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Undying
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Undying
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
| +52.8HP and +0.24HP regeneration +2.4 Main Attack Damage | |
| +0.2 armor and 1.2 attack speed | |
| +33.6MP and +0.14MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance | |
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Instant Projectile Speed
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100 (113)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.3 + 0.3
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0.6
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Goo
Gib Type | ||
2012-07-05
Released | ||
2007-06-10
(6.44) | ||
Competitive Span
2012-07-12 — Present | ||
Version Control This article has not been updated to the last version the hero was changed in yet (version 7.41d). Please help by updating it. |
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| Summons hordes of zombies to attack his foes. | |
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| Consumed by the chorus of the unending, Dirge, the Undying one marches across the land, rallying the dead to rise against the living. He Saps the Strength from his enemies, and Rip Souls from close-by beings, searing enemies while infusing allies with health. Atop the battlefield, he erects a terrible Tombstone, calling forth legions of clawing zombies to maim and incapacitate his foes. The Undying's powers grow as he ultimately transforms into a gruesome Flesh Golem. Monstrous and truly horrifying, Undying finds great pleasure in keeping himself alive and vital, while his adversaries suffer as he delivers death to the field. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | BadTeeth, Green, Undead, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Bio
[edit]Where go the living, the dead soon follow.▶️Undying, the Almighty Dirge
Alias:
Dirge
Lore:
How long has it been since he lost his name? The torn ruin of his mind no longer knows.
Dimly he recalls armor and banners and grim-faced kin riding at his side. He remembers a battle: pain and fear as pale hands ripped him from his saddle. He remembers terror as they threw him into the yawning pit of the Dead God alongside his brothers, to hear the Dirge and be consumed into nothingness. In the darkness below, time left them. Thought left them. Sanity left them. Hunger, however, did not. They turned on each other with split fingernails and shattered teeth. Then it came: distant at first, a fragile note at the edge of perception, joined by another, then another, inescapable and unending. The chorus grew into a living wall of sound pulsing in his mind until no other thought survived. With the Dirge consuming him, he opened his arms to the Dead God and welcomed his obliteration. Yet destruction was not what he'd been chosen for. The Dead God demanded war. In the belly of the great nothing, he was granted a new purpose: to spread the Dirge across the land, to rally the sleepless dead against the living. He was to become the Undying, the herald of the Dead God, to rise and fall and rise again whenever his body failed him. To trudge on through death unending, that the Dirge might never end.
Dimly he recalls armor and banners and grim-faced kin riding at his side. He remembers a battle: pain and fear as pale hands ripped him from his saddle. He remembers terror as they threw him into the yawning pit of the Dead God alongside his brothers, to hear the Dirge and be consumed into nothingness. In the darkness below, time left them. Thought left them. Sanity left them. Hunger, however, did not. They turned on each other with split fingernails and shattered teeth. Then it came: distant at first, a fragile note at the edge of perception, joined by another, then another, inescapable and unending. The chorus grew into a living wall of sound pulsing in his mind until no other thought survived. With the Dirge consuming him, he opened his arms to the Dead God and welcomed his obliteration. Yet destruction was not what he'd been chosen for. The Dead God demanded war. In the belly of the great nothing, he was granted a new purpose: to spread the Dirge across the land, to rally the sleepless dead against the living. He was to become the Undying, the herald of the Dead God, to rise and fall and rise again whenever his body failed him. To trudge on through death unending, that the Dirge might never end.
Voice:
Upgrades
[edit]Aghanim's
[edit]Increases the
strength steal.
Talents
[edit]| Tombstone On Death | 25 | +50% Flesh Golem |
|---|---|---|
| +4 Tombstone Hit Count | 20 | -2s Decay Cooldown |
| +20 Zombie Base Attack Damage | 15 | +12 Soul Rip Damage/Heal |
| -15s Tombstone Cooldown | 10 | +30 Decay Damage |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Ceaseless Dirge
[edit]Passive
Affects
Self
Only when the Dirge of the Dead God ceases will this soldier's march finally end.
