Lord of the Infernals

Strategy Rank: WICKED SICK!!! Very interesting idea to get refresher orb for this warlock.7/10.

warlock owns with refresher - period.

This hero needs to be nerfed definitely. Shadow words is way too imba and it allows him to stay in lane forever.

ya it is good but i think get guinsoo before refresher so the mana can be enough (rain of chaos +refresh +rain of chaos =875 mana)

ya it is good but i think get guinsoo before refresher so the mana can be enough (rain of chaos +refresh +rain of chaos =875 mana)

Warlock is insanely overpowered in his current state. Upheavel early is a waste in my opinion. I feel it is much better to get stats early to increase his combat effectiveness to a nearly untouchable early game level. Shadow Word and Infernal will get nerfed if Icefrog wants to remotely balance the game.

@ReSpEcT, Krommic: I doubt that warlock is overpowered. Fatal bonds is of limited use, upheaval is channeling, Rain of chaios only has 1 sec stun(and long cooldown) as well as infernals not being immortal/free gold if left to enemy heroes. Slightly good INT gain. Good MS for an INT hero. Good range. @Razorfane X:In my experinece good support/pusher. Strategy is sound, skills and items compliment the strategy. Also advises stat points over upheaval at the start. You're not going to combo yet, anyway. Also, remind people not to rush infernals recklessly, or you just gave an enemy bonus gold. Congratulations on the nice guide. More from you soon.

yeah fadi is correct buy guinsoo first before refresher!! anyway nice guide...

A Purge from a Diffusal Blade makes your Infernal useless. Its only one Purge, unlike Medusa's Purge, she only damages that Infernal for 600 damage. Unlike of the Diffusal Blade's purge.

You know, the funny thing is that this heroes worst enemy is Obsidian Gargoyle. He will 2-shot your infernals every time.

Power Treads is a NO NO for this guy! He is not a DPS hero, so Boots of Travel is the choice. It give him the ultimate mobility to push as well.

I don't know about the others but i normally use Radiance on Warlock. The trick for this item is combo together with Fatal Bond. With Lvl 4 Fatal Bond, it can doubled the DPS done by radiance~!! Anyway, all around nice guide. 7/10 for this.

lothars... yea... upheaval den invi... haha...

i play warlock a bit different to this, but i still get refresher. I also get a Dagon for a 'real' nuke spell.

i play more of a ganking warlock then a support one. Might post my version of the warlock sometime for rating.

Good information. this one works good.
thanks

I HAV A QUESTION.....
i am a beginer....my hero was ZUES....i hav observed WARLOCK taking my LEVEL back to 1 can anyone tell me how can it be made so....

i dont know much, cause ive been playing only for about three months, but i found, MULTIPLE TIMES, that fatal bonds is an AWESOME harraser in the begginning especially if you are soloing a lane against two agi or intel heros. by level six you could have it at three and since most agi/intel heros are still farming, you can bind three-four creeps to one-two heros and get free damage on the heroes. Enough to kill them after a couple of fatal bonds. plz tell me if im wrong...

Actually this guide of mine focuses more on the use of Infernals and ways for killing with it. Yes, fatal Bonds can harass well in early game but I don't really use it much.

BTW: when you have guinsoo, use it instead of the upheaval when hunting; better chance to kill even if it has diffusal.

very nice gotta try this

OK I modified the skill build and added more tips and btw the choice is yours wheter to get guinsoo or refresher first.

I love this hero and find that he is VERY overpowered. Anytime i see the other team with him i cringe knowing that if thier lock is half decent we are going to get pushed hard.

I dont like refresher early game on warlock. I prefer ring of bas, treads, mek, then whatever you want....

Also i like to get shadow word/stats combo early game.... that with mek makes for some insane pushing.

Dude this strat is excellent! i just did a 2v2 and it completely raped!!! thanks :)

Great item build,for me,warlock is one of the imba heroes,i can wipe anyone with his infernals and a slower like skady,my item build is the same,only i get a skady before refresher,that is way to good for slowing your enemies while the infernals harras him....

Don't wait till lvl 17 & 18 to max out upheaval.

I don't get it... If you get bonds over stats, how do you last/hit deny against any1 your level. Warlock's points are in str gain and the low int gain means low damage. i prefer word/stats, with RoC, and fatal bonds mid. Unheave is a completely useless skill if your allies buy blink daggers (as of the new 6.43b scrouge lineup)

if he has s&y what would happen

2 Infernals! Original! Very!

Nice! add a few screenies and it will be better :)

moonrider should be a best ally. like bind then moonriders glaive bounces pwn. or do the same with LICH OMGOGGLES

a good thing to do while soloing a lane and encountering another hero.

1 cast fatal bond
2 then do the golem summon
3 if its close like a melee hero or next to you cast upheavel so the golem can take him out without having to run much

Refresher orb is a must item for warlock. But his summons are useless when someone got a diffusal blade. Gorgon's purge is useless now against warlock's summons. It doesn't hurt that much on 6.44b map. It only takes 1/4 of the life of the golem. That makes gorgon's ulti more useless when facing warlock hehe. Diffusal blade really is a pain for golem of warlock. One cast of purge, golem is down like a arranged dominos hehe..

very nice guide, refresher lock is only way to go

add^^

enigma is also a veryyyy nice friend to have, the combos are endless, they'll be losing so much hp so fast and have nowhere to run!

excellent, 9/10

for anyone who says orb is not good early, you=NOOB.

lock is SO easy to farm with its rediculous, you should have 2-3 hero kills before lv 11 if you play him right, and with the combination of kills, tower pushing, and general farming, you should have WELL over the amount to get refresher quick.

orb is what makes lock so good. with two infernals, SW, FB, and upheaval for slow, most heros do not stand even a slight chance.

