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Version History

Version

Description

7.35

• Increased Death Pulse mana cost from 100/120/140/160 to 115/130/145/160.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Increased Heartstopper Aura self health regeneration as damage multiplier bonus 0.55 to 0.5.

• Talents:
• LVL 20

   

  +30% Heartstopper Aura health regeneration reduction reduced to +25%.

7.34e

• Increased Ghost Shroud mana cost from 50 to 75.
• Reduced Heartstopper Aura stack duration from 8 to 7.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Reduced Heartstopper Aura self health regeneration as damage multiplier bonus from 0.6 to 0.55.
• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Increased Death Seeker cooldown from 16 to 19.

7.34c

• Increased base armor from 1 to 2.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +30 Death Pulse heal increased to +40.

7.34

• U
  Heartstopper Aura now updates its ability values on enemies upon leveling up the ability, instead of updating values upon losing the debuff and then getting affected again. [?]
• Reworked
  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Old
    Ghost Shroud
    • Reduces cooldown by 6.
    • Heartstopper Aura now has a damage multiplier of 2 while Ghost Shroud active.
  • New
    Heartstopper Aura now deals
    expr
    0.6 * SelfCurrentHealthRegen as health loss bonus per second.

7.33

• Reduced base health from 200 to 120.
• Rescaled Ghost Shroud enemy movement speed slow from 12%/16%/20%/24% to 10%/15%/20%/25%.
• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Death Seeker
    • Necrophos now turns into a Death Pulse projectile flying toward the targeted unit's position during its cast point. [?]
    • Reduced cast range from 900 to 750.
    • Reduced projectile speed multiplier from 2.25 to 1.75.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +32 Death Pulse heal reduced to +30.

  LVL 15

   

  +24% Ghost Shroud movement speed slow reduced to +20%.

  LVL 20

   

  +32% Heartstopper Aura health regeneration reduction reduced to +30%.

7.32e

• Reduced Death Pulse mana cost from 100/130/160/190 to 100/120/140/160.

7.32d

• Reduced Ghost Shroud self magic resistance reduction from 40% to 25%.

7.32

• Reaper's Scythe
  • Reduced cooldown from 120 to 110.
  • Increased mana cost from 200/350/500 to 250/375/500.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +8 strength ➜ +2s Heartstopper Aura stack duration.

  LVL 20

   

  +15% magic resistance ➜ +15% Ghost Shroud self restoration amplification.

7.31c

• Reduced Death Pulse heal from 60/85/110/135 to 55/80/105/130.
• Reduced Reaper's Scythe health regeneration bonus per kill from 3/6/9 to 2/4/6.
• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Death Seeker
    • Increased cooldown from 14 to 16.
    • Increased mana cost from 100 to 125.

7.31

• Reaper's Scythe
  • No longer increases the target's respawn time by 15/25/35 upon killing them.
  • Now permanently grants 3/6/9 self health regeneration bonus and 1/2/3 self mana regeneration bonus upon successfully killing the target.

7.30

• Reduced strength gain from 2.6 to 2.3.
• Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 0.25.
• Death Pulse
  • Increased damage from 100/150/200/250 to 100/160/220/280.
  • Increased heal from 60/80/100/120 to 60/85/110/135.
• Reduced Ghost Shroud self restoration amplification from 75% on each level to 45%/55%/65%/75%.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +25 attack damage ➜ +100 Reaper's Scythe cast range.

7.29

• Reduced attack point from 0.4 to 0.3.
• Increased attack projectile speed from 900 to 1200.
• Increased turn rate from 0.5 to 0.6.
• Increased Ghost Shroud movement speed slow from 6%/12%/18%/24% to 12%/16%/20%/24%.
• Heartstopper Aura
  • Increased health regeneration bonus per stack from 3.5/4.5/5.5/6.5 to 4/5/6/7.
  • Increased mana regeneration bonus per stack from 3.5/4.5/5.5/6.5 to 4/5/6/7.
  • Increased stack duration from 7 to 8.
• Reduced Reaper's Scythe cast time from 0.55 to 0.45.
• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Death Seeker
    • No longer damages/heals the target for 150% of the Death Pulse values.
    • Now turns the target ethereal for 2.5 seconds, and reduces its magic resistance by 25% if it is an enemy.
    • Reduced mana cost from 150 to 100.
    • Reduced cooldown from 20 to 14.
• Added
  Attribute Bonus.

