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Wraithling StatsNotes
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Aghanim's Scepter: Grants the Wraith Delay ability.Notes
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Reincarnation remains more or less the same. The interesting revival aspect of his summons is now tied to this ultimate to fit more power into their base forms, making up for the fact that they are summoned in less numbers now. More on them a little later. The directional based slow and speed buff allow for better skill expression from the player, rewarding good positioning like 
Bristleback and 
Bulwark even while dying. Since the buff is applied upon death and is not an aura, this fact is even more important to take note of. Facing death face first, quite literally, is your best bet in punishing kill attempts while simultaneously helping your own army.
Wraithfire Blast is now Wraith Fling, trading the burn damage to lob a skeleton instead of a fireball, better matching its actual icon. The disables that are still present help him and his Wraithlings beat down the unfortunate target. This is also reminiscent of 
Spawn Spiderlings where smart target selection is rewarded. Unlike that spell, you can target heroes and still summon at least 1 Wraithling but sometimes, spawning 2 in the early game can be incredibly strong. What else is so great about this change? Wraith King Wraith Flings Wraithlings. I didn’t lie when I said I wanted to have fun. But really, the opportunity was always there to name them that. Aside from the name change, how they are summoned and how they are resummoned, keep in mind that these little Wraithlings are essentially the same as his current Skeletons. Probably a little greener too. These guys also better interact with the rest of his updated basic abilities.
Mortal Strike has been replaced by Mortality Aura. This new W is a lot more selfish and suitable for a king such as Ostarion, having his followers sustain him instead of themselves. As the aura still affects him, it is essentially still just lifesteal for his own attacks. Now that all this healing is now directed to himself, his base durability has to come down. And since it is no longer directed at the allies themselves outside of the late game talent, it no longer automatically pushes waves so doesn’t need to be toggled. As his summons have been moved to Q, his E can return to fully being a passive. Instead of supporting his followers with healing, he now brings out their damage potential as fitting for his rule. As made clear by now, I strictly refuse to make this a toggled ability because first off, Return of the One Button King. But don’t worry as since this aura is applied on enemies instead of allies, he can prevent pushing by staying far from the creep wave outside of last hitting. Secondly similar to his ultimate, this dynamic then introduces a little bit of skill expression in an otherwise simple passive spell. If Wraith King wants to benefit from Tribute without pushing, he has to position himself really well. The proc chance of this aura might be low but with enough allies and his incredibly sustain, it's bound to trigger at least a couple of times before he goes down.
Wraith King, the left side provides more utility while the right side offers more damage. He can chain together specific level 15 and 20 talents for extra synergy. Amplify the damage of his Wraithlings and then further amplify it with the Mortality Aura boost. Grant them Lacerate but potentially drain their mana which prevents them from respawning, though this drawback can be circumvented by the free Reincarnation talent. The weakness of the Lacerate talent isn't inherently that bad since if they've spent that much mana, that means they've at least slowed a couple of times. At level 25, choose between regaining his lifesteal aura or letting him summon an army of Wraithlings that are guaranteed to be upgraded, should he ever fall. Not So Fun Fact: Did you know that taking the current level 25 Reincarnation talent removes the slow from the ability itself? Still worth it despite that but design wise, it feels dumb for a talent to potentially be a big hindrance if the enemy has any disjoints, so is replaced by this hopefully equally fun one of mass spawning summons that will immediately be boosted by his ultimate's move speed bonus.DOTAFire is the place to find the perfect build guide to take your game to the next level. Learn how to play a new hero, or fine tune your favorite DotA hero’s build and strategy.
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