Dagon

Actually BoT/ Guinsoo is more of a core item for Tinker!

the core item for tinker

It also good on one agility heroes namely A'noob'arak

this item is only good for intlegnce heros like lina ..

Well would you rather spend that extra cash in upgrading Dagon or getting something like Divine Rapier which will give you all that damage in 2-3 secs?

Upgrading Dagon isn't a bad thing tho,but must have good items already b4 u upgrade dagon is better.By upgrading dagon , if im not wrong,it also adds more stat gain to int.Damage increases by 100 for each lvl as well as the cooldown decreases,mana cost decreases,it IS imba wen u have a lvl 5 dagon,not cheap tho.

If you want to waste gold on upgrading it, go for it

Then what are you doing here, spend time KS-ing then

yipeee... i love this item for ksing :D .. kikiki...btw lvl 5 is imba .. 800 dmg...imba less cd.. spamster... :)

@at MAATTAAN

Thanks, I didn't really feel like reading 9 pages

just read some posts and you will see, YES they do share one cooldown.

Not that it is in any way practical but I'm curious, if you have multiple dagons do they share a cooldown?

@168

Death ward is your team-play spell, also your early game spell. Think about it: you rush agnahims and you have roofy on your team.

At level 16:
Roofy overgrown ---> you blink in ---> Meledict ---> Death ward. (with agnahims, ofcourse).

Hmm, I wonder if the will die... Or even better, triple kill.

NOTE: Yes, I do get dagger with witch doctor.

On another note, back to the topic of Dagon please.

excellent with pugna and wd for me.
i dont get this on lion, i prefer rushing a guinsoo for double-hex rather than double-zzap.
furion does well with this too, provided u can estimate how far the enemy has run and teleport-zzap.
ive seen bloodseeker work with this as well, zzap to just lower their hp and trigger the speed bonus.
however, this item has also become listed as the famous 'KS' item.

@162
i think manacost decreases by 20 with each upgrade and cooldown by 4

By late game, I usually find it much easier to Maleduct->Dagon 5 for instant-kills, since if I was playing a decent game, my Kill-Death ratio is usually vastly in my favor and people run at the sight of you.

I personally don't like to use Death Ward as the main means of offense, mostly because it's channeling, and it's not burst-type damage, which means your opponent(s) have to stay in the area for a bit. There are very very few clashes where no opponents carry a channeling-disrupting move. I know, you could use Lothar's or BKB to remove that, but that's even more gold you'd have to spend to get the most benefit out of an Aghanim's Death Ward, and then you have to take the cool-down into mind.

Wouldnt you rather get Aghanim's and make a triple kill (atleast) with Maledict+Death Ward+ Dagon 1?

That being said though, using a level 5 Dagon in conjunction with Vol'Jinn's Maleduct spell is an instant 2680 damage over 12 seconds, not counting magical resistance. How crazy is that?

A level one Dagon is an excellent deal for the price, giving solid stats and a strong nuke.

A level five Dagon is horrifically overpriced though, ranking in at 8250 gold, which makes it the most expensive item in the game, and is far from worth the price.

I really wish the scroll price itself was cheaper and the base components were more expensive. Then this leveling up of this item might see more play.