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Version history

Version

Description

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.

Cast time: 0.2

Cast range: 900

Primary target damage/heal: 150%

Mana cost: 150

Cooldown: 20

Notes: The projectile travels at a speed of 900. Cannot be cast on self.

7.27b

• Talents:

Level 25 left talent: -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:

Level 10 left talent: +10 strength reduced to +8.

Level 10 right talent: +30 attack damage reduced to +25.

Level 15 left talent: +40 Death Pulse heal reduced to +32.

Level 15 right talent: +30% Ghost Shroud movement speed slow reduced to +24%.

Level 20 left talent: 40% Heartstopper Aura health regen reduction reduced to +32%.

Level 20 right talent: +20% magic resistance reduced to +15%.

Level 25 left talent: -2.5s Death Pulse cooldown reduced to -2s.

Level 25 right talent: +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 to 60/50/40.
  • New: Reduces Ghost Shroud cooldown from 28/24/20/16 to 10 on each level and causes Heartstopper Aura to deal 2x damage during Ghost Shroud.
• Talents:

Level 20 left talent changed: +70 attack speed ➜ 40% Heartstopper Aura health regen reduction.

Level 25 right talent: +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 per stack from 2/3.5/5/6.5 to 3.5/4.5/5.5/6.5.
  • Increased mana regeneration 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:

Level 15 right talent: +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
  • No longer passively grants health and mana regeneration bonus stacks per non-hero/hero killed. [?]
  • 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 per stack from 2/3/4/5 to 2/3.5/5/6.5.
  • Increased mana regeneration per stack from 2.25/2.5/2.75/3 to 3/4/5/6.

7.19d

• Talents:

Level 10 right talent: +40 attack damage reduced to +30.

Level 20 left talent: +80 attack speed reduced to +70.

7.19b

• Rescaled base agility from 15 + 1.2 to 12 + 1.3.
• Reduced 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:

Level 15 right talent: +16% Ghost Shroud movement speed slow increased to +20%.

Level 25 left talent: -1.5s Death Pulse cooldown increased to -2.5s.

Level 25 right talent: +0.6% Heartstopper Aura max health loss per second increased to +0.8%.

7.16

• Reduced attack point from 0.53 to 0.4.
• Increased base attack damage from 24-28 to 26-30.
• 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:

Level 15 left talent changed: +30 movement speed ➜ +40 Death Pulse heal.

Level 15 right talent changed: +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 per stack from 1/3/5/7 to 2/3/4/5.
  • Rescaled mana regeneration 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.
• Reworked talents:

Old:

Level 10: +8 strength or +40 attack damage

Level 15: +20 movement speed or +6 all stats

Level 20: +10% magic resistance or +5% spell damage amplification

Level 25: -1s Death Pulse cooldown or +400 health

New:

Level 10: +10 strength or +40 attack damage

Level 15: +30 movement speed or +300 health

Level 20: +80 attack speed or +20% magic resistance

Level 25: -1.5s Death Pulse cooldown or +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:

Level 10 left talent: +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 Ghost Shroud self restoration amplification from 50% to 75%.

7.02

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

Level 15 left talent: +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. [?]
  • 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 a new ability Ghost Shroud.

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 regenration, mana restorement 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 spells on cast. This ability is in the second ability slot.

• Heartstopper Aura
  • Moved from the second into the third ability slot. [?]
  • Is now bestowed by Necrophos' illusions.
• Reworked Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Old: Increases Reaper's Scythe 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 and disables buyback.
  • New: Reduces Reaper's Scythe cooldown from 70 on each level to 55/40/25.
• Added talents:

Level 10: +6 strength or +40 attack damage

Level 15: +15 movement speed or +6 all stats

Level 20: +10% magic resistance or +5% spell damage amplification

Level 25: -1s Death Pulse cooldown or +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

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

6.86

• Increased base armor from 0 to 1 (total armor is now 3.1).

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 per stack from 1/2/3/4 to 1/2/3/6.
  • Increased mana regeneration 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 from 30% to a constant 30 seconds increase.

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.

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 (total armor is now 2.1).

6.78

• Reaper's Scythe now always grants Necrophos the kill credit for that unit when it dies during it, regardless of who did the last hit.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Now also causes Reaper's Scythe to disable the target hero's buyback for that death, if it dies to or during Reaper's Scythe.

6.77

• Increased Reaper's Scythe stun/delay 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 per non-hero kill: 12/24/36/60

Mana 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.

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

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

Stack duration: 6

Notes: Each non-hero kill grants one stack, each hero kill grants 10 stacks. 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 per 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%.
• Sadist now grants 600 mana on hero kills on its last level.

