Guide to Darchrow - The Enigma

Table of Contents
-Hero BackGround
-Skills
-Skill Build
-Item Build
-Items Discription
--Item Build Explanation
-Strategy in Playing
-Best and Worst hero Matchup
-Conclusion






Darchrow the Enigma
Background

Stats
Darchrow - The Enigma
Range: 600
Move Speed: 290
Primary: INT
Str: 16 + 2.1
Agi: 14 + 1
Int: 20 + 3.4
Damage: 42 - 48
HP: 454
Mana: 260
Armor: 1

Skills

Maleice
Focuses Darchow's hatred on a target, causing it to take damage over time and become repeatedly stunned.
Lasts 2/4/4/6 seconds.

Level 1 - 30 damage every 2 seconds.
Level 2 - 40 damage every 2 seconds.
Level 3 - 65 damage every 2 seconds.
Level 4 - 80 damage every 2 seconds.
--This is one of the best stun ability it can stop most channeling spells and you can chase your target with an ease


Conversion
Splits a friendly creep into 3 malevolant aspects of itself, coming under your control. Lasts 30 seconds.

Level 1 - Spawns 3 Lesser Eidolon.
Level 2 - Spawns 3 Eidolon.
Level 3 - Spawns 3 GreaterEidolon.
Level 4 - Spawns 3 Dire Eidolon.
--This skill is good for farming and harrasing melee heroes, You can even out lvl your opponents with this skill


Midnight Pulse
Steeps an area in dark magic, causing all opponents who dare enter to take damage.
Lasts 8 seconds.

Level 1 - 3% max life lost per second.
Level 2 - 4% max life lost per second.
Level 3 - 5% max life lost per second.
Level 4 - 6% max life lost per second.
--The one of the best AoE spells it can severe a full hp Centuar or Pudge


Black Hole
Summons the powers from the darkest abyss, creating a vortex that sucks all nearby enemies closer, dealing damage. Lasts 4 seconds.

Level 1 - 30 damage at range, 60 damage close up.
Level 2 - 50 damage at range, 100 damage close up.
Level 3 - 70 damage at range, 140 damage close up.
--A really good Damage-Disable Skill it can be used with other heroes skill, it's like Treant's Overgrowth + Faceless Void's Crono

Pros and Cons
+Good starting hp
+Good Str Growth
+Great Int Growth
-Too slow
-Poor Agi Growth
-No Heavy nuke

Skill build
Killer Skill Build
-Malefice
-Midnight Pulse
-Malefice
-Midnight Pulse
-Malefice
-Black hole
-Malefice
-Midnight Pulse
-Midnight Pulse
-Stat
-Black hole
-Stat
-Stat
-Stat
-Stat
-Black Hole
-Stats
-Conversion in level 21-25

--This build is for making your opponents go back and forth to their fountain, it is easier to kill if you have some allies on early lvl
You rely on your nukes rather than pushin your lane this skill build is sutable for 5-5 and you were place in the mid lane with your ally
It is good to use this skill build when you have encounter range hero coz having your edilons make them farm better


Pusher Skill Build
-Conversion
-Midnight Pulse
-Conversion
-Midnight Pulse
-Conversion
-Black Hole
-Conversion
-Midnight Pulse
-Malefice
-Midnight Pulse
-Black Hole
-Malefice
-Malefice
-Malefice
-Stat
-Blackhole
-Stat

--In this skill build your edilons will help you farm with midnight pulse, by lvl 4-5 you can destroy a tower with your edilons. this skill build is good in harrasing melee heroes they can farm well with you Midnight pulse around and Edilons poking them

The Item Build
Item Build
-Boots of Speed
-Mantle of Intelligence
-Mantle of Intelligence
-Circlet of Nobility
-Null Talisman
-Circlet of Nobility
-Sobi Mask
-Glove of Haste
--Power Threads
-Void Stone
-Quarter Staff
-Robe Of Magi
--Oblivion Staff
-Ring Of health
--Perserverance
-Void Stone
-Robe Of Magi
-Staff of Wizardry
--Eul Septer of Divinity
--Refresher Orb
-Void Stone
-Quarter Staff
-Robe Of Magi
--Oblivion Staff
--Guinsoo Scythe of Vyse
-Dagger of escape
-Have some more Perserverance for Survival or you could those items if the game last longer:
-Dagon 5
-Necrominicon
-Eye Of Skadi
-Linken Sphere

