Nullifier

Nullifier
	A dangerous weapon pilfered from an inverse dimension.
Cost; 4700 Bought From; Caster
Active	Nullify
Bonus	+5 Health regeneration; +5 Armor; +65 Attack damage;
Disassemble?	No
Alert allies?	No
Recipe

Item

Changelogs

The Nullifier is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Caster. However, it requires an item from the Secret Shop to be completed.

Ability[edit]

Nullify

PlayPlayPlay

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Dispels the target and mutes them for 5 seconds. Anytime the muted target is attacked, it will be slowed by 100% for 0.4 seconds.

Cast Range: 600

Movement Speed Slow: 100%

Slow Duration: 0.4

Duration: 5

13

75

Modifiers

Nullifier Mute: Dispellable with any dispel.

Nullifier Slow: Dispellable with any dispel.

Notes:

The projectile travels at a speed of 900.

Applies a basic dispel and mute on the target upon projectile hit.

The slow immediately triggers on the target upon projectile hit as well, so that it gets slowed on hit.
- When the target already has the Nullify debuff, refreshing it with a new cast does not trigger the slow.

After that, the slow triggers on every successful attack hitting the target. This means missed attacks do not trigger it.
- The slow does not trigger when the target turns ethereal before attack projectiles hit it.

The slow has no trigger cooldown, so that the target can get slowed for the whole duration if it gets hit by attacks at most every 0.4 seconds.

Can be cast on invulnerable units, applying the dispel and the debuff if the invulnerability can be dispelled.
- However, if the invulnerability cannot be dispelled, the debuff cannot be applied, but can be refreshed, if already debuffed.

Recommended heroes[edit]

Bloodseeker

Nullify prevents enemies from slipping away with Town Portal Scroll when Bloodseeker is ganking with Rupture, since the mute cancels item channeling.

Clinkz

Nullify combined with Strafe will trigger the slow with almost no interruptions.
Clinkz's Orchid Malevolence or Bloodthorn will completely shut down targets for a long duration.

Juggernaut

Nullify prevents enemies from using defensive items like Ghost Scepter, Shadow Blade or Eul's Scepter of Divinity to cancel Omnislash.

Night Stalker

Nullify stacks well with the silence from Crippling Fear, shutting down enemies during ganks.

Phantom Assassin

Nullifier's extra damage multiplies with Coup de Grace, and Nullify prevents her targets from protecting themselves with Eul's Scepter of Divinity, Ghost Scepter or Force Staff.

Riki

Nullify prevents enemies from protecting themselves with items when Riki silences them with Smoke Screen.

Slark

Slark's fast attack speed keeps Nullified enemies slowed, and makes it harder for targets to escape after Pounce ends.

Troll Warlord

Troll Warlord's high attack speed will guarantee many procs of slow on Nullifed enemies.
Nullifier disables common counter items against Troll, such as Ghost Scepter or Force Staff.

Arc Warden

Arc Warden's Tempest Double can potentially double Nullify's duration, further preventing enemies from activating critical items such as Black King Bar.
Arc Warden's natural high attack speed and low attack damage synergize very well with Nullifier's bonus damage, the Tempest Double also benefits fully from this damage.
Arc Warden commonly builds Orchid Malevolence or Bloodthorn, which in conjunction with Nullify, can allow Arc Warden to completely shut down an enemy hero.

Others[edit]

Melee carry heroes can use Nullifier to mute enemy defensive items, allowing them to attack at will.

Items synergy[edit]

Orchid Malevolence's silence synergizes with Nullifier's mute to leave the enemy with nothing but attacks and passive abilities.
Necronomicon's summoned units will trigger Nullifier's slow repeatedly. Necronomicon Archer can slow the target further with purge.
Mask of Madness's high attack speed will trigger the slow more often.