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Death Prophet 19 + 3.1 14 + 1.4 24 + 3.5
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 538 1484 2430 2804 +0 +1.9 +6.24 +10.54 +12.29 Mana 75 363 951 1515 1743 +0 +1.2 +3.65 +6 +6.98 Armor 1 3.33 6.6 10.93 12.43 Magic Resist 25% % % % % Damage Block - Damage 27 39 51 63 100 112 147 159 166 178 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 1000 Move Speed ▶️ 310 ( 340) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Ethereal 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

▶️▶️QR

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: 0.4+0.87

Cast Range: 600 ( 602.5)

Starting Radius: 110

Travel Distance: 810 ( 812.5)

End Radius: 300

Damage: 75/150/225/300

 8/7/6/5 ( -22/-23/-24/-25)

 85/110/135/160

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 0.74 ( 0.74) seconds to travel the full distance.

• Can hit units up to 1110 ( 1112.5) range away (travel distance + end radius).

• The complete area is shaped like a cone.

Silence

▶️WE

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Prevents enemy units in a target area from casting spells.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0.87

Cast Range: 900 ( 902.5)

Radius: 425

Duration: 3/4/5/6

 15/14/13/12

 80/90/100/110

Modifiers [?]

Death Prophet 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 14 + 1%/2.5%/4%/5.5% Max HP per second and steal 4%/6%/8%/10% movement speed from the enemy.

Cast Animation: 0.1+0

Cast Range: 500 ( 502.5)

Link Break Distance: 750 ( 752.5)

Base Health Drain per Second: 14

Max Health Drain per Second: 1%/2.5%/4%/5.5% ( 301%/302.5%/304%/305.5%)

Move Speed Change: 4%/6%/8%/10%

Duration: 6

Number of Charges: 1/2/3/4

Charge Replenish Time: 45/40/35/30

 0

 80

Modifiers [?]

Spirit Siphon

Undispellable

Spirit Siphon Slow

Undispellable

Krobelus willingly shows others the path she alone cannot follow.

• Upon learning, Death Prophet instantly gains 1 charges. However, leveling it up further does not instantly grant the other charges.

• 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 3.5 + 0.25%/0.625%/1%/1.375% ( 75.25%/75.625%/76%/76.375%) of the enemy's max health in 0.25 second intervals, starting 0.25 seconds after cast, resulting in 24 instances.

• Can drain up to 84 + 6%/15%/24%/33% ( 1806%/1815%/1824%/1833%) of the enemy's max health when the link lasts its full duration (before reductions).

• The slow and speed bonus are independent from each other. Spirit Siphon does not literally steal the speed.
  • This means Death Prophet gains movement speed based on her movement speed, and the target loses it based on their speed.
  • This also means when one of them loses the buff or debuff, the other still keeps theirs.

• 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.

• 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.

• Choosing the health drain increasing talent does not increase the draining of any currently active Spirit Siphon links.

Exorcism

▶️▶️RX

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 0 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0.5+0.77

Spirits Acquisition Radius: 700

Max Attack Radius: 1200

Spirits Spawn Interval: 0.35

Number of Spirits: 8/16/24 ( 16/24/32)

Spirits Minimum Damage: 59

Spirits Maximum Damage: 64

Life Drain: 25%

Movement Speed Bonus: 16%/18%/20%

Haste Speed: 0 ( 22)

Exorcism Duration: 35

Scepter Spirit Damage Multiplier: 0 ( 1.5)

Scepter Spirit Movement Speed Slow: 0% ( 100%)

Scepter Spirit Slow Duration: 0 ( 0.3)

Scepter Spirit Max Duration: 0 ( 20)

 145

 250/350/450

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Whenever an enemy is affected by your spells or when you attack an enemy, a ghost will fly out, slow and hit the enemy for bonus its usual damage then return to you with life.

Modifiers [?]

Exorcism

Undispellable

Death Prophet Slow

Any

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

• Spirits spawn from Death Prophet in 0.35 second intervals, starting immediately on cast, taking 2.45/5.25/8.05 ( 5.25/8.05/10.85) seconds for all spirits to be released.

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

• The spirits move at a speed of 500, roaming around Death Prophet within a 700 radius. They can only turn by moving in approximately 150 radius arcs.

