Azmodan Build Guide “I shall rule alone!”

Azmodan is a caster that revels in long-range assaults and sieging. Defined by his abnormally large Health pool and Globe of Annihilation Ability, Azmodan is able to scale his damage output beyond that of most other Heroes. As a tradeoff, he has very limited options for crowd control and mobility.

Strengths

• High area of effect damage output potential and waveclear
• Outstanding survivability for a Ranged Assassin
• Excellent sieger, particularly when left alone

Weaknesses

• Large and relatively immobile; easy to body block
• Very vulnerable to interruption
• Limited team fight utility beyond raw damage; no crowd control

Greed Build

Recommended

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The Greed build focuses primarily on split pushing through the use of Azmodan's minions and heroic ability. Demonic Invasion does significant siege damage and can be used behind turrets directly onto a keep or fort and can slowly demolish them throughout the game. With the talents buffing Azmodan's All Shall Burn, he can provide some good teamfight presence as well.

Gluttony Build

Situational

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The Gluttony exploits the synergy between the aforementioned Talent, Art of Chaos, Total Annihilation, and Pride, which are notable for making Globe of Annihilation powerful at all stages of the game. The rest of the build seeks to improves Summon Demon Warrior. Although inherently weak, Demon Warriors become significantly more useful with the key Hellforged Armor and Brutish Vanguard Talents.

ARAM Build

ARAM

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Azmodan's ARAM build is similar to the Gluttony Build and sees no changes in terms of playstyle. Spam Globe of Annhilation until you win the game.

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Azmodan synergizes with

Azmodan's dependency on stacking up Annihilation makes him particularly effective with Heroes that can "cook up" Minion waves for him to last-hit. Otherwise, he works well with anyone that provides reliable crowd control, particularly over an area of effect. Since Azmodan's early-game presence tends to be limited, avoid picking him along other lacklustre early-game Heroes such as Abathur or Murky.

Azmodan is countered by

Given his reliance upon channeling, as both Globe of Annihilation and All Shall Burn are put on a full Cooldown after interruption, Azmodan is naturally countered by Heroes that provide reliable means of Stunning or Silencing him. His tendency to split push also leaves him vulnerable to aggressive gankers, especially due to his large collision that makes him easy to hit and body block.

Azmodan's stronger maps

Azmodan's average maps

Azmodan's weaker maps

Azmodan revels on Maps that are either very large or very small; this is due to his broadly different play styles. Small, three-Lane Maps are generally good for Annihilation stacking, whereas larger Maps promote split pushing styles. Regardless, Azmodan can work on most Maps, granted you adapt your strategy.

• Cast Demon Lieutenant whenever it is off-Cooldown; prioritise empty lanes with plenty of Minions, as the Ability has global range.
• Communicate to your allies that you intend on stacking up Globe of Annihilation on a given Minion wave through Pings so that they may help you out or hold back on waveclearing.
• The area of effect damage effect provided by Summon Demon Warrior can be helpful for stacking up Globe of Annihilation as well.
• Keep track of enemy crowd control so that Globe of Annihilation and All Shall Burn are not interrupted.

Once classified as a Specialist, Azmodan has always been closer to his new Ranged Assassin role. Following the rework, your primary goal remains to inflict damage to whatever is in sight. The main difference between Azmodan and most regular Assassins, however, is that the majority of his damage can be countered or otherwise avoided in one way or another. The trade-off for this weakness is that all of his Abilities double up as very effective sieging tools. As such, Azmodan players are expected to have a solid grasp on game flow, so as to know when to contribute to skirmishes and team fights, and when to capitalise on isolation to deal important Structural damage.

In general, Azmodan does well against team compositions that lack hard-engages. His very large Health pool and the threat of his Summon Demon Warrior and All Shall Burn make him hard to assassinate, unlike most damage dealers.

The early game should be dedicated to gathering Globe of Annihilation stacks and passively pushing. As Tide of Sin becomes available, Azmodan becomes significantly more threatening in team fights. Do not neglect participating in them even if it might cost you a few Minion kills.