Undying

Strength•Melee•Support, Durable, Disabler, Nuker

Skill Build

A level 1-25 plan based on this hero's current ability list. Adjust talents and extra spells for the match.

Levels 1-25

1
Decay
Q
Decay
Undying steals strength from all enemy heroes in an area, dealing base damage as he claims the enemy's strength for himself. Deals 2x damage to creeps.
Recommended: level 1Hotkey: QMax level: 4Cooldown: 13 / 10 / 7 / 4sMana: 100
2
Soul Rip
W
Soul Rip
Undying rips health away from all nearby units and uses it to heal an ally, or damage an enemy. Soul Rip can also be used to heal Tombstone.
Recommended: level 2Hotkey: WMax level: 4Cooldown: 15 / 12 / 9 / 6sMana: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
3
Tombstone
E
Tombstone
Summons a tombstone at the target point. Zombies will frequently spawn next to every enemy unit in the area around the Tombstone, and attack them. Zombies have the Deathlust ability, which causes their attacks to slow the target, and if the target reaches below a certain amount of health, increases the attack and movement speed of the zombie.
Recommended: level 3Hotkey: EMax level: 4Cooldown: 80sMana: 125 / 150 / 175 / 200
4
Decay
Q
Decay
Undying steals strength from all enemy heroes in an area, dealing base damage as he claims the enemy's strength for himself. Deals 2x damage to creeps.
Recommended: level 4Hotkey: QMax level: 4Cooldown: 13 / 10 / 7 / 4sMana: 100
5
Decay
Q
Decay
Undying steals strength from all enemy heroes in an area, dealing base damage as he claims the enemy's strength for himself. Deals 2x damage to creeps.
Recommended: level 5Hotkey: QMax level: 4Cooldown: 13 / 10 / 7 / 4sMana: 100
6
Flesh Golem
R
Flesh Golem
Undying transforms into a horrifying flesh golem. While in this state, he gains a percentage increase to strength, bonus movement speed, and causes attacks to slow, apply damage amplification, and spawn Tombstone zombies.
Recommended: level 6Hotkey: RMax level: 3Cooldown: 140sMana: 100 / 125 / 150
7
Decay
Q
Decay
Undying steals strength from all enemy heroes in an area, dealing base damage as he claims the enemy's strength for himself. Deals 2x damage to creeps.
Recommended: level 7Hotkey: QMax level: 4Cooldown: 13 / 10 / 7 / 4sMana: 100
8
Soul Rip
W
Soul Rip
Undying rips health away from all nearby units and uses it to heal an ally, or damage an enemy. Soul Rip can also be used to heal Tombstone.
Recommended: level 8Hotkey: WMax level: 4Cooldown: 15 / 12 / 9 / 6sMana: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
9
Soul Rip
W
Soul Rip
Undying rips health away from all nearby units and uses it to heal an ally, or damage an enemy. Soul Rip can also be used to heal Tombstone.
Recommended: level 9Hotkey: WMax level: 4Cooldown: 15 / 12 / 9 / 6sMana: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
10Talent
+decay damage Decay Damage
11
Soul Rip
W
Soul Rip
Undying rips health away from all nearby units and uses it to heal an ally, or damage an enemy. Soul Rip can also be used to heal Tombstone.
Recommended: level 11Hotkey: WMax level: 4Cooldown: 15 / 12 / 9 / 6sMana: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
12
Flesh Golem
R
Flesh Golem
Undying transforms into a horrifying flesh golem. While in this state, he gains a percentage increase to strength, bonus movement speed, and causes attacks to slow, apply damage amplification, and spawn Tombstone zombies.
Recommended: level 12Hotkey: RMax level: 3Cooldown: 140sMana: 100 / 125 / 150
13
Tombstone
E
Tombstone
Summons a tombstone at the target point. Zombies will frequently spawn next to every enemy unit in the area around the Tombstone, and attack them. Zombies have the Deathlust ability, which causes their attacks to slow the target, and if the target reaches below a certain amount of health, increases the attack and movement speed of the zombie.
Recommended: level 13Hotkey: EMax level: 4Cooldown: 80sMana: 125 / 150 / 175 / 200
14
Tombstone
E
Tombstone
Summons a tombstone at the target point. Zombies will frequently spawn next to every enemy unit in the area around the Tombstone, and attack them. Zombies have the Deathlust ability, which causes their attacks to slow the target, and if the target reaches below a certain amount of health, increases the attack and movement speed of the zombie.
Recommended: level 14Hotkey: EMax level: 4Cooldown: 80sMana: 125 / 150 / 175 / 200
15Talent
+damage per unit Soul Rip Damage/Heal
16
Tombstone
E
Tombstone
Summons a tombstone at the target point. Zombies will frequently spawn next to every enemy unit in the area around the Tombstone, and attack them. Zombies have the Deathlust ability, which causes their attacks to slow the target, and if the target reaches below a certain amount of health, increases the attack and movement speed of the zombie.
Recommended: level 16Hotkey: EMax level: 4Cooldown: 80sMana: 125 / 150 / 175 / 200
17
Flesh Golem
R
Flesh Golem
Undying transforms into a horrifying flesh golem. While in this state, he gains a percentage increase to strength, bonus movement speed, and causes attacks to slow, apply damage amplification, and spawn Tombstone zombies.
Recommended: level 17Hotkey: RMax level: 3Cooldown: 140sMana: 100 / 125 / 150
18Stats
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20Talent
-AbilityCooldowns Decay Cooldown
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25Talent
+str percentage% Flesh Golem Strength Bonus

