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Necrophos
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Necrophos
18 + 2.3
12 + 1.3
23 + 2.7
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
| +50.6HP and +0.23HP regeneration | |
| +0.22 armor and 1.3 attack speed | |
| +32.4MP and +0.135MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance +2.7 Main Attack Damage | |
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1200 Projectile Speed
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100 (112)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.3 + 0.47
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0.6
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Ethereal
Gib Type | ||
2010-11-01
Released | ||
2004-10-22
(2.60) | ||
Competitive Span
2010-10-01 — 2016-12-12 2016-12-20 — Present | ||
Version Control This article is mostly accurate for 7.41b, the last version this hero was changed in. New interactions that emerged in following patches may have not yet been accounted for. |
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"Necro" redirects here. For other uses, see Necro (Disambiguation)
| Damages enemies and heals allies simultaneously. | |
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| Sentenced to a slow death by plague, the corrupt cardinal Rotund'jere instead found himself infected, but miraculously immune. Proclaiming himself the Necrophos, he set out to spread disease far and wide. Cloaked in a Ghost Shroud, the cardinal's ethereal presence chills his surroundings, while those who wander too close, seemingly Seeking Death, are struck by waves of Deadly Pulses. The most afflicted are often the first to die. Once his very presence has slowly Stopped their Hearts, he culls the infirm with a single swing of the Reaper's Scythe, permanently boosting his own regeneration. Wherever Necrophos goes, enemies wither as allies thrive. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | Bearded, Green, Undead, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Bio
[edit]Behold the Pope of Pestilence.▶️Rotund'jere, the Necrophos
Alias:
Rotundjere
Lore:
In a time of great plague, an obscure monk of dark inclinations, one Rotund'jere, found himself promoted to the rank of Cardinal by the swift death of all his superiors. While others of the order went out to succor the ill, the newly ordained cardinal secluded himself within the Cathedral of Rumusque, busily scheming to acquire the property of dying nobles, promising them spiritual rewards if they signed over their terrestrial domains. As the plague receded to a few stubborn pockets, his behavior came to the attention of the greater order, which found him guilty of heresy and sentenced him to serve in the plague ward, ensorcelled with spells that would ensure him a slow and lingering illness. But they had not counted on his natural immunity. Rotund'jere caught the pox, but instead of dying, found it feeding his power, transforming him into a veritable plague-mage, a Pope of Pestilence. Proclaiming himself the Necrophos, he travels the world, spreading plague wherever he goes, and growing in terrible power with every village his pestilential presence obliterates.
Voice:
Upgrades
[edit]Aghanim's
[edit]Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Grants bonus enemy max health loss per second based on Necrophos' actual current health regeneration values.
Grants the Death Seeker ability.
Turns Necrophos into a large death projectile toward the unit-targeted enemy's location.
Necrophos rehabilitate himself upon arriving to the location.
Then, the affected enemy unit spreads a wave of Death Pulse corresponding of its level, dealing damage to enemy units and healing allied units.
Turns Necrophos into a large death projectile toward the unit-targeted enemy's location.
Necrophos rehabilitate himself upon arriving to the location.
Then, the affected enemy unit spreads a wave of Death Pulse corresponding of its level, dealing damage to enemy units and healing allied units.
Talents
[edit]| -2.5s Death Pulse Cooldown | 25 | +0.3 Reaper's Scythe Damage per Missing Health |
|---|---|---|
| +20% Heartstopper Aura Health Regen Reduction | 20 | +75 |
| +60 Death Pulse Heal | 15 | +15% Ghost Shroud Move Speed Slow |
| +2s Sadist Stack Duration | 10 | -2.5 Ghost Shroud Cooldown |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Sadist
[edit] Sadist 
Passive
Affects
Self
Grants self a bonus health regeneration and bonus mana regeneration stack for a duration per enemy hero kill.
Stack per Kill: 6
Health Regen Bonus: 
3.7
Mana Regen Bonus: 
3.7
Duration: 8 (
10)
Creep kills and denies grant a less effective stack.
Stack per Kill: 1
Innate Properties
The higher Necrophos' level, the greater the Sadist's regeneration values.
The higher Necrophos' level, the greater the Sadist's regeneration values.
Health Regen Bonus Increase: 
0.3
Mana Regen Bonus Increase: 0.3
necrolyte_sadist_counter- Grants stacks per kill credit to Necrophos, including from the following sources:
Denies
Reincarnation sources.
- Each stack places a new buff stack on Necrophos, with each buff duration independent of the other.
- Considers the following units as enemy hero kills:
- Meepo Clones.
- The Spirit Bear.
- Considers the following units as creep kills:
- Does not consider the following units as valid units:
- Grants stacks per kill credit to Necrophos, including from the following sources:
Does not bestow current stacks.
