Globe
Pro
fastest 400 annihilation and therefore access to pride. 16min average for me.
Perma push all 3 lanes. Impossible to push while he is alive even with objectives.
Wipe out 2/3rds of an assassin’s hp in one shot, getting them within burst range of your allies’s bursts.
Con
Worthless against tanks and healers.
Can’t take out forts or core.
Can’t merc until lategame because mercs cost too much annihilation.
Demon
Pro
Take out all tier 1 forts really quickly
Can solo kill the core really quickly
Can solo kill boss, slowly
Can force tanks to flee because tanks can’t tank 3 demons at once.
Sin’s Grasp is excellent teamfight kill facilitator.
Can merc since annihilation doesn’t matter
Can chip away at tier 2 forts every time demon invasion cds
Con
Can’t generate annihilation for crap. Pride is out the window.
Tanks can dodge your damage output simply by moving away cause Demon AI is dumb
Can’t solo tier 2 forts cause you’ll get ganked. So only tier 1s.
Globe ain’t worth jack in a team fight.
Guy who times his CC against your laser = you worthless.
Demon Invasion does jack in a teamfight.
Which is better? After playing both a lot, i can’t seem to deem a winner.
Both perform just fine, empowered demons emitting fire damage is no joke. Every choice is valid for a specific situation. I’ve played him sufficiently to make a case for a certain build but I’m not big for these kinds of generalist discussions.
It all depends on what role you’re aiming at; brute force, overwhelming a keep and avoiding the enemy as much as possible, backline harasser or split pressure where you win through map presence. He does it all very well, but sadly you’re limited to only one thing.
I tend to think of Azmodan builds as a choice between basic attacks and laser beams. (Granted, laser beams do take just about every possible demon talent available.) Once in a while I’ll go all orb, if there’s like a Samuro and a Vikings or something odd like this, but even then it always feels anemic and I wish I had my Wrath back.
Globe → If my team need a burst mage / poke
Demon/Laser → If ^ is covered and we need more push power.
Globe (Q) build is objectively better than Demon (W).
But there are situations (like QM/low mmr games) where going Demon can cheese a victory.
Pick the one which makes you win.
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I think it’s fair to say that Azmodan is a global demon and a demonic globe.
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So why master/dia+ player picks demon version more often than globe version? https://www.heroesprofile.com/Global/Talents/?hero=Azmodan&timeframe_type=minor&timeframe=2.55.2.88122&type=win_rate&game_type=sl&league_tier=master,diamond&mirror=Exclude
Don’t get me wrong I don’t say globe version is bad or sth., but I am interesting to know why do you think your statement is true. Except Siegebreaker at 20, but all demon/laser talents are more popular than globe talents. The only globe talent that is still most popular it’s pride, but I would say it doesn’t have anything to do with globe being better, but it’s just Pride and it’s easy for good players to complete the quest.