Hero Model
[edit] Hero Model
Passive
Affects
Self
The Dirge's hero model has the following hidden
innate abilities.
He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
Innate Properties
Transforming back from the Flesh Golem to the Dirge upon death is innate for the Dirge.
Transforming back from the Flesh Golem to the Dirge upon death is innate for the Dirge.
Details
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innate abilities for more details.
- Flesh Golem
death dispels for the following hero models:
- Rubick
- Undying
Abilities
[edit]Decay
[edit]Reduces
strength from all enemy heroes and deals damage within the radius.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0
Cast Range:
650
Grants self
strength bonus per affected enemy hero.
Decay is more effective on creeps.
Creep Damage Factor: 2
The strength of the living is simply borrowed from the strength of the dead.
Soul Rip
[edit]Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0
Cast Range:
750
Min Units: 1
Max Units: 10
Innate Properties
The ability does not include both Undying and the targeted unit as valid units while searching for units within the radius.
The ability does not include both Undying and the targeted unit as valid units while searching for units within the radius.
Restore a set hit count on the allied Tombstone regardless of the amount of affected units within the search radius.
Hit Count Restore: 4/8/12/16
Even allies feel despair in Undying's presence.
Tombstone
[edit]Point / Unit / Passive
Affects
Enemy Units / Allied Heroes
Summons a Tombstone at the targeted point. Zombies will frequently spawn next to every enemy unit in the area around the Tombstone, and attack them.
Cast Animation: 0.6 + 0
Cast Range:
500
Zombie Spawn Interval: 4/3.6/3.2/2.8
Tombstone Duration: 30
Creeps' attacks are less effective on the Tombstone.
The zombies are uncontrollable, and seek to maim enemy units within a distance.
Zombie Hit Count: 1
Other Units Hit Count: 2
Talent Upgrade
Passively erects an independent Tombstone of the corresponding level upon Undying's death, including Reincarnation sources.
Passively erects an independent Tombstone of the corresponding level upon Undying's death, including Reincarnation sources.
Number of Tombstones: 1
Duration: 30
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Tombstone can now be cast on allied heroes, entombing them temporarily in the process. An empty Tombstone can be right-clicked by Undying or his allies to enter it manually.
Stuns the allied hero if the Tombstone is destroyed with the ally inside.
Tombstone can now be cast on allied heroes, entombing them temporarily in the process. An empty Tombstone can be right-clicked by Undying or his allies to enter it manually.
Stuns the allied hero if the Tombstone is destroyed with the ally inside.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
The entombed ally can neither leave nor re-enter the Tombstone for a short duration.
The entombed ally can neither leave nor re-enter the Tombstone for a short duration.
Downtime: 2
Dirge calls on his fallen brothers to fight for the Dead God.
Flesh Golem
[edit]No
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Undying transforms into a horrifying flesh golem that grants a percentage
strength increase with flat bonus movement speed.
Cast Animation:
0 + 0
The Flesh Golem imbues Undying's attacks with a movement speed slow and damage amplification on affected enemy units.
Summons a short-lived Undying Zombie of its corresponding level per successful attack. Undying Zombies sourced from this ability die whenever Undying dies.
Zombie per Attack: 1
Zombie Duration: 15
The flesh of the recently dead add to the power of Dirge's plague.
Recent Matches
[edit]Main Article: Undying/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | Patch | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 8, 2026 - 11:00 CEST | Tier 3 | EPL Season 38 - June 8 | 0 : 1 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 7, 2026 - 16:00 CEST | Tier 1 | BLAST SLAM VII - Playoffs | 0 : 1 | 7.41 | |||||||
| June 6, 2026 - 20:00 CEST | Tier 3 | EPL Season 38 - June 6 | 0 : 1 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 6, 2026 - 17:00 CEST | Tier 3 | EPL Season 38 - June 6 | 1 : 0 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 6, 2026 - 12:30 CEST | Tier 1 | BLAST SLAM VII - Playoffs | 0 : 1 | 7.41 | |||||||
Recent Changes
[edit]Description
- Increased base mana regeneration from 0 to 0.25.