Other ability components are fully functional.
Other ability components are fully functional.
Disables the buff stack gain.
However, existing stacks are not removed.
However, existing stacks are not removed.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATHSadist: Regenerating x health and x mana a second.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_HEALTH_REGEN_CONSTANTMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MANA_REGEN_CONSTANTHero Model
[edit]Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Tap on the 
innate abilities for more details.
Abilities
[edit]Death Pulse
[edit]Releases a wave of death around Necrophos, dealing damage to enemy units and healing allied units.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.77
Search Radius: 
500 (
575)
Projectile Speed: 400
Damage: 100/160/220/280
Heal: 
70/90/110/130 (
130/150/170/190)
8/7/6/5 (
5.5/4.5/3.5/2.5)
115/130/145/160
Poor souls who succumb to Rotund'jere's plagues are recycled for future use.
- Affects the following units:
Fogged units.
Invisible units.
- Does not affect the following units:
Hidden units.
Invulnerable units.
Both abilities have independent
- All projectile travels to allied
Couriers, but does not heal them.
- All projectile travels to allied
Ghost Shroud
[edit]No / Aura
Affects
Self / Enemy Units
Turns Necrophos ethereal, and emits a movement speed slow aura that affects enemy units around him.
Cast Animation: 
0 + 0
Slow Radius: 700 ( 775)
Move Speed Slow: 16%/19%/22%/25% (
31%/34%/37%/40%)
Duration: 3/3.5/4/4.5
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Reduces Necrophos' magic resistance while turning ethereal. However, his health-related and mana-related restorative powers are all amplified.
Magic Resist Reduction: 20%
All Self Restoration Factor: 1.55/1.65/1.75/1.85
Ethereal Duration: 3/3.5/4/4.5
28/24/20/16 (
25.5/21.5/17.5/13.5)
75
Rotund'jere uses the souls of his victims as bridge from life to afterlife.
- Creates an
aura with two main components upon cast centered around Necrophos for the entire duration:
Movement speed slow.
- Attack immune
Disarm
Ethereal, granting 100%
physical damage resistance as a secondary effect.
- Multiple ethereal-based
magic resistance reduction sources do not stack, the higher multiplier takes precedence.
- However, it stacks multiplicatively with other magic resistance sources.
- Multiple ethereal-based
- The following incoming restoration sources stack diminishingly with similar effects:
- The following sources stack additively with similar effects:
Mana restore amplification sources.
- The following incoming restoration sources stack diminishingly with similar effects:
Ghost Shroud: Slowing nearby enemies and amplifying your healing while taking increased magic damage.
MODIFIER_STATE_DISARMEDMODIFIER_STATE_ATTACK_IMMUNEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_INVISIBILITY_LEVELMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_CONSTANTMODIFIER_PROPERTY_HEAL_AMPLIFY_PERCENTAGE_TARGETMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MP_REGEN_AMPLIFY_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MP_RESTORE_AMPLIFY_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MAGICAL_RESISTANCE_DECREPIFY_UNIQUEMODIFIER_ABSOLUTE_NO_DAMAGE_PHYSICALMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_STATE_CHANGEDMODIFIER_PROPERTY_RESTORATION_AMPLIFICATIONGhost Shroud: Slowed x% by Necrophos' Ghost Shroud.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_HEAL_AMPLIFY_PERCENTAGE_TARGETMODIFIER_PROPERTY_HP_REGEN_AMPLIFY_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_LIFESTEAL_AMPLIFY_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_SPELL_LIFESTEAL_AMPLIFY_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MP_REGEN_AMPLIFY_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MP_RESTORE_AMPLIFY_PERCENTAGE- Necrophos now has
10% + 0.02% × ΣIntmagic resistance.
- Necrophos now has
Heartstopper Aura
[edit]E
I
Heartstopper AuraCauses nearby enemy units to lose a percentage of their max health over time.
Aura Radius: 700 ( 775)
Max Health Lost per Second: 0.8%/1.3%/1.8%/2.3%
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Health Regen Reduction: (
20%)
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Grants bonus enemy max health loss per second based on Necrophos' actual current health regeneration values.
Grants bonus enemy max health loss per second based on Necrophos' actual current health regeneration values.
Self Health Regen to Health Loss Bonus Factor: (
0.5)
Those who come within a short distance of Necrophos can feel pestilence and plague in the air.
necrolyte_heartstopper_aura_effect- Does not affect
ancient creeps.
- Utilizes
HP Removal to apply
magical
spell damage in 0.2-second intervals, and the damage per instance is defined as:
- EXPR
DmgInst = ( EnemyMaxHPLoss + (Self ΣActualHealthRegen × 0.5) ) × 0.2 - Hence, it does not proc on-damage effects.
- The first interval starts 0.2 seconds after learning the ability.
