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 53.6%
Pick Rate 11.8%
Attributes
604 +61.6/lvl
291 +19.2/lvl
22 +2.8/lvl
16 +1.7/lvl
18 +1.6/lvl
Stats
Damage:
60 - 62 + 2.8/level (155.2 - 157.2 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
3.7 + 0.3/level (14.2 at level 30)
Movement:
315
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Bone Guard
Win Rate: 54.1%
Pick Rate: 37.9%
dota.facets.skeleton_king_facet_bone_guard.Description
Bone Guard
Reincarnation
When reincarnating, 2,3,4 skeletons are spawned and attack each nearby enemy hero.
Spectral Blade
Win Rate: 53.4%
Pick Rate: 62.1%
dota.facets.skeleton_king_facet_cursed_blade.Description
Spectral Blade
Reincarnation
When reincarnating, nearby enemy heroes have their curse cooldowns reset.
Abilities
LEVELS WITH: Reincarnation
BREAKABLE: Yes
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.
Credit for allies whose death was delayed will go to whoever struck the original killing blow.
Does not affect Reincarnate deaths.
Lifesteal from creeps is reduced by 40%.
Break only disables the passive lifesteal component.
Respawn timer is reduced by Wraith duration.
LIFESTEAL: 16% / 24% / 32% / 40%
WRAITH DURATION: 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5
BONUS ATTACK SPEED: 30 / 45 / 60 / 75
BONUS MOVE SPEED: 10% / 15% / 20% / 25%
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +10% Vampiric Spirit Lifesteal
PATCH 7.37e
Lifesteal decreased from 20/30/40/50% to 16/24/32/40%
PATCH 7.37
Lifesteal increased from 20/30/40/50% to 26/34/42/50%
Now decreases respawn timer by Wraith duration
Aghanim's Scepter no longer reduces respawn time
Wraithfire Blast
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
17 / 14 / 11 / 8
95 / 110 / 125 / 140
525
- +25% Wraithfire Blast Impact Damage/DPS
- +1s Wraithfire Blast Stun Duration
Bone Guard
Gains a Charge for every 2 units killed. Activate to spend all charges, summoning skeletons that respawn once when killed. Skeletons benefit from Vampiric Spirit's lifesteal.
SKELETON DURATION: 40
SKELETON DAMAGE: 34 / 39 / 43 / 49
SKELETON BUILDING DAMAGE REDUCTION: 35%
SKELETON HERO BONUS DAMAGE: 25%
50
70 / 80 / 90 / 100
Spectral Blade
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 (CREEPS): 6
CURSE DELAY: 3
Mortal Strike
Wraith King passively deals bonus damage on an attack with a cooldown.
6 / 5.5 / 5 / 4.5
Reincarnation
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.
MOVEMENT SLOW: -75%
ATTACK SPEED SLOW: -75
SLOW DURATION: 5
COOLDOWN: 180 / 150 / 120
180 / 150 / 120
Aghanim's Shard
Causes Reincarnation to have no mana cost.
Talents
Reincarnation Casts Wraithfire Blast
+ 0.0 %
-2s Mortal Strike Cooldown
+60 Attack Speed
+ 0.0 %
+40% Cleave
+400 Health
+ 0.0 %
+1s Wraithfire Blast Stun Duration
+25% Wraithfire Blast Impact Damage/DPS
+ 0.0 %
+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 BKB or Aghanims 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.
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 BKB or Aghanims 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.
Lore
For untold years, King Ostarion built a kingdom from the remains of his enemies. It was an obsessive's errand, done to pass the long eternities of a monarchy that seemed fated never to end. He believed that as long as he built up the towers of his palace, he could not die. But eventually he learned that he had been deluded... that bone itself could perish. Deeply mistrustful of flesh, he sought a more permanent way of extending his reign, and at last settled on pursuit of wraith energy, a form of pure spirit given off by certain dark souls at death. Should he infuse himself with Wraith Essence, he thought he might create a body as luminous and eternal as his ego. On the millennial solstice known as Wraith-Night, he submitted to a rite of transformation, compelling his subjects to harvest enough souls to fuel his ambition for immortality. No one knows how many of his champions died, for the only survivor who mattered was the Wraith King who rose with the sun on the following morn. Now he rarely spends a moment on his glowing throne--but strides out with sword drawn, demanding a fealty that extends far beyond death.