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Death Prophet 17 + 2.6 14 + 1.4 23 + 3
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 494 1286 2122 2452 +0.5 +2.2 +5.84 +9.64 +11.14 Mana 75 351 855 1359 1563 +0.01 +1.16 +3.26 +5.36 +6.21 Armor 1 3.33 6.6 10.93 12.43 Magic Resist 25% % % % % Damage Block - Damage 24 36 47 59 89 101 131 143 148 160 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.67/s 0.79/s 0.94/s 0.99/s Attack Range 600 (800) Attack Speed 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.56 + 0.51 Projectile Speed Move Speed 310 ( 340) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Default Internal Not Provided

Krobelus, the Death Prophet, is a ranged intelligence hero who excels at pushing lanes. She is often played in the mid lane, since her Crypt Swarm gives her strong magic damage that can be spammed to her heart's content. As she levels her ultimate, Exorcism, Death Prophet can deal a huge amount of damage to towers and heroes alike, while healing at the end of the duration. If Exorcism's own heal isn't enough, she still has Spirit Siphon which drains health based on the target's health and can even be used on multiple targets at the same time. Finally, her Silence gives her a powerful tool to disable enemy casters and heroes that rely on escape abilities. Because she can deal large amounts of damage over time with her ultimate and Crypt Swarm, Death Prophet is mostly built as a tank, to ensure she can continue to stay in the fight.

Bio

Krobelus, the Death Prophet

▶️ "What I've seen goes far beyond death."

Lore:

Krobelus was a Death Prophet—which is one way of saying she told fortunes for the wealthiest of those who wished to look beyond the veil. But after years of inquiring on behalf of others, she began to seek clues on her own fate. When death refused to yield its secrets, she tried to buy them with her life. But the ultimate price proved insufficient. Death disgorged her again and again, always holding back its deepest mysteries. Her jealousy grew. Others could die for eternity—why not she? Why must she alone be cast back on the shores of life with such tiresome regularity? Why was she not worthy of the one thing all other living creatures took for granted? Still, she would not be discouraged. Each time she returned from the grave, she brought a bit of death back with her. Wraiths followed her like fragments of her shattered soul; her blood grew thin and ectoplasmic; the feasting creatures of twilight took her for their kin. She gave a little of her life with every demise, and it began to seem as if her end was in sight. With her dedication to death redoubled, and no client other than herself, Krobelus threw herself ever more fervently into death's abyss, intent on fulfilling the one prophecy that eluded her: That someday the Death Prophet would return from death no more.

Voice:

Ellen McLain (Responses)

Abilities

Crypt Swarm

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Ability
Target Point / Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Sends a swarm of winged beasts to savage enemy units in front of Death Prophet.

Cast Animation: 0.5+0.77

Cast Range: 600 ( )

Starting Radius: 110

Travel Distance: 810 ( )

End Radius: 300

Damage: 75/150/225/300

 8/7/6/5 ( )

 105/120/140/165

Krobelus' many trips to the grave gather a flock of the damned.

• When targeting a unit, the Crypt Swarm is released towards its current location upon cast.

• Crypt Swarm travels at a speed of 1100, taking ( ) seconds to travel the full distance.

• Can hit units up to ( ) range away (travel distance + end radius).

• The complete area is shaped like a cone.

• Only the cooldown reduction from the level 15 talent is displayed. The level 20 talent can further reduce this to ( without the level 15 talent).

Silence

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Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Prevents enemy units in a target area from casting spells.

Cast Animation: 0.5+0.77

Cast Range: 900 ( )

Radius: 425

Duration: 3/4/5/6

 15/14/13/12 ( )

 80

Modifiers [?]

Silence

Any

Peering into the veil of her opponent's demise, Krobelus sees a silent future.

• Applies a debuff on enemies within the area on cast. Entering or leaving the area afterwards has no effect.

Spirit Siphon

▶️EC

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies / Self

Damage
Magical

Creates a spirit link between Death Prophet and an enemy unit, draining max health per second and slowing the enemy's movement speed.

Cast Animation: 0.1+0

Cast Range: 500 ( )

Link Break Distance: 750 ( )

Number of Charges: 1/2/3/4

Base Health Drain per Second: 14

Max Health Drain per Second: 1%/2.5%/4%/5.5%

Move Speed Slow: 5%/10%/15%/20%

Duration: 6

Charge Replenish Time: 45 ( )

 0

 70/65/60/55

Modifiers [?]

Spirit Siphon Charge Counter

Undispellable

Spirit Siphon

Undispellable

Spirit Siphon Slow

Undispellable

• The link breaks only when the target gets out of range or dies.

• The health restored on Death Prophet is independent from the actual amount of damage dealt.
  • This means even if the target takes no damage at all, Death Prophet still gets healed.

• Drains + of the enemy's max health in 0.25 second intervals, starting 0.25 seconds after cast, resulting in instances.

• Can drain up to + of the enemy's max health when the link lasts its full duration (before reductions).

