strength

Undying

Summons hordes of zombies to attack his foes

Melee

Win the early laning phase with Undying, an aggressive support who constantly drains strength with Decay. In teamfights, he drops a Tombstone that summons a horde of clawing undead, eventually transforming into a hulking flesh golem to amplify damage taken by foes.

Undying abilities, talents and win rates on this page are from Dota 2 patch 7.41e.

1/3
Complexity
2/3
Support
2/3
Durable
1/3
Nuker
1/3
Disabler

Undying Performance Summary

On patch 7.41e, Undying holds a 52.19% win rate across 476,148 ranked games. It holds steady across skill brackets (51.54% in Herald up to 52.56% in Legend), so Undying performs about the same at every level of play. Captains treat Undying as a threat: 58.12% of its 117 contested pro drafts ended in a ban.

Base Stats

Undying
Health604+-0.3 / s
Mana399+0.5 / s
AttributeBase / Growth per lvl
strengthStrength
22+2.4 per lvl
agilityAgility
13+1.2 per lvl
intelligenceIntelligence
27+2.8 per lvl
StatValue
DamageDamage
55 – 63
ArmorArmor
2.2
Movement SpeedMovement Speed
295
Attack RangeAttack Range
150

Win Rates by Rank

Patch7.41e
Public Win Rate52%476.1K matches
Pro Win Rate41%20W / 29L
Pro Bans6858% of contests
RankPicksWin Rate
HeraldHerald
16.7K
52%
GuardianGuardian
58K
52%
CrusaderCrusader
89.9K
52%
ArchonArchon
107.3K
52%
LegendLegend
91.6K
53%
AncientAncient
58.9K
52%
DivineDivine
53.7K
52%

Faces of Undying

Data Timeframe: Past 6 months

Innate Ability

Ceaseless Dirge
Passive

When Undying dies he will instantly respawn in the fountain. Begins the game on cooldown. Cannot be refreshed.

Respawn Delay2s
Cooldown480s

Talent Tree

Tombstone On Death
25
+50% Flesh Golem Strength Bonus
+4 Tombstone Attacks to Destroy
20
-2s Decay Cooldown
+20 Zombie Damage
15
+12 Soul Rip Damage/Heal
-15s Tombstone Cooldown
10
+30 Decay Damage

Abilities

Decay
Magical
Point Target, AOE

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.

Base Damage20 / 60 / 100 / 140
Strength Steal4
Steal Duration35s
Radius325
Str Scale Up2
Creep Damage Multiplier2
Shard Buff Duration40s
Cast Range650
Duration21 / 24 / 27 / 30s
Cast Time0.3s
Mana100
Cooldown13 / 10 / 7 / 4s
Soul Rip
Magical
Unit Target

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.

Damage/Heal Per Unit14 / 26 / 38 / 50
Max Units10
Rip Radius1300
Tombstone Heal4 / 8 / 12 / 16
Strength Gain0%
Cast Range750
Cast Time0.3s
Mana80 / 90 / 100 / 110
Cooldown15 / 12 / 9 / 6s
Tombstone
Physical
Point Target

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.

Tombstone Health20 / 24 / 28 / 32
Tombstone Duration30s
Zombie Spawn Radius1200
Zombie Spawn Interval4 / 3.6 / 3.2 / 2.8s
Zombie Health2
Bunker Units1
Tombstone Grab Radius350
Tombstone Bunker Cd2
Tombstone Stun Penalty2s
Cast Range500
Cast Time0.6s
Mana125 / 150 / 175 / 200
Cooldown80s
Flesh Golem
Magical
No Target, Instant Cast

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.

Slow On Attack30% / 35% / 40%
Damage Amplification25% / 30% / 35%
Damage Amp Duration3s
Strength Multiplier40% / 50% / 60%
Duration40s
Bonus Movespeed25
Spawn Zombie On Attack1
Zombie Duration15s
Zombie Spawn Padding36
Mana100 / 125 / 150
Cooldown140s

Aghanim's Upgrades

Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Decay

Increases strength steal.

Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Tombstone

Tombstone can be cast on an allied hero to bunker inside of the tombstone. Heroes that enter the Tombstone cannot leave for 2 seconds nor can they re-enter after leaving. If the tombstone is destroyed with a hero inside, that hero gets stunned for 2 seconds.