Book of the Dead

Item

 

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Book of the Dead
Cost N/A Neutral Drop Only
Tier 5 Active Greater Demonic Summoning Bonus [?] +30 Strength +30 Intelligence Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe

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

Additional information

• Books of the Dead are fully sharable.

• For strength heroes, it grants 600 health, 3 health regen, 360 mana, 1.5 mana regen and 30 attack damage.
• For agility heroes, it grants 600 health, 3 health regen, 360 mana and 1.5 mana regen.
• For intelligence heroes, it grants 600 health, 3 health regen, 360 mana, 1.5 mana regen and 30 attack damage.

Ability

Greater Demonic Summoning

Ability
No Target

Summons 4 level 3 Necronomicon Units that last 75 seconds. Units have 50% more health and damage.

Number of Warriors: 2

Number of Archers: 2

Bonus Health and Damage: 50%

Duration: 75

90

Modifiers

modifier_demonicon_bonus: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_kill: Dispellable with death only.

Notes:

• Interrupts the user's channeling spells upon cast.

• The summons always spawn in front of the caster.

• Recasting this replaces the summons from the previous cast, no matter under whose control they are.

• The summons cannot be targeted by Helm of the Dominator, and the warrior cannot be targeted by Hand of Midas.
  • However, they can be targeted by other converting or instantly killing spells like Holy Persuasion or Devour.

• Does not share cooldown with Necronomicon.

Summons

Necronomicon Warrior

Necronomicon Warrior
Summon
Level 5 Duration 60 Health 1350 Health regeneration 5 Armor 4 Magic resistance 40% Status resistance 0% Attack damage 108.75‒123.75 Acquisition range 500 Attack range 100 Base attack time 0.75 Attack animation 0.56+0.44 Movement speed 370/375/380 Follow range 100 Turn rate 0.5 Collision size 16 Vision range 1500 • 800 (G) Bounty 150 Experience 150 Model scale 0.4/0.5/0.6 Abilities Mana Break Last Will True Sight

Mana Break

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

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

Mana Burned per Hit: 50

Burned Mana as Damage: 50%

Modifiers

modifier_necronomicon_warrior_mana_burn: Undispellable. Persists death.

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.

Last Will

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Deals damage to the unit that kills the Necronomicon Warrior.

Damage: 800

Modifiers

modifier_necronomicon_warrior_last_will: Undispellable. Persists death.

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.

True Sight

Ability
Aura

Affects
Enemies

Reveals invisible units.

Radius: 1000

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

Modifiers

modifier_necronomicon_warrior_sight: Undispellable. Persists death.

modifier_truesight: Undispellable. Persists death.

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.

• Cannot detect units under the effect of Shadow Dance, Smoke of Deceit and Techies' mines under the effect of an Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Minefield Sign.

Necronomicon Archer

Necronomicon Archer
Summon
Level 5 Duration 60 Health 1350 Health regeneration 5 Armor 4 Magic resistance 40% Status resistance 0% Attack damage 107.5‒117.5 Acquisition range 600 Attack range 550 Base attack time 1 Attack animation 0.7+0.3 Projectile speed 900 Movement speed 425 Follow range 100 Turn rate 0.5 Collision size 8 Vision range 1500 • 800 (G) Bounty 150 Experience 150 Model scale 0.4/0.5/0.6 Abilities Purge

Purge

▶️

Q

R

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: Dispellable with any dispel.

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.

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