Death Prophet

Death Prophet

The Dire

19 + 2.2 14 + 1.4 20 + 3

Level 1 16 25 Hit Points 511 1176 1879 Mana 260 871 1456 Damage 44-56 91-103 136-148 Armor 2.96 6.18 10.38 Attacks / Second 0.67 0.8 0.98

Movement Speed 285 Turn Rate 0.5 Sight Range 1800/800 Attack Range 600 Missile Speed 1000 Attack Duration 0.56+0.51 Cast Duration 0.5+0.83 Base Attack Time 1.7

Krobelus the Death Prophet is a ranged intelligence Hero who excels at pushing lanes. Like other casters, her abilities allow her to be less item dependent during the early game. As she learns Exorcism, Death Prophet can deal a huge amount of damage to towers and lone heroes alike, while healing at the end of the duration. Despite being a caster, Death Prophet has a relatively high Strength compared to other intelligence Heroes and she is mostly built as a tank. Her passive ability, Witchcraft, both grants her bonus movement speed and an increase her other abilities' effectiveness, making her a formidable ganker as well.

Bio

Krobelus, the Death Prophet Play "What I've seen goes far beyond death." Role: Pusher / Nuker / Durable 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 Q R Ability Affects Damage Target Point Enemies Magical Sends a swarm of winged beasts to savage enemy units in front of Death Prophet. Cast Range: 600 Damage: 100/175/250/300 Radius: 110 (Starting radius) / 700 (Distance) / 300 (Final radius) 8 105/120/140/165 Krobelus' many trips to the grave gather a flock of the damned.

Notes: Can hit units up to 1110 range away.

Silence W E Ability Affects Target Point Enemies Prevents enemy units in a target area from casting spells. Casting Range: 900 Radius: 200/275/350/350 Duration: 3/4/5/6 15 80 Peering into the veil of her opponent's demise, Krobelus sees a silent future.

Notes: Targets can still use items while silenced.

Witchcraft E C Ability Affects Passive Self Increases the potency of Death Prophet's spells, while providing a passive movement speed boost. Reduces mana costs and cooldowns of Crypt Swarm and Silence, and adds additional spirits to Exorcism. Bonus Movement Speed: 4%/8%/12%/16% Mana Cost Decrease on Crypt Swarm and Silence: 10/15/20/25 Cooldown Decrease on Crypt Swarm and Silence: 1/2/3/4 Bonus Exorcism Spirits: 3/4/5/6 Illusions get the bonus movement speed. With each death, Krobelus adds necromantic power to her repertoire.

Exorcism R X Ability Affects Damage No Target Enemy units and structures 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 30 seconds. Radius: 700 Spirits: 4/12/21 Spirit Damage: 43-48 Life Drain: 25% 100 200/300/400 Over time, the banshee remnants of her previous lives return to haunt the present.

Notes: Radius specifies the area around Death Prophet where spirits will choose new targets. If a spirit gets 2000 range or more from Death Prophet, it will be destroyed. The spirits' damage is reduced by armor, but not by damage block (Stout Shield, etc.). The spirits will focus on the last hostile unit that was targeted.

Recommended items

Explanation: Starting: Multiple Clarity Potions will better enable you to harass with Crypt Swarm, and the Mantle and Branches will give you some extra stats. Early game:Stick and Talisman provide more mana and stats, and boots combined with Witchcraft makes you highly mobile. Core: Phase Boots will render you extremely fast; and Bloodstone will provide you with mana and durability to stay alive in encounters. Similar to Necrolyte, Krobelus should strive above all else to remain alive in encounters for as long as possible, as like Necro her damage is gradual. Situational: These items should be chosen based on the composition of both teams, but any item that improves Krobelus' durability is useful. Unmentioned item: Medallion of Courage is an excellent item for Death Prophet. Every stat of this item is useful for her: The mana regeneration to cast her spells a little bit more, the armor gain for her own durability and the active ability to enhance her ultimate's damage. Shadow Blade can also be very effective on Krobelus, since you can turn invisible after using Exorcism. But a Sentry Ward, Dust, or Gem can counter it easily, so be stealthy as possible. Ghost Scepter is also a viable item choice as it establishes a greater rate of survival especially if the opposing teams possesses strong physical damage.

