Necrophos counters and build in Dota 2

Keeper of the Light (+6.4%), Medusa (+6.2%), and Skywrath Mage (+4.9%) are the strongest against Necrophos — they have the biggest advantage over it at this rank.

Necrophos does best against Broodmother (+5.9%), Lycan (+5.8%), and Meepo (+5.7%).

The best partners for Necrophos are Riki (+4.3%), Kunkka (+4.3%), and Elder Titan (+4.0%): together they win more often than expected from each one’s win rate.

“Position 2: Mid Lane”: players usually start with Tango, Iron Branch ×2, Circlet, Faerie Fire, Mantle of Intelligence, and Magic Stick, pick Boots of Travel for boots, then build Radiance (15 min), Consecrated Wraps (23 min), Eul's Scepter of Divinity (27 min), and Black King Bar (32 min).

Most often players take: at level 10 — “+2s Sadist Stack Duration” (74%), at level 15 — “+60 Death Pulse Heal” (66%), at level 20 — “+20% Heartstopper Regen Reduction” (60%), and at level 25 — “-2.5s Death Pulse Cooldown” (100%).

Necrophos is played most often as “Position 2: Mid Lane” — 42% of its matches. Less often: Position 3: Off Lane (39%) and Position 1: Safe Lane (18%).