Dota 2 Doom: Abilities, Items and How to Play Him

Dota 2 Doom — Lucifer, the Doom Bringer — is a strength hero usually played in the offlane, built around one ability that removes an enemy from a fight entirely.

The ultimate

Doom dispels the target, stops them casting spells, blocks their item actives and burns them down over a long duration. It is a single-target answer to whoever is winning the game for the other side. The cooldown is punishing, so it is a commitment rather than a poke, and Refresher Orb remains the classic late pickup.

The rest of the kit

• Devour — eat a creep for gold and armour. Eat a neutral and Doom keeps its abilities, which is where his flexibility comes from.
• Scorched Earth — an aura that burns everything around him and adds movement speed. Max it first; the damage and the speed carry his laning.
• Infernal Blade — an attack modifier burning a percentage of the target's max health, with a short stun attached.

Building him

Movement speed and enough bulk to survive walking in. Phase Boots early, then a positional item — Blink Dagger to guarantee the ultimate lands, or Silver Edge when the target's passive is the problem. Aghanim's Shard upgrades Devour.