Despite the overall simplicity of the Skeleton King's skills, he is one of the most dangerous close combat heroes to fight against, and he becomes extremely powerful when equipped with good items. Hellfire Blast is his one active spell, and it allows him to catch and kill enemies. Vampiric Aura and Critical Strike make him deadly in a straight fight; the Skeleton King hits hard and gains life with every attack. Even if Leoric seems to be destroyed, he is still not beaten. This is where his signature ability comes in: Reincarnation. As long as Reincarnation is ready and the Skeleton King has enough mana, he will revive where he fell after a few seconds at full strength. Reincarnation makes the Skeleton King very difficult to defeat, since you essentially have to kill him twice.
Once a noble knight protecting his kingdom, the man was thrown into Hell, where he was ripped apart over and over for centuries. Now, Lucifer has thrown him back onto the soil, corrupted and mindless, as King Leoric, the Skeleton King. He marches on, leading his minions with an unfaltering gaze, knowing only one thing: the orders given to him by the dark lord himself. Able to cripple his opponents by drawing power from the fiery depths of hell itself, King Leoric is a major threat on the battlefield. His mighty blade allows him and others in his presence to drain the blood of their enemies. It is said that he is unkillable, and those who are struck down by his hellfire don't wake up again.
Affiliation: Scourge Attack Animation: 0.56 / 0.44 Damage: 54 - 56 Casting Animation: 0.35 / 0.51 Armor: 3.6 Base Attack Time: 1.7 Movespeed: 300 Missile Speed: Instant Attack Range: 128 (melee) Sight Range: 1800 / 800
skill
Hellfire Blast
Ignites the target on fire, dealing damage over time. Stuns the target for a brief period followed by a movement speed reduction.
Vampiric Aura
Nearby friendly melee units gain hit points when they hit enemy units.
Critical Strike
Gives a chance to do more damage on an attack.
Reincarnation
When killed the Skeleton King will come back to life and slow enemies in a 700 aoe by 30% for 3 seconds.
Skill Build
Farming
level
1.vampire aur
2.hellfire blast
3.vampire aura
4.hellfire blast
5.critical strike
6.reincarnation
7.vampire aura
8.hellfire blast
9.critical strike
10.vampire aura
11.reincarnation
12.hellfire blast
13.critical strike
14.critical strike
15.stat
16.reincarnation
17-25.stat
IF YOU ARE A TRUE MAN YOUR FIRST ITEMS SHOULD BE 2 GAUNTLETS. HOWEVER, THERE IS MERIT IN BEING A SKELETON KING WANNABE AND GETTING A GAUNTLET, CIRCLET, AND A BRANCH. REGARDLESS, ANY COMBINATION OF GAUNTLET, CIRCLET, AND BRANCH IS GOOD. MAKE SURE TO BUY 2 SETS OF TANGOS AND 1-2 CLARITIES. TANGOS FOR HEALIN’, CLARITIES FOR BLASTIN’. EVENTUALLY WHATEVER YOU GOT SHOULD BECOME 1-3 BRACERS OR RECYCLED. DO NOT BUY BOOTS FIRST FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND DO NOT MAKE A FULL BRACER FIRST. BEING MANLY IS ALSO BEING ECONOMICAL AND A FULL BRACER IS NOT COST EFFICIENT.
boots is important for every hero.skeleton king need buy power trade(red) first,because his hit point is to short at early game,somr people like to build 2nd skill for farming so skeleton can absorb hit point,so his hit point will not drop easily.Phase boots give skeleton king speed and damage to kill a person,another phase boots effect to skeleton king is absorb hit point faster then just play,because of damage.don't try to farm boots of travel in early game,boots of travel must farm at late game for protecting base.
