World of Warcraft:Dread Lord

Dread Lords are incredibly powerful demons who wield the powers of darkness and mental domination. These cunning, malefic beings once served as the demon Kil'jaeden's most trusted lieutenants. Yet, at Kil'jaeden's request, the vampiric Dread Lords were sent to watch over the Lich King Ner'zhul, and ensure that he carried out his orders to sow chaos in the mortal world. Though Dread Lords have been known to revel in the gore of single combat, they generally prefer to manipulate and beguile their enemies from the shadows.

 

Cost: 425 100 5 Attack Type: Hero Weapon Type: Normal Armor Type: Hero Cooldown: 1.8 Range: Melee

Primary Attribute: Strength Strength Bonus per Level: 2.5 Agility Bonus per Level: 1 Intelligence Bonus per Level: 2.5 Health Regeneration: Always Mana Regeneration: .01

Day Sight: 180 Night Sight: 80 Speed: Average (270) Build Time: 55 Transport Space Usage: 1 Production Hot Key: E

Level Attack (Ground/Air) Armor Strength Agility Intelligence Hit Points Mana 1 22-32 [27 avg]/None 3 20 16 18 600 270 2 24-34 [29 avg]/None 3 22 17 20 650 300 3 27-37 [32 avg]/None 3 25 18 23 725 345 4 29-39 [34 avg]/None 4 27 19 25 775 375 5 32-42 [37 avg]/None 4 30 20 28 850 420 6 34-44 [39 avg]/None 4 32 21 30 900 450 7 37-47 [42 avg]/None 5 35 22 33 975 495 8 39-49 [44 avg]/None 5 37 23 35 1025 525 9 42-52 [47 avg]/None 5 40 24 38 1100 570 10 44-54 [49 avg]/None 6 42 25 40 1150 600

Hero Names: Terrordar, Nerothos, Bleakill, Necros, Fearoth, Dethecus, Maldibion, Nochthitus, Balnazzar, Rashgarroth, Aramachus, Zilfallon, Lorthiras, Zenedar, Mullioch, Algammon, Banehallow, Ven'Gyr

The Dread Lord is a powerful and popular Hero. Typically most Undead players pick the Dread Lord as their first Hero followed by the Death Knight or Lich. All of his abilities are especially useful. The main reason players pick the Dread Lord first is for Sleep, which is useful against enemy Hero rushes and for disabling powerful Creeps for the early Creeping part of the game. The Vampiric Aura also heals Ghouls when they attack the Creeps and enemy units that do not have Spell Immunity. Vampiric Aura is very useful in team games. Carrion Swarm can be used to damage collections of units. Inferno is helpful for clearing trees and for summoning the powerful Infernal. Inferno can also be used to break the spell channeling of enemy Heroes.

While the Dread Lord has a melee attack he isn't the best melee fighter. It's better to keep the Dread Lord away from combat when facing large opposition. Also, be sure to run away if attacked. It's best to give caster items to the Dread Lord rather than melee items but melee items can help.

Dread Lord Counters
Use the Demon Hunter's Mana Burn, surround and kill with melee units, or use ranged units with focused fire.