Ability
Inner Fire
In a fiery rage, knocks all nearby enemies away from you to a fixed distance, dealing damage and silencing them.
↻ 17 / 15 / 13 / 11 sec.
Huskar
Abilities, roles and builds with an explanation for every purchase.
HERO GAME PLANWhat I want to do in the game
I turn lane pressure into early objectives and force the enemy to respond to my tempo.
As his health lowers, Huskar's ability to slay enemies grows considerably. Able to instantly remove a portion of both his and an enemy's health with his ultimate, when near death he is able to throw his burning spears with devastating speed.
Abilities at hand
01 / ROLE IN THE TEAM
A pick is not a plan yet.
My recommendation is a starting point. We choose another position together with the team and for its needs.
02
Mid · position 2
Initial recommendationLevels, lane control and joining the team at the right moment matter.
02 / ITEMS FOR A PURPOSE
What I buy and why.
This is an editorial starting plan based on hero mechanics. It is not presented as a match I have already tested or a popularity ranking.
Mid · position 2
My starting plan
Here is my initial plan: I do my role's job first, then choose the items the team needs. I adapt the order and expensive purchases to the opponent.
01 / First stepArmlet of MordiggianImproves physical fighting up close; requires attention to your health and activation timing.
02 / FoundationHeaven's HalberdRestricts a dangerous physical damage dealer’s attacks and adds survivability.
03 / FoundationBlack King BarProvides a window for my actions against eligible magical damage and disables. I check effects that pierce the protection.
04 / Next choiceSatanicHelps recover health through attacks during its active window; without access to a target, it is not a guaranteed save.
05 / Next choiceAssault CuirassGives the team armor and attack speed, helping it apply physical pressure to heroes and objectives.
What I change for the situation 3 options
Phase Boots ↗Help maintain close contact and pass through groups of units.
Sange and Yasha ↗Adds speed, attributes and durability for a physical damage hero fighting up close.
Aghanim's Scepter ↗Unlocks or upgrades Burning Spear, Life Break. The exact effects are shown below in the abilities section.
I see the minute on the clock. And the situation too.
I do not assign one ‘correct’ minute to every purchase. I look at my gold, the next fight and the problem: am I missing mana, target access, control or protection? If an expensive slot will arrive too late, I get a useful answer earlier.
03 / HERO ABILITIES
Abilities. As in the game.
Original Valve icons and descriptions. Cooldowns and mana are shown by level from the data snapshot; talents and upgrades can change the values.
Ability
Burning Spear
Huskar sets his spears aflame, dealing damage over time with his regular attack. Multiple attacks will stack additional damage. Each attack drains some of Huskar's health.
Details and upgrades
Huskar sets his spears aflame, dealing damage over time with his regular attack. Multiple attacks will stack additional damage. Each attack drains some of Huskar's health.
Aghanim’s Scepter
Mechanics note: some upgrade numbers are missing from the source; I check the exact values in the client.Burning Spears fires additional spears at random enemies within Huskar’s attack range.
Ability
Berserker's Blood
Huskar's injuries feed his power, giving increased attack speed, magic resistance and health regen based on missing health. Health regen is a percentage of your strength.
Details and upgrades
Huskar's injuries feed his power, giving increased attack speed, magic resistance and health regen based on missing health. Health regen is a percentage of your strength.
Aghanim’s Shard
Allows this ability to be activated to sacrifice some health and cauterize wounds. Applies a dispel to the caster, then heals them after a delay, restoring the health spent plus a bonus for each negative effect dispelled. DISPEL TYPE: Basic
Ability
Life Break
The hero deals massive damage at the cost of his own health. He leaps at the target, removing a portion of its current health and slowing its attack and movement speed. During the leap, the hero has debuff immunity and gains +60% magic resistance.
↻ 16 / 14 / 12 sec.
Details and upgrades
The hero deals massive damage at the cost of his own health. He leaps at the target, removing a portion of its current health and slowing its attack and movement speed. During the leap, the hero has debuff immunity and gains +60% magic resistance. DISPEL TYPE: Basic
Aghanim’s Scepter
Forces the enemy target to attack Huskar and increases cast range.
Innates, upgrades and other forms1 ability +
These abilities are not necessarily available at the same time. I check the condition beside the name: innate ability, another form or an Aghanim purchase.
Innate
Blood Magic
Huskar does not have mana. Mana costs of items are converted into health costs. Huskar's Health Costs are Magical Damage and can be reduced by Magic Resist.
Full description
Huskar does not have mana. Mana costs of items are converted into health costs. Huskar's Health Costs are Magical Damage and can be reduced by Magic Resist.
Valve base stats +
- Health · base
- 604
- Mana · base
- 216
- Damage · Valve field
- 43–48
- Armour · Valve field
- 2.67
- Movement speed
- 290
- Attack range
- 400
- Strength · base / gain
- 22 / 3.4
- Agility · base / gain
- 10 / 1.5
- Intelligence · base / gain
- 18 / 0
These are fields from the official source. The hero's final values in the client account for attributes and other active mechanics.
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One hero. Many decisions.
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