7.28

• Added
  Aghanim's Shard upgrade for Necrophos:
  • Grants Necrophos the Death Seeker ability.

Death Seeker

Launches a projectile onto the target enemy or ally, releasing a Death Pulse of the current level at their location upon impact. The target gets damaged/healed for 150% of the Death Pulse values.

Projectile speed: 900

Cast time: 0.2

Cast range: 900

Primary target damage/heal: 150%

Mana cost: 150

Cooldown: 20

Notes: Cannot be cast on self.

7.27b

• Talents:
• LVL 25

   

  -2s Death Pulse cooldown increased to -2.5s.

7.26c

• Reduced strength gain from 2.8 to 2.6.
• Reduced intelligence gain from 2.9 to 2.7.

7.26b

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +10 strength reduced to +8..

  LVL 10

   

  +30 attack damage reduced to +25.

  LVL 15

   

  +40 Death Pulse heal reduced to +32.

  LVL 15

   

  +30% Ghost Shroud movement speed slow reduced to +24%.

  LVL 20

   

  +40% Heartstopper Aura health regeneration reduction reduced to +32%.

  LVL 20

   

  +20% magic resistance reduced to +15%.

  LVL 25

   

  -2.5s Death Pulse cooldown reduced to -2s.

  LVL 25

   

  +0.6% Heartstopper Aura max health loss per second reduced to +0.5%.

7.23

• Increased Heartstopper Aura radius from 700 to 800.
• Reaper's Scythe
  • Can no longer be cast on spell immune enemies.
  • Increased damage per missing health from 0.6/0.75/0.9 to 0.7/0.8/0.9.
• Reworked
  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade.
  • Old
    Reduces Reaper's Scythe cooldown from 120 on each level to 60/50/40.
  • New
    Ghost Shroud
    • U
      Reduces cooldown by 6.
    • Heartstopper Aura now has a damage multiplier of 2 while Ghost Shroud active.

• Talents:
• LVL 20

   

  +70 attack speed ➜ 40% Heartstopper Aura health regeneration reduction.

  LVL 25

   

  +0.8% Heartstopper Aura max health loss per second reduced to +0.6%.

7.22f

• Increased base intelligence from 20 to 21.
• Increased Death Pulse radius from 475 to 500.

7.22e

• Increased Heartstopper Aura max health loss per second from 0.5%/1.1%/1.7%/2.3% to 0.6%/1.2%/1.8%/2.4%.

7.22c

• Heartstopper Aura
  • Increased health regeneration bonus per stack from 2/3.5/5/6.5 to 3.5/4.5/5.5/6.5.
  • Increased mana regeneration bonus per stack from 3/4/5/6 to 3.5/4.5/5.5/6.5.

7.22b

• Changed
  Heartstopper Aura damage type from Pure to Magical. [?]

7.22

• Reduced Reaper's Scythe respawn time increase from 15/30/45 to 15/25/35.

7.21

• Increased intelligence gain from 2.5 to 2.9.
• Increased Death Pulse damage from 100/140/180/220 to 100/150/200/250.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +20% Ghost Shroud movement speed slow slow increased to +30%.

7.20

• Increased strength gain from 2.6 to 2.8.
• Reduced base health regeneration from 1.5 to 0.
• Reduced base mana regeneration from 0.9 to 0.
• Reduced attack range from 550 to 500.
• Death Pulse
  • Moved
    health and mana regeneration bonus stack per kill component to Heartstopper Aura.
  • No longer releases projectiles for spell immune enemies.
• Heartstopper Aura
  • Now passively grants health and mana regeneration bonus stacks per non-hero/hero killed for 7 seconds.
  • Increased health regeneration bonus per stack from 2/3/4/5 to 2/3.5/5/6.5.
  • Increased mana regeneration bonus per stack from 2.25/2.5/2.75/3 to 3/4/5/6.