Item Build Explanation
the item build is good fo both Skill build, Refresher and Guinsoo is a must it will help you do you combo
Why not Guinsoo first than Refresher? Guinsoo is a good disabling tool (hex=3.75 sec) but Black Hole times 2 is more brutal its a 8 sec lock
How come "-Have some more Perserverance.."? Its around late game when you finish those Refresher and Guinsoo if your going to build dagon 1 it will be useless (400 dmg Vs 1000+hp with Magic resist), Necrominicon it will be good if you have this it will help alot after doing the combo, Eye of Skadi this item is pricy if you want to make skadi you should farm it on early game but it will help alot, Linken Sphere It help you stop stunners when your casting BH
Dagger of Escape this item help you chasing hero, escaping or a surprise attack

General Strategy when Playing Enigma
Lane Choosing
Its is better to choose the lane wich is closer to the secret shop because much of you item will come from it
When you reach your lane, know what hero you enemy has chosen if it is a early game nuker change lane with your allies go to the lane with a melee hero so you can harras them
Harrasing
There are diffrent ways to harras your enemy: Malefice+3 normal attack, Midnight Pulse + Malefice +2 normal attack, Midnight pulse + Edilons, Malefice + edilons
harrasing your opponents will increase the chance of winning
Farming
there is no problem in farming just use conversion hit your enemy creeps, or cast Midnight pulse when the creeps have 50% or below life
Pushing
Pushing is easy with Enigma if you Max the Conversion, you can have a maximum of 6 edilons in this way
Out leveling
Out leveling your opponents is optional but it will help you in harrasing and pushing, here's my strategy on out leveling your opponents:
1st you must have conversion, use this on the range creep and keep them alive as possible so they can't give exp and gold
whenever your creeps have low hp 45% less kill it with your edilons or use conversion
Hero Killing
It has a simple combo if you have 1-1 Situation it is easy, cast malefice first them Midnight pulse he'll be running away now cast your Ulti-Black Hole (make sure when you casted it the enemy hero is within range of the midnight pulse and he is in the center of the black hole) your opponent is disable for 4 sec make if that heros survives call your allies for help in chasing
If you have Eul or Guinsoo cast it on your target then Midnight pulse+Black Hole if he run away Malefice him
IF you have refresher Malefice+Midnight Pulse+Black Hole-Refresh after you finish the combo and repeat, if the hero is hit by the Midnight pulse for 16 sec he'll be dead thats 96% life loss this combo can kill a group of 5 heroes

Tips:
Maximize the power of your Edilons and try make them not to be killed by your opponents, Making your edilons kill those neutral creeps helps you farm
When you use black hole and you have your edilons command them to attck the enemy hero for more damage

Best and worst hero macth-up
Best Ally
SandKing
Having Black hole while Sandking cast his Epicenter can kill most heroes
Treant Protector
A treant with a Refresher can kill but adding a Enigma with refresher can kill all of them
(Overgrowth-hit some few hits then Black Hole Treant hit some more then Overgrowth again hit some more last Black hole again a 20sec Disable)
Crystal Maiden
Black hole +Freezing Field
Pugna
Decrefify + Blackhole +Drain Life +Black Hole

Worst Enemy
Sand King
Epicenter can Kill you
Pudge
Hook+rot+Dismember this can kill you also
Centaur Chieftain
It has lots of life whenever you see him run but you can kill him with your combo
DoomBringer
This is worst If your doomed you can use your combo and definitely own you

Conclusion
Enigma as you see is a mass disabler like old treant, naga siren, Faceless Void,
He is good in team play and dominate most Str hero in late game coz of his Midnight Pulse
He can own if well played, and can have double or triple kill in the game