Dota 2 Doom Guide – Chase Opponents with Scorched Earth

Here’s how you can chase opponents using Scorched Earth while playing Doom to increase your kill counts in Dota 2.

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Taking kills can be vital to your victory in the massively multiplayer game. You can select characters from a number of tactful heroes who can chase down enemy heroes in the game with their abilities. Heroes, such as Doom, Centaur Warrunner, and Undying can use their skills to slow the movement speed of their enemies during battles. 

Players can use a wide variety of items and abilities to enhance their movement speed. Picking heroes with a low base movement speed can restrain your chances of finding and destroying enemies for bonus gold and experience in the online game. 

Take a look at these strategies that you can apply to chase opponents with Scorched Earth using Doom in your Dota 2 matches. 

Doom – Chase Opponents with Scorched Earth

Doom is a Strength hero in the strategy game. He can fulfill multiple roles in a team while playing against advanced gamers and top teams from all over the world. The melee hero can consume creeps to gain new abilities that can help him chase enemy heroes in team fights. 

You can Devour a number of creeps from the forest to increase the movement speed of Doom. The melee hero has a base movement speed of 285, requiring people to purchase a few items early in the game to give Doom adequate speed to chase opponents in Dota 2. 

People can purchase a Boots of Speed for 500 gold after spawning into the game to increase the movement speed of Doom by 45. You can upgrade the Boots of Speed to Arcane Boots by getting an Energy Booster from the Secret Shop. An Arcane Boots can cost up to 1300 gold in the game and will provide an additional 250 mana to Doom. 

You can activate Arcane Boots to replenish up to 175 mana to all allies in a radius of 1200. Arcane Boots has a cooldown of 55 seconds, letting Doom use the item between battles to cast his abilities like Scorched Earth, Infernal Blade, and Devour.

Dota 2 players can use Scorched Earth at level one to increase the movement speed of Doom by 9%. Doom gains additional movement speed for up to 10 seconds and deals 20 damage per second (DPS) to enemy units around him in a radius of 600. You can max out Scorched Earth and gain up to 15% movement speed that can last for up to 16 seconds with each cast. Scorched Earth has a cooldown of 35 seconds and consumes 90 mana per cast in the game. You can increase the damage dealt by Scorched Earth at level 10 through the Talent Tree. 

Many people prefer to take the safe lane with Doom to earn more gold per minute (GPM) in the game. Doom can head to the safe lane and level up his ability, Devour, to consume a neutral creep from forests. You can cast Devour on a neutral creep to get 50 bonus gold at level one. Players can seek out the Kobold Foreman in the jungle to gain bonus movement speed. 

Doom can consume a Kobold Foreman to gain Speed Aura to increase his movement speed by 12%. The Speed Aura will also increase the speed of nearby allies in a radius of 800, making it easier to chase enemies with Doom.

You can cast Infernal Blade to deal up to 50 DPS as base damage to enemy units for up to 4 seconds with the Strength hero. Infernal Blade deals an additional 4% of the target’s max health as damage for the duration of the spell. Enemy units affected by Infernal Blade are stunned for 0.6 seconds in the game. Infernal Blade has a minor cooldown of 4 seconds, allowing people to cast the ability several times with Doom during battles in Dota 2. You can turn on Scorched Earth with Doom to run up to enemy heroes with increased movement speed to stun them using Infernal Blade. 

Doom can use his ulti, Doom, to deal Pure damage to his enemies. Casting Doom on your opponents will silence the enemy hero for up to 16 seconds and deal up to 60 DPS. His ulti has a cooldown of 145 seconds and needs 300 mana. Doom can activate Scorched Earth after using his ulti on enemy heroes to chase his opponents to their death in Dota 2. 

Items to Buy for Doom

Urn of Shadows

Urn of Shadows provides 2 Strength, 2 Agility, 2 Intelligence, 2 armor, and 1.4 mana regeneration to Doom. The Strength hero can use Soul Release on allies to heal up to 30 health per second for 8 seconds. Doom can also use Soul Release on enemy units to deal up to 25 DPS for the duration of the spell. 