7.19d

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +40 attack damage reduced to +30.

  LVL 20

   

  +80 attack speed reduced to +70.

7.19b

• Rescaled base agility from 15 + 1.2 to 12 + 1.3.
• Reduced base movement speed from 285 to 280.

7.19

• Increased Ghost Shroud self magic resistance reduction from 30% to 40%.
• Increased Reaper's Scythe cast time from 0.5 to 0.55.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Increased Reaper's Scythe from 55/40/25 to 60/50/40.

7.18

• Death Pulse
  • Increased damage from 80/120/160/200 to 100/140/180/220.
  • Increased stacks duration from 6 to 7.

7.17

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +16% Ghost Shroud movement speed slow increased to +20%.

  LVL 25

   

  -1.5s Death Pulse cooldown increased to -2.5s.

  LVL 25

   

  +0.6% Heartstopper Aura max health loss per second increased to +0.8%.

7.16

• Increased base attack damage from 24‒28 to 26‒30.
• Reduced attack point from 0.53 to 0.4.
• Increased Death Pulse mana regeneration bonus per stack from 2/2.25/2.5/2.75 to 2.25/2.5/2.75/3.

7.15

• Reduced base intelligence from 22 to 20.
• Increased base attack damage from 22‒26 to 24‒28.

7.14

• Increased Reaper's Scythe respawn time increase from 10/20/30 to 15/30/45.

7.13b

• Increased base strength and gain from 16 + 2.3 to 18 + 2.6.

7.12

• Reduced Death Pulse mana cost from 125/145/165/185 to 100/130/160/190.
• Increased Heartstopper Aura max health loss per second from 0.5%/1%/1.5%/2% to 0.5%/1.1%/1.7%/2.3%.

7.10

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +30 movement speed ➜ +40 Death Pulse heal.

  LVL 15

   

  +300 health ➜ +16% Ghost Shroud movement speed slow.

7.07

• Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 1.5.
• Increased base mana regeneration from 0.01 to 0.9.
• Death Pulse
  • Rescaled health regeneration bonus per stack from 1/3/5/7 to 2/3/4/5.
  • Rescaled mana regeneration bonus per stack from 1/3/5/7 to 2/2.25/2.5/2.75.
  • Reduced stacks per hero kill from 10 to 6.
  • Reduced stacks duration from 7 to 6.
• Ghost Shroud
  • Reduced movement speed slow from 12%/20%/28%/36% to 6%/12%/18%/24%.
  • Increased self magic resistance reduction from 25% to 30%.
• Heartstopper Aura
  • Reduced radius from 900 to 700.
  • Rescaled max health loss per second from 0.6%/1%/1.4%/1.8% to 0.5%/1%/1.5%/2%.
• Reaper's Scythe
  • Increased cooldown from 100 to 120.
  • Increased mana cost from 175/340/500 to 200/350/500.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +8 strength increased to +10.

  LVL 15

   

  +20 movement speed increased to +30.

  LVL 15

   

  +6 all stats ➜ +300 health.

  LVL 20

   

  +10% magic resistance ➜ +80 attack speed.

  LVL 20

   

  +5% spell damage amplification ➜ +20% magic resistance.

  LVL 25

   

  -1s Death Pulse cooldown increased to -1.5s.

  LVL 25

   

  +400 health ➜  +0.6% Heartstopper Aura max health loss per second.

7.06f

• Increased Ghost Shroud self magic resistance reduction from 20% to 25%.
• Increased Reaper's Scythe cooldown from 90/80/70 to 100 on each level.

7.06d

• Reduced Reaper's Scythe cooldown from 100/85/70 to 90/80/70.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +6 strength increased to +8.

7.06c

• Increased Ghost Shroud slow radius from 600 to 750.

7.06

• Increased strength gain from 2 to 2.3.
• Reduced base health regeneration from 0.25 to 0.
• Increased base mana from 50 to 75.
• Increased Ghost Shroud self restoration amplification from 50% to 75%.

