Dotaology: History of Shadow Fiend

[@DennisTheTall]

Hey, listen! What's your favorite Shadow Fiend strategy/build?

[@MrLolguy93]

Blink/Shadow blade Deso Skadi Power treads That's about it. when I get to those items, it's over XD

[@hishamzahid2619]

Dagon 1st item ezzzz

[@asisifrans]

Blink. eul, bkb, PT, Satanic, Aghs

[@ever55]

treads->dragon lance -> shadowblade -> deso -> butterfly -> daedalus would opt to get scepter and bkb if the game requires it.

[@Slateproc]

cant go wrong with the classics Shadow blade/silver edge, deso, AC, butterfly

[@KurtBorong]

“I’m a dreadlord not a druglord.”

[@SolarSAG]

Hell yeah warcraft 3. Never stopped playing even after 14 years.

[@cursre4324]

wasn't that balanar?

[@ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT]

balanar is "Stay at the nightmare"

[@killboxonealpha9078]

@@cursre4324 Its SF

[@norbertovillareal5662]

@@ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT SF has the exact same voice as Balanar.

[@myosotis8856]

Lore-wise: Shadow Demon is scarier than Shadow Fiend. Game-wise: **Shadow Demon is just a position 4 support**

[@cominksuadnyana4980]

Lore-Wise: Shadow Fiend is the weakest Demon In game Shadow Fiend: how often the other demons did rampage the entire enemy team?

[@ryotanada]

Apparently Nevermore partnered with Lucifer to take SD down, if that's any indication...

[@ibrahimatiyeh9608]

Ryo Tanada what

[@hellfirebr9070]

this applies to 60% of the characters in the game winter wyvern, jakiro, phoenix, arck warden ... in lore jakiro is an extremely powerful dragon of a race of extreme power son of aeroph (ww) WW is literally the oldest dragon in the game (alive) she should be knowledgeable and extremely experienced in combat STILL BEING DESCRIBED AS A DESTROYER OF CITIES phoenix literally has the power of the sun and arck warden is literally a universal entity with the power of a god they are all supports even if in lore they are stronger than the current goals of the game as ax, PA or legion commander

[@ДмитрийСолянов-и3ы]

@@hellfirebr9070 for now each of them are extremely dangerous with mid-game items. In late game two-headed dragon, shadow demon, arc warden are beasts with a huge impact on the map

[@ineedmorecarrots6063]

Dreadlord's voice of nevermore in dota 1 was the most perfect out of all heroes especially when he's about to attack enemies his lines "i hunger" and "your soul is mine" perfectly fits since he steal souls from the enemies

[@sylph2689]

Remembering my early dota 1 experience, when i thought requiem releases all of my souls, so i'm not really using it because it'll be a pain in the ass to recollect them back, good old days.

[@thasanga5787]

me too LOL

[@kiperlndcs7632]

Same here

[@mrkrakenjet511]

Lul, same

[@slowtyper95]

Would be cool if its. And supposed to be like that right?

[@lokanantazain]

@@slowtyper95 nope

[@ezioauditore82]

They should just get rid of the Medium Raze and turn the third one into a global skill so it'll be like Shadow raze near Shadow raze far Shadow raze wherever you are

[@Specter053]

It's Shadow Friend! The friendliest demon!

[@Seukana]

Truuuu

[@avarees8331]

"Shadow fiend is strong independent mid lamer who don't need support" Yea I doubt that on SEA

[@ErdingerLi]

Ako mid two tango >> feed feed feed then blame the supports

[@lifesucks1385]

Laner*

[@denamikaWatch]

the only 1 i can trust in SEA that can go independent in mid is invoker player that know there is ghost walk and tinker that is not blind

[@boredguy4568]

Yeah fuck dude, sf was the weakest mid laner in the game right now .. he can be independent if mid was 1v1 situation if he getting gank alot omg this hero was desperate to play because he was weak. But the strong side from this hero that he was easy to farm, and with that shadow raze make this herl even more easier to farm

[@megarayquaza9054]

@@ErdingerLi Bruh Filipino Gamer

[@Slateproc]

miss 1 cs instantly lose lane great hero design smiley face

[@DennisTheTall]

gg ez mid

[@MagnaGuy]

bad fiend, report

[@SoulTouchMusic93]

Get basi for Eagle. It will fuck up your enemy. Also get 1 point in the presence. If that still doesn't do it for you you could try to git gud! 😉

[@vincentprime740]

@@SoulTouchMusic93 presence and balsius ring lol

[@s.franco5744]

You can get reported if you played well even if you're not smurf!

