What the item does
Active: Greater Demonic Summoning
Summons two demon warriors and two demon archers under the owner's control for 65 seconds.
The warrior burns the target's mana with each attack and deals magic damage to whoever kills it. The archer has an ability that dispels buffs and slows the enemy, plus an aura that increases allies' movement speed.
How I decide
«A summon buys extra work; it does not do that work for me.»
Ruslan UkrainskyiSpeaking through Rodya
- 01 Situation
- I need controlled demons for pressure and their individual combat properties.
- 02 My decision
- We give every unit a task and spend the limited summon duration on the chosen objective or engagement.
- 03 What I avoid
- Summon four and leave them without orders behind the hero.
When to choose
When tier 5 neutral items become available. I choose from the current options for the hero's next task; this item is not bought with gold.
Which heroes I would try it on
Examples based on mechanics. The role, opponents and team plan determine the final choice.
Stats and key conditions
- Cooldown
- 80 s
Valve notes
- The Demonic Warrior has 1600 Health, 4 Armor, 40% Magic Resistance, 380 Movement Speed, 134 Attack Damage, 50 Mana Burn on Hit, and deals 800 Damage on Death.
- The demon archer has 1300 health, 4 armor, 40% magic resistance, 425 movement speed and 131 attack damage. Its basic-dispel ability has a 15 second cooldown. The aura increases movement speed by 9%.
Game effects and recipes are a snapshot of official data. My guidelines are choices for a task, not a promise of the same build every match. Values for several stages, where present, are separated by ‘/’.
Original Valve item data ↗