7.02

• Reduced agility gain from 1.7 to 1.2.
• Reduced base movement speed from 290 to 285.

• Talents:
• LVL 15

   

  +15 movement speed increased to +20.

7.01

• Added
  to Captains Mode.

7.00

• Removed
  from Captains Mode.
• Death Pulse
  • Now passively grants 1/3/5/7 health and mana regeneration for 7 seconds for each unit killed.
  • Hero kills grants 10 times health and mana regeneration bonus.
  • Reduced damage from 125/175/225/275 to 80/120/160/200.
  • Reduced heal from 70/90/110/130 to 60/80/100/120.

• Replaced
  Sadist with Ghost Shroud.
  • Moved
    from the third to the second ability slot.

Old

Sadist

Necrophos gains health and mana regeneration for killing units. Hero Kills give 10 times the bonus.

Health regen bonus per Stack: 1/2/3/6

Mana regen bonus per Stack: 2/4/6/12

Stack duration: 6

New

Ghost Shroud

Necrophos slips into the realm that separates the living from the dead, emitting an aura that slows enemies around him. He takes additional magic damage in this form, but his restorative powers are amplified.

Slow radius: 600

Enemy movement speed slow: 12%/20%/28%/36%

Self restoration amplification: 50%

Self magic resistance reduction: 20%

Duration: 3/3.5/4/4.5

Mana cost: 50

Cooldown: 28/24/20/16

Notes: Turns Necrophos ethereal. The restoration amplification affects any form of heal, health regeneration, mana restore and mana regeneration Necrophos receives. The slow is aura-based and lingers for 0.5 seconds. Has an instant cast time, but interrupts Necrophos' channeling abilities upon cast.

• Heartstopper Aura
  • Moved
    from the second to the third ability slot.
  • Changed
    Legacy Keys from T to I.
  • Aura is now bestowed by Necrophos' illusions.
• Reworked
  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Reaper's Scythe
    • Old
      • Disables Buyback if the ability kills the affected target.
      • Increases damage per missing health from 0.6/0.75/0.9 to 0.6/0.9/1.2.
      • Reduces mana cost from 175/340/500 to 150/340/500.
    • New
      Reduces cooldown from 70 on each level to 55/40/25.
• Removed
  Attribute Bonus.

• added
    Talents:
• +6 strength

    

  +40 attack damage

  +15 movement speed

    

  +6 all stats

  +10% magic resistance

    

  +5% spell damage amplification

  -1s Death Pulse cooldown

    

  +400 health

6.88

• Heartstopper Aura
  • Reduced radius from 1200 to 900.
  • Increased max health loss per second from 0.6%/0.9%/1.2%/1.5% to 0.6%/1%/1.4%/1.8%.

6.87

• Increased base health from 180 to 200.
• Increased base mana from 0 to 50.
• Reaper's Scythe
  • Reduced respawn time increase from 30 on each level to 10/20/30.
  • Increased damage per missing health from 0.4/0.6/0.9 to 0.6/0.75/0.9.

6.86

• Increased base health from 150 to 180.
• Increased base armor from 0 to 1.

6.85

• Increased Death Pulse damage from 75/125/200/275 to 125/175/225/275.
• Heartstopper Aura no longer affects ancient creeps.
• Sadist
  • Increased health regeneration bonus per stack from 1/2/3/4 to 1/2/3/6.
  • Increased mana regeneration bonus per stack from 2/4/6/10 to 2/4/6/12.

6.84

• Heartstopper Aura no longer ignores ancient creeps and creep-heroes.

6.82

• Changed
  Reaper's Scythe respawn timer penalty increase from 30% to a fixed 30 seconds.

6.81

• Increased Heartstopper Aura radius from 1000 to 1200.
• Reaper's Scythe now adds 30% duration to the target's respawn timer when it dies to or during Reaper's Scythe.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • The affected hero that dies to or during the ability will now show that its Buyback is disabled on the their hero bar and HUD.