ITEM AFTER ARMLET TIER
BLASPHEMOUS ITEM BEFORE ARMLET TIER (situational)
ITEM AFTER ITEM AFTER ARMLET TIER
ONLY IF I CAN GET 6 OF THEM TIER
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This item intensifies your damage/vampiric life gain by a lot. It’s actually the most efficient high tier damage item in the game. Combined with armlet, you will increase your dps greatly. This should be the item after armlet in most cases or the item after the item after armlet.
Assault Cuirass is a great item. It makes you tankier and makes you hit harder and faster. The only problem is that it’s really pricy. If you think you can finish it relatively soon after armlet, you should go for this item instead of Styg. If somehow you have 6000 gold after finishing your armlet and styg, this is the item to go for.
This is an item you may want to get right after armlet if the enemies have a lot of stuns/slows. This item can ensure kills against enemies that are likely to stun while escaping in the ganking phase, and the strength and damage help well. Later on, this can be a buffer against all kinds of gay effects that will prevent you from stabbing the ones you love the most. This is kind of a situational item, but the situation that you’ll need it should be most games.
Rush this item before your armlet if you think you can rush it AND the enemy has: Naga Siren, Phantom Lancer, Terrorblade, Chaos Knight (maybe) and no one else can get the radiance. The immolation works wonders against images and helps you farm and damage. This item is really GG if it’s gotten fast enough, but it’s difficult to rush it as soon as you need it. Most likely it’s better for someone else with better farm/tanking to get it instead.
Get this item if your team has no slows or stuns. Really not a great item for not a great situation.
Thanks to ThisisBob for making me realize how useful this item is. If there are a lot of homosexual mana vampires on the enemy team, 2-3 swigs of ye ol’ bottle will bring your mana back into resurrection range.(sell it at late game)
Does the same thing as bottle except can be instant activated and is cheaper. However, it does need to be charged. Consider it over bottle if there are a lot of spells flying around.(sell it at late game)
A decent item after Stygian. This gives you a lot more stacking lifesteal, some damage boost, some armor boost and minor mana regen. It’d be better if someone else carried this.
One of the better items after AC. I’d rather get a Stygian, but if you want to be tankier and lifestealier, Satanic is not a bad item.
One of the better items after AC. If you want to be an imbatank because they are doing waaayyy too much damage, heart is for you. Again, while this isn’t a bad item, I think there are much better choices.
Terrible item. While it pseudo-synergizes with Leoric’s crits and need for mana, the cleave does little to nothing in teamfights, it’s just a bad farming tool that should only improve your farm by a small amount if you last hit, the damage is outshadowed by Stygian, and the mana regen is not needed. You need greater total mana because you’ll only be blasting/resurrecting in a small timeframe.
thanks to the mana regeneration and skeleton king can use it for hex people and run away or avoid people run away.
MKB is good to skeleton king.thanks to the damge and attack speed for his VAMPIRE AURA.MKB also can giv people mini stun,that skeleton king can kill people easily.
basher is a good thing.but for skeleton king not so effective,so buy MKB if your money is more.
Once a noble knight protecting his kingdom, the man was thrown into Hell, where he was ripped apart over and over for centuries. Now, Lucifer has thrown him back onto the soil, corrupted and mindless, as King Leoric, the Skeleton King. He marches on, leading his minions with an unfaltering gaze, knowing only one thing: the orders given to him by the dark lord himself. Able to cripple his opponents by drawing power from the fiery depths of hell itself, King Leoric is a major threat on the battlefield. His mighty blade allows him and others in his presence to drain the blood of their enemies. It is said that he is unkillable, and those who are struck down by his hellfire don't wake up again.
