Necronomicon

Item

 

Old Abilities

 

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Necronomicon 2

 

Necronomicon 3

 

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

Necronomicon
Considered the ultimate in necromancy and demonology, a powerful malefic force is locked within its pages.
Removed Item Magical Cost 2050 (1250) Sell Value 1025 Active Demonic Summoning Bonus ? +6/12/18 Strength +2/3/4 Mana Regeneration Shareable Disassemble Usage Alert ? Recipe

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 2050/3300/4550 .
• The item's attributes grants the following bonuses:
  • 132/264/396 health and 0.6/1.2/1.8 health regeneration.
  • 6/12/18 main attack damage to heroes.

Ability

Demonic Summoning

▶️

Ability
No Target

Summons a Warrior and an Archer to fight for you for 60 seconds.

Warrior:
Burns mana every hit, and deals magical damage to whoever kills it. Gains True Sight at level 3.

Archer:
Has a passive movement and attack speed aura. Gains Purge at level 3.

Cast Animation:  0+0

Number of Warriors: 1

Number of Archers: 1

Duration: 60

 80

 150

Modifiers

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 Necronomicon replaces the summons from the previous cast, no matter under whose control they are.
  • However, recasting it with a second Necronomicon (or the same with a different level) creates two new summons.

• The summons neither can be affected by Dominate nor Transmute.
  • However, they can be targeted by other converting or instantly killing abilities like Death Pact or Devour.

• All 3 levels of Necronomicon share cooldown.

• Does not share cooldown with Book of the Dead.

Summons

Necronomicon Warrior

Necronomicon Warrior
Summoned Creep
Health 700/800/900 +5 This unit has no mana. Level 5 Duration 60 Armor 4 Magic Resistance 40% Status Resistance 0 Attack Damage ▶️ Default 45/55/70 ‒ 50/70/85 Attack Range 100 Acquisition Range 500 Attack Speed 105/107/109 • 0.75s BAT Attack Animation 0.56+0.44 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 370/375/380 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 36 Bound Radius 16 Vision Range (G) 1300/1400/1500 • 800 Bounty 50/100/150 Experience 50/100/150 Abilities L3 Mana Break Last Will True Sight

Mana Break

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Physical

Mana burned per hit, a portion of which is dealt as damage.

Mana Burned per Hit: 30/40/50

Burned Mana as Damage: 50%

Debuff Immunity Notes:

Does not affect debuff immune units at all.

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.

• Fully stacks with other sources of Mana Break.

Last Will

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Deals damage to the unit that kills the Necronomicon Warrior.

Damage: 600/700/800

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.

• Does not affect buildings.

True Sight

Ability
Aura

Affects
Enemies

Reveals invisible units.

Radius: 1000

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

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
Summoned Creep
Health 700/800/900 +5 This unit has no mana. Level 5 Duration 60 Armor 4 Magic Resistance 40% Status Resistance 0 Attack Damage ▶️ Default 35/55/70 ‒ 40/60/80 Attack Range 450/500/550 Acquisition Range 600 Attack Speed 105/107/109 • 1s BAT Attack Animation 0.7+0.3 Projectile Speed 900 Move Speed ▶️ 350/385/425 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 18 Bound Radius 8 Vision Range (G) 1300/1400/1500 • 800 Bounty 50/100/150 Experience 50/100/150 Abilities L3 Purge Archer Aura Notes Immune Against: Dominate Transmute

Purge

▶️QR

Ability
Target Unit

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

 15

Modifiers [?]

modifier_necronomicon_archer_purge

Any

• 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.

Archer Aura

Ability
Aura

Affects
Allies

Increases movement of nearby units.

Radius: 1200

Move Speed Bonus: 5%/7%/9%

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

Modifiers [?]

modifier_necronomicon_archer_aoe

Undispellable

modifier_necronomicon_archer_aura

Undispellable

• Multiple instances of Archer Aura do not stack.

• Does not affect invulnerable units.

• The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

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.
  • Beastmaster's Inner Beast aura boosts the attack speed of all his summons, and he commonly builds more items to improve his Boars.
  • Lycan gives Lycan Wolves a long-duration haste, as well as providing a critical strike aura.
• Heroes who control a lot of units.
  • Enchantress 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.
  • Enigma have massed Eidolons to gain a better push force and benefit from summon auras.
  • Nature's Prophet 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.
  • Broodmother can at times have dozens of Spiderlings and Spiderites under her control, and the necronomicon units are an effective way of speeding up her pushing power, or to burn mana with Mana Break from her targets to protect her fragile summons from radius-based spells.