1
Decay
Q
Decay
Undying steals strength from all enemy heroes in an area, dealing base damage as he claims the enemy's strength for himself. Deals 2x damage to creeps.
Recommended: level 1Hotkey: QMax level: 4Cooldown: 13 / 10 / 7 / 4sMana: 100
2
Soul Rip
W
Soul Rip
Undying rips health away from all nearby units and uses it to heal an ally, or damage an enemy. Soul Rip can also be used to heal Tombstone.
Recommended: level 2Hotkey: WMax level: 4Cooldown: 15 / 12 / 9 / 6sMana: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
3
Tombstone
E
Tombstone
Summons a tombstone at the target point. Zombies will frequently spawn next to every enemy unit in the area around the Tombstone, and attack them. Zombies have the Deathlust ability, which causes their attacks to slow the target, and if the target reaches below a certain amount of health, increases the attack and movement speed of the zombie.
Recommended: level 3Hotkey: EMax level: 4Cooldown: 80sMana: 125 / 150 / 175 / 200
4
Decay
Q
Decay
Undying steals strength from all enemy heroes in an area, dealing base damage as he claims the enemy's strength for himself. Deals 2x damage to creeps.
Recommended: level 4Hotkey: QMax level: 4Cooldown: 13 / 10 / 7 / 4sMana: 100
5
Decay
Q
Decay
Undying steals strength from all enemy heroes in an area, dealing base damage as he claims the enemy's strength for himself. Deals 2x damage to creeps.
Recommended: level 5Hotkey: QMax level: 4Cooldown: 13 / 10 / 7 / 4sMana: 100
6
Flesh Golem
R
Flesh Golem
Undying transforms into a horrifying flesh golem. While in this state, he gains a percentage increase to strength, bonus movement speed, and causes attacks to slow, apply damage amplification, and spawn Tombstone zombies.
Recommended: level 6Hotkey: RMax level: 3Cooldown: 140sMana: 100 / 125 / 150
7
Decay
Q
Decay
Undying steals strength from all enemy heroes in an area, dealing base damage as he claims the enemy's strength for himself. Deals 2x damage to creeps.
Recommended: level 7Hotkey: QMax level: 4Cooldown: 13 / 10 / 7 / 4sMana: 100
8
Soul Rip
W
Soul Rip
Undying rips health away from all nearby units and uses it to heal an ally, or damage an enemy. Soul Rip can also be used to heal Tombstone.
Recommended: level 8Hotkey: WMax level: 4Cooldown: 15 / 12 / 9 / 6sMana: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
9
Soul Rip
W
Soul Rip
Undying rips health away from all nearby units and uses it to heal an ally, or damage an enemy. Soul Rip can also be used to heal Tombstone.
Recommended: level 9Hotkey: WMax level: 4Cooldown: 15 / 12 / 9 / 6sMana: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
10Talent
+decay damage Decay Damage
11
Soul Rip
W
Soul Rip
Undying rips health away from all nearby units and uses it to heal an ally, or damage an enemy. Soul Rip can also be used to heal Tombstone.
Recommended: level 11Hotkey: WMax level: 4Cooldown: 15 / 12 / 9 / 6sMana: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
12
Flesh Golem
R
Flesh Golem
Undying transforms into a horrifying flesh golem. While in this state, he gains a percentage increase to strength, bonus movement speed, and causes attacks to slow, apply damage amplification, and spawn Tombstone zombies.
Recommended: level 12Hotkey: RMax level: 3Cooldown: 140sMana: 100 / 125 / 150
13
Tombstone
E
Tombstone
Summons a tombstone at the target point. Zombies will frequently spawn next to every enemy unit in the area around the Tombstone, and attack them. Zombies have the Deathlust ability, which causes their attacks to slow the target, and if the target reaches below a certain amount of health, increases the attack and movement speed of the zombie.
Recommended: level 13Hotkey: EMax level: 4Cooldown: 80sMana: 125 / 150 / 175 / 200

