The bonus attack speed also help him use Infernal Blade.
• Magic Wand is powerful on Doom for all the same reasons as Magic Stick. The increased attributes make him stronger in all areas, and the greater charge storage allows Doom to replenish much more health and mana. A full-charge Magic Wand can give Doom enough mana to cast any one of his spells as needed.
• Drum of Endurance is a good attributes booster that has an easy buildup and lets Doom participate more often in early fights. It provides more health, a bigger mana pool, and an aura that increases attack and movement speed to boost his team's mobility and damage output.

Late game:

• Shiva's Guard rectifies Doom's low base intelligence, allowing him to cast his spells much more often, while simultaneously alleviating his armor problem. The active can be used in a teamfight to debilitate enemies' movements, and is powerful when chasing enemies down.
• Lotus Orb helps Doom survive with regeneration and armor. The active dispels and reflects targeted spells, which can be used on allies.

Situational items:

• Tranquil Boots can be powerful to get on an offlane Doom, however, it is also powerful on a roaming Doom who wishes to play aggressively early on using the high movement speed it grants. The increased movement speed can allow him to chase down enemies quickly, especially once combined with Scorched Earth. Additionally, the health regen allows him to recover health between fights, allowing him to quickly prepare for another gank.
• Shadow Blade improves Doom's physical damage output, helping him deal damage in fights or farm more efficiently. The active allows Doom to invisibly initiate on enemies while dealing backstab damage prior to casting his ultimate, or can be used as an escape ability as needed.
• Hand of Midas is very good item for any role Doom as he can get lots of early gold from Devour to be able to afford it early on.
• Blade Mail is a powerful mid-game item that gives Doom many powerful benefits. The increased intelligence greatly offsets his low base mana pool, the armor alleviates his weakness to physical damage, and the active works alongside his huge health pool to punish the enemy should they decide to attack him.
• Blink Dagger is a very useful initiating item on Doom, as he can use it to quickly get within range to disable enemies using any abilities he has gained via the use of Devour, as well as his ultimate. It greatly improves his mobility, allowing him to move around the map or position himself for casting spells more easily.
• Vladmir's Offering gives Doom more armor, health and mana regen, lifesteal to maintain his health pool, and bonus physical damage. The aura gives his team a bigger edge in teamfights, increasing their overall strength.
• Heaven's Halberd can give Doom increased survivability against physical damage by giving him more strength, status resistance, as well as evasion against attacks, helping to offset his armor vulnerability. The active is also powerful in eliminating a target's ability to attack, a powerful complement to his ultimate if the target decides to stand their ground and fight.
• Crimson Guard is a good utility item that vastly increases Doom's survivability against physical damage. The active ability can further protect all teammates from physical damage for some time as well.
• Assault Cuirass is a strong item on Doom that solves his armor and attack speed issues, giving him and his team increased physical damage output during fights.
• Radiance turns Doom into a walking hazard, as it inflicts burn damage to all nearby enemies (as well as stacking with Scorched Earth), and augments his attack damage. The Burn also induces a blind on all nearby enemies, causing them to miss some attacks and giving Doom more survivability against physical attacks.
• Heart of Tarrasque is a very strong item on Doom, as it augments his already impressive strength growth. Once he has sufficient armor, bulking up his health can make him much harder to kill in teamfights, allowing him to outlast the enemy. The passive health regen allows him to completely recover his health pool outside of battle, which lets him be much more active.
• Aghanim's Scepter drastically improves the disabling power of Doom's ultimate, as it allows him to Break enemies rather than simply silencing and muting them, preventing them from contributing at all. Since the debuff does not count down in Doom's presence, it is guaranteed that an enemy is forced out of the fight, turning it into a 4-vs.-5 engagement. The countdown prevention also increases the spell's chances of killing its target if they linger in the area for too long after being afflicted by Doom.
• Refresher Orb is a powerful complement to Doom's ultimate, as it allows him to remove two enemy players from a teamfight, drastically tipping the odds in his team's favor. However, due to Doom's low intelligence and the high mana cost of refreshing cooldowns, Doom should increase the size of his mana pool before attempting to purchase this.
• Black King Bar can be extremely important to get on Doom, so that he can prevent himself from being chain-disabled and killed before getting his ultimate off. As well, once he gets farmed enough he needs to prevent himself from being disabled in teamfights so that he can take the enemy team head-on.
• Silver Edge, upgraded from a purchased Shadow Blade, gives Doom more damage output and health, and increases his initiating potential by allowing him to deal more backstab damage and inflict break on enemies prior to casting Doom. Its break can also be used alongside that of an Aghanim's-upgraded Doom to debilitate two enemies simultaneously.
• Scythe of Vyse gives Doom a much bigger mana pool, good mana regen, good stats across the board and a ranged hard-disable that is a powerful complement to his ultimate. It is also useful on a carry Doom due to the Hex alone.
• Guardian Greaves greatly improves Doom's overall survivability, as its aura can make him much harder to bring down at low health. The active is very powerful in teamfights for healing and replenishing mana, and can remove debuffs from Doom himself.

