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:, , , , , , , , , , , Disruptor, Underlord, Undying.

Tips

 * The necronomicons can easily feed the ennemy team be sure to have disables to protect them.
 * Good items in combination are:
 * Assault Cuirrass for the 30 attack speed aura, the Necronomicons have the lowest base attack time if the game so they benefit from it a lot. And also the aura armor double their physical resistance and amor reduction on enemies around.
 * Rod of Atos, Diffuser Blade's active or Hex for the movement slow, it will allow the Necronomicons to hit more often and burn more mana. You can also get a Skadi or Shiva to slow them but the range is reduced.
 * Vladimir's Offering will give lifesteal, 4 bonus armor and 15 % bonus damage.
 * Guardian Greaves or Mekansm to heal your Necronomicons, allies and yourself.
 * A Bloodthorn for the critical strike, True Strike and the silence applied on your target making it unable to use his abilites while burning down his remaining mana.
 * Solar Crest's active to reduce the armor of your ennemy and apply blind. You can also get a desolator.
 * An Octarine Core will allow to cast the Necronomicons more often to be sure to have them in every fight.
 * The Necronomicons are a good pick against an ennemy with a blademail because they take their own damage back and the Necronomicon warrior return 800 damages if it dies.
 * The Necronomicons are good against heroes dependent to mana.
 * You can use the Necronomicons to tank and destroy towers safely, be sure to not feed them.
 * With boots of travel 2 you can teleport directly to your Necronomicons on the map.

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.