Dotaology: History of Shadow Fiend

Nevermore the Shadow Fiend collects souls for a living and is feared throughout the land. So how come when I collect Pokemon cards, people stuff me in lockers and take my lunch money?
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[@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

[@user-ft9uf1nm1e]

@@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

[@davidchandra8722]

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

[@lokanantazain]

@@davidchandra8722 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!

[@caloy3043]

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

[@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 ^^

[@OmnifyMyAss]

It's a minor touch but in DotA your passive was affecting buildings without a damn 'talent' and it was a huge shift of playstyle, you either max up your raizes and force your opponent out of the lane or you gather as 5 early to get a pair of rax with maxed passive. Don't know if it's been brought up in your vids, but ursa's passive was working on buildings at some point and thus the most humiliating thing to do was to destroy enemy fountain thus leaving them no regen and 0 defense upon respawn

[@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!

[@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?

[@leonardol.7416]

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

[@MrStimpson38]

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

[@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!

[@DeepShyam]

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

[@Alex21JMU]

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

[@sepm4230]

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

[@J.Applejuice]

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

[@Youmu_Konpaku_]

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

[@leon3295]

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

[@rdsasuke1]

I needed that shot of nostalgia. Thank you.

[@adityamenon4066]

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

[@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

[@djoxa035]

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

[@smittywerbenjaggermanjense9149]

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

[@Tibbles11]

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

[@roan6276]

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

[@thegamerdudz9422]

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

[@ouroboros2194]

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

[@pussinboots9983]

8:03 those icons, ha ha ha!

[@Weeboslav]

Death Pact and Feral Impulse are best,hands down...

[@mrhobo2003]

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

[@atolantis]

Keep up the good work. Very interesting stuff.

[@yeet5065]

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

[@user-nd7yz1gy8y]

Love every single video of history of dota So creative

[@slapchop1604]

Woot nice video Dennis!

[@chasse-nigb3r]

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

[@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

[@StayVCA98]

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

[@anirudh3163]

You should post more often Great work! :D

[@thedukeofmayhem]

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

[@jorjicostava1839]

Kudos to you sir another great video.

[@Kurochana]

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

[@fabledarcana6334]

quality content as ever

[@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.

[@nicoleleah9734]

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

[@waynetiu773]

dude finally, i love this

[@kummbara1]

Nice work sire

[@liuner2479]

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

[@punchupcoin2450]

Can you make a history of faceless void next? :3 I really enjoy your videos ❤️

[@johnowen5508]

Finally a new video

[@kntfhvn]

Can you do one for dragon knight? Thanks! great content btw. keep it up.

[@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 ?

[@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)

[@EdGeLV]

I dont even play dota but i adore these videos

[@exiz6935]

it finally comes

[@WTWar]

Can you please make a similar video about terrorblade? i hope i miss something about terrorblade and found it in ur (maybe) next video.

[@ashwyn93]

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

[@edictzero]

Do history of Grimstroke next please I've always wondered what he was like in the beginning all those weeks ago

[@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...

[@blacktemplarwarlordmar9126]

Nice, can you do a history of silencer??

[@VonSands]

About time .... LoL great job!

[@grevenpaulballeza4708]

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

[@themercenary6580]

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

[@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

[@xssp7455]

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

[@dewaeryadi7776]

High quality dota content right here

[@zakaryloreto6526]

Bless your soul

[@cptmacmillan1111]

What do you think about Shadow Fiend's old ult sound compared to the reworked one?

[@lymusic2217]

Hey how to get that cute shadow fiend at the beginning of the video or the other cute dota 2 heroes?

[@tristain0]

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

[@boratbruno4947]

Best channel ever!!!

[@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

[@MarshFogBand]

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

[@crimsonfury949]

Yeah! New Denis maymays.

[@FinMertons]

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

[@kenjijohnsonsanzenin3388]

Can you make on sandking dotaology?

[@nazlee7207]

Most underrated KZbin...also I would enjoy if we played Dota sometime!!

[@JohnPaulBuce]

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

[@marioilieski7088]

hey dennis, is puck coming soon to the series?

[@phyxplays7144]

Dennis the Shadow Friend

[@ghostfaceninjakilla1]

I'm curious, is there a pattern to which champ you decide to do next? Are you picking based on personal preference? Popularity? Most requested?

[@DennisTheTall]

I try to do a rotation of strength > intelligence > agility heroes so that everyone gets a chance to see their favorites But then it comes down to a mix of personal preference and requests

[@ghostfaceninjakilla1]

Thx for responding. In that case since it appears the next champ will likely be a strength hero, might I request a few of my favorite ones. Slardar, Centaur, Tidehunter, ES or Sven BTW I really like that you do a segment on gameplay/thematic parallels in other games like Slark > Fizz or Drow > Ashe. Great stuff man

[@BidoMaggot]

5:50 is that headstrong I hear

[@macbagie]

Yes

[@scoutswell]

7:30 I heard this music from somewhere, I can’t remember though

[@nytey]

3:50 Can someone tell me the background theme?

[@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

[@DriftToMe]

OH BOY OH BOY

[@liggaarr88]

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

[@pyromisery1638]

Do you play warcraft 3 long time ago or you just play it today?

[@seph3562]

Please the story of Anti-Mage and terrorblade is he really brother? or is am died and turned into terrorblade.? Thanks in advance for their history 💕

[@everlution8772]

wait..4:45 so sniper say NOOO when he dies ? Like a lines that pop up Wish it were in dota 2

[@kiritoplusisseiequalskirit3288]

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

[@HanzorRaphael]

Is that music from Clannad I hear?

[@mysocialmediaslave2301]

Does Dazzle's gundam collection includes backlog kits?

[@DennisTheTall]

Just an MG Wing Gundam and the RG Sinanju ...I've been told

[@jonel995]

Mysocial Mediaslave dazzle needs those PG’s!

[@tristain0]

every gunpla builder story lmao

[@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

[@moeunsamphorsmonydeth1329]

So never more used to be IO?

[@leoperez4602]

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

[@camap9235]

8:03 CK ultimate "The end is here" XD