Dota Underlords Build Guide: This combo brought me my first victory

In Dota Underlords, players use “combos” when buying heroes to become stronger. Soon, an initial meta will form. Our author Schuhmann experimented yesterday and secured his first victory. In the guide, he explains how you could win a round with the combo of demons and demon hunters.

Here’s how it went for me yesterday: I started the download of Dota Underlords on Steam last night.

I relatively naively started with Auto Chess. It’s been hyped for a few months – yesterday I wanted to see what makes the game appealing that captivates tens of thousands on Steam.

I naturally got my butt kicked. Then I looked at what the player who dominated the round I was in was playing.

I immediately saw: He had an idea. I then replicated this build and was able to narrowly win the next round.

It is important to follow a basic strategy regarding how to spend your gold and on which heroes and synergies to focus. If you just buy aimlessly, you’ll quickly find yourself back in the lobby, as I noticed yesterday.

6 Heroes as the Foundation of the Demon Combo

What is this combo? The build is currently simply called “Demons.”

You need: The item “Strange Bedfellows” as a foundation, which you can obtain in loot rounds at the start of each match.

These are the 6 base heroes: The combo in Dota Underlords uses an Anti-Mage and all 5 demons that are in the game.

• The Anti-Mage is only a Tier 1 unit but burns the opponent’s mana.
• The Queen of Pain, an assassin who wreaks havoc in the back rows of the opponents.
• Chaos Knight, a knight, perfect for tanking.
• Shadow Fiend, a warlock who stays in the back.
• Terrorblade, another demon hunter.
• The Doom, an imposing figure that provides a significant boost once you finally acquire it.

What about the 4 other spots? Then you will have occupied 6 hero slots and still have 4 slots free at level 10 in the endgame. You can flexibly fill these, even changing them in the endgame when heroes like Medusa or Enigma become available for purchase.

I initially took whatever came: like a Tooth or a Venomancer.

Later I added a Lone Druid and Enigma (Tier 5).

If I play this build more often, I will certainly vary these 4 positions.

This is the idea behind the build: Actually, the build is “counter-intuitive” because demons are loners and should not be used in a team. Because as soon as two demons are on the team, the demon bonus dissolves.

• If you have two demon hunters on the team, your demons deal 50% more “pure damage”.
• With “Strange Bedfellows,” your demon hunters also receive significantly increased damage. This increases by 30% for each unique demon on the team.

You have the choice to either take only one demon or two demon hunters and all 5 demons.

What to watch out for: The catch with Dota Underlords is that you have to upgrade heroes by buying them three or nine times:

• If you have the same level 1 hero 3 times, he becomes a level 2 hero.
• If you have the same level 2 hero 3 times, he becomes a level 3 hero.

The power gain is enormous. Ideally, you should already have some 2-star heroes relatively early and then go for the 3-star heroes later. This is where luck comes into play.

These are the three strategies I pursued: In addition to buying heroes, players in Dota Underlords must also make some other decisions:

• In my winning round, I tried to stay at 50 gold to benefit from the interest. Only when it got tight and only 2 opponents were left did I go wild with spending gold to rotate in the hope of having a chance to upgrade a hero to 3 stars.
• In the loot rounds, I also invested “in the future” at the beginning by buying items that promise higher items or more options in further loot rounds.
• I also positioned myself in the lower left corner of the field, allowing me to protect the softer units in the corner a bit.

Is this already meta in Dota Underlords? No, this is certainly not yet meta. The game has only recently been released and will surely become significantly more refined.

But this build might already be a solid beginner build with a clear idea and serves with the two basic synergies “Demons” and “Demon Hunters” as a foundation to take the first steps in the game.

Surely this build will also be refined significantly in the coming weeks.

For me, this was certainly a solid combo in Dota Underlords that kept me afloat after the first crushing defeats.

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von Benedict Grothaus