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Book of the Dead is a Tier 5 neutral item dropped by neutral creeps.

Book of the Dead
Book of the Dead icon
A record of the final reckoning. With one page torn out.
Tier 5 Neutral Item
Active Greater Demonic Summoning
Bonus ? +25 Strength
+25 Intelligence
Shareable No
Usage Alert ? No
Drop Rate 10% (Ancient Camps 30%)
Availability 60:00 (30:00) game-time
Recipe
Book of the Dead

Additional Information[]

Ability[]

Greater Demonic Summoning
Ability
No Target
Summons 4 level 3 Necronomicon Units that last 75 seconds. Units have 100% more health and 75% more damage.
Number of Warriors: 2
Number of Archers: 2
Bonus Health: 100%
Bonus Attack Damage: 75%
Duration: 75
Cooldown symbol
 80
Mana symbol
 0
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_demonicon_bonus
Undispellable
modifier_kill
Death

  • Interrupts the caster's channeling abilities upon cast.
  • The summons always spawn in front of the caster.
  • Recasting this with the same Book of the Dead replaces the summons from the previous cast, no matter under whose control they are.
    • However, recasting it with a second Book of the Dead (stolen from the enemy or copied by a Tempest Double minimap icon Tempest Double) creates new summons.


Summons[]

Necronomicon Warrior[]

Necronomicon Warrior
Necronomicon Warrior 3 model
Summoned Creep
1800
+5
This unit has no mana.
Level 5
Duration Ability Duration 60
Armor Armor 4
Magic Resistance 40%
Status Resistance 0
Attack Damage Default
147.5 ‒ 162.5
Attack Range Melee 100
Acquisition Range 500
Attack Speed 1.4/1.43/1.45 attack(s) per second. 105/107/109 • 0.75s BAT
Attack Animation 0.56+0.44
Projectile Speed Instant
Move Speed 370/375/380 (100)
Turn Rate Takes 0.209s to turn 180°. 0.5
Collision Size 36
Bound Radius 16
Vision Range (G) 1500800
Bounty Gold 150
Experience 150 + 150/min
Abilities

L3
Mana Break (Necronomicon Warrior) icon Mana Break
Last Will (Necronomicon Warrior) icon Last Will
True Sight (Necronomicon Warrior) icon True Sight

Mana Break
Can be used by illusions. Disabled by Break. Does not pierce debuff immunity.
Mana Break (Necronomicon Warrior) icon
Ability
Passive
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Physical
Mana burned per hit, a portion of which is dealt as damage.
Mana Burned per Hit: 50
Burned Mana as Damage: 50%
Does not pierce debuff immunity.
Does not affect debuff immune units at all.
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_necronomicon_warrior_mana_burn
Undispellable

  • Burned mana as damage is considered as a conditional attack damage bonus.
    • Although the attack damage bonus values are not displayed in the HUD, it is still considered and directly added to Anti-Mage's attack damage.
    • The attack damage bonus values are not considered by the following sources:
      • Critical strike sources.
      • Mana loss manipulation sources, despite burning less mana and the affected target losing less mana.
    • However, it is considered by lifesteal and cleave, and it can be reduced only by flat reductions (e.g. damage block).
    • Since it is considered bonus attack damage, it is not affected by percentage-based attack damage bonuses or reductions.
  • Effectively increases the warrior's attack damage by 15/20/25 against units which have enough mana to burn.
  • Applies the mana loss first, and then the damage.
  • Works against allied units when attacking them.


Last Will
Disabled by Break. Does not pierce debuff immunity.
Last Will (Necronomicon Warrior) icon
Ability
Passive
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Deals damage to the unit that kills the Necronomicon Warrior.
Damage: 800
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_necronomicon_warrior_last_will
Undispellable

  • Does not affect allied units, so it can be denied without taking damage.
  • The distance between the Necronomicon Warrrior and the killing unit does not matter.
  • The warrior’s gold and experience bounty is granted first, the damage is applied afterwards.


True Sight
Not disabled by Break. Pierces debuff immunity.
True Sight (Necronomicon Warrior) icon
Ability
Aura
Affects
Enemies
Reveals invisible units.
Radius: 1000
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_necronomicon_warrior_sight
Undispellable
modifier_truesight
Undispellable

  • Available for level 3 Necronomicon Warriors only.
  • The True Sight is provided within the whole area, regardless of the warrior's actual vision. It is fully unobstructed.
  • The True Sight is provided by an aura which affects enemies. Its debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds.


Necronomicon Archer[]

Necronomicon Archer
Necronomicon Archer 3 model
Summoned Creep
1800
+5
This unit has no mana.
Level 5
Duration Ability Duration 60
Armor Armor 4
Magic Resistance 40%
Status Resistance 0
Attack Damage Default
145 ‒ 155
Attack Range Ranged 550
Acquisition Range 600
Attack Speed 1.05/1.07/1.09 attack(s) per second. 105/107/109 • 1s BAT
Attack Animation 0.7+0.3
Projectile Speed 900
Move Speed 425 (100)
Turn Rate Takes 0.209s to turn 180°. 0.5
Collision Size 18
Bound Radius 8
Vision Range (G) 1500800
Bounty Gold 150
Experience 150 + 150/min
Abilities L3
Mana Burn (Necronomicon Archer) icon Purge
Archer Aura (Necronomicon Archer) icon Archer Aura
Notes Immune Against:
Helm of the Dominator icon Dominate
Hand of Midas icon Transmute

Purge
Mana Burn (Necronomicon Archer) icon
Affects
Enemies
Removes positive buffs from enemies and slow their movement speed.
Cast Animation: 0.3+0.47
Cast Range: 600
Move Speed Slow: 100%
Slow Duration: 4
Cooldown symbol
 15
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_necronomicon_archer_purge

  • Available for level 3 Necronomicon Archers only.
  • Purge first applies the dispel, then the slow.
  • The slow decreases in 0.8 second intervals, so it slows for 100%/80%/60%/40%/20%, going one step down every 0.8 seconds.


Archer Aura
Can be used by illusions. Disabled by Break.
Archer Aura (Necronomicon Archer) icon
Ability
Aura
Affects
Allies
Increases movement of nearby units.
Radius: 1200
Move Speed Bonus: 5%/7%/9%
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_necronomicon_archer_aoe
Undispellable
modifier_necronomicon_archer_aura
Undispellable

  • Multiple instances of Archer Aura do not stack.
  • The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.


Tips[]

Trivia[]

  • This item's internal name is demonicon, The name may be based on the Demonomicon.


Recent Changes[]

Version
Description
Increases the movement speed of nearby allies.
Radius: 1200
Movement speed bonus: 9%
Aura linger duration: 0.5



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