Necrophos — win rate, matchups and best allies

Popular builds

A build is the first three key items a player bought, in any order, shown in the most common buying order. Win rate and how often it is played are shown under each, from matches with item timings.

Selected build

Key items, in buying order

Radiance~15:35
Boots of Travel~17:58
Consecrated Wraps~21:29

Skill order, levels 1–25

59.0% · 205 games with this order

Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Death Pulse	1		3		5		7
Ghost Shroud				4								12		14	15
Heartstopper Aura		2						8	9	10
Reaper's Scythe						6							13					18
Talent											T					T				T					T
Attributes																	17		19		21	22	23	24

The most common order. Games count if they followed it for as long as they lasted, from 10 points on. Gold numbers: the levels where an ultimate point or a talent usually comes. T: a talent is taken here; the tree shows which.

Talents

-2.5s Death Pulse Cooldown

73% · 62.7% · 166

+0.3 Reaper's Scythe Damage Per Missing HP

27% · 60.0% · 60

+20% Heartstopper Regen Reduction

62% · 56.7% · 245

+75 Spell Area of Effect

38% · 63.8% · 149

+60 Death Pulse Heal

69% · 57.1% · 308

+15% Ghost Shroud Movement Slow

31% · 59.1% · 137

+2s Sadist Stack Duration

80% · 58.3% · 357

-2.5s Ghost Shroud Cooldown

20% · 56.0% · 91

+2 to All Attributes · levels 17, 19, 21–24

Numbers from the games of this build. Under each talent: how often it is picked, win rate, games. ★ the higher win rate we are 95% sure of, with at least 30 games on each side. Bar: how often each side is picked.

Starting items

50.4% · 115

56.8% · 81

44.2% · 77

Neutral items

44.6% · 343

51.0% · 251

48.7% · 191

50.0% · 116

50.5% · 107

45.1% · 91

When to buy

Win rate depending on when the item was bought (first purchase, 5-minute windows). Earlier is usually better — this shows by how much.

Radiance~15:35

5–10 min	▲ 50.0%	2
10–15 min	▲ 61.1%	725
15–20 min	▼ 42.6%	599
20–25 min	▼ 27.6%	87
25–30 min	▼ 30.4%	23
30–35 min	▲ 66.7%	3
35–40 min	▲ 50.0%	4
40–45 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 61.1% wins; later: 40.6%.

Boots of Travel~17:58

5–10 min	▼ 47.6%	147
10–15 min	▲ 51.9%	206
15–20 min	▲ 59.4%	614
20–25 min	▼ 46.9%	241
25–30 min	▼ 45.3%	86
30–35 min	▼ 30.4%	23
35–40 min	▲ 50.0%	14
40–45 min	▲ 66.7%	6
45–50 min	▼ 20.0%	5
50–55 min	▲ 66.7%	3
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 50.1% wins; later: 54.2%.

Consecrated Wraps~21:29

5–10 min	▲ 81.8%	11
10–15 min	▼ 42.2%	64
15–20 min	▲ 59.9%	192
20–25 min	▲ 50.0%	352
25–30 min	▼ 39.3%	117
30–35 min	▼ 42.1%	19
35–40 min	▼ 33.3%	6
40–45 min	▼ 33.3%	3

Bought before 20:00: 56.6% wins; later: 46.9%.

Heart of Tarrasque~32:18

15–20 min	▲ 88.9%	9
20–25 min	▲ 90.4%	52
25–30 min	▲ 73.3%	225
30–35 min	▲ 61.2%	260
35–40 min	▲ 62.4%	133
40–45 min	▲ 59.6%	52
45–50 min	▼ 40.0%	20
50–55 min	▲ 66.7%	6
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 76.9% wins; later: 60.6%.

Shiva's Guard~34:02

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	2
20–25 min	▲ 78.1%	32
25–30 min	▲ 75.5%	106
30–35 min	▲ 71.1%	159
35–40 min	▲ 54.0%	126
40–45 min	▼ 45.7%	46
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	20
50–55 min	▼ 37.5%	8
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	2

Bought before 30:00: 76.4% wins; later: 59.6%.

Black King Bar~32:17

15–20 min	▲ 80.0%	5
20–25 min	▲ 56.1%	57
25–30 min	▼ 36.0%	125
30–35 min	▼ 45.6%	103
35–40 min	▼ 41.3%	75
40–45 min	▲ 51.5%	33
45–50 min	▼ 30.8%	13
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	8
55–60 min	▼ 33.3%	3
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 43.3% wins; later: 44.5%.

Eul's Scepter of Divinity~28:37

5–10 min	▲ 100.0%	1
10–15 min	▼ 42.9%	7
15–20 min	▲ 50.0%	38
20–25 min	▼ 49.5%	103
25–30 min	▼ 47.1%	87
30–35 min	▲ 58.8%	51
35–40 min	▲ 62.8%	43
40–45 min	▼ 47.6%	21
45–50 min	▲ 57.1%	14
50–55 min	▲ 75.0%	4
55–60 min	▼ 33.3%	3

Bought before 25:00: 49.7% wins; later: 53.8%.

Lotus Orb~28:42

10–15 min	▲ 75.0%	4
15–20 min	▲ 60.0%	10
20–25 min	▲ 61.9%	84
25–30 min	▲ 55.2%	96
30–35 min	▼ 42.3%	71
35–40 min	▼ 41.9%	31
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	12
45–50 min	▼ 0.0%	4
50–55 min	▼ 0.0%	1
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 62.2% wins; later: 47.2%.