Spirit Breaker

Spirit Breaker is a powerful ganker type melee strength Hero that concentrates on taking out single targets, while lacking in larger team fights. His Charge of Darkness lets him charge towards any target available, while knocking off all enemies in his path. If you see the charge coming, it may already be too late. He is picked mostly for his high damage given by his Greater Bash which crushes the life out of his hapless victims. Barathrum can instantly and quickly move to his enemy via Nether Strike and shocks them with a soul-bashing blow.

Gameplay
Spirit Breaker plays like most assassin Heroes: he singles out a target and deals as much damage as he can while trying not to get killed himself. Charge of Darkness is the go-to gank initiator. It grants vision of the target, and causes him to move very fast towards them, then stuns and deals damage while also disabling enemies that get in his way. However, doing anything while charging will cancel it. If Barathrum is disabled while charging, it is also cancelled, meaning he needs to pay attention and try not to get stunned. When close, the target sees a buff in his status bar that alerts him that he's about to be hit, so more experienced players can often prepare themselves if they're given enough time. This makes Charge of Darkness more effective when used in close range in order to prevent enemies from escaping or turning the charge around. Charge of Darkness can also be used to grant vision of the target. If Barathrum charges an invisible enemy, they will still be stunned and will give shared vision, but will not be revealed. Once hit, he can follow up with his ultimate, Nether Strike, another disable that deals high damage and teleports Spirit Breaker to his target after a short time. The target is always disabled, though Spirit Breaker can be killed, he cannot be disabled during the fade time. His aura, Empowering Haste increases his movement speed and also increases his damage based on his movement speed. This means any items that increase movement speed, such as Mask of Madness or Drum of Endurance synergize perfectly with this ability and grant him bonus damage. Greater Bash has a universal 17% chance to stun the target, while also increasing Spirit Breaker's movement speed. If he gets lucky, he can deal a lot of damage in a short period of time with his regular attack alone. Spirit Breaker is most effective during the mid-game, between levels 7-15.

Tips

 * Use Charge of Darkness to get close, stun your target, and make him vulnerable to your attacks.
 * Nether Strike deals major damage to the target enemy and teleports behind them, wherever they go. You can use this to catch blinking or teleporting enemies before they get away.
 * Greater Bash deals more damage depending on Barathrum's movement speed. Getting items that increase movement speed, such as Sange & Yasha and Drum of Endurance, will greatly improve your damage.
 * Chaining together Charge of Darkness with Nether Strike can deal high amounts of burst damage in a very short amount of time.
 * Spirit Breaker has very little teamfight presence due to his specialized skills, but he can still be useful at neutralizing targets and forcing enemies back.
 * Charge of Darkness allows Spirit Breaker to run through units, trees, structures and terrain. In a recent change, Charge of Darkness no longer intimates your enemies when activated, letting you setup ganks.

Trivia

 * Barathrum's fun/alternate name is Roadrunner, due to its incredible speed.
 * "Barathrum" means "underworld" in Latin.