Ability
Death Pulse
Necrophos releases a wave of death around him, dealing damage to enemy units and healing allied units.
↻ 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 sec.Mana 115 / 130 / 145 / 160
Necrophos
Abilities, roles and builds with an explanation for every purchase.
HERO GAME PLANWhat I want to do in the game
I prolong the engagement, heal after last hits, and finish a dangerous target with Reaper’s Scythe.
Necrophos brings life to friends and death to enemies. Each death pulse heals allies and harms foes, wearing enemies down through his presence alone. Necrophos can also summon the reaper to keep a victim in the afterlife for longer.
Abilities at hand
01 / ROLE IN THE TEAM
A pick is not a plan yet.
My recommendation is a starting point. We choose another position together with the team and for its needs.
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Offlane · position 3
Initial recommendationMy resource is the team's space: I hold the lane and build for initiation or team protection.
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Mid · position 2
Levels, lane control and joining the team at the right moment matter.
02 / ITEMS FOR A PURPOSE
What I buy and why.
This is an editorial starting plan based on hero mechanics. It is not presented as a match I have already tested or a popularity ranking.
Offlane · position 3
My starting plan
Here is my initial plan: I do my role's job first, then choose the items the team needs. I adapt the order and expensive purchases to the opponent.
01 / First stepBoots of SpeedAn inexpensive first step towards the speed you need. I choose the upgrade based on my role and the match’s needs.
02 / FoundationWind LaceAdds movement speed cheaply when positioning matters more than an immediate expensive purchase.
03 / FoundationRadianceSpeeds up farming and pressures nearby enemies with constant damage; an expensive investment that needs time to pay off.
04 / Next choiceKaya and SangeStrengthens a magic damage build and adds survivability for longer engagements.
05 / Next choiceShiva's GuardAdds armor and pressure in an area, helping limit the enemy’s health restoration.
What I change for the situation 3 options
Pipe of Insight ↗Provides team protection against substantial magical damage.
Black King Bar ↗Provides a window for my actions against eligible magical damage and disables. I check effects that pierce the protection.
Lotus Orb ↗Lets me remove an eligible negative effect and complicates the opponent's targeted focus.
I see the minute on the clock. And the situation too.
I do not assign one ‘correct’ minute to every purchase. I look at my gold, the next fight and the problem: am I missing mana, target access, control or protection? If an expensive slot will arrive too late, I get a useful answer earlier.
03 / HERO ABILITIES
Abilities. As in the game.
Original Valve icons and descriptions. Cooldowns and mana are shown by level from the data snapshot; talents and upgrades can change the values.
Ability
Ghost Shroud
Necrophos slips into the realm that separates the living from the dead. Unable to attack or be attacked, he emits an aura that slows enemies around him. He takes additional magic damage in this form, but his restorative powers are amplified.
↻ 28 / 24 / 20 / 16 sec.Mana 75
Ability
Heartstopper Aura
Necrophos stills the hearts of his opponents, causing nearby enemy units to lose a percentage of their max health over time.
Details and upgrades
Necrophos stills the hearts of his opponents, causing nearby enemy units to lose a percentage of their max health over time.
Aghanim’s Scepter
Adds 50% of the owner’s current health regeneration to the health reduction.
Ability
Reaper's Scythe
Stuns the selected enemy hero, then deals damage proportional to its missing health.
↻ 100 sec.Mana 250 / 375 / 500
Details
Stuns the target enemy hero, then deals damage based on how much life it is missing. If Necrophos kills an enemy this way, he'll permanently gain Health and Mana Regen. Any kill under this effect is credited to Necrophos.
Innates, upgrades and other forms2 abilities +
These abilities are not necessarily available at the same time. I check the condition beside the name: innate ability, another form or an Aghanim purchase.
From Aghanim’s Shard
Death Seeker
The hero becomes a large projectile travelling towards the selected unit's location. On arrival, it casts Death Pulse on nearby enemies and allies.
Full description
The hero becomes a large projectile travelling towards the selected unit's location. On arrival, it casts Death Pulse on nearby enemies and allies.
Innate
Sadist
Necrophos gains stacking regen for 8 seconds for each unit he kills. Hero kills multiply the effect.
Full description
Necrophos gains stacking regen for 8 seconds for each unit he kills. Hero kills multiply the effect.
Valve base stats +
- Health · base
- 516
- Mana · base
- 351
- Damage · Valve field
- 49–53
- Armour · Valve field
- 4
- Movement speed
- 280
- Attack range
- 500
- Strength · base / gain
- 18 / 2.3
- Agility · base / gain
- 12 / 1.3
- Intelligence · base / gain
- 23 / 2.7
These are fields from the official source. The hero's final values in the client account for attributes and other active mechanics.
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One hero. Many decisions.
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