- Has the following damage flags:
- The debuff icon only appears on the affected enemy units' HUD when the affected unit has
vision over Necrophos.
- However, the floating damage numbers are always visible.
- The debuff icon only appears on the affected enemy units' HUD when the affected unit has
- The following sources immediately updates Heartstopper Aura's ability values:
- Leveling up the ability.
- Upon learning the following
- Upon acquiring the
- Does not affect
-
- The max
health loss bonus value corresponds to a factor of Necrophos' actual total
- Both flat and percentage-based
- Health regeneration manipulation sources.
- Both flat and percentage-based
- Hence, the following sources applied on Necrophos do not affect the
- Health freeze sources.
- The max
Heartstopper Aura
Heartstopper Aura: Losing a percentage of health every second while near Necrophos.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_HP_REGEN_AMPLIFY_PERCENTAGEDeath Seeker
[edit]Turns Necrophos into a large death projectile toward the unit-targeted enemy's location.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.6
Cast Range: 
750
First Projectile Speed: 900
Necrophos rehabilitate himself upon arriving to the location.
Then, the affected enemy unit spreads a wave of Death Pulse corresponding of its level, dealing damage to enemy units and healing allied units.
Then, the affected enemy unit spreads a wave of Death Pulse corresponding of its level, dealing damage to enemy units and healing allied units.
Search Radius: 500 ( 575)
Damage Factor: 1
Heal Factor: 1
19
160
This ability levels up with Death Pulse.
The Rumusque Faithful consider Necrophos to be more plague than person.
- Acquiring
Aghanim's Shard unlocks this ability in the fourth ability slot.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- Launches a 900-speed projectile upon cast.
- Applies a
disabling
forced movement that
stuns and moves Necrophos periodically with the projectile, utilizing the same
projectile speed upon cast.
- Can move over
impassable terrain and over
trees.
- Has the following additional properties:
- Applies a
- Applies the self-
- Applies the self-
- Applies the Death Pulse
- Can affect enemy units at max
- Releases Death Pulse projectiles of the corresponding level centered around the unit-targeted enemy
.
- Can affect enemy units at max
- All other ability effects affects the primary unit-targeted enemy
- Death Pulse is not released if the unit-targeted enemy is affected by the following sources upon projectile impact:
- Applies the Death Pulse
Proc Spell Block sources upon cast.
Releases Death Pulse of its correspondingly at the 
unit-targeted enemy's previous location.
Applies Death Pulse of its corresponding level when acquired.
Launches two 
projectiles simultaneously to both targets, Necrophos reappears next to the secondary target.
Requires drafting Death Pulse to unlock this ability.
On Hidden Entity
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNEDMODIFIER_STATE_INVULNERABLEMODIFIER_STATE_UNSELECTABLEMODIFIER_STATE_FROZENMODIFIER_STATE_OUT_OF_GAME- Directly uses Death Pulse's ability values, it does nothing if Death Pulse is not learned upon cast.
- Necrophos has the following reappear distances apart to the
collision size:
Distance
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Reaper's Scythe
[edit]Stuns the unit-targeted enemy hero, then deals damage based on per point of missing health of the affected unit.
Any kills under this effect is credited to Necrophos.
Any kills under this effect is credited to Necrophos.
Cast Animation: 0.45 + 1.5
Cast Range: 600
Damage per Missing Health: 0.7/0.8/0.9 (
1/1.1/1.2)
Stun Duration: 1.5
Grants permanent bonus health regeneration and mana regeneration each time Necrophos kills an enemy hero with Reaper's Scythe.
Health Regen Bonus per Kill: 1/2/3
Mana Regen Bonus per Kill: 1/2/3
100
250/375/500
The amount of death and suffering in the air increases the power of Necrophos's plague magic.
Has the following priorities among kill credit manipulation sources.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
necrolyte_reapers_scythe- All offensive incoming damage instances the debuff-affected enemy unit receives for the entire
- Not affected by
status resistance sources.
- Not affected by
- The following sources applied on the debuff-affected enemy unit at this point will not grant Necrophos the kill credit:
Forced kill sources.
- When affected by a
reflected Omnislash or Swiftslash. In the case of Swiftslash, it must still be occuring when the damage is dealt.
- All offensive incoming damage instances the debuff-affected enemy unit receives for the entire
- The
- Deals enough damage (before reductions) to kill the
- Damage-sharing sources (e.g. Fatal Bonds) shares one 0-damage instance per Reaper's Scythe cast.
- Deals enough damage (before reductions) to kill the
- Grants 1 permanent
- Considers
illusions and other
creep-heroes as heroes, and
clones as creeps. Still gives a stack upon a successful kill on a Meepo clone.
- The granted bonus values are not updated retroactively, and retain their values from when they were acquired.
