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Underlord 25 + 3 12 + 1.6 17 + 2.3
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 670 1594 2518 2892 +0 +2.5 +6.7 +10.9 +12.6 Mana 75 279 663 1083 1239 +0 +0.85 +2.46 +4.21 +4.89 Armor 3 5 8.73 13.4 15.07 Magic Resist 25% % % % % Damage Block 16 (50%) Damage 37 43 62 68 104 110 146 152 163 169 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.66/s 0.79/s 0.96/s 1.01/s Attack Range 175 (600) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.45 + 0.7 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 295 ( 325) Turn Rate 0.6 Collision Size 24 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Default Internal Not Provided

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

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

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

Cast Animation: 0.5+0.6

Cast Range: 675

Effect Radius: 400/430/460/490

Number of Waves: 6

Wave Interval: 1

Damage per Wave: 25/40/55/70

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

Building Damage Percentage: 0% ( 50%)

Burn Duration: 2

 12 ( 9)

 100/110/120/130

Modifiers [?]

Firestorm Burn

Any

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

• 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 seconds.

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

• 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 possible burn damage instances.

• 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.

• Can deal up to 150/240/330/420 + 8%/16%/24%/32% of max health as damage (before reductions) when all waves hit and the debuff is not dispelled.

• When the talent is chosen, Firestorm fully affects buildings, but deals less damage to them.
  • Deals 12.5/20/27.5/35 damage per wave to buildings.
  • The burn debuff is placed as well, dealing 0.5%/1%/1.5%/2% of max health as damage per second.
  • Can deal up to 75/120/165/210 + 4%/8%/12%/16% of max health as damage (before reductions) when all waves hit and the debuff is not dispelled.

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: 0.45+0.6

Cast Range: 675

Effect Radius: 400 ( 475)

Root Interval: 3.6

Root Duration: 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8 ( 1.55/1.85/2.15/2.45)

Pit Duration: 12

 18/17/16/15

 80/100/120/140

Modifiers [?]

Pit Of Malice Buff Placer

Death

Pit Of Malice Ensnare

Any

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

• 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 Buff Placer 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, meaning they 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 3.6/4.8/6/7.2 ( 6.2/7.4/8.6/9.8) 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: 4/5/6/7

Attack Damage Bonus Duration: 30/45/60/75 ( 70/80/90/100)

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Causes bonus damage to be granted to nearby allied heroes within 900 range for half the values.

Modifiers [?]

Atrophy Dmg Buff Counter

Death

Atrophy Aura Creep Buff

Death

Atrophy Aura Hero Buff

Death

Atrophy Aura Scepter

Death

Atrophy Aura Effect

Death

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

• 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 seconds.

• It does not matter how an enemy dies, Underlord always gets the damage as long as it was affected by the debuff.

• 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 Doubles and Undying Zombies.

• When there are multiple Meepos within range, only one of them grants Underlord damage when they die.

• Treats creep-heroes as creeps, gaining only the creep value when creep-heroes die within range.

• The aura affects invulnerable units, but not 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 range, despite the debuff not being present.

• Aghanim's Scepter adds a new aura to the ability, which affects allied heroes (including illusions and clones) and creep-heroes.
  • This aura grants allies attack damage, based on how much attack damage Underlord currently gathered through dying units, reduced by 50%.
  • The aura has the same radius as the attack damage reducing aura, and lingers for seconds as well.
  • This aura is only present when Underlord has damage charges. When having no charges, the aura is not bestowed, so no buff appears on allies.
  • The aura does not affect Underlord himself, but does affect his illusions when near him.
  • Does not affect invulnerable or hidden allies.

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: 0.6+0.47

Cast Range: Global

Radius: 600

Teleport Delay: 6/5/4

 130/115/100

 100/200/300

Modifiers [?]

Dark Rift

Death

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

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

• Double-clicking the ability automatically targets the team's fountain.

• Can be cast on any allied unit which is not a hero (or illusion) or a ward. Can target creep-heroes.

• 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 (including illusions and clones) and creep-heroes. Can teleport them even while invulnerable or hidden.

• When Underlord or the teleport target dies during the delay, the spell is canceled. The spell is not canceled when the targeted creep changes ownership.

Cancel Dark Rift

▶️RD

Ability
No Target

Stop the teleport.

Cast Animation: 0+1.07

 0

• Replaces Dark Rift until the teleport finishes or this spell is cast.

• Interrupts Underlord's channeling spells upon cast.

Talents

Hero Talents
+50% Atrophy Allied Hero Bonus	25	+0.65s Pit of Malice Root
+15% Atrophy Aura Attack Damage Reduction	20	+0.8% Firestorm Burn Damage
-3s Firestorm Cooldown	15	Pit of Malice Slows by 30%
+75 Firestorm Radius	10	+5 Armor

Notes:

• The armor talent does not benefit illusions.

Recent Changes

Main Article: Underlord/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.35

• Reduced Fiend's Gate cast point from 0.45 to 0.2.
• Pit of Malice
  • Now deals 20/30/40/50 damage upon rooting a unit
  • Reduced cast time from 0.35 to 0.25.

7.34

• Increased Firestorm cooldown from 15/14/13/12 to 16/15/14/13.
• Reduced Pit of Malice cast point from 0.45 to 0.35.
• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • ADDED
    unit-targeting and and ↓↓ Double-tapping functionality to Firestorm, following the affected ally around when doing so.

• Talents:
• LVL 20

   

  +1% Firestorm max health as damage per second reduced to +0.8%.

7.33c

• Increased Fiend's Gate mana cost from 100 to 200.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +100 Firestorm radius reduced to +75.

  LVL 15

   

  -4s Firestorm cooldown reduced to -3s.

Gameplay

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.
Roles:	Support Durable Nuker Disabler Escape
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Legs ( 2 )

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Equipment

Underlord Equipment (expand sets) Sets Atrocities of the Abyssal Scourge Raiments of the Obsidian Forge Ravenous Abyss Weapon Crimson Emerald Conquest Emerald Conquest Head Emerald Subjugation Taunt Taunt: Pie of Malice

Trivia

• Underlord is named Azgalor, the Pit Lord in DotA.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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