[@coolpop7870]

Thank you for yet another video. Even though I don't play Dota anymore, I find your videos really exciting. This combination of game history and healthy sense of humour is just perfect. Keep up the good work, you just made my day ^^

[@caloy3043]

There is just something about the way dota1 sf walks, it is so menacing yet so elegant.

[@ivanchez1107]

You forgot to include an interesting thing in your vid. Killing Windranger or Lina won't grant you any souls, it's one of those things in dota that exist, but nobody knows why...

[@putateng001]

Cause windranger is red head,and red heads are called ginger, and ginger has no soul. Its a long time ago meme, i think thats the reference why valve or osfrog do that. OR it just a bug 😂

[@Mick0Mania]

" I guess gingers DO have souls" - Nevermore

[@freshlymemed5680]

Simply put, Gingers have no souls. Though Yurnero and Grimstroke shouldnt as well, south park stated the Japanese have no soul.

[@Audithefirst1]

r/woosh

[@chanokchonthongkrue5300]

Clockwerk's cog?

[@BasementCat69]

Hey I just discovered your channel, I just wanted to say I really like your Dotaology series, they're very enjoyable and chill to watch :) Thanks!

[@leonardol.7416]

“Puto”, the most important part of that language hahaha

[@Alex21JMU]

I don’t even play DotA 2 (played the original one) but I LOVE and jump in excitement when Dennis uploads

[@DeepShyam]

You need to upload more, man. love your channel. hope you do continue to make more

[@sqentontheslime1967]

Swain also picked up on the whole “soul collecting” thing, although it’s closer to the Diablo example since they increase his hp, although they can increase the damage on your ult.

[@cominksuadnyana4980]

Both of them has Edgar Allan Poe reference as well

[@J.Applejuice]

ooh wee, time to get my Dennis The Tall fix. Keep up the good work

[@leon3295]

MOOOOOREE!!! How are you so in-depth with this??!! And its very fun to watch..

[@SatellizerBridgette]

I remember seeing that Yaphets video a few years back. It's the sole reason why Shadow Fiend is my most played hero back in Dota 1 and in Dota 2 as well. Never gets tired of him lol

[@yeet5065]

"If I had wings, why am I always walking?"

[@sepm4230]

from 9:08 the background music changes to the HuniePop back music ! so cheerful and bringing up good-old memories TY ! XD

[@MrStimpson38]

Dude, just stumbled on your videos. Thank you so much for the content. Your hard work is appreciated!

[@Tibbles11]

That Dark Flames looks like Io's ability now, neat. Thanks Dennis, great stuff!

[@Kurochana]

Fitness Club as the OST for 9:09 caught me off-guard, well played.

[@mrhobo2003]

Man stumbled on your vids and made me get back into Dota2 again

[@adityamenon4066]

The best thing about your vids is your personality and attention to detail! Gg dude

[@roan6276]

at last the long wait is over! another vid from dennis the tall

[@FakeChobass]

At this moment noone in the world has seen this video till the end

[@DennisTheTall]

unless they're dirty cheaters

[@FakeChobass]

Unless they sped up the video 3x like me

[@spidericktehdarkandstuff7417]

i paused the last ad before going to comment section do i still lose ?

[@محمدطارق-ل9ح]

Love every single video of history of dota So creative

[@nicoleleah9734]

Finally. A Shadow Fiend vid that commended Yaphets. The legendary Nevermore player.

[@rdsasuke1]

I needed that shot of nostalgia. Thank you.

[@anirudh3163]

You should post more often Great work! :D

[@EdGeLV]

I dont even play dota but i adore these videos

[@liuner2479]

2:40 next level shadow-razing. I'll call him Miraecl

[@chasse-nigb3r]

morpling is my fav hero so I hope u make a history vid of it too ,thanks for another great video

[@StayVCA98]

Very cute, especially about the cat's gundam collections!!! Really educational!!!

