Dota 2 Undying, The Almighty Dirge (Unranked All Pick)

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Published on May 18, 2023 8:41:48 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6KgqOFPtos

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Dota 2 (2013)

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• In DotA, his hero name was Dirge, and his hero title was Undying.
• Undying was originally an Intelligence hero. He became a Strength hero as he got reworked in the 6.58 gameplay patch. All his abilities, except Soul Rip got reworked. His old abilities are explained here.
• Undying makes several references to the "Left 4 Dead" series, saying names of special infected, campaign names, and even the title itself in his dialogue.
• One notable reference is Undying's line, "No dead are safe from Blueheart Bob."; this phrase is highly similar to the famous "Left 4 Dead" "Chicago Ted" graffiti line ("No zombie is safe from Chicago Ted").
• Undying refers to Bounty Hunter as a Hunter due to the Hunter in "Left 4 Dead" being able to ambush players, just like how Bounty Hunter can.
• Spirit Breaker is referred to as a Charger due to the Charger sprinting at other players and repeatedly stunning them, just like how Spirit Breaker can.
• Venomancer is referred to as a Spitter for its ability to spit acid at players, similar to Venomancer himself.
• Alchemist is referred to as a Jockey as the Jockey climbs on players and steers them, similar to how the Alchemist himself steers his Ogre.
• Undying also references the "Half Life" series in a rival line towards Tinker ("For Lamarr."). Dr. Kleiner, who shares his voice actor with Tinker, has a pet headcrab named Lamarr. Headcrabs are small, parasitic creatures that attach themselves to the head of their victims, after which the victims turn into zombies.
• Undying's taunt against Kunkka "Where is your ex-parrot?" is a reference to the famous Parrot Sketch from "Monty Python's Flying Circus".
• Undying's taunt against Invoker "Carl? Is that you?" is a reference to the 6.72's leaked changelog (which turned out to be a fake), where Invoker's name "Kael" was mistakenly translated into "Carl".
• A dirge is a sombre song of mourning or grieving, typically performed at a funeral.
• "Shop smart." is a reference to the "Army of Darkness" movie.


Lore: How long has it been since he lost his name? The torn ruin of his mind no longer knows.


Dimly he recalls armor and banners and grim-faced kin riding at his side. He remembers a battle: pain and fear as pale hands ripped him from his saddle. He remembers terror as they threw him into the yawning pit of the Dead God alongside his brothers, to hear the Dirge and be consumed into nothingness. In the darkness below, time left them. Thought left them. Sanity left them. Hunger, however, did not. They turned on each other with split fingernails and shattered teeth. Then it came: distant at first, a fragile note at the edge of perception, joined by another, then another, inescapable and unending. The chorus grew into a living wall of sound pulsing in his mind until no other thought survived. With the Dirge consuming him, he opened his arms to the Dead God and welcomed his obliteration. Yet destruction was not what he'd been chosen for. The Dead God demanded war. In the belly of the great nothing, he was granted a new purpose: to spread the Dirge across the land, to rally the sleepless dead against the living. He was to become the Undying, the herald of the Dead God, to rise and fall and rise again whenever his body failed him. To trudge on through death unending, that the Dirge might never end.
Alias: Dirge
Voice Actor: Fred Tatasciore


Developer and Publisher: Valve
Designer: IceFrog
Writers: Marc Laidlaw, Ted Kosmatka, Kris Katz
Composer: Jason Hayes, Tim Larkin
Series: Defense of the Ancients
Engine: Source engine 2
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Linux, OSX
Release: Windows (July 9, 2013), Linux, OSX (July 18, 2013)
Genre: Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA)


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