Dark Seer

Stats

These are the base values written in the game files. Totals derived from attributes (HP, mana, armor) depend on engine-side formulas, so no estimated values are shown.

Recommended items

Items the in-game shop recommends for this hero (curated by Valve). These are not win-rate statistics.

Soul Ring 805 Guardian Greaves 4450 Blink Dagger 2250 Stout Shield 100 Magic Wand 460 Pipe of Insight 3725 Arcane Boots 1500 Mekansm 1775 Force Staff 2200 Shiva's Guard 4500 Lotus Orb 3850 Helm of the Dominator 2550

Abilities

Vacuum

Cooldown 60 / 50 / 40 / 30s Mana 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 Range 450 / 500 / 550 / 600 MAGICAL

ActiveCooldown60 / 50 / 40 / 30sMana60 / 90 / 120 / 150Range450 / 500 / 550 / 600

Dark Seer creates a vacuum over the target area that sucks in enemy units, disrupting them and dealing damage.

Raw values (from the game files)（4）

RADIUS	325 / 400 / 475 / 550
duration	0.3 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.6
DAMAGE	70 / 130 / 190 / 250
radius_tree	150

• This ability interrupts channeling.
• Pulls units over 0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6 seconds before dealing damage.
• Trees near the center of the vacuum will be destroyed.

Patch history

7.40 2025-12-15

• No longer affects invulnerable units

Ion Shell

Cooldown 9 / 9 / 9 / 9s Mana 100 / 110 / 120 / 130 Range 800 MAGICAL

ActiveCooldown9 / 9 / 9 / 9sMana100 / 110 / 120 / 130Range800

Surrounds the target unit with a bristling shield that damages enemy units in an area around it.

Raw values (from the game files)（4）

RADIUS	275
DAMAGE PER SECOND	30 / 50 / 70 / 90
DURATION	20 / 22 / 24 / 26
tick_interval	0.2

• Deals small amounts of damage in 0.2 second intervals.
• Doesn't damage the target it is cast on.
• If cast on a unit that already has Ion Shell, the new Shell replaces the old one.

Surge

Cooldown 24 / 19 / 14 / 9s Mana 50 Range 600

ActiveCooldown24 / 19 / 14 / 9sMana50Range600

Charges a target friendly unit with power, giving it a brief burst of phased movement speed. Allows the unit to reach maximum movement speed and cannot be slowed.

Raw values (from the game files)（2）

DURATION	3 / 4 / 5 / 6
speed_boost	550

• Units with Surge cannot be slowed unless the Surge effect is removed.

Normal Punch Passive

Cooldown 10s

Passive

Passive ability. Causes Dark Seer's next attack on a hero to have True Strike, knock a replica out of the victim, damaging and stunning them based on how far Dark Seer has moved in the past 3.0 seconds. Max power is reached after 1100 distance moved.

Raw values (from the game files)（7）

MAX STUN DURATION	1.25
recent_duration	3.0
max_distance	1100
MAX KNOCKBACK DISTANCE	350
ILLUSION DURATION	6.0
MAX DAMAGE	400
normal_punch_illusion_delay	0.25

Quick Wit Innate Passive

NONE

Passive

Dark Seer gains 1.0 Attack Speed from each point of Intelligence. When Dark Seer levels up, he restores a percentage of his max health and mana.

Raw values (from the game files)（2）

int_to_atkspd	1.0
%MAX HP/MANA RESTORE	8.5

Patch history

7.41 2026-03-24

• Aggrandize renamed to Quick Wit
• Now also provides Dark Seer +1 attack speed from each point of Intelligence
• Max Health and Mana Restore base value decreased from 10% to 8.5%

Wall of Replica

Cooldown 100.0 / 100.0 / 100.0s Mana 125 / 250 / 375 Range 1000

ActiveCooldown100.0 / 100.0 / 100.0sMana125 / 250 / 375Range1000

Raises a wall of warping light that slows, damages, and creates replicas of any enemy hero who crosses it. Enemy replicas serve at the Dark Seer's will. Replicas last until they are destroyed, or until the wall's duration ends.

Raw values (from the game files)（9）

WALL DURATION	30.0
replica_damage_outgoing	-30 / -20 / -10
%REPLICA DAMAGE	70 / 80 / 90
replica_damage_incoming	100
%REPLICA DAMAGE TAKEN	200
width	1300
%MOVEMENT SLOW	40
SLOW DURATION	1
DAMAGE	25 / 40 / 55

• Doesn't create illusions from other illusions.
• There cannot be more than one illusion per player per wall.

Talents

One of the two per level is chosen. They appear in the order registered in the game files.

Patch history (hero and talents)

Background

Fast when he needs to be, and a cunning strategist, Ish'Kafel the Dark Seer requires no edged weapons to vanquish his enemies, relying instead on the strength of his powerful mind. His talent lies in his ability to maneuver the fight to his advantage. Hailing from a place he calls 'The Land behind the wall,' Dark Seer remains an outsider here--a warrior from a realm beyond the veil of this reality. Once a great general among his people, and a valiant defender of the god-king Damathryx, Dark Seer's army was wiped out by a much larger force in the final days of the Great Boundaries War. Facing certain defeat, he made one last desperate act: he led the enemy forces into the maze between the walls. At the last moment, just before capture, he crossed over--then sealed the walls forever in an explosive release of dark energy. When the dust settled, he saw that he had saved his people but found himself blinking at the sun of a different world, with no way to return. Now he is committed to proving his worth as a military strategist, and vows to show that he's the greatest tactician this strange new world has ever seen.

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