I normally go between 6-0 and 10-0 before everyone quits, because you kill them so many times, or help your partner kill them so many times that they have no gear, and get fed up.

if your enemy uses purge or has obsidian, then simply transfer over into support mode. This guide is perfect, mech is a must have late game, and lock as a supporter and pusher/defender is just as good as a lock that is a hero killer.

he has endless possibilities, and as we all know, versatility is what makes a hero and player really good at dota, not a single strategy. if you rely on one way of doing things, youll always lose to pros.

goood luck, and good guide

BkB!? How was that!? Warlock doesn't even need a BkB! He is not the tank, its the INFERNAL so I prefer not to use BkB on Warlock but you can buy 3 Refresher's Orb for 3 insane Infernals!!!

what?, u can't use refresher orb 2 times, even yes, u can have it two, but i ever try it, both orb has a cool down timer after i click one orb...

what?, u can't use refresher orb 2 times, even yes, u can have it two, but i ever try it, both orb has a cool down timer after i click one orb...

what?, u can't use refresher orb 2 times, even yes, u can have it two, but i ever try it, both orb has a cool down timer after i click one orb...

what?, u can't use refresher orb 2 times, even yes, u can have it two, but i ever try it, both orb has a cool down timer after i click one orb...

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this strategy made us champions on the tournament.... thanks!

Imagine a Team of 5 vs 5 ap


Warlock Lich Zeus Leshrac Blood-seeker

If warlock
cast fatal bonds followed by:
Infernal,Chainfrost,Thundergod's_wrath,
Pulse nova and refresh again Infernal.
Let Bseeker funish any leftover .
Just calculate damage shared and recieved .Enuf 4 getting pentakill I think.

He's a great support 4 AOE spell heroes.
So even Radiance wud really hurt with fatal bonds.
My build 4 Warlock :
Mechasm,Refresher[ else Linkens],Skadi
Dagon,Radiance,PowerTreads

A great Team hero...
gud with Sandking,Luna,Witchdoctor,
Enigma,Magnataur,Earthshaker etc.

nice one

hello there~

y not try sumthin to increase the summonners damage as well??~like desolator or sumthin..? skadi is good too..makes ure opponent slow+increase killing rate of infernal..just a suggestion yo.

good strat! went 13-1 with this (death because partner was an idiot and didnt call missing when I had only 500 hp left.) 10/10

what about fatal bonds w/ aoe spells
luna's eclipes, black hole, epicenter, overgrowth, rampage... think that one of the best combo

you may add criticals to max damage with fatal bonds.ex. mortred's together with the other aoe skills that will scare off groups(chainfrost). with this combo fatal bonds would be imba

i like the guide alot and the strategy 8 or 9/10 thanks!?!?!?!

hmmm i personally would change the the RoB to an arcane cause warloc has shit mana 2 start and not enough when ur using refresher. othere than its a great strat just how i play....
8/10

tae pilipino ka pa naman.. mas maganda kung upheaval agad

ummm bkb????

ok

Great item build. But if you fatal bound your enemy, i dont think that it helps a lot in dealing damage. Nice killing strategy guide, but you need lots of farming to get guinsoo and refresher. 8/10

i would like to tell you guys bout warlock since he is 1 of my fav heros .
he doesnt need refresher orb - if u get it , it only shows have weak you are and u need infernal to stay alive and kill O.o

You can say all you want valborg, about weakness and infernal reliance but please do take note that my strategy does revolve around them. Think before you speak please, thank you.

FUCK YOU

Refresher's a MUST HAVE for warlock. Don't get why you guys say it's useless. Two infernals with pulverise... ownage. I didn't think of getting shiva's before. It'll be really useful for artic blast. I'll prefer to get skadi 1st of course. I can't really find fault in your guide besides the diffusal blade thingy. Find a way to counter it! Otherwise warlock's nothing in battle.

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Nice guide, but I don't know - I've never seen Warlock do well late-game except as support. And he never kills late-game.

is there any possibility to get that high amount of mana?? it's way too high!!!
maybe u need aghanim or guinsoo but that's damn expensive!

its better to not say the weakness of warlock the diffusal

Try this i've summoned 2 infernals using a refresher orb and it worked well especially against towers

The guide is ok, but Upheaval eeee no it is a situational skill, i prefer playing Warlock as a support hero and lane for example with the carry of the team, Shadow Word is such a nice heal, and if you put it to the Infernal he can easily bring the tower down. Leave the Solo lane to heroes like Zeus, Nevemore, Viper even Magnataur ...

About the items as i play him like a support i go for Basillus + Mekans, and after that depend it could be a Necro, Shivas, Guinzo, Euls depends on the team

Hey Your Warlock Is good And Nice But My Version is not really similiar to mine.... you see i put shadow word then stats then infernal at lvl 6 and an easy kill at lvl 6 and an early push and i go for the refresher orb to get an easy kill and an early finish and 4 me i finished my refresher orb by lvl 11 so an easy kill an easy finish but i really enjoyed your tactics at least i learned something new thanks!!! i give a 8/10 for this thanks!!!

Stupid. You can't get more that skadi. It's gg

good guide

great guide and .thanks for the guide my warlock now have been improved.he is one of my favour for intel type hero.9/10