Affiliation: Scourge Attack Animation: 0.56 / 0.44 Damage: 54 - 56 Casting Animation: 0.35 / 0.51 Armor: 3.6 Base Attack Time: 1.7 Movespeed: 300 Missile Speed: Instant Attack Range: 128 (melee) Sight Range: 1800 / 800skill
Hellfire Blast
Ignites the target on fire, dealing damage over time. Stuns the target for a brief period followed by a movement speed reduction.Vampiric Aura
Nearby friendly melee units gain hit points when they hit enemy units.Critical Strike
Gives a chance to do more damage on an attack.Reincarnation
When killed the Skeleton King will come back to life and slow enemies in a 700 aoe by 30% for 3 seconds.Skill Build
Farming
level
1.vampire aur
2.hellfire blast
3.vampire aura
4.hellfire blast
5.critical strike
6.reincarnation
7.vampire aura
8.hellfire blast
9.critical strike
10.vampire aura
11.reincarnation
12.hellfire blast
13.critical strike
14.critical strike
15.stat
16.reincarnation
17-25.stat
Killer
level
1.hellfire blast
2.vampire aura
3.hellfire blast
4.critical strike
5.vampire aura
6.reincarnation
7.hellfire blast
8.critical strike
9.vampire aura
10.hellfire blast
11.reincarnation
12.critical strike
13.vampire aura
14.critical strike
15.stat
16.reincarnation
17-25.stat
level
1.hellfire blast
2.vampire aura
3.hellfire blast
4.critical strike
5.vampire aura
6.reincarnation
7.hellfire blast
8.critical strike
9.vampire aura
10.hellfire blast
11.reincarnation
12.critical strike
13.vampire aura
14.critical strike
15.stat
16.reincarnation
17-25.stat
Starting Item
IF YOU ARE A TRUE MAN YOUR FIRST ITEMS SHOULD BE 2 GAUNTLETS. HOWEVER, THERE IS MERIT IN BEING A SKELETON KING WANNABE AND GETTING A GAUNTLET, CIRCLET, AND A BRANCH. REGARDLESS, ANY COMBINATION OF GAUNTLET, CIRCLET, AND BRANCH IS GOOD. MAKE SURE TO BUY 2 SETS OF TANGOS AND 1-2 CLARITIES. TANGOS FOR HEALIN’, CLARITIES FOR BLASTIN’. EVENTUALLY WHATEVER YOU GOT SHOULD BECOME 1-3 BRACERS OR RECYCLED. DO NOT BUY BOOTS FIRST FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND DO NOT MAKE A FULL BRACER FIRST. BEING MANLY IS ALSO BEING ECONOMICAL AND A FULL BRACER IS NOT COST EFFICIENT.Mid Game
Bootsboots is important for every hero.skeleton king need buy power trade(red) first,because his hit point is to short at early game,somr people like to build 2nd skill for farming so skeleton can absorb hit point,so his hit point will not drop easily.Phase boots give skeleton king speed and damage to kill a person,another phase boots effect to skeleton king is absorb hit point faster then just play,because of damage.don't try to farm boots of travel in early game,boots of travel must farm at late game for protecting base.Supportive Item
BALLER TIERITEM AFTER ARMLET TIER
BLASPHEMOUS ITEM BEFORE ARMLET TIER (situational)
ITEM AFTER ITEM AFTER ARMLET TIER
ONLY IF I CAN GET 6 OF THEM TIER
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http://media.playdota.com/items/72/thumb.jpgThis item intensifies your damage/vampiric life gain by a lot. It’s actually the most efficient high tier damage item in the game. Combined with armlet, you will increase your dps greatly. This should be the item after armlet in most cases or the item after the item after armlet.Assault Cuirass is a great item. It makes you tankier and makes you hit harder and faster. The only problem is that it’s really pricy. If you think you can finish it relatively soon after armlet, you should go for this item instead of Styg. If somehow you have 6000 gold after finishing your armlet and styg, this is the item to go for.This is an item you may want to get right after armlet if the enemies have a lot of stuns/slows. This item can ensure kills against enemies that are likely to stun while escaping in the ganking phase, and the strength and damage help well. Later