Nullifier

Nullifier
	A dangerous weapon pilfered from an inverse dimension.
Cost; 4725 Bought From; Magical
Active	Nullify
Bonus	+6 Health regeneration; +8 Armor; +80 Attack damage;
Disassemble?	No
Alert allies?	No
Recipe

Item

Changelogs

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

Ability[edit]

Nullify

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Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Dispels the target for 5 seconds. Anytime the dispelled target is attacked, it will be slowed by 80% for 0.5 seconds.

Cast Range: 900

Movement Speed Slow: 80%

Slow Duration: 0.5

Duration: 5

11

75

Modifiers

Nullifier: Dispellable with any dispel.

Nullifier Slow: Dispellable with any dispel.

Notes:

The projectile travels at a speed of 750.

Applies a basic dispel on the target upon projectile hit and on every 0.2s intervals along the debuff duration.

Nullifier first applies the dispel, then the debuff.

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 an attack at least once every 0.5 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]

Arc Warden

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.

Clinkz

Nullify combined with Strafe will trigger the slow with almost no interruptions.

Riki

Nullify prevents enemies from protecting themselves with Ghost Scepter or Ethereal Blade 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 counter items against Troll, such as Ghost Scepter or Ethereal Blade.

Venomancer

Venomancer slows keeps Nullified enemies slowed, and makes it harder for targets to escape.

Viper

Viper's slowing debuff keeps Nullified enemies permanently stick to the ground, and makes it harder for targets to escape.

Witch Doctor

A carry Witch Doctor can continuously trigger the movement slow with the fast attack speed of the Death Ward to keep the enemy in his attack range.

Others[edit]

Melee carry heroes that depend on auto-attacks with above average attack speed can use Nullifier to dispel enemy's disengage options, allowing them to attack at will.

Items synergy[edit]

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.

Tips[edit]

Because this item has a short range and slow projectile speed, it is easier to land from a melee hero with a Blink Dagger, Shadow Blade or ability to close the distance.
A ranged hero should instead buy a Scythe of Vyse especially if he/she is an Intelligence hero.
Use Nullifier on heroes with defensive items like Glimmer Cape, Eul's Scepter of Divinity and Ghost Scepter.
Use Nullifier on heroes with offense items like Mask of Madness, Satanic and Mjollnir.
Nullify can be dispelled. Beware of enemy heroes with dispels like Oracle or Abaddon who can saves their teammates from its debuffs and heroes who can dispel it with their own abilities such as Slark or Lifestealer.