Trivia

• At some point, she, along with Wisp and Silencer, had her costume and ability color palettes changed. Before, Death Prophet's garments and skill icons were more purple in color.

Update history

February 14, 2013 Patch

• Fixed some wave speed issues with Crypt Swarm, Dual Breath, Breathe Fire, Dragon Slave, Illuminate, Sonic Wave and Shockwave.

January 31, 2013 Patch

• Fixed Exorcism healing never resetting.

December 06, 2012 Patch

• Updated the textures for Death Prophet, Silencer, Drow Ranger, and Wisp.
• Updated the ability icons for Death Prophet, Silencer, and Wisp to match texture changes.

September 13, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Broken down a number of existing hero models into multiple parts Death Prophet, Enchantress, Huskar, Silencer, Sniper, Storm Spirit, Venomancer and Weaver.
• [Undocumented] Updated textures for Drow Ranger, Death Prophet and Enchantress.

July 05, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added teleport (start & end) animations for Death Prophet, Doom Bringer and Dragon knight.

June 20, 2012 Patch

• Added a buff to indicate the duration of Death Prophet's Exorcism.

May 17, 2012 Patch

• Gave Death Prophet's spirits a unique attack effect when hitting buildings.

April 19, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added injured attack animations.
• [Undocumented] Added injured idle animations.

March 08, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Exorcism hitting an invisible hero if the hero was hit before.
• Fixed Silence not affecting basic units.

February 16, 2012 Patch

• Fixed unit targeting behavior being bugged for the following abilities: Carrion Swarm, Dragon Slave, Breathe Fire.
• [Undocumented] Exorcism spirits movement speed from 400 to 500.
• [Undocumented] Exorcism spirits damage from 35-40 to 43-48.
• [Undocumented] Added injured animations for Death Prophet.
• [Undocumented] Added chase animations for Death Prophet.

January 12, 2012 Patch

• Death Prophet will comment on her ghosts returning when they begin turning back instead of when they're done returning.

December 16, 2011 Patch

• Enabled Lifestealer and Death Prophet in Captain's Mode.
• Fixed Crypt Swarm not allowing unit targets.

December 08, 2011 Patch

• Added Death Prophet!

June 02, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Death Prophet's Exorcism spirits not clamping to the ground.

March 03, 2011 Patch

• Added more info to tooltips of Drow's Silence, Death Prophet's Silence, and Kunkka's Ghostship.

Balance changelog

6.76

• Exorcism base ghost count increased from 4/10/18 to 4/12/21.

6.75

• Armor increased by 1.

6.73

• Witchcraft movement speed increased from 3/6/9/12% to 4/8/12/16%.

6.72d

• Armor increased by 1.

6.72

• Base HP regeneration increased from 0.25 to 0.75.
• Witchcraft bonuses rescaled to be more straightforward:

Old:

Increases movement speed by 3/6/9/12%.

Decreases Carrion Swarm's mana cost by 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 and cooldown by 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 seconds.

Decreases Silence's mana cost by 0 / 10 / 20 / 30 and cooldown by 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 seconds.

Increases the number of level 1 Exorcism spirits by 1 / 2 / 3 / 4.

Increases the number of level 2 Exorcism spirits by 1 / 3 / 4 / 6.

Increases the number of level 3 Exorcism spirits by 0 / 2 / 4 / 7.

New:

Increases movement speed by 3/6/9/12%.

Decreases Carrion Swarm and Silence cooldown by 1/2/3/4 seconds.

Decreases Carrion Swarm and Silence manacost by 10/15/20/25.

Creates 3/4/5/6 extra spirits.

6.70

• Increased base damage by 5.
• Removed healing cap (was 1000) on Exorcism.
• Strength gain from 1.8 to 2.2.

Gallery

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  Splash artwork

See also

Death Prophet responses