Wraith King stats, abilities and strategy
Can reincarnate instantly upon death
Striding fearlessly toward his enemies, Wraith King stuns his foes and slashes them into submission. Should his enemies gain the upper hand, his self-resurrecting ultimate ensures he'll have another chance to swing his sword.
Win Rate 56.2%
Pick Rate 18.5%
Attributes
604 +61.6/lvl
267 +19.2/lvl
22 +2.8/lvl
16 +1.7/lvl
16 +1.6/lvl
Stats
Damage:
60 - 62 + 2.8/level (155 - 157 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
3.7 + 0.3/level (14.2 at level 30)
Movement:
310
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Patch 7.39
- Base movement speed decreased from 315 to 310
- Base Intelligence decreased from 18 to 16
Facets
Bone Guard
Win Rate: 56.6%
Pick Rate: 78.6%
Gains a Charge for every 2 creeps killed and 2 charges per hero killed. Activate to spend all charges, summoning skeletons that respawn once when killed. Skeletons benefit from Vampiric Spirit's lifesteal.
Spectral Blade
Win Rate: 54.5%
Pick Rate: 21.4%
Curses units that Wraith King attacks, dealing a flat amount of damage and a percentage of the attack damage again after a delay. Vampiric Spirit's lifesteal applies to the curse damage and a unit cannot be cursed again for a short period of time.
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
PASSIVE: Breakable
Grants Wraith King Lifesteal. When slain Wraith King turns into a free pathing Wraith with Bonus Attack and Movement Speed for a short duration, delaying his death. Wraith King cannot reincarnate after being a Wraith.
Credit for allies whose death was delayed will go to whoever struck the original killing blow.
Does not affect Reincarnate deaths.
Break only disables the passive lifesteal component.
Respawn timer is reduced by Wraith duration.
LIFESTEAL: 10% / 20% / 30% / 40%
WRAITH DURATION: 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5
BONUS ATTACK SPEED: 30 / 45 / 60 / 75
BONUS MOVE SPEED: 10% / 15% / 20% / 25%
Aghanim's Scepter
Turns Vampiric Spirit into an aura, allowing allied heroes to turn into wraiths when slain. Extends wraith duration.
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +10% Vampiric Spirit Lifesteal
Patch 7.39
- Lifesteal decreased from 16/24/32/40% to 10/20/30/40%
- No longer freezes Reincarnation cooldown while Wraith Delay is active
Wraithfire Blast
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Strong Dispels Only
DEBUFF: Yes
Wraith King sears an enemy unit with spectral fire, dealing damage and stunning, then dealing damage over time and slowing the target.
STUN DURATION: 1 / 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.6
SLOW DURATION: 2
MOVEMENT SLOW: 20%
IMPACT DAMAGE: 75 / 90 / 105 / 120
DAMAGE PER SECOND: 20 / 40 / 60 / 80
14 / 12 / 10 / 8
95 / 110 / 125 / 140
525
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +1s Wraithfire Blast Stun Duration
Ostarion calls on his damned lineage, laying waste to his opponents.
Bone Guard
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
Gains a Charge for every 2 creeps killed and 2 charges per hero killed. Activate to spend all charges, summoning skeletons that respawn once when killed. Skeletons benefit from Vampiric Spirit's lifesteal.
Break disables the gaining of new stacks.
Casting Wraithfire Blast on an enemy causes the skeletons to attack that enemy.
SKELETON DURATION: 46
MAX CHARGES: 2 / 4 / 6 / 8
SKELETON DAMAGE: 34 / 39 / 43 / 49
SKELETON BUILDING DAMAGE REDUCTION: 35%
SKELETON HERO BONUS DAMAGE: 25%
42
70 / 80 / 90 / 100
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +5 Bone Guard Skeletons Spawned / -25% Spectral Blade Curse Cooldown
Wraith King's blade drains his enemy's essence to feed his aura.
Spectral Blade
ABILITY: Passive
DAMAGE TYPE: Pure
PASSIVE: Breakable
Curses units that Wraith King attacks, dealing a flat amount of damage and a percentage of the attack damage again after a delay. Vampiric Spirit's lifesteal applies to the curse damage and a unit cannot be cursed again for a short period of time.