• When cast on a unit Death Prophet is currently attacking, she continues attacking it after cast, regardless of auto-attack settings.

• Cannot be cast on units which already are affected by Spirit Siphon.
  • When cast on multiple units, Death Prophet does get healed from each.

• Does not provide vision over the target. However, the link does not break upon losing vision.
  • When losing vision over the target, the link visually draws to the location where the target was seen last time.

• Cannot be cast on Roshan.

Exorcism

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Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies / Self

Damage
Physical

Unleashes evil spirits to drain the life of nearby enemy units and structures. At the end of the spell's duration, Death Prophet is healed in proportion to the damage dealt. Lasts {{#show:#Exorcism|?value6#}} seconds.

Cast Animation: 0.5+0.77

Spirits Acquisition Radius: 700

Number of Spirits: 8/16/24 ( )

Spirits Minimum Damage: 56

Spirits Maximum Damage: 61

Life Drain: 25%

Exorcism Duration: 35

 145 ( )

 200/300/400

Modifiers [?]

Exorcism

Undispellable

Over time, the banshee remnants of her previous lives return to haunt the present.

• The spirits move at a speed of 500. They wander within {{#show:#Exorcism|?value1#}} radius around Death Prophet. They can only turn by moving in about 150 radius arcs.

• Spirits spawn at Death Prophet's location in 0.3 second intervals, first being released immediately on cast, so it takes ( ) seconds for all spirits to be released.

• The acquisition radius specifies the area around Death Prophet where spirits acquire an attack target automatically.

• Each spirit chooses its target at random. When acquiring a target, it sticks to that unit until it is dead or out of range.

• Can acquire and attack units in the Fog of War, but not invisible or invulnerable units.
  • However, if their target turns invulnerable, they still keep attacking it.

• The spirits prioritize attacking the target that Death Prophet is attacking.

• The spirits can attack every attackable enemy unit, including buildings and wards.

• The spirits can attack units which take a certain number of attacks to get killed, but deal no damage to them.

• The attacks of the spirits are not regular attacks, so they fully ignore things like evasion and damage block.
  • This also means that they cannot trigger the on-attack effects of Counter Helix, Moment of Courage and Reactive Armor or break enemy Tranquil Boots.

• The spirits have to return to Death Prophet after each attack they make before being able to attack their target again.

• When a spirit acquires a target, it chases it up to 1200 range away from Death Prophet.

• When a spirit gets 2000 range away from Death Prophet, it disappears and a new spirit spawns from Death Prophet.

• The spirits are not units and cannot be interacted with, or affected by anything in any way.

• The heal happens once a spirit returns to Death Prophet at the end of the duration and is based on {{#show:#Exorcism|?value5#}} of their attack damage multiplied by the amount of attacks the spirit did.

• This means that it does not matter how much damage they actually dealt, the heal is calculated before the damage is reduced by armor or other sources.

• Recasting Exorcism causes the previous cast to end prematurely, making the spirits start returning to Death Prophet and heal her.

Talents

Hero Talents
+8 Exorcism Spirits	25	+600 Health
+50 Movement Speed	20	10% Cooldown Reduction
+150 Cast Range	15	-1.5s Crypt Swarm Cooldown
+12% Magic Resistance	10	+5% Spell Amplification

Notes:

• Stacks diminishingly with other magic resistance sources.
  • Increases Death Prophet's magic resistance to 34%.

• Grants generic bonus outgoing damage amplification. Stacks additively with other generic outgoing damage manipulation sources.
  • Affects only spell damage sourced to Death Prophet. Does not amplify damage flagged as HP removal.

• Multiple sources of percentage-based cooldown reductions do not stack. The highest value takes priority.

• The health talent increases the max health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.

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Equipment

Death Prophet Equipment (expand sets) Sets Augur's Curse Set Dark Debutante Dark Realm Oracles Eternal Testament Fatal Blossom Flight of the Crimson Queen Foreteller's Robes Set Ghastly Matriarch Gifts from the Gloom Set Ire of the Unwilted Mistress of the Long Night Oaths of the Beloved Regalia of the Mortal Coil Set Secrets of the Merqueen Soul of the Brightshroud Temptation of the Mothbinder The Bone Scryer Set The Corpse Maiden's Set The Mourning Mother The Shaded Eulogy Vesture of the Unkind Countess Wail of the Winter Revenant Winter Lineage Temptation of the Mothbinder Witch of the Outlands Set Head Besieging Bow Brooch of Death's Bride Crown of the Death Priestess Mask of Mortis Soothsayer's Spectral Strands Style of Prophecy Legs Fluttering Mortis Sash of Death's Bride Spirits Beautiful Haunting Heretic Enclave Taunt Taunt: All Sparkles n' Rainbows Kinetic Gems Kinetic: Krobelus

Trivia

• At some point, she, along with Io and Silencer, had her costume and ability color palettes changed. Before, Death Prophet's garments and ability icons were more purple in color.
• Her Witchcraft ability icon shows a pentacle, a symbol that became associated with magic in the Middle Ages and traditionally used in witchcraft.

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