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 1.96 5.18 9.38 Attacks / Second 0.67 0.8 0.98

Movement Speed 285 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

Death Prophet is an Intelligence caster Hero who excels at pushing lanes. Like other casters, her abilities allows her to be less item dependent during the early game. As she skills 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, grants her the highest permanent movespeed among Intelligence heroes in the game and a decent buff to her spells.

Bio

Krobelus, the Death Prophet "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: Responses

Abilities

Crypt Swarm Q R Ability Type Targeting Type Allowed Targets Active Point Enemy Unit 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: Damage type: magical Can hit units up to 1110 range away.

Silence W E Ability Type Targeting Type Allowed Targets Active Area Enemy Units 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 Type Targeting Type Allowed Targets Passive N/A Self Increases the potency of Death Prophet's spells by reducing costs and cooldowns, while providing a passive movement speed boost. Adds additional spirits to Exorcism. Movement Speed Increase By: 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 Extra Exorcism Spirits: 3/4/5/6 With each death, Krobelus adds necromantic power to her repertoire.

Exorcism R X Ability Type Targeting Type Allowed Targets Active Instant Enemy Unit 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. Cast Range: N/A Radius: 700 Duration: 30 Evil Spirits: 4/10/18 100 200/300/400 Over time, the banshee remnants of her previous lives return to haunt the present.

Notes: Spirits do 43-48 hero type damage. Radius specifies the area around Krobelus where spirits will choose new targets. If a spirit gets 2000 range or more from Krobelus, it will be destroyed. After the spell ends, the spirits will heal Krobelus for 25% of the damage dealt by them. The spirits' damage is reduced by armor, but not by damage block (Stout Shield, etc.).

Recommended Items

Explanation: Death Prophet is a Pusher and sort of a tank. Krobelus and comaparable heroes (e.g. Necrolyte)are sometimes called "Bloodstone Carriers". This term emphazises that DP is NOT a support hero. She definitly needs some farmed gold in order to be useful for her team. An underfarmed DP will be focussed down very fast, and because exorcism ends when DP dies, her tribute to the team would be very small in such a situation. As Death Prophet, you want to use your Ulti to deal huge AoE damage in teamfights. Exorcism is also very useful to take down enemy towers. Bloodstone is clearly the most valuable core item on DP, it grants survive-ability, shorter death time and huge Regeneration, thats everything DP needs. Beside Bloodstone, Phase Boots and Magic Wand, your other item choices are flexible. Any item that grants tankiness and / or utility is basically a good item on DP and can be considered as an option. The main factor for your final decision should be the enemy team composition. Shivas Guard is usually a very good 2nd core item for Krobelus, because it gives her Armor, which she lacks. Shivas Guard's active also synergizes with Exorcism.

Update History

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 Death Prophet in Captain's Mode.

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.

Ability Change Log

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

• 

  Splash artwork

See also

Death Prophet responses