on, this can be a buffer against all kinds of gay effects that will prevent you from stabbing the ones you love the most. This is kind of a situational item, but the situation that you’ll need it should be most games.Rush this item before your armlet if you think you can rush it AND the enemy has: Naga Siren, Phantom Lancer, Terrorblade, Chaos Knight (maybe) and no one else can get the radiance. The immolation works wonders against images and helps you farm and damage. This item is really GG if it’s gotten fast enough, but it’s difficult to rush it as soon as you need it. Most likely it’s better for someone else with better farm/tanking to get it instead.Get this item if your team has no slows or stuns. Really not a great item for not a great situation.Thanks to ThisisBob for making me realize how useful this item is. If there are a lot of homosexual mana vampires on the enemy team, 2-3 swigs of ye ol’ bottle will bring your mana back into resurrection range.(sell it at late game)Does the same thing as bottle except can be instant activated and is cheaper. However, it does need to be charged. Consider it over bottle if there are a lot of spells flying around.(sell it at late game)A decent item after Stygian. This gives you a lot more stacking lifesteal, some damage boost, some armor boost and minor mana regen. It’d be better if someone else carried this.One of the better items after AC. I’d rather get a Stygian, but if you want to be tankier and lifestealier, Satanic is not a bad item.One of the better items after AC. If you want to be an imbatank because they are doing waaayyy too much damage, heart is for you. Again, while this isn’t a bad item, I think there are much better choices.Terrible item. While it pseudo-synergizes with Leoric’s crits and need for mana, the cleave does little to nothing in teamfights, it’s just a bad farming tool that should only improve your farm by a small amount if you last hit, the damage is outshadowed by Stygian, and the mana regen is not needed. You need greater total mana because you’ll only be blasting/resurrecting in a small timeframe.thanks to the mana regeneration and skeleton king can use it for hex people and run away or avoid people run away.MKB is good to skeleton king.thanks to the damge and attack speed for his VAMPIRE AURA.MKB also can giv people mini stun,that skeleton king can kill people easily.basher is a good thing.but for skeleton king not so effective,so buy MKB if your money is more.1. LOCATE CLOSEST ENEMY THAT DOES SOMETHING IN A FIGHT.
IN THIS CASE, IT’S A FULL HP MEEPO ASSAULT TEAM CHASING MY ALLIED VIPER AT SENT TOP LANE. VIPER HAS ACTUALLY DONE A GOOD JOB OF EVADING A TOTAL OF 4 EARTHBINDS WITH ONLY ABOUT 40 HP, BUT HE’S NOT OUT OF DANGER YET. KING LEORIC (me) HAS MARCHED FROM MID LANE THROUGH THE SECRET SHOP ROUTE TO SENT TOP LANE TO COUNTER THE MEEPOS AND DRAW THEIR ATTENTION.
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2-3-4. ACTIVATE ARMLET, HELLFIRE BLAST, AND STAB HIM.
LUCKILY, ANOTHER ALLY HAS ARRIVED ON TIME, NAMELY ADMIRAL PROUDMOORE, TO ASSIST IN THE OBJECTIVE OF PROTECTING VIPER AND RETURN THE MEEPOS TO WHERE THEY TRULY BELONG, NAMELY THE SCOURGE FOUNTAIN. WE MANAGED TO CARRY OUT AN IMPRESSIVE COUNTER-ATTACK OF HELLFIRE BLAST + GHOST SHIP + TORRENT.
THERE’S NO BETTER NAME FOR THIS IMAGE THAN “ROYAL MEAL”
AND THE NEAT CRIT TO FINISH WHAT THE MEEPOS HAVE STARTED. A GANK.
5-6. IF THERE IS ANOTHER STUBBORN ENEMY AROUND, REPEAT STEP 3 AND 4.
STILL IN THE SAME GAME. IN THIS CASE, AT SENT BOT LANE NEAR THE RIVER, AN ENEMY SHADOW PRIEST GETS SUBDUED AFTER A FEW STABS AND HELLFIRE BLASTS, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD SHALLOW GRAVE.
A RAGING (WITH HORMONES) LEORIC. I CALL THEM BONERSTERONE.
