Semi-daily hero tips. Day 59: Necrophos

PREVIOUS HEROES

• Abaddon
• Alchemist
• Ancient Apparition
• Anti-Mage
• Arc Warden
• Axe
• Bane
• Batrider
• Beastmaster
• Bloodseeker
• Bounty Hunter
• Brewmaster
• Bristleback
• Broodmother
• Centaur Warrunner
• Chaos Knight
• Chen
• Clinkz
• Clockwerk
• Crystal Maiden
• Dark Seer
• Dazzle
• Death Prophet
• Disruptor
• Doom
• Dragon Knight
• Drow Ranger
• Earth Spirit
• Earthshaker
• Elder Titan
• Ember Spirit
• Enchantress
• Enigma
• Faceless Void
• Gyrocopter
• Huskar
• Invoker
• IO
• Jakiro
• Juggernaut
• Keeper of the Light
• Kunkka
• Legion Commander
• Leshrac
• Lich
• Lifestealer
• Lina
• Lion
• Lone Druid
• Luna
• Lycan
• Magnus
• Medusa
• Meepo
• Monkey King
• Morphling
• Naga Siren
• Nature's Prophet

DISCLAIMER

A lot of you probably know about the weekly hero discussion, but that often ends up in a meta discussion (whether or not the hero needs buffs, etc) or a meme war than actual tips to play, itemize and build the hero.

This is what I'd like to do. Please discuss any notes I made and possible improvements while also giving tips of your own if you have them.

The roles, skill builds and item builds, as well as a lot of the notes are my opinion on matters and should not be seen as a must do or don't. Also remember that almost every single build or role is situationally possible.

A lot of the tips on heroes were also mentioned in tsunami's amazing hero tips series he did over the last couple of years.

Necrophos

Notes:

• An early level in heartstopper is viable to force supports to eat some trees.
• Death pulse is not a reliable way of getting the last hit. Don't trust on it.
• Reaper's scythe stun goes through BKB, the damage doesn't.
• If you think a death pulse is going to kill someone, throw an urn charge at them so they can't heal with bottle or salve
• Good versus: high HP heroes like Bristle, Spectre, Centaur, Axe, Spirit Breaker, Tiny (% based skills)
• Counters: Pugna (nether ward, loves ghost shroud), AA (stops your heals), Puck, Skywrath (silence, high magic damage)

Role: Hard carry, mid

Item build: Phase/Arcanes, Wand, (Urn, Mek), Blink, Aghs, (Pipe, Shiva's, Sheep stick, Greaves, Dagon, Blade Mail, Radiance, Octarine, Veil, Ghost, Eul's)

Skill build: Death pulse --> Heartstopper --> Ghost shroud