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Huskar #54 23 + 3.3 10 + 1.5 18 + 1.5
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 20 526 1538 2528 2924 +0.25 +2.55 +7.17 +11.67 +13.52 Mana 80 296 548 872 980 +0 +0.9 +1.95 +3.3 +3.78 Armor -1 0.67 4.17 8.67 10.25 Magic Resist 25% 26.8% 28.9% 31.6% 32.55% Damage Block - Damage 21 26 44 49 90 95 135 140 153 158 Attack Rate 0.63/s 0.69/s 0.82/s 0.99/s 1.05/s Attack Range 400 (750) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.6s BAT) Attack Animation 0.3 + 0.5 Projectile Speed 1400 Move Speed ▶️ 295 ( 325) Turn Rate 0.6 Collision Size 27 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Default Internal npc_dota_hero_huskar

Sacrifices his health to deal more damage.
Rescued against his will from the Nothl Realm, the revived Huskar found supernatural strength in his own living essence. The Sacred Warrior marks his Spears with blood, setting both weapon and life-force alight before throwing them at his foes. By instantly sacrificing a portion of his health with Life Break, he lunges towards a single target, causing it to lose an even greater portion of its health. With every blow sustained igniting his Inner Fire, the Berserker's Blood redoubled the Sacred Warrior's speed and made him ever more resilient, facing down his opponent in a bloody fervor until he emerged triumphant.
Roles:	Carry Durable Initiator
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Fiery, NicePecs, Undead, Nose Legs ( 2 )

Bio

Huskar, the Sacred Warrior

▶️ "Those who are given more in life must not cling to it but risk it all at every moment."

Lore:

Emerging from the throes of the sacred Nothl Realm, Huskar opened his eyes to see the prodigal shadow priest Dazzle working a deep incantation over him. Against the ancient rites of the Dezun Order, Huskar's spirit had been saved from eternity, but like all who encounter the Nothl he found himself irrevocably changed. No longer at the mercy of a mortal body, his very lifeblood became a source of incredible power; every drop spilled was returned tenfold with a fierce, burning energy. However this newfound gift infuriated Huskar, for in his rescue from the Nothl, Dazzle had denied him a place among the gods. He had been denied his own holy sacrifice.

In time the elders of the order sought to expand their influence and Huskar, they agreed, would be a formidable tool in their campaign. Yet becoming a mere weapon for the order that denied him his birthright only upset him further. As the first embers of war appeared on the horizon, he fled his ancestral home to find new allies, all the while seeking a cause worthy of unleashing the power his total sacrifice could bring.

Voice:

Dave Fennoy (Responses)

Abilities

Inner Fire

▶️QV

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

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

Cast Animation: 0.2+0.64

Radius: 500

Damage: 120/180/240/300

Max Knockback Distance: 400

Knockback Duration: 1

Debuff Duration: 1.9/2.6/3.3/4 ( 2.65/3.35/4.05/4.75)

 Self Heal per Hit Hero: 60/90/120/150

 Creep Heal Multiplier: 0.2

 Enemy Move Speed Slow: 40%

 17/15/13/11 ( 14/12/10/8)

 75/100/125/150

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:

Lowers Inner Fire cooldown and causes it to apply a movement speed slow and heal Huskar for a percentage of the damage dealt to enemies.

Debuff Immunity Notes:

The forced movement is instantly canceled.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_huskar_inner_fire_knockback

Death

modifier_huskar_inner_fire_disarm

Any

Not even Huskar's own flesh can contain the unending expansion of his life force.

• Inner Fire first applies the damage, then the debuffs.

• The disarm and movement speed slow are applied at the same time as the knockback.
  • Enemies are not disabled during the knockback. They can still turn, cast abilities and use items. Channeling abilities are not interrupted.
  • Can push units over impassable terrain. Destroys trees enemies come in contact with during the knockback.
  • Does not knockback Roshan, but does damage and disarm him.

• The knockback is not a set distance. It pushes every enemy so they are 400 range away from Huskar's cast location until they reach 400 distance from the cast location.
  • The knockback duration is always 1, so the speed varies between 1 and 400, depending on the knockback distance.

• SHARD
  Inner Fire now applies a movement speed slow and heal.
  • The disarm modifier is also responsible for the movement speed slow.
  • Always heals for the full amount per instance, regardless of how much damage the target(s) takes.
  • Treats illusions and clones as heroes, and creep-heroes as creeps.
  • Heals Huskar for 12/18/24/30 health per creep hit and for the following values per hit hero:
    • LEVEL 1
      60/120/180/240/300 health.
    • LEVEL 2
      90/180/270/360/450 health.
    • LEVEL 3
      120/240/360/480/600 health.
    • LEVEL 4
      150/300/450/600/750 health.

