Death Prophet stats, abilities and strategy
Summons an army of ghosts to attack
When she unleashes her army of ghosts, Death Prophet excels at demolishing enemies and their defenses alike. Leading her team's forces toward the enemy base with wave after damaging wave from her swarm, her onslaught can seem unstoppable.
Win Rate 49.1%
Pick Rate 3.4%
Attributes
582 +63.8/lvl
363 +36.0/lvl
21 +2.9/lvl
17 +2.0/lvl
24 +3.0/lvl
Stats
Damage:
65 - 75 + 5.5/level (255 - 265 at level 30)
Range:
600
Armor:
3.8 + 0.3/level (15.8 at level 30)
Movement:
290
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Patch 7.38
- Is now a Universal Hero
- Base Damage decreased by 3
- Base Agility increased from 16 to 17
- Damage at level 1 unchanged (49-59)
- Damage gain per level increased from +3 to +3.6
- Damage at level 30 increased by 21 (from 150-160 to 171-181)
- Removed Suppress Facet
Facets
Spirit Collector
Win Rate: 49.3%
Pick Rate: 72.6%
Hero deaths empower your next Exorcism.
Patch 7.38
- Exorcism: Hero Spirit Damage increased from 91/99/107 to 91/109/127
- Exorcism: If a hero dies during Exorcism, their spirit is now added to both the current Exorcism, and as a charge for the next one
Mourning Ritual
Win Rate: 48.7%
Pick Rate: 27.4%
Death Prophet delays a percentage of incoming damage, taking the damage in even intervals over a short duration.
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
PASSIVE: Breakable
Death Prophet's occult knowledge deepens with experience, gaining 0.5% movement speed per level, and %cooldown_reduction_pct_per_level%% spell cooldown reduction per level.
MOVEMENT SPEED: %
COOLDOWN REDUCTION: %
Patch 7.38
- Movement Speed per level decreased from 0.75% to 0.5%
- Spell Cooldown Reduction per level increased from 0.5% to 0.75%
Crypt Swarm
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Sends a swarm of winged beasts to savage enemy units in front of Death Prophet.
Can hit units up to 1110 range away.
Does not trigger spell block or spell reflect.
DAMAGE: 85 / 165 / 245 / 325
CAST RANGE: 900
9 / 8 / 7 / 6
80 / 90 / 100 / 110
900
LEVEL 15 TALENT: -2.5s Crypt Swarm Cooldown
Krobelus' many trips to the grave gather a flock of the damned.
Silence
AFFECTS: Area
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Fires a projectile that prevents enemy units in a target area from casting spells.
Doesn't prevent usage of items.
RADIUS: 450
MOVEMENT SLOW: 0%
15 / 14 / 13 / 12
80 / 90 / 100 / 110
900
FACET: Suppress
Silenced enemies are also slowed.
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +75 Silence AoE
Peering into the veil of her opponent's demise, Krobelus sees a silent future.
Spirit Siphon
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DEBUFF [E]: Yes
Creates a spirit link between Death Prophet and an enemy unit, draining health from the enemy.
Cannot cast multiple on same target.
DAMAGE: 25 / 50 / 75 / 100
DURATION: 6
80
500
Aghanim's Shard
Increases Spirit Siphon charges by %shard_bonus_charges% and causes enemies to be feared for %shard_fear_duration% seconds if they are siphoned for %shard_consecutive_siphon_duration% seconds consecutively.
LEVEL 25 TALENT: -22s Spirit Siphon Replenish Time
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +25 Spirit Siphon Damage/Heal
Krobelus willingly shows others the path she alone cannot follow.
Exorcism
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
Unleashes evil spirits to drain the life of nearby enemy units and structures. Spirits need to return back to Death Prophet in order to attack again. At the end of the spell's duration, Death Prophet is healed in proportion to the damage dealt. Deals 50% damage to buildings. Lasts %abilityduration% seconds.
Increases Death Prophet's movement speed while active.
Radius represents the area in which the spirits will acquire targets around Death Prophet.
Spirit damage isn't reduced by damage block abilities.
RADIUS: 700 / 700 / 700
SPIRITS: 10 / 17 / 24
HERO SPIRIT MIN DAMAGE: 0
HERO SPIRIT MAX DAMAGE: 0
LIFE DRAIN: 25%
SPIRIT DAMAGE: 64
MOVESPEED SLOW: %
SLOW DURATION:
SPIRIT BONUS DAMAGE: %
ACTIVE MOVEMENT BONUS: 4% / 8% / 12%
150
200 / 300 / 400
Aghanim's Scepter
Whenever an enemy is affected by Death Prophet's spells or when she attacks an enemy, a ghost will fly out, slow and hit the enemy for an increased bonus of its usual damage then return to her with life.
MOVESPEED SLOW: %
SLOW DURATION:
SPIRIT BONUS DAMAGE: %
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +8 Exorcism Spirits
Over time, the banshee remnants of her previous lives return to haunt the present.
Talents
+8 Exorcism Spirits
-22s Spirit Siphon Replenish Time
+ 0.3 %
+25 Spirit Siphon Damage/Heal
+ 0.7 %
+400 Health
-2.5s Crypt Swarm Cooldown
+ 2.4 %
+75 Silence AoE
+12% Magic Resistance
+40 Attack Speed
+ 1.1 %
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Secure range creep lasthits with Crypt Swarm and possibly hit opponents as well.
Try to throw an auto attack and use crypt swarm at the same time to secure last hits.
Death Prophet's survivability is related to Spirit Siphon usage. Siphon as many units as possible for decent duration. You should be looking to dive towers with Siphon charges from level 5, especially 6 onwards with Exorcism.
Death Prophet excels at taking towers and Roshan early with Exorcism. Call for team to group up around you. Play more forwards and into enemy's territory when Exorcism is available.
Avoid playing aggressively when Exorcism is down. Push out waves and prepare for the next move.
Itemize for survivability and to stay in the middle of the fight. Exorcism and Spirit Siphons will do the damage.
When in trouble, you can Spirit Siphon opponents and Eul's yourself. You are still being healed in the air.
Healing reductions are great problem for Death Prophet. You can itemize against some of them.
Counter Strategy
When Death Prophet has Exorcism on, either burst her down or run away.
Look to defend towers against Death Prophet and fight her when Exorcism ends.
Items that reduce healing are good against Death Prophet's Spirit Siphons and Exorcism.
Armor items are good against physical damage of Exorcism.
Items that provide dispels are good against Death Prophet's Silence.
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.