Shadow Fiend
Patch 7.41f15.09.2026-3.27 (3.27)
Abilities
Necromastery
- NERFDamage per soul changed from 1.35 + 0.15 per level to 1 + 0.8 per 6 levels ?From 1.5-5.85 to 1-5-33%start-15%end
L1 L5 L6 L10 L12 L15 L18 L20 L24 L25 L30 old 1.5 2.1 2.25 2.85 3.15 3.6 4.05 4.35 4.95 5.1 5.85 new 1 1 1.8 1.8 2.6 2.6 3.4 3.4 4.2 4.2 5 Δ% -33% -52% -20% -37% -17% -28% -16% -22% -15% -18% -15%
Shadowraze
- NERFBonus Damage Per Soul decreased from 3 to 2-33%
Talents
- NERFLevel 15 Talent: Presence Armor Reduction decreased from +2 to +1.5-25%
Patch 7.41e30.07.2026-1.66 (1.90)
GENERAL
- NERFBase Intelligence decreased from 18 to 16-11%
Abilities
Shadowraze
- NERFStack duration decreased from 7s to 6s-14%
Talents
- DELLevel 25 Talent: Shadowraze Applies Attack Damage no longer applies attack modifiers or procs
Patch 7.41c06.05.2026+1.33 (1.33)
Abilities
Shadowraze
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 80 to 75-6%
Presence of the Dark Lord
- BUFFArmor Reduction rescaled from 3/4/5/6 to 2.5/4/5.5/7-17%0%+10%+17%
Patch 7.4124.03.2026+0.45 (7.07)
Abilities
Necromastery
- REWORKNo longer levels with Requiem of Souls
- BUFFDamage per soul rescaled from 1/2/3/4 to 1.35 + 0.15 per level+50%start+46%end
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 L15 L20 L25 L30 old 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 new 1.5 1.65 1.8 1.95 2.1 2.25 2.4 2.55 2.7 2.85 3 3.15 3.3 3.45 3.6 4.35 5.1 5.85 Δ% +50% +65% +80% +95% +110% +12% +20% +27% +35% +43% +50% +5% +10% +15% +20% +9% +27% +46% - NERFBase Max Souls decreased from 20/22/24/26 to 200%-9%-17%-23%
Shadowraze
- NEWNow damage is increased by 3 per Necromastery soul
- NEWAghanim's Shard now also applies a stacking 12% slow debuff to enemies hit
- NERFDamage decreased from 90/160/230/300 to 85/150/215/280-6%-6%-7%-7%
Feast of Souls
- REWORKAbility reworked.
Active. Costs 5 souls to cast.
Shadow Fiend gains 40/55/70/85 Attack Speed and 5/7/9/11% Movement Speed for the duration.
Active. No longer requires souls to cast.
Instead, while active, Shadow Fiend gains souls from 2 enemies in a 600 radius every 0.5s, prioritizing heroes. Each enemy can provide souls once — creeps give 1 soul, heroes give 3. Can collect souls from up to 4/6/8/10 enemies.
After the effect ends, Shadow Fiend loses souls whose owners are still alive, retaining the rest for 8s.?The enemy threshold limits only the amount of enemies affected, not the total souls collected. At the cap of 10, you can collect souls from 5 heroes and 5 creeps for 20 souls. 10 Dummy Targets in Hero Demo mode yield 30 souls.
- NERFBonus Attack Speed decreased from 40/55/70/85 to 35/50/65/80-12%-9%-7%-6%
- NERFBonus Move Speed decreased from 5/7/9/11% to 4/6/8/10%-20%-14%-11%-9%
Requiem of Souls
- BUFFAghanim's Scepter no longer has a damage penalty on the returning Requiem of Souls
- NERFNow can't use more than 20 souls per cast
Talents
- REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +120 Shadowraze Damage replaced with +2 Feast of Souls Souls Collected Per Hero
- REWORKLevel 20 Talent: +2 Damage Per Soul replaced with +5 Necromastery Max Souls
Patch 7.40b23.12.2025+1.72 (2.32)
Abilities
Necromastery
- BUFFBase Max Souls increased from 20 to 20/22/24/260%+10%+20%+30%
- DELNo longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Requiem of Souls
- BUFFMagic Resist Reduction rescaled from 5/10/15% to 10%+100%0%-33%
Patch 7.4015.12.2025+0.82 (0.82)
GENERAL
- BUFFAgility gain increased from 3.5 to 3.6+3%
Abilities
Necromastery
- BUFFSouls on hero kills increased from 3 to 4+33%
Patch 7.39d05.08.2025-1.25 (1.25)
GENERAL
- NERFBase Armor decreased by 1?Now it's 0. Before this patch it was changed in 7.29 (5 years 5 months ago)-100%
Abilities
Presence of the Dark Lord
- NERFArmor Reduction decreased from 4/5/6/7 to 3/4/5/6-25%-20%-17%-14%
Patch 7.3921.05.2025-2.07 (4.02)
Facets
Shadowmire
- BUFFShadowraze: Movement Slow per stack increased from 3/6/9/12% to 6/8/10/12%+100%+33%+11%0%
Abilities
Necromastery
- NEWHero kills now grant 3 souls
Feast of Souls
- NEWNow additionally provides 5/7/9/11% bonus move speed
- NERFMana Cost increased from 60 to 60/65/70/750%+8%+17%+25%
- NERFDuration rescaled from 7.5/8/8.5/9s to 8s+7%0%-6%-11%
- NERFCooldown increased from 16s to 21s+31%
Talents
- REWORKLevel 15 Talent: Presence Aura Affects Buildings replaced with +2 Presence Armor Reduction
Patch 7.0801.02.2018-0.14 (0.14)
Abilities
Necromastery
- NERFMax souls reduced from 18/24/30/36 to 12/20/28/36-33%-17%-7%0%