Dark Seer
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It has no changes in the current game version — 7.37d.
Dark Seer
Grants the following bonuses per attribute point: | |
+22HP and +0.1HP regeneration | |
+0.17 armor and 1 attack speed | |
+12MP and +0.05MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance | |
+0.7 Main Attack Damage per attribute |
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Instant Projectile Speed
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100 (119)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.59 + 0.58
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0.6
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1800 / 800
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Default
Gib Type | ||
2011-04-30
Released | ||
2007-06-10
(v6.44) | ||
Competitive Span
2011-04-30 — Present |
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Pulls and manipulates his enemies' positions. | |
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A cunning tactician, the Dark Seer excels at manipulating positions of his enemies. Vacuuming and Punching foes into the attacks of his allies, drawing them into the prismatic thorns of his Ion Shell. Armed only with his intellect, he Surges across the land to survey every point of conflict. At strategic locations Ish'Kafel places his Wall of Replica, sowing confusion amongst enemy ranks as an army of duplicates emerge to do battle against their own likenesses. | |
Roles: | Initiator Escape Disabler |
Complexity | |
Adjectives | Bearded, Parent, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Facets[edit]
Grants self flat bonus attack speed per current intelligence .
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Grants the Normal Punch ability.
The next attack on an enemy hero has True Strike, damages, and stuns correspondingly to the Dark Seer's moved distance.
The punch knocks a replica of the affected enemy hero that deals additional damage and receives additional incoming damage.
The next attack on an enemy hero has True Strike, damages, and stuns correspondingly to the Dark Seer's moved distance.
The punch knocks a replica of the affected enemy hero that deals additional damage and receives additional incoming damage.
Talents[edit]
+350 Surge Radius | 25 | 2 Ion Shell Charges |
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+65 Ion Shell Damage | 20 | -40s Wall of Replica Cooldown |
Ion Shell Grants +250 Max Health | 15 | +75 Vacuum Radius |
+65 Ion Shell Radius | 10 | +20% Wall of Replica-based Illusion Damage |
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Bio[edit]
If your enemy is equal, prepare for him. If greater, elude him. If weaker, crush him.
Alias:
DS
Lore:
Fast when he needs to be, and a cunning strategist, Ish'Kafel the Dark Seer requires no edged weapons to vanquish his enemies, relying instead on the strength of his powerful mind. His talent lies in his ability to maneuver the fight to his advantage. Hailing from a place he calls 'The Land behind the wall,' Dark Seer remains an outsider here—a warrior from a realm beyond the veil of this reality.
Once a great general among his people, and a valiant defender of the god-king Damathryx, Dark Seer's army was wiped out by a much larger force in the final days of the Great Boundaries War. Facing certain defeat, he made one last desperate act: he led the enemy forces into the maze between the walls. At the last moment, just before capture, he crossed over—then sealed the walls forever in an explosive release of dark energy. When the dust settled, he saw that he had saved his people but found himself blinking at the sun of a different world, with no way to return. Now he is committed to proving his worth as a military strategist, and vows to show that he's the greatest tactician this strange new world has ever seen.
Once a great general among his people, and a valiant defender of the god-king Damathryx, Dark Seer's army was wiped out by a much larger force in the final days of the Great Boundaries War. Facing certain defeat, he made one last desperate act: he led the enemy forces into the maze between the walls. At the last moment, just before capture, he crossed over—then sealed the walls forever in an explosive release of dark energy. When the dust settled, he saw that he had saved his people but found himself blinking at the sun of a different world, with no way to return. Now he is committed to proving his worth as a military strategist, and vows to show that he's the greatest tactician this strange new world has ever seen.
Voice:
Innate[edit]
Mental Fortitude[edit]
Passive
Affects
Self
The Dark Seer's intelligence value cannot be lower than the average of his current total strength and agility.
Quick Wit[edit]
Passive
Affects
Self
Grants self flat bonus attack speed per current intelligence.
Heart of Battle[edit]
Passive
Affects
Self
Grants the Dark Seer a fraction of the sum of all heroes' movement speed within the radius, with a minuscule trade-off.
Hero Model[edit]
Details
Tap on the innate abilities for more details.
Abilities[edit]
Vacuum[edit]
Creates a vacuum within the area-targeted location that sucks in all enemy units within the radius, interrupting and dealing damage.
Cast Animation: 0.4 + 0.4
Cast Range: 450/500/550/600
Damage: 70/130/190/250
Pull Duration: 0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6
Ish'Kafel modifies the center of gravity to a place of his choosing.
Ion Shell[edit]
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.9
Cast Range: 800
Duration: 21/24/27/30
The Dark Seer slices holes into the 'Land Behind the Wall,' causing prismatic energy to seep forth.
Surge[edit]
Charges an ally unit with power, granting a brief max movement speed burst and phase movement. The ally unit cannot be slowed.
