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Umbra, The Shadow Apostle

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by Poppy Dec 04, 2025

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Umbra, The Shadow Apostle

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intelligence HERO

ranged

unspecified

Preferred role

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COMPLEXITY

Shadow Drain
Shadow Drain

Shadow Drain

active ABILITY

Umbra latches to an enemy unit. Dealing damage per second and applying a slow. If the target gains 150 units further than the cast rage, the tether breaks. Number of damage dealt is stored in a poo...

spell manacost

95/105/115/125

spell cooldown

25/20/15/10

Shadow Gain
Shadow Gain

Shadow Gain

active ABILITY

Casts a tether to an ally unit, healing them from the damage stored in the pool at an increased rate. If the pool empties before the duration ends, the ability is stopped. Follows the same tether b...

spell manacost

150

spell cooldown

12

Dark Hold
Dark Hold

Dark Hold

active ABILITY

Upgrades Dark Hold

Umbra projects three shadows which travel toward an opponent. The shadows latch onto the enemy units shadow, dealing damage and stunning the target in place. If the shadow travels through an enemy ...

spell manacost

70/110/150/190

spell cooldown

14

Umbral Shift
Umbral Shift

Umbral Shift

ULTIMATE

active ABILITY

Channelled two part ability. Part 1: Umbra casts the target on an ally and removes all dispellable debuffs from a target at a rate of time per debuff. Removed debuffs have the following priority: S...

spell manacost

200/300/400

spell cooldown

120/80/40

In The Shadows
In The Shadows

In The Shadows

active ABILITY

Umbra takes a mist form and moves to an allied unit, inhabiting their shadow, becoming untargetable for a brief period of time. A trail is left behind for 2s before fading. After the duration ends,...

spell manacost

75

spell cooldown

18

Umbral Shroud
Umbral Shroud

Umbral Shroud

active ABILITY

Grants Umbral Shroud

Umbra shrouds themself in a protective cloak, reflecting partial damage taken. If Umbra is inhabiting an allys shadow, they get the buff.

spell manacost

60

spell cooldown

25

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LEVEL

1
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18
25
30

BONUS STATS

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

STRENGTH

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

AGILITY

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

INTELLIGENCE

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

DPS

+

DAMAGE

SPEED

RANGE

ARMOR

MAGIC RES.

SPEED

TURN RATE

VISION

ABILITIES

THIS IDEA CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 6 ABILITIES

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Shadow Drain

Shadow Drain

Shadow Gain

Shadow Gain

Dark Hold

Dark Hold

Umbral Shift

Umbral Shift

In The Shadows

In The Shadows

Umbral Shroud

Umbral Shroud

BASIC

Shadow Drain

Shadow Drain

TYPE active

DAMAGE pure

TARGET MODE unit

Umbra latches to an enemy unit. Dealing damage per second and applying a slow. If the target gains 150 units further than the cast rage, the tether breaks. Number of damage dealt is stored in a pool as a passive buff. Hard disables will stop the tether.

DURATION 6

DAMAGE PER SECOND 10/20/30/40

SLOW 14%

RANGE 250/400/550/700

spell manacost

95/105/115/125

spell cooldown

25/20/15/10

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

1

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

4

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SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

blocked by Linken's Sphere: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

Upgrades to Dark Legion Becomes a 1200 AoE ability, sending shadows to all units within it.

Upgrades Dark Hold

AGHANIM'S SHARD

Grants new ability: Umbral Shroud

Grants Umbral Shroud

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3 Charges of Shift

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25

Dark Hold spreads to unique targets in 350 range

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Allies gain +50 attack speed under Shadow Gain

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20

-0.2 shift rate

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+15 shadow drain dps

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15

+10% spell amp

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+10% Slow on shadow drain

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10

+1.5 mana regen

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Datfizh

Datfizh commented 3 years ago

Can post your hero idea on r/dotaconcept or r/dota2? I'm just a bit uncomfortable to write a lengthy commentary here because you can't make paragraph here.
Poppy

Poppy replied 3 years ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/DotaConcepts/comments/wpfj7a/umbra_the_shadow_apostle/
Datfizh

Datfizh commented 3 years ago

Overall the numbers feel off but I like the Q ability.
Poppy

Poppy replied 3 years ago

Are you able to clarify what you feel is off?