14
Tombstone
E
Tombstone
Summons a tombstone at the target point. Zombies will frequently spawn next to every enemy unit in the area around the Tombstone, and attack them. Zombies have the Deathlust ability, which causes their attacks to slow the target, and if the target reaches below a certain amount of health, increases the attack and movement speed of the zombie.
Recommended: level 14Hotkey: EMax level: 4Cooldown: 80sMana: 125 / 150 / 175 / 200
15Talent
+damage per unit Soul Rip Damage/Heal
16
Tombstone
E
Tombstone
Summons a tombstone at the target point. Zombies will frequently spawn next to every enemy unit in the area around the Tombstone, and attack them. Zombies have the Deathlust ability, which causes their attacks to slow the target, and if the target reaches below a certain amount of health, increases the attack and movement speed of the zombie.
Recommended: level 16Hotkey: EMax level: 4Cooldown: 80sMana: 125 / 150 / 175 / 200
17
Flesh Golem
R
Flesh Golem
Undying transforms into a horrifying flesh golem. While in this state, he gains a percentage increase to strength, bonus movement speed, and causes attacks to slow, apply damage amplification, and spawn Tombstone zombies.
Recommended: level 17Hotkey: RMax level: 3Cooldown: 140sMana: 100 / 125 / 150
18Stats
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-AbilityCooldowns Decay Cooldown
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25Talent
+str percentage% Flesh Golem Strength Bonus

1
Decay
Q
Decay
Undying steals strength from all enemy heroes in an area, dealing base damage as he claims the enemy's strength for himself. Deals 2x damage to creeps.
Recommended: level 1Hotkey: QMax level: 4Cooldown: 13 / 10 / 7 / 4sMana: 100
2
Soul Rip
W
Soul Rip
Undying rips health away from all nearby units and uses it to heal an ally, or damage an enemy. Soul Rip can also be used to heal Tombstone.
Recommended: level 2Hotkey: WMax level: 4Cooldown: 15 / 12 / 9 / 6sMana: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
3
Tombstone
E
Tombstone
Summons a tombstone at the target point. Zombies will frequently spawn next to every enemy unit in the area around the Tombstone, and attack them. Zombies have the Deathlust ability, which causes their attacks to slow the target, and if the target reaches below a certain amount of health, increases the attack and movement speed of the zombie.
Recommended: level 3Hotkey: EMax level: 4Cooldown: 80sMana: 125 / 150 / 175 / 200
4
Decay
Q
Decay
Undying steals strength from all enemy heroes in an area, dealing base damage as he claims the enemy's strength for himself. Deals 2x damage to creeps.
Recommended: level 4Hotkey: QMax level: 4Cooldown: 13 / 10 / 7 / 4sMana: 100
5
Decay
Q
Decay
Undying steals strength from all enemy heroes in an area, dealing base damage as he claims the enemy's strength for himself. Deals 2x damage to creeps.
Recommended: level 5Hotkey: QMax level: 4Cooldown: 13 / 10 / 7 / 4sMana: 100
6
Flesh Golem
R
Flesh Golem
Undying transforms into a horrifying flesh golem. While in this state, he gains a percentage increase to strength, bonus movement speed, and causes attacks to slow, apply damage amplification, and spawn Tombstone zombies.
Recommended: level 6Hotkey: RMax level: 3Cooldown: 140sMana: 100 / 125 / 150
7
Decay
Q
Decay
Undying steals strength from all enemy heroes in an area, dealing base damage as he claims the enemy's strength for himself. Deals 2x damage to creeps.
Recommended: level 7Hotkey: QMax level: 4Cooldown: 13 / 10 / 7 / 4sMana: 100
8
Soul Rip
W
Soul Rip
Undying rips health away from all nearby units and uses it to heal an ally, or damage an enemy. Soul Rip can also be used to heal Tombstone.
Recommended: level 8Hotkey: WMax level: 4Cooldown: 15 / 12 / 9 / 6sMana: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
9
Soul Rip
W
Soul Rip
Undying rips health away from all nearby units and uses it to heal an ally, or damage an enemy. Soul Rip can also be used to heal Tombstone.
Recommended: level 9Hotkey: WMax level: 4Cooldown: 15 / 12 / 9 / 6sMana: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110