- Increased base
agility from 10 to 13.
- Reduced base armor from 1 to 0.
- REMOVED Soul Rip
Ripped ability component.
- Flesh Golem
- REMOVED the Flesh Golem
Rotting Mitts ability component.
- A successful attack now spawn the Undying Zombie of Tombstone 's corresponding level.
- REMOVED the Flesh Golem
Dota Plus Progress
[edit]Main Article: Hero Challenges
Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.
| Undying's Relics | Voice Lines | |
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Bronze |
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Silver |
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Gold |
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Platinum |
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Master |
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Equipment
[edit]Trivia
[edit]- In DotA, Undying's title and name are inversed, with Dirge being the name, and Undying being the title.
- Undying was originally an intelligence hero. He became a Strength hero as he got reworked in the 6.58 gameplay patch. All his abilities, except Soul Rip got reworked. His old abilities are explained here.
- Undying makes several references to the "Left 4 Dead" series, saying names of special infected, campaign names, and even the title itself in his dialogue.
- One notable reference is Undying's line, ▶️ "No dead are safe from Blueheart Bob."; this phrase is highly similar to the famous "Left 4 Dead" "Chicago Ted" graffiti line ("No zombie is safe from Chicago Ted").
- Undying refers to Bounty Hunter as a Hunter due to the Hunter in "Left 4 Dead" being able to ambush players, just like how Bounty Hunter can.
- Spirit Breaker is referred to as a Charger due to the Charger sprinting at other players and repeatedly stunning them, just like how Spirit Breaker can.
- Venomancer is referred to as a Spitter for its ability to spit acid at players, similar to Venomancer himself.
- Alchemist is referred to as a Jockey as the Jockey climbs on players and steers them, similar to how the Alchemist himself steers his Ogre.
- Undying also references the "Half Life" series in a rival line towards Tinker (▶️ "For Lamarr."). Dr. Kleiner, who shares his voice actor with Tinker, has a pet headcrab named Lamarr. Headcrabs are small, parasitic creatures that attach themselves to the head of their victims, after which the victims turn into zombies.
- Undying's taunt against Kunkka ▶️ "Where is your ex-parrot?" is a reference to the famous Parrot Sketch from "Monty Python's Flying Circus".
- Undying's taunt against Invoker ▶️ "Carl? Is that you?" is a reference to the 6.72's leaked changelog (which turned out to be a fake), where Invoker's name "Kael" was mistakenly translated into "Carl".
- A dirge is a sombre song of mourning or grieving, typically performed at a funeral.
- ▶️ "Shop smart." is a reference to the "Army of Darkness" movie.
- The icon of Tombstone's ability, Grab Ally, is a recolored, flipped, and rotated version of Storm Hammer's icon.
- In Deadlock, Graves' 'Borrowed Decree' ability may be inspired by Undying's Tombstone, both placing a destructible tombstone on the ground that periodically spawn zombies/ghouls, which can also be attacked and killed. However, Graves' ghouls behave like Warlock's Minor Imps, walking down the lanes and exploding on the first enemy they meet.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Undying's hero concept is originally inspired by the Zombies and the Flesh Golems, which are campaign-only Undead units.
- In DotA, Undying uses the default "Zombie" model. This model is very small by default, and has been scaled up a lot. Due to the way how Warcraft 3's particle system worked, this also scaled up particle effects attached to Undying by a lot, resulting in ridiculously large particle effects.
- His Flesh Golem form used the "Flesh Golem" model, which was very large by default, and has been scaled down, resulting in particle effects being smaller than usual on it.
- Tombstone's core concept is based on the Tinker's Pocket Factory, both of which are structures that periodically create units.
- Undying's hero concept is originally inspired by the Zombies and the Flesh Golems, which are campaign-only Undead units.
Gallery
[edit]- Low Violence model
- Low Violence model
- Bone Harvest sprite - alive