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Shadow Fiend
Shadow Fiend

Patch 7.41f15.09.2026-2.94 (2.94)

Abilities

Necromastery

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
Shadowraze

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 7.41e31.07.2026-1.49 (1.49)

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Intelligence decreased from 18 to 16-11%

Abilities

Shadowraze

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+0.59 (0.59)

Abilities

Shadowraze

Shadowraze

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 80 to 75-6%
Presence of the Dark Lord

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 7.4124.03.2026-0.75 (10.25)

Abilities

Necromastery

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
  • NERFBase Max Souls decreased from 20/22/24/26 to 200%-9%-17%-23%
Passive – scales with Requiem of Souls
Shadow Fiend steals the soul from units he kills, gaining bonus damage. Hero kills grant 4 souls. On death, he releases 30% of them from bondage.
Damage per soul
1/2/3/4
Base max souls
20/22/24/26
Souls per hero kill
4
Souls released on death
30%
→
Passive – scales with level
Shadow Fiend steals the soul from units he kills, gaining 1.35 + 0.15 per level bonus damage per soul. Hero kills grant 4 souls. On death, he releases 30% of them from bondage.
Base max souls
20
Base damage per soul
1.35
Soul damage per level
0.15
Souls per hero kill
4
Souls released on death
30%
Shadowraze

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

Feast of 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%
  • 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.
Mana cost
60/65/70/75
Cooldown
21s
Soul cost
5
Bonus attack speed
40/55/70/85
Bonus movespeed
5/7/9/11%
→
Active
Shadow Fiend gains 35/50/65/80 Attack Speed and 4/6/8/10% Movement Speed for the duration.
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.
Mana cost
60/65/70/75
Cooldown
21s
Bonus attack speed
35/50/65/80
Bonus movespeed
4/6/8/10%
Soul collection radius
600
Soul collection interval
0.5s
Souls per creep
1
Souls per hero
3
Soul retention duration
8s
Requiem of Souls

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

  • SWAPLevel 15 Talent: +120 Shadowraze Damage replaced with +2 Feast of Souls Souls Collected Per Hero
  • SWAPLevel 20 Talent: +2 Damage Per Soul replaced with +5 Necromastery Max Souls

Patch 7.40b23.12.2025+1.82 (2.62)

Abilities

Necromastery

Necromastery

  • BUFFBase Max Souls increased from 20 to 20/22/24/260%+10%+20%+30%
  • DELRemoved Aghanim's Scepter.
Necromastery: Increases max souls to 25.
Requiem of Souls: Reduces cooldown and causes Requiem of Souls to return back to Shadow Fiend. The wave back to Shadow Fiend deals less damage, but heals Shadow Fiend for all the damage it dealt.
Cooldown
90/80/70s
Heal on return
100%
Damage on return
60%
Max Souls
25
→
Requiem of Souls: Reduces cooldown and causes Requiem of Souls to return back to Shadow Fiend. The wave back to Shadow Fiend deals less damage, but heals Shadow Fiend for all the damage it dealt.
Cooldown
90/80/70s
Heal on return
100%
Damage on return
60%
Requiem of Souls

Requiem of Souls

  • BUFFMagic Resist Reduction rescaled from 5/10/15% to 10%+100%0%-33%

Patch 7.4016.12.2025+0.81 (0.81)

GENERAL

  • BUFFAgility gain increased from 3.5 to 3.6+3%

Abilities

Necromastery

Necromastery

  • BUFFSouls on hero kills increased from 3 to 4+33%

Patch 7.39d05.08.2025-1.29 (1.29)

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Armor decreased by 1?Now it's 0. Before this patch it was changed in 7.29 (5 years 7 months ago)-100%

Abilities

Presence of the Dark Lord

Presence of the Dark Lord

  • NERFArmor Reduction decreased from 4/5/6/7 to 3/4/5/6-25%-20%-17%-14%

Patch 7.3922.05.2025+0.07 (3.74)

Facets

Shadowmire

  • BUFFMovement Slow per stack increased from 3/6/9/12% to 6/8/10/12%+100%+33%+11%0%

Abilities

Necromastery

Necromastery

  • BUFFHero kills now grant 3 souls+200%
Feast of 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

  • SWAPLevel 15 Talent: Presence Aura Affects Buildings replaced with +2 Presence Armor Reduction

Patch 7.3819.02.2025+1.65 (2.34)

Facets

Shadowmire

  • BUFFMovement speed slow per stack rescaled from 5/6/7/8% to 3/6/9/12%-40%0%+29%+50%
  • DELNo longer slows attack speed

Abilities

Feast of Souls

Feast of Souls

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 75 to 60-20%
  • BUFFAttack Speed Bonus rescaled from 30/50/70/90 to 40/55/70/85+33%+10%0%-6%
  • BUFFDuration rescaled from 8s to 7.5/8/8.5/9s-6%0%+6%+12%

Patch 7.37e20.11.2024-1.51 (3.67)

Facets

Lasting Presence

  • NERFHero Reduction Duration decreased from 70s to 60s-14%
  • NERFNow Bonus Armor Reduction buff is removed when Shadow Fiend dies

Abilities

Necromastery

Necromastery

  • NERFDamage per soul decreased from 1/3/4/5 to 1/2/3/40%-33%-25%-20%
Feast of Souls

Feast of Souls

  • NEWNow increases Max Necromastery Souls by 5 for the duration of the buff
  • BUFFBonus Attack Speed rescaled from 40/50/60/70 to 30/50/70/90-25%0%+17%+29%

Patch 7.3731.07.2024-1.97 (3.25)

Facets

Lasting Presence

  • NEWNow also improves Necromastery
  • NEWEvery hero kill increases max souls by 1 until Shadow Fiend dies

Abilities

Necromastery

Necromastery

  • DELHero kills no longer increase max souls by 1 by default
Shadowraze

Shadowraze

  • NERFStack Duration decreased from 8s to 7s-12%
  • NERFMana Cost increased from 75 to 80+7%
Requiem of Souls

Requiem of Souls

  • NERFMax Line Width decreased from 350 to 300-14%
  • NERFFear Duration per soul hit decreased from 0.7s to 0.6s-14%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 20 Talent: Requiem Fear per line decreased from +0.25s to +0.2s?Max Fear Duration decreased from +0.95s to +0.45s — -53%-20%

Patch 7.0801.02.2018-0.14 (0.14)

Abilities

Necromastery

Necromastery

  • NERFMax souls reduced from 18/24/30/36 to 12/20/28/36-33%-17%-7%0%