6.80

• Death Pulse no longer ignores invisible enemies and enemies in the Fog of War.

6.79

• Increased base armor from -1 to 0.

6.78b

• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Fixed Reaper's Scythe Buyback not being prevented due to other unit getting the last hit.

6.78

• Reaper's Scythe now grants Necrophos the kill credit for that unit when it dies during it, regardless of who did the last hit.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Reaper's Scythe now also disables the Buyback of the affected hero.

6.77

• Increased Reaper's Scythe stun duration from 1 to 1.5.

6.76

• Increased Heartstopper Aura max health loss per second from 0.6%/0.8%/1%/1.2% to 0.6%/0.9%/1.2%/1.5%.

6.75

• Increased Death Pulse heal from 50/75/100/130 to 70/90/110/130.
• Reworked
  Sadist.

Old

Sadist

Reveling in death and pain, the Necrophos gains mana back for killing units.

Mana restored per creep kill: 12/24/36/60

Mana restored per hero kill: 12/24/36/600

Notes: Also works on denies. Illusions count as non-heroes.

New

Sadist

Necrophos gains health and mana regeneration for killing units. Hero kills give 10 times the bonus.

Stacks per creep kill: 1

Stacks per hero kill: 10

Health regeneration per kill: 1/2/3/4

Mana regeneration per kill: 2/4/6/10

Stack duration: 6

Notes: Each stack has its own, independent duration. Has no stack limit.

6.74

• Increased Heartstopper Aura max health loss per second from 0.5%/0.7%/0.9%/1.1% to 0.6%/0.8%/1%/1.2%.
• Increased Sadist mana restored per creep kill from 12/24/36/48 to 12/24/36/60. [?]

6.73

• Increased Death Pulse radius from 375/425/450/475 to 475 on each level.
• Increased Heartstopper Aura max health loss per second from 0.4%/0.6%/0.8%/1% to 0.5%/0.7%/0.9%/1.1%.
• Increased Sadist mana restored per hero kill from 12/24/36/48 to 12/24/36/600. [?]

6.72

• Reaper's Scythe
  • Now calculates and deals its damage at the end of the stun duration, instead of instantly upon cast. [?]
  • Reduced stun duration from 1.5 to 1.

6.70

• Added
  new Bound Radius mechanic. [?]
  • Necrophos has the DOTA_HULL_SIZE_HERO hull size. [?]
  • This unit has a 27-radius collision size and a 24-radius bound radius respectively.

6.69

• Reduced attack range from 600 to 550.

6.65

• Updated Reaper's Scythe ability icon.

6.64

• Increased strength gain from 1.5 to 2.

6.60

• Reduced strength gain from 2 to 1.5.
• Updated Death Pulse ability effects.
• Heartstopper Aura
  • Increased radius from 700/800/900/1000 to 1000 on each level.
  • Reduced max health loss per second from 0.5%/0.75%/1%/1.25% to 0.4%/0.6%/0.8%/1%.
• Reaper's Scythe is now properly blocked by Spellblock.

6.59

• Heartstopper Aura
  • Increased radius from 250/500/750/1000 to 700/800/900/1000.
  • Rescaled max health loss per second from 1% on each level to 0.5%/0.75%/1%/1.25%.

6.58b

• Fixed Heartstopper Aura causing suicides.

6.58

• Replaced
  Diffusion Aura with Heartstopper Aura.

Old

Diffusion Aura

An aura that makes the willpower and might of an enemy leak out in the presence of the Rotund'jere.

Radius: 300

Attack damage reduction: 9%/18%/27%/36%

Notes: Only reduces main attack damage.

Heartstopper Aura

The deathly air stills the hearts of his opponents, causing them to lose 1% of their max health over time.

Radius: 250/500/750/1000

Max health lost per second: 1%

Notes: Damage type is HP Removal. Does not affect ancient creeps.

6.53

• Updated Sadist ability visual effects. [?]

6.52

• Increased Reaper's Scythe mana cost from 150/340/500 to 175/340/500.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Now also reduces Reaper's Scythe mana cost from 175/340/500 to 150/340/500.

