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Huskar

Huskar: Ranged, position 2 (mid), Durable, Initiator. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 46.0% win rate in pubs and a 4.8% pick rate.

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.

Rangedposition 2 (mid)DurableInitiator
46.0%Win rate · all pubs
4.8%picked in 1 of 21 games
46.9%Turbo · 147,959 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f

How to play Huskar

Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms

1What to build?

Start
Gauntlets of StrengthFaerie FireIron BranchObserver WardMagic StickTango
Laning
Boots of Speed2′Wind Lace3′Magic Wand4′Armlet of Mordiggian9′
Core
Blink Dagger14′Hurricane Pike20′Black King Bar22′

Core items in order: Blink Dagger (around minute 14), Hurricane Pike (around minute 20), Black King Bar (around minute 22).

Full build by minute →

2How to skill?

Lv 1–4Burning SpearBerserker's BloodBurning SpearBerserker's Blood
Maxed by level
Berserker's Blood
lv 8
Burning Spear
lv 10
Inner Fire
lv 14
Life Break
lv 17
11+0.75s Inner Fire Duration16+12% Lifesteal18-5s Life Break Cooldown

Max Berserker's Blood, then Burning Spear, then Inner Fire.

Abilities and talents →

3Who counters the hero?

Toughest opponents: Bloodseeker, Brewmaster and Enigma; easiest: Pangolier, Alchemist and Faceless Void.

All 120 opponents →

4How much to farm?

502603696

Half of the players on this hero farm under 502 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 696.

5Common mistakes by role

Death streakDied with gold in pocketEnemy took the runes

Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.

AI coach

Compare your Huskar match with this cheat sheet

The coach shows on the map where you fell behind the pros on items and where you died.

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Mistake guides for the mid and offlane role

Picked by the hero's role. Once the hero has 20 reviews, its real common mistakes show up here.

AI coach

A review of your Huskar game

Sign in with Steam and pick a match: the coach reads the replay second by second and in a couple of minutes shows where the game slipped.

  • Every death and fight becomes a moment on the map: the fog of war as you saw it, and what the enemy saw that second.
  • Your pace against the Huskar benchmark: 502 GPM for an average player, 603 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Blink Dagger by minute 14, and the coach shows where you lose time.
  • Five-game homework the coach checks in your next review, plus a chat with the coach about the match.
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Pro build by minute

Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.

100 pro matches · 43.0% wins · OpenDota
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′
Gauntlets of Strength · 94%Faerie Fire · 92%Iron Branch · 78%Observer Ward · 63%Magic Stick · 44%Tango · 41%
Starting
Boots of Speed2′51%
Wind Lace3′63%
Magic Wand4′52%
Armlet of Mordiggian9′99%
Power Treads10′48%
Blink Dagger14′50%
Hurricane Pike20′34%
Black King Bar22′67%
Sange and Yasha25′21%
Aghanim's Shard25′51%
Satanic32′25%
Aghanim's Scepter33′49%

Skill build

4% of 98 pro matches

All abilities and talents →
  1. 1Burning Spear
  2. 2Berserker's Blood
  3. 3Burning Spear
  4. 4Berserker's Blood
  5. 5Inner Fire
  6. 6Life Break
  7. 7Berserker's Blood
  8. 8Berserker's Blood
  9. 9Burning Spear
  10. 10Burning Spear
  11. 11T
  12. 12Inner Fire
  13. 13Inner Fire
  14. 14Inner Fire
  15. 15Life Break
  16. 16T
  17. 17Life Break
  18. 18T
  • Lvl 11+0.75s Inner Fire Duration
  • Lvl 16+12% Lifesteal
  • Lvl 18-5s Life Break Cooldown
Inner Fire

Inner Fire

без цели

In a fiery rage, knocks all nearby enemies away from you to a fixed distance, dealing damage and silencing them.

Pros max it by level 14

Burning Spear

Burning Spear

на цель, автоприменение, Attack Modifier

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.

Pros max it by level 10

Berserker's Blood

Berserker's Blood

пассивная

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.

Pros max it by level 8

Blood Magic

Blood Magic

пассивная · innate

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.

Life Break

Life Break

на цель

Huskar draws upon his health to break an enemy's life, leaping at a target to shatter a percentage of that hero's current health and slow both their movement and attack speed. While leaping, Huskar is Debuff Immune with 60% magic resistance. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel

Pros max it by level 17

Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Life Break.
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Berserker's Blood.
+6s Burning Spear Duration25+22% Life Break Damage
+30% Berserker's Blood Regen20-5s Life Break Cooldown
+5 Burning Spear Burn Damage15+12% Lifesteal
+0.75s Inner Fire Duration10+2s Life Break Slow Duration

Matchups

Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games

All opponents · 120 →

Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.

Who to pick against Huskar: counter picks →

Benchmarks on the hero

Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.

Gold per minute
502603696
Experience per minute
6638121,109
Last hits per minute
5.87.07.9
Hero damage per minute
6318541,189

Win rate by rank

The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank

pubs · OpenDota
434445464748495045.7Heraldpick 9%45.0Guardianpick 7%44.5Crusaderpick 5%44.9Archonpick 4%45.6Legendpick 4%46.7Ancientpick 4%46.5Divinepick 4%46.9Turbo

Hero at a glance

Complexity: easy

It does best in Ancient (46.7% wins) and wins 46.9% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 2 (mid) in 73% of games. Pros usually build Blink Dagger, Hurricane Pike and Black King Bar by minute 22. It struggles most against Bloodseeker, Brewmaster and Enigma and has the easiest time against Pangolier, Alchemist and Faceless Void.

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