Necronomicon

The Necronomicon is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Caster. It can be upgraded by purchasing the recipe again.

Additional information

 * Upgrading the item improves its stats and strengthens the summons from Demonic Summoning. Can be upgraded twice.
 * The total gold cost for each level is //.
 * One Necronomicon grants the following on each level:
 * Level 1: health,  health regeneration,  mana,  mana regeneration and % spell damage (and  attack damage to  strength heroes, or  attack damage to  intelligence heroes).
 * Level 2: health,  health regeneration,  mana,  mana regeneration and % spell damage (and  attack damage to  strength heroes, or  attack damage to  intelligence heroes).
 * Level 3: health,  health regeneration,  mana,  mana regeneration and % spell damage (and  attack damage to  strength heroes, or  attack damage to  intelligence heroes).

Recommended heroes
- Heroes whose default item build includes Necronomicon as a core item:.

- Heroes whose default item build includes Necronomicon as a situational item:, , , , , , , , , , , ,.

Tips

 * The Necronomicons can easily feed the enemy, so make sure to use them carefully.
 * Necronomicon is a good pick against an enemy with a because they take their own damage back and the Necronomicon Warrior returns 800 damage if it dies.
 * Necronomicon is a good pick against an enemy with invisibility because when upgraded to maximum level, it can give True Sight over them.
 * Necronomicon is good against mana-dependent heroes.
 * You can use the Necronomicons to tank and destroy towers safely, but be careful not to feed enemy heroes with them.

Items synergy

 * : for the attack speed aura, as the Necronomicons have one of the lowest base attack times in the game so they benefit from it a lot. In addition, the armor aura doubles their physical damage resistance and it reduces the armor of enemies around.
 * , 's Purge or 's Hex for the movement slow, allowing the Necronomicons to hit more often and burn more mana. Situationally, you can also get an or  to slow them.
 * : will silence your ennemy while you are burning his mana.
 * : gives lifesteal, 4 bonus armor and 15% bonus damage.
 * or to heal your Necronomicons, allies and yourself.
 * : for the critical strike, True Strike and the silence applied on your target making it unable to use his abilities while burning down his remaining mana.
 * 's active to reduce the armor of your enemy and apply blind. You can also get a.
 * : allows casting the Necronomicons more often, making sure to have them in every fight.
 * : you can teleport directly to your Necronomicons on the map but you can also invoke them near a creep wave to split push.

Trivia

 * This item is based on the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire created by horror author H. P. Lovecraft. The summoning ability of the item is similar to the original book's role in summoning the ancient cosmic Old Ones in Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.