6.50

• Changed
  Heartstopper Aura damage type from Pure to HP Removal.
• Reaper's Scythe
  • Reduced mana cost from 200/340/500 to 150/340/500.
  • Reduced cooldown from 150/120/70 to 100/85/70.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Reaper's Scythe
    • Increased damage per missing health from 0.6/0.9/1.1 to 0.6/0.9/1.2.
    • Reduces cooldown from 120/70/70 to 70 on each level.

6.49

• Updated Reaper's Scythe ability tooltips.

6.47

• Death Pulse
  • Fixed not affecting ancient creeps.
  • Now releases projectiles towards spell immune units as well. [?]

6.46

• Fixed Death Pulse hitting enemies which are not visible upon cast.

6.45

• Death Pulse
  • Changed
    ability backend operations. [?]
  • Fixed canceling allies' consumables (e.g. Clarity) upon healing them.

6.35

• Increased Diffusion Aura radius from 350 to 450.

6.29b

• Fixed Death Pulse not healing units affected by Aphotic Shield.

6.28

• Diffusion Aura
  • Changed
    Legacy Keys from D to F. [?]
  • Increased radius from 300 to 350.

6.20

• Reduced base movement speed from 300 to 290.
• Replaced
  Heartstopper Aura with Diffusion Aura.

New

Heartstopper Aura

The Necrophos' deathly air stills the hearts of his opponents, causing them to lose 1% of their max health over time.

Radius: 200/400/600/800

Max health lost per second: 1%

New

Diffusion Aura

An aura that makes the willpower and might of an enemy leak out in the presence of the Rotund'jere.

Radius: 300

Attack damage reduction: 9%/18%/27%/36%

Notes: Only reduces main attack damage.

6.07

• Fixed Heartstopper Aura memory leak issues.

6.02

• Increased Death Pulse mana cost from 100/120/140/160 to 125/145/165/185.

6.00

• Reworked
  Heartstopper.

Old

Heartstopper

Stills the heart of a target stopping all regeneration.

Cast range: 600

Duration: 10/20/30/45

Notes: Prevents the target's health from increasing for the duration.

New

Heartstopper Aura

The Necrophos' deathly air stills the hearts of his opponents, causing them to lose 1% of their max health over time.

Radius: 200/400/600/800

Max health lost per second: 1%

Notes: An aura which simply reduces enemy's health as long as they stand within range. Damage type is HP Removal. Does not affect ancient creeps.

5.80

• Reduced Sadist mana per unit kill from 15/30/45/60 to 12/24/36/48.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Fixed an issue with Reaper's Scythe ability upgrade.

5.79

• Death Pulse
  • Increased damage from 50/100/150/225 to 75/125/200/275.
  • Increased heal from 25/50/75/100 to 50/75/100/130.
  • Reduced cooldown from 9/8/7/6 to 8/7/6/5.
• Added
  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Necrophos:
  • Reaper's Scythe
    • Increases damage per missing health to 0.6/0.9/1.1.
    • Reduces cooldown to 120/70/70.

5.78

• Death Pulse
  • Fixed allied creeps being scared and running away when healed by Death Pulse.
  • Increased damage from 50/100/150/200 to 50/100/150/225.
  • Reduced cooldown from 10/9/8/7 to 9/8/7/6.
• Increased Heartstopper duration from 10/20/30/40 to 10/20/30/45.

5.77

• Death Pulse
  • Reduced damage from 75/150/225/300 to 50/100/150/200.
  • Reduced heal from 35/75/115/150 to 25/50/75/100.
  • Reduced mana cost from 115/135/155/185 to 100/120/1400/160.

5.76

• Created

4.0beta2

• Removed

3.2i

• Dark Portal
  • Reduced Doom Guard (Necrophos) duration from Indefinite to 60.

3.2h

• Doom Guard (Necrophos)
  • Changed
    unit armor type from Heavy to Medium.

