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Necrophos build & guide (7.41)

Damages enemies and heals allies simultaneously

Necrophos Offlane build

Divine – Immortal · 49.5% win rate · 8,857 matches · Tier B · Sep 11 – Sep 17

Skill order

Skill priority Death Pulse › Heartstopper Aura › Ghost Shroud

Reaper's Scythe at 6, 12 and 18

  1. Level 1: Death Pulse
  2. Level 2: Heartstopper Aura
  3. Level 3: Death Pulse
  4. Level 4: Ghost Shroud
  5. Level 5: Death Pulse
  6. Level 6: Reaper's Scythe
  7. Level 7: Death Pulse
  8. Level 8: Heartstopper Aura
  9. Level 9: Heartstopper Aura
  10. Level 10: Heartstopper Aura
  11. Level 11: Sadist Stack Duration (talent)
  12. Level 12: Ghost Shroud
  13. Level 13: Reaper's Scythe
  14. Level 14: Ghost Shroud
  15. Level 15: Ghost Shroud
  16. Level 16: Death Pulse Heal (talent)
  17. Level 18: Reaper's Scythe
  18. Level 20: +75 Spell Area of Effect (talent)
  19. Level 25: Death Pulse Cooldown (talent)

Items

Starting items

  • Iron Branch 83% pick · 50.5% win rate
  • Tango 70% pick · 49.9% win rate
  • Circlet 70% pick · 50.5% win rate
  • Faerie Fire 55% pick · 51.2% win rate
  • Magic Stick 49% pick · 50.3% win rate

Early game

  • Magic Wand 4 min · 80% pick · 50.4% win rate
  • Bracer 3 min · 46% pick · 50.3% win rate
  • Null Talisman 3 min · 41% pick · 49.7% win rate

Boots

  • Boots of Travel 20 min · 89% pick · 56.4% win rate
  • Boots of Travel 2 43 min · 8% pick · 71.1% win rate
  • Phase Boots 9 min · 7% pick · 49.7% win rate

Core build

  • Radiance 16 min · 87% pick · 51.7% win rate
  • Consecrated Wraps 21 min · 44% pick · 53.2% win rate
  • Black King Bar 33 min · 27% pick · 51.3% win rate
  • Heart of Tarrasque 33 min · 45% pick · 67.3% win rate
  • Shiva's Guard 34 min · 32% pick · 66.3% win rate

Situational

  • Lotus Orb 29 min · 23% pick · 53.8% win rate
  • Aghanim's Shard 20 min · 13% pick · 50.8% win rate
  • Manta Style 27 min · 13% pick · 61.1% win rate
  • Blink Dagger 30 min · 10% pick · 56.4% win rate
  • Aghanim's Blessing 48 min · 7% pick · 65.4% win rate
  • Kaya and Sange 31 min · 6% pick · 60.8% win rate

Late game

  • Eul's Scepter of Divinity 3/10 games
  • Aghanim's Scepter 2/10 games
  • Ghost Scepter 2/10 games

Talents

  • Level 25: Reaper's Scythe Damage Per Missing HP – win rate or Death Pulse Cooldown 65.6% win rate
  • Level 20: Heartstopper Regen Reduction 61% pick · 56.5% win rate or +75 Spell Area of Effect 39% pick · 60.2% win rate
  • Level 15: Death Pulse Heal 60% pick · 53.0% win rate or Ghost Shroud Movement Slow 40% pick · 52.8% win rate
  • Level 10: Sadist Stack Duration 72% pick · 51.4% win rate or Ghost Shroud Cooldown 28% pick · 48.2% win rate

Matchups

Strong against

  • Meepo +8.3% advantage · 51.9% win rate · 243 games
  • Huskar +6.1% advantage · 60.4% win rate · 528 games
  • Omniknight +5.3% advantage · 51.9% win rate · 424 games
  • Abaddon +4.8% advantage · 53.1% win rate · 510 games
  • Slardar +4.5% advantage · 56.4% win rate · 1,138 games
  • Wraith King +4.1% advantage · 50.8% win rate · 1,914 games

Weak against

  • Medusa -6.4% advantage · 43.3% win rate · 365 games
  • Muerta -5.9% advantage · 46.7% win rate · 1,322 games
  • Pugna -5.6% advantage · 42.2% win rate · 680 games
  • Ancient Apparition -5.2% advantage · 45.3% win rate · 528 games
  • Death Prophet -4.5% advantage · 45.1% win rate · 779 games
  • Keeper of the Light -4.5% advantage · 43.6% win rate · 780 games

Builds from 13,863 parsed games

Necrophos counters & matchups

  • Strength: 18 +2.3
  • Agility: 12 +1.3
  • Intelligence: 23 +2.7
  • Damage: 49–53
  • Armor: 4
  • Move speed: 280
  • Attack range: 500

Necrophos abilities

Death Pulse

Necrophos releases a wave of death around him, dealing damage to enemy units and healing allied units.

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.

Heartstopper Aura

Necrophos stills the hearts of his opponents, causing nearby enemy units to lose a percentage of their max health over time.

Aghanim's Scepter: Heartstopper Aura's Health Decay is increased by 50% of Necrophos's current health regeneration.

Death Seeker

Necrophos turns into a large Death Pulse towards the target unit's position. Once it arrives to the location, the Death Pulse spreads towards nearby enemies and allies.

Sadist

Necrophos gains stacking regen for 8 seconds for each unit he kills. Hero kills multiply the effect.

Reaper's Scythe

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.

Wherever Necrophos goes, enemies wither as allies thrive. Restoring health to his friends and harming enemies with each death pulse, once his very presence has eaten away at an enemy, he summons the reaper to lengthen their stay in the afterlife.