[@Youmu_Konpaku_]

I love your videos man, i thank you from the bottom of my soul ;)

[@BoostedMonkey05]

I was thinking you'd talk about Swain for League. But I didn't know when the rework released because he has 2 abilities that resemble SF: Ravenous Flock's Soul Collection, and his ult requires souls to cast the first and the second part where he crushes all the soul fragments he has collected to cast Demon Flare which the damage scales with the amount of souls used and his Ability Power. And Beatrice's new aesthetic demom form is that which is bathed in Demonic Shadows when ever Swain casts Demonic Ascension (his ult)

[@FinMertons]

Shadow Fiend's DOTA 1 ult was basically the OG Aurelion Sol's kit.

[@123armyoftwo]

Funny how lore wise shadow demon is scarier and more demonic than shadow fiend XD

[@DennisTheTall]

I was so disappointed by that! I always see SF as more of a threat in-game

[@vincentprime740]

he does came out of the Abyssm, that place is known to no demon but the dude. maybe he let them to manipulate him just to satisfy his hunger. SF doesnt really die ever tho

[@liggaarr88]

Think it has more to do with the way Shadow Demon plots and schemes, and SF just waltzes in and takes a few souls before leaving. The demon is just a bigger long term threat

[@yeet5065]

SF is more of a wandering kind rather than the ambitious ones like SD.

[@omkarbharambe8673]

@@DennisTheTall sf is the coolest looking hero in dota though. the most evil looking one too.

[@atolantis]

Keep up the good work. Very interesting stuff.

[@grevenpaulballeza4708]

Do Lucifer's, need to know when he started burning people :D great video btw!

[@EllieSant]

Jesus I love that you reference other MOBA counterparts - namely HON. The game had so much potential, shame its death was inevitable.

[@DennisTheTall]

I'd like to think that if it never went pay-to-play, people would still be playing HoN now. Whenever I go capture footage of it, the game is just so responsive, fast paced, and the items are really interesting

[@EllieSant]

@@DennisTheTall YES! The core game was fantastic, heroes like Zephyr, Nomad and Puppet Master made the game come alive. It's initial $30 beta thing + the premium account stuff really hurt its growth. That and the cosmetics got super out of hand. (ps keep up the videos man, you're bound to grow big if you keep up this quality (: )

[@Yuyu-fi4vj]

That time when I played before commuting to school thinking it would be a 40-50 minute game.. but goddamn it lasted for 110 minutes

[@thedukeofmayhem]

Good job on this one, Sir Dennis! :) More plz.

[@djoxa035]

I love your videos, keep up the great work mate!!

[@themercenary6580]

Got your sneaky Huniepop reference there, good job. :D

[@tristain0]

seeing that rg sinanju .... you will surely be part of your notif squad

[@closotezuka]

>that one shadow fiend team player who builds auto attack items but only ever uses raze and requiem

[@alcideblair4846]

In dota 1 I read his name as Shadow FRIEND

[@hakeemcanonio4938]

Good day! Can I request to make a history for Visage? - including its international scenes/ picks. Thank you and more power to your channel.

[@MarshFogBand]

"the shadows fiend look alot like a heavy metal cover" I mean there is a metal band from Washington called nevermore

[@liggaarr88]

Would you look at that, my comment made it in. Thanks Dennis

[@thegamerdudz9422]

Awesome vids always lookin forward to your videos. Keep up the good work mate👍👍

[@TheDaaneshShow]

I adore these videos, I always get excited for the monthly videos, wish they were more often, however, I do love the attention to detail and I can be patient!

[@liuner2479]

"uhh for the last time, my name is a Dread-Lord NOT A DRUG-LORD"

[@joshuarecania9405]

And before he say that there is someone calling him on the phone hahah

[@phyxplays7144]

Dennis the Shadow Friend

[@ashwyn93]

I swear the Huniepop BGM gets me dead all the time! Well played xD

[@smittywerbenjaggermanjense9149]

your videos are amazing, man. keep up the good work

[@JohnPaulBuce]

Missed the opportunity to say shadowraze near, far, and wherever you are

[@SteamSapper]

Just got out of a shadow fiend game, then this video comes out. Coincidence? I think NOT!

[@DennisTheTall]

Thank you for summoning this video

[@kiritoplusisseiequalskirit3288]

In Dota one if Shadow Fiend is hit with Traxex's ice bow his true "colors" shows up.

[@slapchop1604]

Woot nice video Dennis!