3.2g

• Dark Portal
  • Increased damage from 200/250/300 to 200/400/600.
  • Doom Guard (Necrophos)
    • Renamed
      from Giant Skeleton Warrior to Doom Guard.
    • Changed
      attack range type from Melee to Ranged.
    • Increased attack range from 90 to 400.
    • Reduced attack projectile speed from Instant to 900.
    • Reduced base attack time from 2 to 1.8.
    • Increased attack damage from 21‒24 to 26‒33.
    • Reduced armor from 3 to 0.
    • Increased health from 550 to 900.
    • Reduced movement speed from 300 to 270.
    • Added
      Splash Damage

3.2e

• Increased base attack damage from 12‒18 to 16‒22.

2.60

• Created

Patch History

Patch

Description

25 Oct 2023

• Fixed the following abilities' interactions with Death Seeker:
  • Morph
  • Spell Steal

27 Sep 2023

• Typing Rotundjere in the hero selection now highlights Necrophos.

30 Aug 2023

• Reduced versus scale from 0.84 to 0.79.
• Added
  new Adjectives attributes. [?]
  • Necrophos has the following values: Bearded 1, Green 1, Undead 1, Legs 2 and Nose 1.

25 Apr 2023

• Fixed ability interactions between Death Seeker and spell reflection sources.

07 Mar 2023

• Fixed Gunslinger being unable to target secondary ethereal units while Pierce the Veil is active.
  • Ghost Shroud
  • Death Seeker

01 Dec 2022

• Updated Reaper's Scythe ability tooltips.

10 Nov 2022

• Updated Heartstopper Aura ability backend strings.

26 Sep 2022

• Updated Death Pulse ability notes.

14 Sep 2022

• Death Seeker
  • Updated ability dispellable tooltips.
  • Updated ability damage type tooltips.

27 May 2022

• Death Seeker
  • UPDATE 2
    • Fixed ability interactions with Soulbind.
  • UPDATE 3
    • Fixed ability projectile being too slow.

26 May 2022

• Fixed Reaper's Scythe sometimes not granting its kill credit and kill bonuses when the target is affected by Ice Blast.

24 Aug 2021

• Fixed Death Seeker debuff modifiers missing descriptions.

09 Apr 2021

• Updated default hero model and animations.

17 Dec 2020

• Updated default hero model and animations.

25 May 2020

• Updated default hero model and animations.

22 Apr 2020

• Fixed heal manipulation affecting lifesteal. As a result, Ghost Shroud no longer amplifies lifesteal.

09 Dec 2019

• Fixed Heartstopper Aura health regeneration reduction talent affecting healing and lifesteal as well.

05 Dec 2019

• Fixed Ghost Shroud not applying heal amplification and lifesteal amplification.

08 Aug 2019

• Fixed Heartstopper Aura radius display being affected by cast range bonuses.

27 Nov 2018

• Reaper's Scythe
  • Fixed stun duration is no longer affected by status resistance. It would mess up the damage timing otherwise.
  • UPDATE 2
    • Fixed ability dealing its damage multiple times during its stun.

26 Nov 2018

• Fixed Heartstopper Aura health regeneration bonus from 2/3.5/5/6.5 to 2/3/4/5.

18 Jun 2018

• Updated animation and adjusted cosmetics to these animation changes.

19 Apr 2018

• Added legs slot to loadout.

15 Nov 2017

• Added Arcane Rune responses.

06 Nov 2017

• Fixed Heartstopper Aura radius being 900 instead of 700.

28 Jul 2017

• Removed hero from New Player List pool.

17 Feb 2017

• Updated default hero portrait.
• Updated shoulder poly budgets LOD0 from 1250 to 3500, and LOD1 from 700 to 2000.
• Updated shoulder texture sze from 256px x 256px to 512px x 512px.
• Updated weapon LOD0 from 500 to 750.

16 Feb 2017

• Fixed Ghost Shroud not blocking physical damage from abilities.

26 Jan 2017

• Updated Sadist tooltip.

09 Jan 2017

• Added tooltip for Ghost Shroud effect.

12 Dec 2016

• UPDATE 2
  • Fixed Reaper's Scythe animation not playing.