10Talent
+decay damage Decay Damage
11
Soul Rip
W
Soul Rip
Undying rips health away from all nearby units and uses it to heal an ally, or damage an enemy. Soul Rip can also be used to heal Tombstone.
Recommended: level 11Hotkey: WMax level: 4Cooldown: 15 / 12 / 9 / 6sMana: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
12
Flesh Golem
R
Flesh Golem
Undying transforms into a horrifying flesh golem. While in this state, he gains a percentage increase to strength, bonus movement speed, and causes attacks to slow, apply damage amplification, and spawn Tombstone zombies.
Recommended: level 12Hotkey: RMax level: 3Cooldown: 140sMana: 100 / 125 / 150
13
Tombstone
E
Tombstone
Summons a tombstone at the target point. Zombies will frequently spawn next to every enemy unit in the area around the Tombstone, and attack them. Zombies have the Deathlust ability, which causes their attacks to slow the target, and if the target reaches below a certain amount of health, increases the attack and movement speed of the zombie.
Recommended: level 13Hotkey: EMax level: 4Cooldown: 80sMana: 125 / 150 / 175 / 200
14
Tombstone
E
Tombstone
Summons a tombstone at the target point. Zombies will frequently spawn next to every enemy unit in the area around the Tombstone, and attack them. Zombies have the Deathlust ability, which causes their attacks to slow the target, and if the target reaches below a certain amount of health, increases the attack and movement speed of the zombie.
Recommended: level 14Hotkey: EMax level: 4Cooldown: 80sMana: 125 / 150 / 175 / 200
15Talent
+damage per unit Soul Rip Damage/Heal
16
Tombstone
E
Tombstone
Summons a tombstone at the target point. Zombies will frequently spawn next to every enemy unit in the area around the Tombstone, and attack them. Zombies have the Deathlust ability, which causes their attacks to slow the target, and if the target reaches below a certain amount of health, increases the attack and movement speed of the zombie.
Recommended: level 16Hotkey: EMax level: 4Cooldown: 80sMana: 125 / 150 / 175 / 200
17
Flesh Golem
R
Flesh Golem
Undying transforms into a horrifying flesh golem. While in this state, he gains a percentage increase to strength, bonus movement speed, and causes attacks to slow, apply damage amplification, and spawn Tombstone zombies.
Recommended: level 17Hotkey: RMax level: 3Cooldown: 140sMana: 100 / 125 / 150
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-AbilityCooldowns Decay Cooldown
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25Talent
+str percentage% Flesh Golem Strength Bonus

Talent tree

Tombstone On Death

Lv25Pick one

+str percentage% Flesh Golem Strength Bonus

+hits to destroy tooltip Tombstone Attacks to Destroy

Lv20Pick one

-AbilityCooldowns Decay Cooldown

+zombie damage tooltip Zombie Damage

Lv15Pick one

+damage per unit Soul Rip Damage/Heal

-AbilityCooldowns Tombstone Cooldown

Lv10Pick one

+decay damage Decay Damage

Item Builds

Based on real match data from OpenDota. Sorted by popularity.

Starting Items

8 items

Iron Branch

55g

Targets the ground to plant a happy little tree that lasts for 20 seconds.

Enchanted Mango

65g

Instantly restores 100 mana.

