Book of the Dead is a Tier 5 neutral item dropped by neutral creeps.
Book of the Dead
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Additional Information[]
- The item's attributes grants the following bonuses:
- 600 health and 3 health regeneration.
- 360 mana and 1.5 mana regeneration.
- 30 main attack damage to
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heroes.
Ability[]
Greater Demonic Summoning
Ability
No Target
No Target
Summons 4 level 3 Necronomicon Units that last 75 seconds. Units have 100% more health and 75% more damage.
Notes:
- 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) creates new summons.
- The summons cannot be targeted by Helm of the Dominator or Helm of the Overlord, and the warrior cannot be targeted by Hand of Midas.
- However, they can be targeted by other unit converting or instantly killing abilities (e.g. Holy Persuasion or Devour).
Summons[]
Necronomicon Warrior[]
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Notes:
- The bonus damage is dealt in one instance together with the attack damage, and counts as attack damage as well.
- It can be lifestealed off of, but it is not considered by crit or cleave.
- It is also not affected by percentage-based attack damage bonuses or reductions, but can be reduced with flat 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.
- Fully stacks with other sources of Mana Break.
Notes:
- 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.
- Does not affect buildings.
Ability
Aura
Aura
Affects
Enemies
Enemies
Reveals invisible units.
Notes:
- 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[]
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Purge
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Enemies
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
Notes:
- Available for level 3 Necronomicon Archers only.
- Applies a basic dispel on the target upon cast.
- 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.
- Can be cast on and fully affect invulnerable units.
Tips[]
See also: Necronomicon#Recommended Heroes
- Best shared to heroes reliant on summons such as Visage or Broodmother and to heroes who are great on pushing such as Lycan or Lone Druid.
Recent Changes[]
Main Article: Book of the Dead/Changelogs
Version
Description
- Greater Demonic Summoning
- Increased summons attack damage bonus from 50% to 75%.
- Reduced cooldown from 90 to 80.
- Increased Greater Demonic Summoning summons health bonus from 50% to 100%.
- Reduced strength bonus from 35 to 30.
- Reduced intelligence bonus from 35 to 30.
- Greater Demonic Summoning
- The summons now have 50% more health.
- The summons now have 50% more attack damage.
- Reduced number of warriors and archers from 3 to 2 of each.