• Heroes with a castable attack speed buff. The Necronomicon Warrior 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.
  • Ogre Magi can cast Bloodlust on the warrior, and slow a target to provide lots of time for the summons to Mana Break all of a target's mana.
  • Abaddon's passive Curse of Avernus 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 Aphotic Shield.

• Heroes who have channeled disables, or otherwise have spells that disable the caster.
  • Bane can increase the damage output of his Fiend's Grip with Necronomicon units. While he grips a target enemy, the Necronomicon Warrior's Mana Break will further drain mana and deal more damage along with the Necronomicon Archer.
  • Shadow Shaman and Warlock 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.
  • Phoenix can control summons while casting Supernova, increasing the danger to enemies who try to attack the Phoenix Sun.

• Heroes who have damage amplification spells, but lack damage themselves.
  • Shadow Demon 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 Archer Aura.
    • With the 2 summons and the 2 illusions spawned by Disruption, 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
  • Ancient Apparition and Venomancer gain from Necronomicon units the ability to ensure that a fleeing enemy won't have enough mana to Teleport 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.
  • Tusk's Tag Team triggers from attacks made by the Necronomicon units.

• Heroes who can take advantage of multiple synergies.
  • Chen can collect ancient creeps to buff Necronomicon, and can use Penitence on enemy heroes to significantly amplify the attack speed of Necronomicon units.
  • Doom provides a hasting aura to his own summons when Scorched Earth is active, stacking well with Archer Aura. Using Devour, he can gain an aura to improve the summons further, and In the late game, he can Devour Ancient Thunderhide, allowing him to cast Frenzy and provide War Drums Aura to the summons.
  • Io is able to summon the units after Relocate, increasing the power of a relocate gank. Additionally, if no ally needs the Tether, Io can Overcharge the Necronomicon Warrior for bonus attack speed.
  • Invoker has potentially strong kit for Necronomicon. Alacrity provides Necronomicon Warrior with bonus damage and attack speed, Forged Spirit 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.
  • Arc Warden is unique in that he can summon two sets of units with a single book by using his Tempest Double. 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.
  • Keeper of the Light has a kit that synergizes in many ways with Necronomicon.
    • Chakra Magic can be cast upon the Necronomicon Archer to reduce its ability's cooldown.
    • Blinding Light 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.
  • Night Stalker'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.
  • Dark Seer's spells amplify the Necronomicon Warrior. With Surge and Ion Shell, Necronomicon Warrior becomes an exceptionally dangerous summon.
  • Dazzle's Bad Juju 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.

Gallery

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  Summoning Necronomicon units

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  Taking damage from Last Will

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  Necronomicon Archer's ability icon progress [?]

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  Necronomicon Warrior's ability icon progress

Recent Changes

Main Article: Necronomicon/Changelogs

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7.29

• REMOVED

7.28

• Reduced Demonic Summoning cooldown from 90 to 80.
• ADDED
  new Archer Aura passive ability.

Increases the movement speed of nearby allies.

Radius: 1200

Movement speed bonus: 5%/7%/9%

Aura linger duration: 0.5

7.27

• Reduced mana regeneration bonus from 3/3.5/4 to 2/3/4.
• Necronomicon Archer
  • REMOVED
    Archer Aura.
  • CHANGED
    attack class from Pierce to Hero.
  • Reduced attack damage from 55-65/85-95/115-125 to 35-40/55-60/70-80.
  • Increased attack speed from 100 on each level to 105/107/109.
  • Increased movement speed from 350 on each level to 370/375/380.
• Necronomicon Warrior
  • CHANGED
    attack class from Pierce to Hero.
  • Reduced attack damage from 70-80/90-110/115-135 to 45-50/55-70/70-85.
  • Increased attack speed from 100 on each level to 105/107/109.
  • Increased movement speed from 330/360/390 to 350/385/425.
  • Last Will no longer pierces spell immunity.

• Reduced Sage's Mask cost from 225 to 175 (total cost decreases ▼ from 2150/3400/4650 to 2050/3300/4550 ).

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