6.72

• Reaper's Scythe
  • Now calculates and deals its damage at the end of the stun duration, instead of instantly upon cast. This means any damage or heal taken during the stun duration does affect the final damage.
  • Reduced stun duration from 1.5 to 1.

6.69

• Reduced attack range from 600 to 550.

6.64

• Increased strength gain from 1.5 to 2.

6.60

• Reduced strength gain from 2 to 1.5.
• 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 Linken's Sphere.

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 base damage and that granted by the primary attribute.

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 units.

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

• 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:
  • Increased Reaper's Scythe damage per missing health from 0.6/0.9/1.1 to 0.6/0.9/1.2 and reduces cooldown from 120/70/70 to 70 on each level.

6.47

• Death Pulse
  • Fixed not affecting ancient units.
  • Now releases projectiles towards spell immune units too (doesn't damage when still immune upon impact).

6.46

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

6.45

• Fixed Death Pulse canceling allies' consumables 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
  • Increased radius from 300 to 350.
  • Changed legacy hotkey from D to F (to prevent hotkey conflicts with Death Pulse).

6.20

• Reduced 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 base damage and that granted by the primary attribute.

6.07

• Fixed some memory leak issues on Heartstopper Aura.

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 units.

5.80

• Reduced Sadist mana per kill from 15/30/45/60 to 12/24/36/48.
• Fixed an issue with Necrophos' Aghanim's Scepter 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 ofr Necrophos:
  • Increases Reaper's Scythe damage per missing health from 0.4/0.6/0.9 to 0.6/0.9/1.1 and reduces cooldown from 150/120/70 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.

Patch history

Patch

Description

17 Dec 2020

• Updated hero model and animation.

22 Apr 2020

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

09 Dec 2019

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

05 Dec 2019

• Fixed Ghost Shroud not amplifying healing and lifestealing anymore.

16 Feb 2017

• Fixed Ghost Shroud not blocking physical damage from spells.

22 Dec 2015

• Fixed an interaction between Reaper's Scythe and Arc Warden's clone.

06 Feb 2015

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

29 Apr 2014

• buff icon now properly shows the remaining duration.
• Reaper's Scythe with Aghanim's Scepter will now show that Buyback is disabled on the hero bar.

21 Nov 2013

• Name changed from Necrolyte to Necrophos.

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

• Fixed a bug with Reaper's Scythe.

02 Aug 2012

• U
  Added Teleport animations for Beastmaster, Bounty Hunter, Broodmother, Clinkz, Lifestealer, Necrophos and Shadow Shaman.
• U
  Added Spawn animations for Beastmaster, Bounty Hunter, Necrophos and Shadow Shaman.

02 Aug 2012

• Fixed HP Removal spells (like Heartstopper Aura & Urn of Shadows) draining Refraction.

12 Jul 2012

• Fixed Death Pulse not healing allied magic immune units.

20 Jun 2012

• Updated Aghanim's Scepter tooltips for Beastmaster, Necrophos, Queen of Pain, Warlock, and Windranger.

17 May 2012

• Added healing overhead messages for Mekansm, Chen, Lifestealer, Necrophos, and Witch Doctor.

26 Apr 2012

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

01 Dec 2011

• Fixed Heartstopper Aura damaging wards.

17 Nov 2011

• Fixed Heartstopper Aura being blocked by magic immunity.

07 Aug 2011

• Fixed Reaper's Scythe not working on magic immune.

02 Aug 2011

• Death Pulse is no longer dodgeable.
• Illusions no longer have Heartstopper Aura.
• Heartstopper Aura
  • Is no longer purgeable.
  • Now works on magic immune enemies.
  • Now ignores the damage multiplier on Illusions.
• Reaper's Scythe will now work properly with Refresher Orb.
• Added stun value to Reaper's Scythe tooltip.

08 Jul 2011

• Changed the tick interval of Heartstopper Aura to every half-second rather than every second.

13 May 2011

• Fixed Reaper's Scythe on magic immune units.
• Fixed a number of abilities having incorrect interaction with Linken's Sphere: Slithereen Crush, Jinada, Shadow Walk, Echo Slam, Moon Glaives, Death Pulse, Purification, Scream of Pain and Fatal Bonds.

20 Apr 2011

• Temporarily disabled Axe, Necrophos, and Sven.

14 Apr 2011

• Temporarily disabled Axe, Necrophos, and Sven.

22 Mar 2011

• Fixed Death Pulse hitting out of vision units.

17 Mar 2011

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