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Warlock
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Warlock
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
| +52.8HP and +0.24HP regeneration | |
| +0.17 armor and 1 attack speed | |
| +37.2MP and +0.155MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance +3.1 Main Attack Damage | |
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1200 Projectile Speed
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90 (100)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.3 + 0.3
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0.6
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Default
Gib Type | ||
2011-11-11
Released | ||
2006-08-25
(6.36) | ||
Competitive Span
2011-11-17 — Present | ||
Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.41d) and is mostly accurate. |
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| Summons powerful demons to fight at his side. | |
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| In the endless pursuit of rare texts, Demnok Lannik found it necessary to learn the magics that would help him reach the most inaccessible tomes. In short time, his obsessive study made him the most powerful Warlock in the academy. He whispers a versatile Shadow Word to heal fellow adventurers, or damage hostile creatures. His Fatal Bonds force chained enemies to share their agony. Demnok Lannik brings a Chaotic Offering and Eldritch Imps to every fight. Mired in a dimensional Upheaval, not even an army can hold long against his dark spells, especially his Permanently Immolated Golems. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | Bearded, Cape, Red, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Bio
[edit]Chaos comes at my command!▶️Demnok Lannik, the Warlock
Aliases:
Demnok Lannik, WL
Lore:
As Chief Curator and Head of Acquisitions for the Arcane Archives of the Ultimyr Academy, Demnok Lannik was tireless in his pursuit of lost, rare and forbidden tomes. No cursed temple was so foreboding, no cavern path so treacherous, that any concern for his own survival could dissuade him from entering if rumors hinted that some pamphlet of primordial lore might still survive in its depths. However, so often did his investigations trigger the wrath of protector entities, that he finally found it necessary to master the arts of magic. He bent himself to learning sorcery with the same thorough obsessiveness that marked his quest for incunabula, becoming the most powerful Warlock of the Academy in less time than most practitioners required to complete a course of undergraduate work. Almost as an afterthought, he carved a staff of Dreadwood and summoned into it a captive spirit from the Outer Hells. And anticipating the day when he will have recovered every last lost spellbook, he has commenced writing his own Black Grimoire. It will undoubtedly be instructive.
Voice:
Upgrades
[edit]Aghanim's
[edit]Talents
[edit]| +5 Fatal Bonds Targets | 25 | Chaotic Offering on Death |
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| +45 Upheaval Damage Increment +45 Upheaval Max Damage | 20 | +25% Warlock Golem Incoming Damage Reduction |
| +150 Shadow Word Radius | 15 | +8 Upheaval Attack Speed per Second +70 Upheaval Max Attack Speed |
| +50 Upheaval Radius | 10 | +4% Fatal Bonds Damage |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Eldritch Summoning
[edit]Passive
Affects
Units
Whenever a unit dies under effect of any of Warlock's abilities, an uncontrollable Minor Imp is spawned in their place, and chases after nearby units.
Innate Properties
The summoned Minor Imps chases after Fatal Bonds-affected enemy units, prioritizing enemy heroes.
The summoned Minor Imps chases after Fatal Bonds-affected enemy units, prioritizing enemy heroes.
Innate Properties
The higher the Warlock's level, the stronger the Minor Imps.
The higher the Warlock's level, the stronger the Minor Imps.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Increases the summoned Minor Imps' health.
Increases the summoned Minor Imps' health.
This ability levels up with Chaotic Offering.
Hero Model
[edit]Details
Tap on the
innate abilities for more details.
Abilities
[edit]Fatal Bonds
[edit]Binds several enemy units together, causing a portion of the damage taken to one of them to be felt by the others.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0
Cast Range:
1000
Duration: 18
Innate Properties
The summoned Minor Imps chases after Fatal Bonds-affected enemy units, prioritizing enemy heroes.
The summoned Minor Imps chases after Fatal Bonds-affected enemy units, prioritizing enemy heroes.
Roshan is innately immune to this ability and is not a valid bounce target.
An ancient incantation that links the vital energies of multiple lifeforms into one collective body.
Shadow Word
[edit]Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.4
Cast Range:
650/700/750/800
Demnok's arcane arts have a myriad of uses, allowing them to be powerful friendly enchantments or damaging curses.
Upheaval
[edit]A powerful current that grows stronger per channeled second.
All ability effects lingers for a short duration after exiting the effect radius.
All ability effects lingers for a short duration after exiting the effect radius.
Cast Animation: 0.4 + 0
Cast Range:
800
Max Channel Time: 10/12/14/16
Move Speed Slow Increment per Second: 11%/14%/17%/20%
Linger Duration: 1
As Warlock channels up to a certain time, Upheaval reaches its max power and its ability values no longer increases.
All ability values stop increasing at the last 0.1-second of the channeling.
All ability values stop increasing at the last 0.1-second of the channeling.