NOTE THAT I SHIFT-QUEUED A TASK ON DAZZLE’S HEAD. ITS PURPOSE IS FOR KING LEORIC TO AUTOMATICALLY STABS HIM AFTER CASTING HELLFIRE BLAST. VERY USEFUL IF YOU WANT TO SAVE TIME.
THE MEEPO ASSAULT TEAM SUDDENLY FOUND THEMSELVES SURROUNDED BY VIPER, OMNIKNIGHT, ADMIRAL PROUDMOORE AND KING LEORIC. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED A FUTILE EFFORT TO ESCAPE FROM THE KING’S IRON FIST. (DOUBLE KILL FOR ME )
7. DEACTIVATE ARMLET. ABSOLUTELY. BUT SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF VERSION 6.58, THIS STEP SHOULD BE SKIPPED IF YOU HAVE HEART OF TARRASQUE, THEREFORE MAKING ARMLET A PERMANENTLY ACTIVE ITEM.
IN THIS CASE, IT’S A FULL HP MEEPO ASSAULT TEAM CHASING MY ALLIED VIPER AT SENT TOP LANE. VIPER HAS ACTUALLY DONE A GOOD JOB OF EVADING A TOTAL OF 4 EARTHBINDS WITH ONLY ABOUT 40 HP, BUT HE’S NOT OUT OF DANGER YET. KING LEORIC (me) HAS MARCHED FROM MID LANE THROUGH THE SECRET SHOP ROUTE TO SENT TOP LANE TO COUNTER THE MEEPOS AND DRAW THEIR ATTENTION.
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2-3-4. ACTIVATE ARMLET, HELLFIRE BLAST, AND STAB HIM.
LUCKILY, ANOTHER ALLY HAS ARRIVED ON TIME, NAMELY ADMIRAL PROUDMOORE, TO ASSIST IN THE OBJECTIVE OF PROTECTING VIPER AND RETURN THE MEEPOS TO WHERE THEY TRULY BELONG, NAMELY THE SCOURGE FOUNTAIN. WE MANAGED TO CARRY OUT AN IMPRESSIVE COUNTER-ATTACK OF HELLFIRE BLAST + GHOST SHIP + TORRENT.
THERE’S NO BETTER NAME FOR THIS IMAGE THAN “ROYAL MEAL”
AND THE NEAT CRIT TO FINISH WHAT THE MEEPOS HAVE STARTED. A GANK.
5-6. IF THERE IS ANOTHER STUBBORN ENEMY AROUND, REPEAT STEP 3 AND 4.
STILL IN THE SAME GAME. IN THIS CASE, AT SENT BOT LANE NEAR THE RIVER, AN ENEMY SHADOW PRIEST GETS SUBDUED AFTER A FEW STABS AND HELLFIRE BLASTS, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD SHALLOW GRAVE.
A RAGING (WITH HORMONES) LEORIC. I CALL THEM BONERSTERONE.
NOTE THAT I SHIFT-QUEUED A TASK ON DAZZLE’S HEAD. ITS PURPOSE IS FOR KING LEORIC TO AUTOMATICALLY STABS HIM AFTER CASTING HELLFIRE BLAST. VERY USEFUL IF YOU WANT TO SAVE TIME.
THE MEEPO ASSAULT TEAM SUDDENLY FOUND THEMSELVES SURROUNDED BY VIPER, OMNIKNIGHT, ADMIRAL PROUDMOORE AND KING LEORIC. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED A FUTILE EFFORT TO ESCAPE FROM THE KING’S IRON FIST. (DOUBLE KILL FOR ME )
7. DEACTIVATE ARMLET. ABSOLUTELY. BUT SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF VERSION 6.58, THIS STEP SHOULD BE SKIPPED IF YOU HAVE HEART OF TARRASQUE, THEREFORE MAKING ARMLET A PERMANENTLY ACTIVE ITEM.
King Leoric the Skeleton KingAuthor: BlackmasterPro
Map Vers.: 6.72b
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