Death Prophet Dota 2 build 2026: Items, combo and Counter

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Attack Type: Ranged

Strength: 21 + 2.9 | Agility: 16 + 2 | Intelligence: 24 + 3

Death Prophet Items build

Meta build:

: Blink Dagger

: Phase Boots

: Eul’s Scepter of Divinity

: Heaven’s Halberd

: Black King Bar

: Shiva’s Guard

Pro Build:

: Blink Dagger

: Black King Bar

: Boots of Trave

: Scythe of Vyse

: Shiva’s Guard

: Hand of Midas

Death Prophet’s Skill Order

Skill Order: Crypt Swarm -> Spirit Siphon -> Silence -> Exorcism.

Combo Death Prophet

Heroes combo: Death Prophet + Faceless Void

: Death Prophet

: Faceless Void

How To Counter Death Prophet ?

Pros

Great for pushing early towers.
Low cooldowns.
High survivability.
Can push lanes.
Destroy towers quickly.
High base movement speed.

Cons

Weak late game.
No ability to stop carries.
No stuns.
No escape mechanism.

Bad against:

Hero

: Ancient Apparition

: Anti-Mage

: Doom

: Legion Commander

Items

: Blade Mail

: Orchid Malevolence

: Diffusal Blade

: Eul’s Scepter of Divinity

Good against:

Hero

: Zeus

: Invoker

: Morphling

: Timbersaw

How To Play Death Prophet ?

Best items for Death Prophet

Start items for Death Prophet in dota 2 are: Tango, Healing Salve, Magic Wand.

Meta items for Death Prophet in dota 2 are: Blink Dagger, Phase Boots, Eul’s Scepter of Divinity, Heaven’s Halberd, Black King Bar, Shiva’s Guard.

Pro items for Death Prophet in dota 2 are: Blink Dagger, Boots of Trave, Hand of Midas, Shiva’s Guard, Scythe of Vyse, Black King Bar.

Tips and Tricks

Death Prophet has a fast basic movement speed, yet she cannot escape.

Death Prophet should be swooping about the battlefield in a huge battle, nuking and silencing opposing supports while degrading their health with Exorcism.

Stand closer to the tower when pushing an undefended tower. This will shorten the time your ghosts take to turn around and return to you after striking the building and enable you to deliver more damage.

With proper usage of Crypt Swarm, Death Prophet can be effectively played in the middle lane while effortlessly farming gold for her gear.

Even though the projectile travels twice as far as the cast range, Death Prophet will still walk to the location where you cast Crypt Swarm if it is beyond of the cast range.

Death Prophet’s Ability

CRYPT SWARM

Sends a flock of avian predators to annihilate hostile units in front of the Death Prophet.

SILENCE

Fires a missile that blocks spellcasting for enemy units in the target region.

SPIRIT SIPHON

Establishes a spirit connection between a Death Prophet unit and an opponent unit, causing the enemy to lose health.

EXORCISM

Releases demonic spirits to extinguish adjacent enemy structures and units. In order to retaliate, spirits must go back to Death Prophet. Death Prophet is healed in proportion to the damage taken when the spell’s duration is up. Buildings are subject to 50% damage. 40.0 seconds long.

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