You can cast Soul Release using Urn of Shadows once every 7 seconds while playing Doom. Urn of Shadows gains a charge for Soul Release every time an enemy hero dies within a radius of 1400 after purchasing the item for the melee hero. Urn of Shadows can be purchased for 880 gold in the game. The increased DPS from Soul Release can be used after chasing enemy heroes with Scorched Earth for easy kills. 

Aether Lens

Aether Lens can be bought for 2275 gold. Doom gains 300 mana and 2.5 mana regeneration by purchasing an Aether Lens in the game. You can increase the cast range of all of Doom’s abilities and items by 225 after buying the item for Doom. 

The melee hero can cast Scorched Earth a number of times in the forest and in lanes to deal more damage to enemy units frequently in the game with Aether Lens. You can upgrade an Aether Lens to an Octarine Core later in the game to reduce the cooldown of your spells and items by 25%.   

Blade Mail

Blade Mail is an item that can increase the durability of Doom during battles. Doom gains 28 attack damage and 6 armor using Blade Mail. The Strength hero can activate Blade Mail to return up to 85% of all incoming damage for 5.5 seconds. Blade Mail costs 2100 gold in the game. The item has a cooldown of 25 seconds and requires 25 mana to be used. You can use Blade Mail to return damage to enemies while chasing them down using Scorched Earth with Doom. 

Rod of Atos

Rod of Atos provides 24 Intelligence, 12 Strength, and 12 Agility to Doom. The Strength hero can purchase a Rod of Atos for 2750 gold. You can cast Rod of Atos to use Cripple on enemy units to restrict their movement. Enemy units affected by Cripple will be rooted for 2 seconds. Cripple has a cooldown of 18 seconds and requires 50 mana in the game. Rooted enemies can be slowed down during battles to help Doom and his team reach the fight on time to deliver the final blow to
his opponents. 

Shadow Blade

Doom gains 35 attack speed and 20 attack damage by purchasing Shadow Blade for the Strength hero. A Shadow Blade can be bought for 3000 gold in the game. Doom can turn invisible by using Shadow Blade to increase his movement speed during battles. 

You can activate Shadow Blade to gain 20% bonus movement speed for up to 14 seconds. Players can cast Scorched Earth before turning invisible to deal damage to enemies while chasing them with Doom in Dota 2. Shadow Blade has a cooldown of 25 seconds and consumes 75 mana to be used. 

Pipe of Insight

Pipe of Insight grants Doom up to 30% magic resistance and 8.5 health regeneration. You can purchase a Pipe of Insight for 3475 gold in the game. The item provides Insight Aura that increases the magic resistance of Doom’s allies by 15% and their health regeneration rate by 2.5. 

Doom can cast Barrier using Pipe of Insight to provide a shield that prevents allies from taking up to 450 magical damage from enemy heroes for up to 12 seconds. Pipe of Insight has a cooldown of 60 seconds and requires 100 mana per cast. 

Best Allies for Doom

Sven

Sven is a Strength hero who can assist Doom in getting kills in Dota 2. The melee hero has a base health of 640 and a base mana pool of 267. He can use his abilities to stun enemy heroes in combat and increase the movement speed of Doom to help him chase his opponents in the massively multiplayer game. 

Allies playing Sven can cast Storm Hammer on enemy heroes to stun them for 2 seconds. Stunned enemy units affected by Storm Hammer can take up to 320 damage. Doom can use Scorched Earth to deal more damage to stunned enemy heroes in team fights after his opponents are disabled by Storm Hammer. 

Sven can activate Warcry to provide Doom and his allies up to 22% movement speed and 15 bonus armor to them for 9 seconds. Warcry affects all allies in a radius of 700 and requires 45 mana to be used. Sven can use Warcry once every 20 seconds in the game. 

Teammates who choose Sven to fight along with Doom can cast his ulti, God’s Strength, to increase the attack damage of the melee hero. God’s Strength provides up to 200% attack damage to Sven. His ulti has a cooldown of 95 seconds and needs 200 mana to be used. 

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