[@juxtapose591]

my longest techies game is around three hours. I have luxury items both in backpack and stash. a set for physical damage and another for planting mines

[@ouroboros2194]

I effin love these videos as a newb. Please keep it up!

[@VaibhavShewale]

when i first started playing dota 2 (2012) i used to play every game with dark heros like SF,DemonLord,Doom lol old days

[@ike-3096]

Remember Sumail's euls build? Yeah I love that build

[@9-tailed_Fox814]

7:51 That head just looks like a dire ranged creep tbh

[@ferro1398]

That DeviantArt shade is so fucking true HAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@xxpertxxfan7348]

I love shadow fiend's physical strategy. Makes them go to gg in 20 mins lol

[@kaloiano1]

Aatrrox is basically league's SF. His Q is basically shadow raze and his model is kind of a generic demon

[@aricrufle408]

I cannot fucking wait for DoTA Reforged.

[@Weeboslav]

Dear Dennis the Tall,can you do a video on deleted dota heroes(such as Gambler). All i wanna say is keep a good work and I'll patiently wait for your next vid...

[@kummbara1]

Nice work sire

[@BidoMaggot]

5:50 is that headstrong I hear

[@macbagie]

Yes

[@dragunitytamer28]

I miss the swaggy walk. Back in Highschool when I was with my friends I'll do the swaggy walk and my friends tremble in fear because they are in the presence of the dark lord hahaha good old days

[@Immagonko]

Just for your information, Diablo had this fire spell back in diablo 1/2, so it's more like Shadow fiend ult represents Diablo's spell

[@xssp7455]

that bier line made me like the vid. nice job!

[@jemarcatubig3171]

14:09 nice logos... Very memeable

[@Alvaro89Rus]

One of those heroes about whom you say "cool, but I'l never play him".)

[@xulubu8354]

My memory of NVM in dota1 is when he answered his phone

[@leoperez4602]

This hero was great hero , now is just a shadow of what it was

[@dewaeryadi7776]

High quality dota content right here

[@exiz6935]

it finally comes

[@MoonstruckDrop]

He got freaking fear on ult now

[@jorjicostava1839]

Kudos to you sir another great video.

[@decalcomanie123]

I remember when Dota 2 wasn't out yet and there were these Dota 2 hero showcase videos, I watched the one for SF and was incredibly disappointed by his new look. Really wished him to be the same solid black entity with no texture whatsoever. Later when arcana became a thing I really hoped they'd make the original SF as an arcana. Let's be honest his model was so damn cool in original DotA.

[@rdsasuke1]

Valve didn't have the technology to replicate his immense swag.

[@wax_simulacra8310]

They turned him into the original Firelord from Dota 1 xd

[@caloy3043]

Yes that's the word i have been looking for to describe the dota1 sf "swag". Plus when he gets hit by frost skills he change color into icy blue.

[@lnkthegreat301]

bro ive been saying this about the model for years dota1 sf was the best , model,movement,texture ,everything

[@PaPaScorp1on]

Great Video!! but his interaction with SD and Doom , is based on the fact that he was caged in hell and they act like guards of that realm!!

[@ethribin4188]

That last joke was painfull

[@michaeljean2593]

You guys ever wonder why centaur warrunners health regen speeds up when you spam 1 and 2 keys in dota 1?

[@DivineAtheistWannabe]

Back when creep denies took away all exp. And some dudes ended being level 3 against a level 12 Shadowfiend

[@henz3458]

I wish theres a skin for him resembling the shadowy aesthetics of the first dota..

[@bloodtypeo9565]

'im a dreadlord not a druglord!' the real funny speech from dota 1

[@marcusaurelius8467]

Great choice with the Huniepop OST

[@blabla54321]

When I was a kid, I often misread his name as "Shadow Friend"

[@nekopaw8730]

When i hear Shadow Fiend/Nevermore, the first thing come to my mind is Yaphets They even rename nevermore to Yaphets in dota 1

[@samueldepogandan5229]

2:08 Nevermore was actually the name of a metal band lol

[@badrinath5306]

He had a truce with doom and I don't think he just got caught.I think in that battle with shadow demon he must have used the corrupted soul within sf to control him forcing doom to bring him to his pit and hold SD off while sfs master brought him into control and defeated SD.

[@marku4998]

5:11 The most frustrating thing in Warcraft back then