Gameplay

Roles:	Carry Disabler Initiator Durable Nuker
Complexity:	★★☆
Playstyle:	Wings branded and visage twisted, the Fallen One bears little resemblance to his former self. Banished from the realm of light, Lucifer now walks the earth, bringing misery to all who stand against him. The towering demon Devours creeps in a single bite, digesting them whole and assimilating their abilities. The fires of Hell smolder at Lucifer's feet, leaving in his wake fields of Scorched Earth. When the bell of Vashundol tolls, an enemy's downfall is sure to follow. Lucifer places upon his adversary an enduring curse, burning away at its health and rendering it utterly powerless as it staggers towards its inevitable Doom.

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Doom Equipment (expand sets) Sets Crown of Hells Daemon Prince of Khorne Dread Ascendance Eternal Daemon Prince of Khorne Eternal Fire Fires of Vashundol Impending Transgressions Set Incandescent Liturgy Incantations of Hell Onyx Fume The Apocalyptic Fire Set The Burden of Eleven Curses Set Weapon Burning Fiend Corrupted Shard Demon Shard Eye of Omoz Fallen Sword Hell's Glare Hellthorn's Sword Infernal Pactblade Last Judgment Molten Fracture Pyre Head Crown of Omoz Arms Zeal of Omoz Arkosh Kinetic Gems Kinetic: Crown of Hells! Kinetic: Dominator's Stance Kinetic: Flames of the Pyre Kinetic: Pits of Omoz

Trivia

• In DotA, Doom used to be known as Doombringer, which was first kept as Doom Bringer in the transition to Dota 2. Later with the January 10, 2013 update, his name was changed to avoid copyright conflicts with Blizzard.
• Several of Doom's abilities are inspired by Final Fantasy's Blue Mages. LVL? Death was based on the Level 5 Death ability and the mechanics of a LVL? S-flare. Devour is highly similar to Quina Quen's eat and cook ability from Final Fantasy IX. His ultimate, Doom, also shares the same name of another Blue Mage ability, but the mechanics differ.
• His name, Lucifer, is taken from the Bible's Book of Isaiah and translates roughly to "morning star". It is often used to refer to the Biblical Devil (or Satan), thus fitting Doom's evil and demonic image.
• Doom's ultimate icon depicts a pentacle which, despite its popular connotation as Satanic/"evil" mark, is actually a Pagan symbol of protection. For its common "evil" symbolism to apply, the pentagram has to be inverted; this only occasionally occurs in-game, as the "star" inside the circle of the ability's particle effect slowly rotates.
• Doom's response upon taking an Invisibility Rune, Play "Heheheh, see no evil.", refers to the Three wise monkeys and their associated phrase: "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." Riki also has this line.
• His ultimate and signature ability, Doom, is derived from the Pit Lord's, a playable hero in Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. The original ability varied in that it was only castable on non-hero units, is non-removable, and would spawn a Doomguard on its death. The Doomguard's model was Lucifer's hero model in DotA.

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