Burning Spear

▶️▶️WR

Ability
Active Attack Modifier

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical
( Pure)

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.

Cast Range: 450

Damage per Second: 5/10/15/20 ( 9/14/19/24)

Duration: 9

 0

 0

 3% Current Health

Debuff Immunity Notes:

Does not pierce debuff immunity.

Fully pierces debuff immunity.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_huskar_burning_spear_self

Undispellable

modifier_huskar_burning_spear_debuff

Death

modifier_huskar_burning_spear_counter

Death

Ability Draft Notes:

Uses the caster's current attack range when Autocast.
Manually casting it uses the cast range.

The Sacred Warrior ignites his weaponry after marking it with his own blood - causing far greater pain than he himself feels.

• The 3% current health as cost counts as setting health.
  • Current health as cost is non-lethal. Therefore, this ability can be cast even with 1 health.

• Burning Spear's cast range can only be further increased by attack range bonuses of the same range as the caster. However, it is not affected by cast range bonuses.
  • Uses Huskar's attack range when Autocast is active. Manually casting it uses the 450 cast range.

• Places two debuffs on the target with each attack — the first debuff gets refreshed, while the second debuff is stacked.
  • A number on the first debuff's icon shows the number of stacks, visible to everyone.
  • The stacks' durations are independent of each other. Successive casts do not refresh the duration of previous casts.
  • The debuff modifier is only placed once and refreshed with successive casts.
  • The debuff deals damage 1 second after it is applied, and can be defined as:
    • expr
      5/10/15/20 ( 9/14/19/24) × Stacks
  • The damage is decided by the ability's level upon placing the debuff modifier. Therefore, placing new Burning Spear stacks with a higher ability level on targets with old active stacks uses the old damage value.

• Can deal up to 45/90/135/180 ( 81/126/171/216) damage per Burning Spear instance (before reductions).

• Cannot be cast on buildings, wards, and ally units.

• TALENT
  Both the damage per second increasing and the pure damage talents immediately update all current active Burning Spear stacks.

Berserker's Blood

EB

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

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.

Max Attack Speed Bonus: 160/210/260/310

Max Magic Resistance Bonus: 10%/15%/20%/25%

Strength as Max Health Regen Bonus: 25%/40%/55%/70% ( 50%/65%/80%/95%)

Max Bonus Health Threshold: 10%

Illusion Notes:

Does not benefit from the bonus magic resistance.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_huskar_berserkers_blood

Undispellable

After losing his birthright, Huskar gained a lethality in physical combat that is only heightened as his own blood is spilled.

• Huskar's model size increases the closer he gets to the max bonuses of Berserker's Blood, up to 35%.

• Although not visible in the HUD due to it not showing enough decimals, each missing point of health grants bonuses.

• The bonuses grow exponentially, ramping up faster the lower his max health is.
  • The benefits ramp up to approximately 50% of the ability values at 40% max health and 75% of the ability values at 25% max health.

• Stacks multiplicatively with other magic resistance sources.
  • Increases Huskar's magic resistance up to 32.5%/36.25%/40%/43.75% at 10% max health.
  • While leaping during Life Break, it can further increases the magic resistance 66%/68%/70%/72%.

• No bonuses are applied at 100% max health and the maximum bonus values are applied when strictly below 10% max health.

• The health percentage is checked periodically and the effects are adapted instantly.

Life Break

▶️▶️RF

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies / Self

Damage
Magical

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 and has 50% increases magic resistance.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.5

Cast Range: 550 ( 800)

Current Health as Damage: 32%/38%/44% ( 52%/58%/64%)

Move Speed Slow: 60%

Attack Speed Slow: 60/100/140

Slow Duration: 3/4/5 ( 5/6/7)

 Taunt Duration: 3

Self Affecting Components

Current Health as Damage: 32%/38%/44%

Magic Resistance Bonus: 50%

Max Debuff Immunity Duration: 5

 16/14/12 ( 11/9/7)

 0

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Forces the enemy target to attack Huskar and increases cast range.

Spell Block / Reflection Notes:

Blocked upon impact.

The self-damage is prevented as well.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_huskar_life_break_charge

Death

modifier_huskar_life_break_slow

Any

modifier_huskar_life_break_taunt

Death

No matter the danger, Huskar thrusts himself into melees that only he can survive.

• Launches an invisible projectile and periodically drags Huskar along with it at a speed of 1200 upon cast.

• Applies a basic dispel on Huskar upon cast.