05 Oct 2016

• Incoming damage numbers are not shown in some cases to avoid giving away information.
  • Heartstopper Aura health lost per second is not visible if you can't see Necrophos.

27 Jan 2016

• Added Russian voiceover.

22 Dec 2015

• Fixed Reaper's Scythe ability interaction on the Tempest Double.

01 Sep 2015

• Reaper's Scythe no longer prevents Wraith Delay.

18 Jun 2015

• Fixed voice lines and hero spawn lines.

29 Apr 2015

• UPDATE 4 (TEST)
  • Fixed ability interactions between Wraith Delay and Reaper's Scythe.

28 Apr 2015

• UPDATE 3 (TEST)
  • Heartstopper Aura no longer affects Roshan.

06 Feb 2015

• Fixed a rare bug that could cause Reaper's Scythe to not credit Necrophos for the kill.

30 Apr 2014

• Fixed a crash with Reaper's Scythe.

29 Apr 2014

• Sadist buff icon now properly shows the remaining duration.
• Reaper's Scythe
  • Culling Blade killing a target with Reaper's Scythe debuff will now correctly credit Necrophos with the kill.
  • Reaper's Scythe will now show that Buyback is disabled on the hero bar.

22 Nov 2013

• Fixed voice over lines playing at half speed.

21 Nov 2013

• Renamed
  from Necrolyte to Necrophos.

23 Aug 2013

• Added a radius indicator for Death Pulse.

18 Jul 2013

• Fixed several specific heroes being unable to buy back for the rest of the game if they died to Reaper's Scythe.

28 Jun 2013

• Fixed being able to dispel Reaper's Scythe.

05 Jun 2013

• UPDATE 2
  • Fixed a bug with Reaper's Scythe.

04 Jun 2013

• UPDATE 2 (TEST)
  • Fixed Reaper's Scythe causing Reincarnation sources to send you to the Fountain.

03 Oct 2012

• Sadist
  • UPDATE 2 (TEST)
    • Fixed ability granting twice as much bonus regeneration.
  • UPDATE 3 (TEST)
    • The ability now grants the correct amount of stacks based on hero kills.

19 Sep 2012

• UPDATE 4 (TEST)
  • Fixed multi-death ability interactions between Divided We Stand and Sadist.

02 Aug 2012

• U
  Added teleport and spawn animations.
• Fixed HP Removal abilities (i.e. Heartstopper Aura) removing Refraction charges.

25 Jul 2012

• UPDATE 5 (TEST)
  • Fixed abilities with 0 cast point (i.e. Death Pulse) missing its ability effects.

12 Jul 2012

• Fixed Death Pulse not healing allied magic immune units.

20 Jun 2012

• Updated Reaper's Scythe tooltip.

17 May 2012

• Fixed having 1 more armor than intended.
• Added healing overhead messages.

26 Apr 2012

• U
  Added injured run, injured attack and injured idle animations.

01 Dec 2011

• Fixed Heartstopper Aura from affecting and damaging wards.

17 Nov 2011

• Fixed Heartstopper Aura being blocked by spell immunity.

07 Aug 2011

• Fixed Reaper's Scythe not working on spell immune units.

02 Aug 2011

• Death Pulse is no longer disjointable.
• Heartstopper Aura
  • No longer dispelable.
  • Now works on magic immune enemies.
  • Now ignores the damage multiplier on illusions.
  • Aura is no longer bestowed on illusions.
• Reaper's Scythe
  • Ability will now work properly with Refresher Orb.
  • Added ability stun value to tooltip.

08 Jul 2011

• Reduced Heartstopper Aura tick interval from 1-second to 0.5-second.

13 May 2011

• Fixed Death Pulse having incorrect ability interactions with Spellblock.
• Fixed Reaper's Scythe working on spell immune units.

20 Apr 2011

• Temporarily disabled Necrophos.

14 Apr 2011

• Temporarily disabled Necrophos.

22 Mar 2011

• Fixed Death Pulse hitting out of vision units.

17 Mar 2011

• Fixed Death Pulse projectiles moving at 900 instead of 400.