Cast Animation: 0.4 + 0.57
Cast Range: 600
Haste Speed: 550
Duration: 3/4/5/6
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
The charged-up ally unit leave behind a trail that damages and slows enemy units around it.
The charged-up ally unit leave behind a trail that damages and slows enemy units around it.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Does not create the Surge trail with Alt-Cast toggled on.
Does not create the Surge trail with Alt-Cast toggled on.
Surge is now an area-targeted ability and applies the buff to all ally units within the radius.
Ish'Kafel once used his speed of mind to navigate the maze between the walls.
Normal Punch[edit]
The next attack on an enemy hero has True Strike, damages, and stuns correspondingly to the Dark Seer's moved distance.
Movement Timer: 3
Max Values Distance: 1100
Min Knock Distance: 10
Max Knock Distance: 350
Min Damage: 10
Max Damage: 400
Min Stun Duration: 0.2
Max Stun Duration: 1.25
The punch knocks a replica of the affected enemy hero that deals additional damage and receives additional incoming damage.
Number of Illusions: 1
Spawn Delay: 0.25
Duration: 6
Teleport sources may only add a certain distance to the distance counter, regardless of the teleport distance.
Counter Bonus: 600
This ability levels up with Wall of Replica.
Wall of Replica[edit]
Raises a wall of light that slows and creates replicas of any enemy hero who crosses it.
These replicas serve at the Dark Seer's will, they last until destroyed or until the wall duration ends.
These replicas serve at the Dark Seer's will, they last until destroyed or until the wall duration ends.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.73
Cast Range: 1300
Number of Walls: 1
Wall Width: 50
Damage per Illusion Created: 25/40/55
Move Speed Slow: 50%/60%/70%
Slow Duration: 1
Wall Duration: 30
These replicas deals additional damage and also receives additional incoming damage.
Number of Illusions per Hero: 1
Max Duration: 30
The Dark Seer, while unable to return to his natural realm, can channel part of the prismatic wall with powerful strength of mind, sowing confusion amongst enemy ranks.
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Dark Seer/Matches
Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
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Nov 09, 2024 - 13:15 SGT | Tier 3 | ADS: Regional Collision | 1 : 0 | |||||
Nov 06, 2024 - 00:25 UTC | Tier 4 | Liga Dos Ursitos | 1 : 0 | |||||
Nov 03, 2024 - 10:00 EDT | Showmatch | Frag For Cancer 17 | 0 : 1 | |||||
Nov 02, 2024 - 12:30 MYT | Qualifier | APPL Malaysia | 1 : 0 | |||||
Nov 01, 2024 - 14:25 CET | Tier 1 | DreamLeague S24 | 1 : 0 |
The International[edit]
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Reduced Normal Punch max damage from 450 to 400.
- Reduced base strength from 22 to 20.
- CHANGED Mental Fortitude ability backend operations:
- OLD Sets min intelligence equal to either current strength or current agility .
- NEW The intelligence value cannot be lower than the average of his current total strength and agility .
- Reduced Heart of Battle hero speed as flat move speed bonus from 8% to 7%.
- Reduced Wall of Replica illusion damage dealt from 70%/85%/100% to 70%/80%/90%.
- Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Normal Punch
- U Reduced illusion damage dealt from 70%/85%/100% to 70%/80%/90%.
- Reduced max stun duration from 1.5 to 1.25.
- Normal Punch
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.
Dark Seer'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]
- Dark Seer's response, "Speed is the heart of battle." is an indirect quote of Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, who said "Quickness is the essence of war."
- Dark Seer's response, ▶️ "No, I will not calm my beard." is a response to Beastmaster's and Clockwerk's rival hero taunts, both voiced by Sam A. Mowry.
- Dark Seer's Vacuum's lore is based on the military term, center of gravity, which is a concept developed by Carl Von Clausewitz, a Prussian military theorist, in his work On War.
- Normal Punch makes numerous references to the anime "One Punch Man".
- The name of the ability references the protagonist's move "Consecutive Normal Punches".
- The particle effects include a giant red fist striking the enemy, which looks like the fists of the protagonist.
- The particle effect generally has an anime-style theme to it, with the static lines and whirls, the haloes, and the Japanese floating texts, which are the Japanese equivalents of "Pow!".
- ドゴン (do-go-n), the text upon knocking back an enemy unit, with ド (do) usually representing a really normal soft bang sound like lightly dropping something on a table, and トントン (ton ton) akin to a knocking sound.
- dogo-, dogon, dogoo- ( ドゴオッ ):
- Big punch, chop (karate), or kick, big impact; quick punch, impact, or emphasis [do] + hard impact [go].
- It is also used as a dramatic impact. (SFX: Kapow! Whomp! Wop! Chop!)
- dogo-, dogon, dogoo- ( ドゴオッ ):
- The effect of Normal Punch punching an illusion out of the body may be a reference to the scene in "Doctor Strange"" in which Doctor Strange's "astral form" is getting separated from his physical form.[1]
Gallery[edit]
Bone Harvest sprite - alive