CURSE DAMAGE: 50%
BASE DAMAGE: 10 / 25 / 40 / 55
CURSE COOLDOWN (HEROES): 18 / 16 / 14 / 12
CURSE COOLDOWN (CREEPS): 6
CURSE DELAY: 3
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +5 Bone Guard Skeletons Spawned / -25% Spectral Blade Curse Cooldown
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +2s Wraithfire Blast Slow Duration / +15% Spectral Blade Curse Damage
The eternal spite of every soul stolen by Ostarion bleeds into reality with each strike of his murderous blade.
Mortal Strike
ABILITY: Passive
PASSIVE: Breakable
Wraith King passively deals bonus damage on an attack with a cooldown.
CRITICAL DAMAGE: 160% / 200% / 240% / 280%
6 / 5.5 / 5 / 4.5
One blow to crush a foe.
Reincarnation
AFFECTS: Unit
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF: Yes
Wraith King's form regroups after death, allowing him to resurrect when killed in battle. Upon death, enemy units in a 900 radius are slowed. Can be self-cast to kill Wraith King instantly.
Wraith King won't revive if he doesn't have enough mana.
If Wraith King has an Aegis and Reincarnation off cooldown, Reincarnation will trigger first.
Revives with full HP and Mana.
REINCARNATION TIME: 3 / 3 / 3
MOVEMENT SLOW: 75%
ATTACK SPEED SLOW: 75
SLOW DURATION: 5
COOLDOWN: 180 / 150 / 120
180 / 150 / 120
FACET: Bone Guard
When reincarnating, NaN skeletons are spawned and attack each nearby enemy hero.
FACET: Spectral Blade
When reincarnating, nearby enemy heroes have their curse cooldowns reset.
Aghanim's Shard
Causes Reincarnation to have no mana cost.
LEVEL 25 TALENT: Reincarnation Casts Wraithfire Blast
Patch 7.39
- Can no longer be triggered while under effect of Vampiric Spirit's Wraith Delay (for ceremonial reasons)
Conspirators against the Wraith King wonder why he never stays dead.
Talents
Reincarnation Casts Wraithfire Blast
-2s Mortal Strike Cooldown
+ 0.4%
+5 Bone Guard Skeletons Spawned / -25% Spectral Blade Curse Cooldown
+ 1.1%
+60 Attack Speed
+400 Health
+1s Wraithfire Blast Stun Duration
+ 2.5%
+2s Wraithfire Blast Slow Duration / +15% Spectral Blade Curse Damage
+ 1.8%
+10% Vampiric Spirit Lifesteal
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
With the Bone Guard facet, if you have a strong level 2 powerspike on the lane, skill Vampiric Spirit on level 2, build up skeletons, release them on level 2 and use Wraithfire Blast when all creeps die.
Use Wraithfire Blast to secure ranged creep last hits by either stunning the creep or an enemy hero.
Use Mortal Strike in combination with your Spectral Blade to poke and harass your opponents.
With the Bone Guard facet, when farming jungle, try not to let your skeletons tank neutral creeps too much.
With the Bone Guard facet, when neutral camp is at 30% of total health, move to the next camp to have your skeletons follow you by providing them with a new target.
With the Bone Guard facet, you should have Bone Guard maxed out at level 7 to increase farming speed.
Consider keeping a skill point on level 6 for Reincarnation or invest it in spells that will improve your farming speed if you are jungling.
Once you have a 
Blink Dagger, focus on killing backliners or supports first.
Mana burn is a big problem for the Wraith King. Consider getting an early {black-kind-bar} or 
Aghanim's Shard against mana burn heroes or 
Diffusal Blade carriers.
If you took the Bone Guard facet, your skeletons are not super useful in teamfights. Use them to push out lanes or after fights to take the buildings.
With the Bone Guard facet, summon your skeletons before using your stun — they will automatically focus and attack the stunned target, maximizing your burst damage.
Counter Strategy
Wraith King has low armor. Pressure him with right clicks.
Reincarnation has a long cooldown on level 1. Look to pressure Wraith King while it is down.
If Wraith King took the Bone Guard facet, he farms quickly with skeletons. Smoke on him, place deep wards and sentry block off his camps with sentires.
Don't commit all your spells and abilities on Wraith King's first life unless you are sure you can kill him once more.
Manaburn is great at stopping Wraith Kings ultimate from activating until he gets 
Black King Bar or
Aghanim's Shard.
If Wraith King seems to be saving gold he is most probably buying 
Radiance, be careful of this timing and try to punish this before he has it.