Quick answer
Necrophos vs Templar Assassin is close to even in the stored matchup model. Check the recorded patch results below; player skill and lane setup matter.
These positions face each other in lane. Usual positions are assumed from recent games — change them to match your game.
Lane opponents — early trades matter directly.
Side-lane partners still affect the lane; this is not an isolated duel. Whole-match win rates and economy stay unchanged: those samples are not position-filtered.
Usual role
Role priority · 15–27 min
Locks down a hero that otherwise cannot be caught, turning their tempo into your kills.
Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.
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Usual role
Role priority · 8–18 min
Cuts their sustain nearly in half while the lane and early fights are still decided by HP.
Role priority · 26–40 min
Mutes the save spells and items on their heroes, so the target you jump actually dies.
Situational / another teammate may buy · 20–34 min
Skadi's attacks cut their healing, regen and lifesteal, so heroes who win by sustaining through fights can't outheal your damage.
Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.
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Win rates below are eventual outcomes among games lasting at least 20 minutes, not live win predictions. Pro hero averages use up to 200 recent games per hero; opposing-pair results have their own sample.
0 hero games · 0 vs Templar Assassin · 0 gold records · 0 net-worth records
15–27 min · In window
Locks down a hero that otherwise cannot be caught, turning their tempo into your kills.
0 hero games · 0 vs Necrophos · 0 gold records · 0 net-worth records
8–18 min · Past window
Cuts their sustain nearly in half while the lane and early fights are still decided by HP.
26–40 min · Upcoming
Mutes the save spells and items on their heroes, so the target you jump actually dies.
20–34 min · In window
Skadi's attacks cut their healing, regen and lifesteal, so heroes who win by sustaining through fights can't outheal your damage.
Public head-to-head at 20:00+: No public sample available. Sampled from the latest 20,000 recorded public matches, filtered to this patch.
Necrophos position 2; Templar Assassin position 2 — can meet in lane.
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For late-game evidence, compare the 25–60 minute outcome cohorts and recorded economy above. These do not prove which hero outscales the other.
Compare full lane combinationsA spell answer covers the named effect, not the entire enemy kit or a guaranteed win.
+0.8% vs Templar Assassin · Soft edge
No specific answer is documented here for Necrophos against Templar Assassin; that does not prove the hero has no answer.
+0.0% vs Necrophos
Mechanical counters describe specific spell interactions, not an answer to every ability. Proven effectiveness requires strong matchup evidence; neither guarantees a win.
Necrophos
Templar Assassin