Max Move Speed Slow: 55%/70%/85%/100%
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Creates uncontrollable Minor Imps of the current Eldritch Summoning ability level per certain Upheaval channeling interval.
Creates uncontrollable Minor Imps of the current Eldritch Summoning ability level per certain Upheaval channeling interval.
Demnok manipulates space-time, impairing entire armies.
Upheaval Calculations
[edit]- For wiki calculation purposes, the LEVEL 4ability values are represented in seconds as follows:
| Nth Second | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 110 (MAX) | ||||||
| 20% | 40% | 60% | 80% | 100% (MAX) | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 40 | 48 | 70 (MAX) | ||||||||||
| Minor Imps | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |||||||||
Chaotic Offering
[edit]Cast Animation: 0.5 + 0.7
Cast Range:
900
The conjured Golem is partially immune to movement speed slow sources.
Talent Upgrade
Passively summons a Golem of its corresponding level on Warlock's death location, excluding Reincarnation sources.
Passively summons a Golem of its corresponding level on Warlock's death location, excluding Reincarnation sources.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Now summons an additional Golem with reduced base attack damage.
Now summons an additional Golem with reduced base attack damage.
Demnok unleashes the captive spirit in his Dreadwood staff, causing destruction in enemy ranks.
Recent Matches
[edit]Main Article: Warlock/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | Patch | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 8, 2026 - 11:00 CEST | Tier 3 | EPL Season 38 - June 8 | 1 : 0 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 7, 2026 - 19:25 MSK | Tier 4 | LOST S2 Div 1 - Group Stage - Week 2 | 1 : 0 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 6, 2026 - 13:00 CST | Showmatch | Immortal Cup S2 - Playoffs | 0 : 1 | 7.41b | |||||||
| June 5, 2026 - 16:30 CEST | Tier 1 | BLAST SLAM VII - Playoffs | 0 : 1 | 7.41 | |||||||
| June 1, 2026 - 12:00 CEST | Qualifier | EWC 2026 WEU CQ | 0 : 1 | 7.41 | |||||||
Recent Changes
[edit]Description
- Reduced Upheaval cooldown from 60/50/40/30 to 45/40/35/30.
Talents:
- LVL 25 +4 Fatal Bonds number of bounces increased to +5.
- REMOVED
Black Grimoire .
- Eldritch Summoning
- This ability no longer levels up with Chaotic Offering .
- Minor Imp
- Rescaled health from 50/130/210/290/370 to 5 + (15 * HeroLvl) .
- Rescaled attack damage from 10-11/14-15/18-19/22-23/26-27 to 20-21 on each level.
- Rescaled movement speed from 300/315/330/345/360 to 297 + (3 * HeroLvl) .
- Rescaled Eldritch Explosion damage from 25/70/115/160/200 to 20 + 20 per 3 HeroLvl .
- REMOVED Chaotic Offering
Champion of Gorroth ability component.
Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Eldritch Summoning
- Increases Minor Imp health by 80.
- Increases Eldritch Explosion damage by 45.
- Eldritch Summoning
- Minor Imp
- Reduced Eldritch Explosion damage from 25/70/115/160/205 to 20/65/110/155/200.
Talents:
- LVL 20 +40 Upheaval damage increment per second increased to +45.
- LVL 25 +3 Fatal Bonds number of bounces increased to +4.
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.
| Warlock'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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Grandmaster |
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Equipment
[edit]Trivia
[edit]- Warlock's death response ▶️ "Just for that, I'm unfiending you." is probably a play on "Unfriending you" a common action on social networks where a person removes another from their friend list.
- Warlock's respawn response ▶️ "Bloodied but unbowed." is a reference to William Ernest Henley's poem "Invictus".[1]
- Warlock's respawn response ▶️ "Dark interval." is a reference to the song of the same name featured in the credits of Half-Life 2: Episode 2, another game by Valve.
- It is also a reference to the metaphor "interval of darkness" that the Vortigaunts of the Half-Life series use for death, which is implied to be temporary for them, hence the word "interval" to describe the period of death that comes after their reincarnation.[2]
- Some of Warlock's ability sound effects have some of his voice lines interpolated.
- ▶️ "Sha sha!" is used by ▶️ ▶️ Fatal Bonds.
- Shadow Word has several unused sound effects based on some of Warlock's incantations.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Warlock uses the model of Gul'dan, a character from the Undead campaign.
- Chaotic Offering is based on the Dreadlord's Inferno.
- In DotA, the ability is named Rain of Chaos, using the name of a much stronger version used by Archimonde, Balnazzar, and Detheroc within the campaign.
- The Warlock Golem uses the model and name of the Infernal, summoned by the Dreadlord's Inferno.
- Permanent Immolation is identical to the Infernals' Permanent Immolation.
- Flaming Fists is identical to the Taurens' Pulverize.
- Shadow Word's ability name may be inspired by the Shadow Word abilities.
Gallery
[edit]- Bone Harvest sprite - alive