• Spirits automatically attack nearby enemies within the 700 radius around Death Prophet.
  • They choose their target randomly, but prioritize units Death Prophet is attacking currently.
  • Once having chosen a target, a spirit usually sticks to that target until it dies, gets out of range, or until Death Prophet attacks a new target.
  • A spirit's ongoing chase cannot be canceled. A spirit only stops chasing its target after reaching it, or when the distance gets greater than 1900.
  • This means when giving Death Prophet an attack order, already attacking spirits do not switch targets.
  • Although chasing for much further, the spirits cannot damage units which are 1200 range away from Death Prophet.
  • After each attack, the spirits need to return to Death Prophet before being able to attack again.

• The spirits can attack every attackable enemy unit, including buildings, wards, and units inside the Fog of War, but not invisible units.
  • Spirits do not choose invulnerable or ethereal units as their attack targets, but will continue to attack a unit if turns invulnerable or ethereal after already acquired as a target.

• The spirits do not actually attack their targets, but rather the spell simply deals damage to spirits' targets upon reaching them.
  • This means the damage is affected by spell lifesteal and spell damage amplification, does not trigger any on-attack effects, and ignores evasion and damage block.

• When a spirit gets 2000 range away from Death Prophet, it disappears and then respawns from Death Prophet.
  • Reappearing spirits are still bound to the spawn interval, so when multiple spirits disappear, they do not reappear simultaneously on Death Prophet.

• The spirits heal Death Prophet upon returning once the duration is up. They do not heal her upon returning after each attack.
  • The heal amount per spirit is based on their damage value, and not on how much damage they actually dealt.
  • This means upon having fully returned, a spirit heals Death Prophet for 14.75-16 for each attack it did, regardless of how much damage the enemies actually took.

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

• Choosing the haste talent immediately applies the haste to the currently active Exorcism instance.

• The spirits spawned with Aghanim's Scepter behave like the spirits from a regular cast, meaning they still obey the max distances, and have the same move behaviors.
  • A spirit spawns for every unit hit by Crypt Swarm, and Silence, for the Spirit Siphon target, and for every unit hit by Death Prophet's regular attacks.
  • If Spirit Siphon is blocked with Spell Block, or if her attack is evaded or disjointed, no spirit spawns.
  • Spirits also spawn for buildings when attacking them, but not for wards or allies.
  • These spirits deal 88.5-96 damage, and therefore also heal for 22.125-24 health upon returning.
  • These spirits can chase their targets for up to 20 seconds before giving up and returning to Death Prophet.

Talents

Hero Talents
+8 Exorcism Spirits	25	-22s Spirit Siphon Replenish Time
+30 Spirit Siphon Damage/Heal	20	Crypt Swarm Applies 50% Slow for 1s
-2.5s Crypt Swarm Cooldown	15	+300 Health
+12% Magic Resistance	10	+30 Damage

Notes:

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

• Grants bonus attack damage.
  • Does not benefit illusions and is not affected by most percentage-based damage increasing or reducing effects.

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

Recent Changes

Main Article: Death Prophet/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.35c

• Reduced Exorcism Active Movement Bonus from 8/12/16% to 4/8/12%.

7.35b

• Rescaled Silence duration from 3/4/5/6s to 3.5/4/4.5/5s.
• Increased Spirit Siphon Base Charge Restore Time from 38s to 40s.
• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Reduced Spirit Siphon fear duration from 1.2 to 1.0.

7.35

• Silence now also slows enemy movement speed by 10%/15%/20%/25% for its duration.

• Talents:
• LVL 20

   

  +50% Crypt Swarm movement speed slow ➜ +15% Silence movement speed slow.

Gameplay

Denied her own death time and again, Krobelus returns from the grave with skills acquired from the beyond. Gathering a Crypt Swarm, she sends forth a flock of winged beasts to harass the living. A pall of Silence falls over the land, stifling any objection as she Spirit Siphons her enemies dry. Mortals beware. The Death Prophet performs an Exorcism, unleashing the banshee remnants of her previous lives to turn the battlefield into her own haunted ground.
Roles:	Carry Pusher Nuker Disabler
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Legs ( 2 )

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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.
• The icon for her old ability, Witchcraft, shows a pentacle, a symbol that became associated with magic in the Middle Ages and traditionally used in witchcraft.

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