Blood Grenade

50g

Throw a grenade at the target area. Enemies in the area will take 50 damage on impact, and be slowed by -15% and take 15 damage every 1s for 5 seconds. Radius 300.

Gauntlets of Strength

140g

Tango

90g

Consumes a target tree to gain 7 health regeneration for 16 seconds. Consuming an Ironwood Tree doubles the heal duration. Comes with 3 charges. Can be used on an allied hero to give them one Tango. Tree Range: 165

Magic Stick

200g

Instantly restores 15 health and mana per charge stored. Max 10 charges. Gains a charge whenever a visible enemy within 1200 range uses an ability.

Observer and Sentry Wards

50g

Plant the currently active ward. Double-Click to switch the currently active ward.

Smoke of Deceit

50g

Turns the caster and all allied player-controlled units in a 1200 radius invisible, and grants 15% bonus movement speed for 45 seconds. While the caster is still disguised, any allies that come within 300 range of them will also get the buff applied to them. Each smoke can only be applied once to allies. Attacking or moving within 1025 range of an enemy hero or tower, will break the invisibility. Disguise grants invisibility that is immune to True Sight. Smoke of Deceit is usable from the backpack and has no cooldown when swapped into the main inventory.

Early Game

8 items

Phase Boots

1,450g

Gives 20% increased movement speed on melee heroes, and 10% on ranged heroes, and lets you move through units and turn more quickly for 3 seconds.

Soul Ring

805g

Consume %abilityhealthcost% health to temporarily gain 170 mana. Lasts 10 seconds. If the mana gained cannot fit in your mana pool, it creates a buffer of mana that will be used before your mana pool.

Null Talisman

505g

Bracer

505g

Arcane Boots

1,500g

Restores 150 mana to all nearby allies. Radius: 1200

Drum of Endurance

1,625g

Gives +35 attack speed and +13% movement speed to nearby allies for 6 seconds. Radius: 1200

Perseverance

1,400g

Tranquil Boots

900g

Whenever you attack a hero or are attacked by any unit, the bonus 14 HP regen is lost and the movement speed bonus is reduced to 40 for 13 seconds.

Mid Game

8 items

Blink Dagger

2,250g

Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. Blink Dagger cannot be used for 3 seconds after taking damage from an enemy hero or Roshan.

Arcane Boots

1,500g

Restores 150 mana to all nearby allies. Radius: 1200

Lotus Orb

3,850g

Applies a shield to the target unit for 5 seconds which re-casts most targeted spells back to their caster. The shielded unit will still take damage from the spell. Dispel Type: Basic Dispel

Phase Boots

1,450g

Gives 20% increased movement speed on melee heroes, and 10% on ranged heroes, and lets you move through units and turn more quickly for 3 seconds.

Perseverance

1,400g

Pavise

1,350g

When cast on an ally, grants them a physical damage barrier that absorbs 250 damage. Duration: 7s.

Glimmer Cape

2,150g

After a 0.5 second delay, grants invisibility, 20 movement speed and a magic damage barrier that absorbs up to 375 damage to you or a target allied unit for 5 seconds. Can be cast while channeling.

Black King Bar

4,050g

Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage. For the duration of the effect, any negative effect from enemy spells has no effect. Duration: 9s Dispel Type: Basic Dispel

Late Game

8 items

Black King Bar

4,050g

Octarine Core

4,900g

Aghanim's Scepter

4,200g

Upgrades the ultimate, and some abilities, of all heroes.

Scythe of Vyse

5,200g

Turns a target unit into a harmless critter for 2.8 seconds. The target has a base movement speed of 140 and will be silenced, muted, and disarmed. Instantly destroys illusions.

Shiva's Guard

4,500g

Emits a freezing wave that deals 260 magical damage to enemies and slows their movement by -40% for 4 seconds. Radius: 825

Guardian Greaves

4,450g

Restores 325 health and 200 mana to nearby allies, and removes most negative effects from the caster. Radius: 1200 Dispel Type: Basic Dispel

Lotus Orb

3,850g

Applies a shield to the target unit for 5 seconds which re-casts most targeted spells back to their caster. The shielded unit will still take damage from the spell. Dispel Type: Basic Dispel

Pipe of Insight

3,725g

Gives a magic damage barrier that absorbs 425 damage to all nearby allies. Lasts 8 seconds. Radius: 1200