- Grants 1 permanent
Reaper's Scythe: Permanently granting x HP regen and x mana regen from kills.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MANA_REGEN_CONSTANTMODIFIER_PROPERTY_HEALTH_REGEN_CONSTANTReaper's Scythe: Frozen in the face of the Reaper.
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNEDMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_TAKEDAMAGE_KILLCREDITRecent Matches
[edit]Main Article: Necrophos/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | Patch | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 8, 2026 - 14:00 CEST | Tier 3 | EPL Season 38 - June 8 | 0 : 1 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 7, 2026 - 16:00 CEST | Tier 1 | BLAST SLAM VII - Playoffs | 1 : 0 | 7.41 | |||||||
| June 7, 2026 - 13:30 CST | Showmatch | Immortal Cup S2 - Playoffs | 0 : 1 | 7.41b | |||||||
| June 6, 2026 - 14:00 CEST | Tier 3 | EPL Season 38 - June 6 | 1 : 0 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 6, 2026 - 13:00 CST | Showmatch | Immortal Cup S2 - Playoffs | 1 : 0 | 7.41b | |||||||
- Necrophos has won the following final matches in The International of the following years:
Recent Changes
[edit]Description
- Increased Death Seeker mana cost from 125 to 160.
- Sadist
- REMOVED the
Profane Potency ability component.
- This ability no longer levels up with Reaper's Scythe .
- Increased health regeneration bonus per unit kill from 3.5/5/6.5/8 to 3.7 + (0.3 * HeroLvl) .
- Increased mana regeneration bonus per unit kill from 3.5/5/6.5/8 to 3.7 + (0.3 * HeroLvl) .
- REMOVED the
- Ghost Shroud
- REMOVED the
Rapid Decay ability component.
- Increased all self restoration factor from 1.55/1.6/1.65/1.7 to 1.55/1.65/1.75/1.85.
- REMOVED the
Talents:
- LVL 20 +15% Ghost Shroud self restoration amplification ➜ +75 radius bonus.
- LVL 25 +0.5% Heartstopper Aura damage ➜ +0.3 Reaper's Scythe damage per missing health.
- Rescaled Ghost Shroud all self restoration factor from 1.45/1.55/1.65/1.75 to 1.55/1.6/1.65/1.7.
Dota Plus Progress
[edit]Main Article: Hero Challenges
Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.
| Necrophos's Relics | Voice Lines | |
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Mega Kill Streaks Kill Assists Kills |
Bronze |
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Silver |
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Gold |
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Platinum |
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Master |
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Grandmaster |
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Equipment
[edit]| Sets | |
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| Weapon | |
| Shoulder | |
| Legs | |
| Kinetic Gems | |
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Trivia
[edit]- ▶️ "My name is Lesion!" probably has to do with the Bible passage Mark (5:9), that reads in the NIV, "Then Jesus asked him, 'What is your name?' 'My name is Legion,' he replied, 'for we are many.'"
- ▶️ "You reap what you sow." might be from the Bible's passage Galatians (6:7) "Do not be deceived, God cannot be mocked. You reap what you sow."
- ▶️ "Red Death." may be a reference to the Edgar Allen Poe short story of the same name.
- ▶️ "Die young and leave a purulent corpse." is a reference to the James Dean quote: "Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse."
- ▶️ "Who can't be cured, must be endured." is a reference to Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy; "What cannot be cured must be endured."
- On the November 21, 2013 Patch, extra filters were added to Necrophos' voice, along with a 10% higher pitch, to make him sound more distinct from Warlock. However, (most likely) a typo caused his voice to be played at 10% pitch, instead of the desired 110% pitch, causing his voice to be much deeper and slower than intended.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Necrophos uses the ghostly Necromancer model of Kel'Thuzad, a campaign-only unit.
- On release, Necrophos' title was Necrophiliac. Upon realizing the sexual connotation, this was quickly changed to Necrolyte.
- Within the Warcraft universe, the Necrolytes are a type of Necromancer that use the dark energies of the Void.
- Necrolyte is a portmanteau of "nekros" (νεκρός), the Greek word for corpse, and acolyte, a religious attendant.
- On the November 21, 2013 Patch, his title was changed to Necrophos, likely to avoid copyright issues with "Blizzard Entertainment".
- "Necrophos" is a pun on the former title, as "phos" (φῶς) is the Greek word for light, and the homonym of Necrolyte is "Necrolight".
- Necrophos has a 1/10 chance to spawn in with the name "A Phoe Gyi", which is Burmese and translates to "an old guy.
- Necrophos uses the ghostly Necromancer model of Kel'Thuzad, a campaign-only unit.
Gallery
[edit]- Model
- Concept art
- Ability icon progress
- Hero icon progress
- Bone Harvest sprite - alive
- Bone Harvest sprite - dead