Necronomicon

The Necronomicon was an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Magical. It can be upgraded by purchasing the recipe again.

Additional Information

 * Upgrading the item improves its stats and strengthens the summons from . Can be upgraded twice.
 * The total gold cost for each level is //.

Recommended Heroes
In general, Necronomicon is best bought by strength or intelligence heroes who have abilities that synergize with the Necronomicon summons.


 * Heroes who have creep-compatible auras.
 * 's aura boosts the attack speed of all his summons, and he commonly builds more items to improve his.
 * gives a long-duration haste, as well as providing a critical strike aura.
 * Heroes who control a lot of units.
 * has no innate auras, but she can collect more Neutral creeps than any other single hero to gain many auras, and in the late game can control even Ancient Creeps, which work well with the Necronomicon units.
 * have massed to gain a better push force and benefit from summon auras.
 * is able to effectively increase the number of melee creeps in a lane to push it, and the summons can help speed up that push by clearing the wave and improving the move and attack speed of all the units.
 * can at times have dozens of and  under her control, and the necronomicon units are an effective way of speeding up her pushing power, or to burn mana with  from her targets to protect her fragile summons from radius-based spells.


 * Heroes with a castable attack speed buff. The has a very low base attack time, only 0.75. There are few ways to grant it bonus attack speed, but they are very effective in increasing his mana burn potential.
 * can cast on the warrior, and slow a target to provide lots of time for the summons to  all of a target's mana.
 * 's passive ability allows him to chase targets, and increases the attack speed and move speed of allied units attacking the same target. It also provides him with a second reliable carrier of.


 * Heroes who have channeled disables, or otherwise have spells that disable the caster.
 * can increase the damage output of his with Necronomicon units. While he grips a target enemy, the 's  will further drain mana and deal more damage along with the.
 * and both specialize in summoning powerful units with their ultimates, then channeling a disable to allow their summon to deal damage. Necronomicon provides another summon to use when their ultimate is on cooldown, or synergizes with their ultimate.
 * can control summons while casting, increasing the danger to enemies who try to attack the Phoenix Sun.


 * Heroes who have damage amplification spells, but lack damage themselves.
 * has a powerful damage amplification and multiple disables. He has the rare ability to create illusions of enemy heroes, which may in turn provide auras for necro units, as well as taking advantage of.
 * With the 2 summons and the 2 illusions spawned by, it's possible to bodyblock a trapped enemy in all four cardinal directions, effectively trapping most heroes until one of the units is killed.


 * Heroes with powerful Damage Over Time or slowing spells
 * and gain from Necronomicon units the ability to ensure that a fleeing enemy won't have enough mana to  back to the fountain before their ultimate kills them, and their slowing spells greatly increase the amount of damage and mana burn that the summons can perform.
 * 's triggers from attacks made by the Necronomicon units.


 * Heroes who can take advantage of multiple synergies.
 * can collect ancient creeps to buff Necronomicon, and can use on enemy heroes to significantly amplify the attack speed of Necronomicon units.
 * provides a hasting aura to his own summons when is active, stacking well with . Using, he can gain an aura to improve the summons further, and In the late game, he can Devour , allowing him to cast  and provide  to the summons.
 * is able to summon the units after, increasing the power of a relocate gank. Additionally, if no ally needs the , Io can the  for bonus attack speed.
 * has potentially strong kit for Necronomicon. provides  with bonus damage and attack speed,  can reduce the armor of enemies, increasing the damage of both Necronomicon units, and he has multiple strong slows and disable to provide more time to kill off targets.


 * Some heroes have unique synergies with Necronomicon.
 * is unique in that he can summon two sets of units with a single book by using his . Additionally, it extends the effective time of the double, as the summons live twice as long as the double.
 * Additionally, his other spells provide exceptionally strong slows to prevent escapes.
 * has a kit that synergizes in many ways with Necronomicon.
 * can be cast upon the to reduce its ability's cooldown.
 * can be aimed to push a target next to the summons, and provide a debuff making it harder for the target to kill the summoned units.
 * 's flying vision synergizes well with Necronomicon for dewarding purposes, and provides him a way to burn through a target's mana during his lengthy silence and slow.
 * 's spells amplify the Necronomicon Warrior. With and,  becomes an exceptionally dangerous summon.
 * 's reduces the cooldown of Necronomicon, making the item more efficient on him as it has lesser downtime compared to other heros.
 * Because a lot of Necronomicon's value is in its summons, many of the above heroes gain synergy with the item even if it was purchased by another hero. In addition, some heroes are poor carriers of the item, but benefit a lot from having the item on their team.

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.
 * The coloration of the two units may be a reference to the Japanese tradition of Oni being either Red or Blue, with the Red Oni traditionally more aggressive, emotional, and extroverted, while Blue Oni are traditionally more serene, intellectual, and introverted.

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