• Huskar receives a hidden charge buff, which lasts for 5 seconds or until reaching the target, whichever is shorter.
  • This modifier grants Huskar debuff immunity, magic resistance bonus, disarms him, forces him to face the target, and is responsible for the leap animation.
  • Since the modifier has a set max duration, it can expire while leaping, continuing the rest of the leap without its effects.

• Stacks multiplicatively with other magic resistance sources (e.g. Berserker's Blood).
  • Increases Huskar's magic resistance up to 62.5% while leaping.
  • With the magic resistance bonus from this source, every 10 points of intelligence further increases the total magic resistance by 0.5%. [?]

• Huskar does not need to turn in order to cast targeted abilities or items during the leap.
  • However, the following effects are able to stop the leap:
    • When Huskar is disabled during the leap.
    • Position change effects (e.g. Blink) or affected by other forced movement sources.
    • When the distance between the target and Huskar becomes greater than 2440 at any time during the leap.
  • However, the projectile itself does not stop. If re-cast before the projectile reaches the target, Life Break's effects are still applied on Huskar and that target.

• Can be cast on and debuff Roshan, but does not damage him.
  • Can be cast on Couriers.

• The following effects are applied on the target and Huskar upon Life Break connecting:
  • Life Break first applies the damage on the target, the damage on Huskar, the movement speed slow debuff, then the taunt debuff.
  • Deals magical damage to both Huskar and the target based on their current health.
    • Since the magic resistance bonus is only granted while leaping, the current health as self-damage value is not affected by Life Break's own magic resistance bonus.
    • The self-damage is not lethal, it cannot be used to deny oneself.
  • Huskar is then given an attack order on the target, regardless of auto-attack settings.

• SCEPTER
  Life Break now taunts the target upon cast, forcing them to attack Huskar.
  • Does not silence the target, so active attack modifiers with Autocast on are still applied.
  • Has the same taunt priority as Berserker's Call, Little Friends and Winter's Curse, but lower than Duel.
  • Since the ability upgrade is determined if Huskar has Aghanim's Scepter equipped, the taunt is applied if Huskar has the item equipped while being dragged by Life Break's projectile.
• SOULBIND
  Deals 53.76%/61.56%/68.64% of current health as self-damage. Huskar ends at the secondary target's location.

Talents

Hero Talents
Burning Spears Pure Damage	25	+20% Life Break Damage
-5s Life Break Cooldown	20	+25% Berserker's Blood Regen
15% Lifesteal	15	+4 Burning Spears DPS
+2s Life Break Slow Duration	10	+0.75s Inner Fire Duration

Notes:

• Stacks additively with other lifesteal sources.

Recent Changes

Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore

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7.34d

• Increased Burning Spear duration from 8 to 9.

7.34

• Life Break now applies a 60/100/140 attack speed slow on the affected target for its duration.

7.33c

• Increased base strength from 20 to 23.

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Recommended Items

Starting items:

• Tango helps Huskar regain lost health from Burning Spear before Berserker's Blood is leveled up.
• Healing Salve also restores health to Huskar.
• Iron Branch gives cheap attributes and builds into Magic Wand later, or Huskar can use it with Tango to get more healing.
• Magic Stick can save Huskar from burst damage when he is fighting a very low health.

Early game:

• Power Treads give Huskar some stats and much needed attack speed.
• Armlet of Mordiggian provides every stat that Huskar needs to be more effective and its Unholy Strength provides a way for Huskar to control his health. If you are able to practice armlet toggling, it will drastically improve Huskar's damage output and allow him to use it to survive fights as long as the enemies do not have abilities that deal damage over time.
• Morbid Mask allows Huskar to lifesteal from attacks, sustaining the health cost of Armlet of Mordiggian and Burning Spear. It upgrades to Satanic in the late game.

Mid game:

• Black King Bar negates Life Break's self damage and most enemy disables, letting Huskar jump into the fray with little risk of dying.
• Heaven's Halberd gives some strength, status resistance, amplifies the health regen from Berserker's blood, and provides disarm to halt an attacking enemy carry.
• Shadow Blade makes Huskar into a much better ganker. It also gives attack speed for more Burning Spear stacks.
• Bloodthorn will give Huskar bonus attack damage, attack speed, bonus intelligence, bonus health regeneration, bonus mana regeneration and bonus magic resistance. And it will also allow him to silence an enemy hero on which he intends to use Life Break, to have every of his attacks have true strike on the affected target, and to weaken spell damage of the enemy heroes he attacks.

Late game:

• Satanic allows Huskar to sustain his health while under focus from the enemy team. It provides strength, damage, and lifesteal. Its active could also be used in a pinch to keep yourself from dying.
• Assault Cuirass grants much-needed armor, making Huskar much harder to kill alongside Berserker's Blood, and greatly improves his damage output.
• Aghanim's Scepter will give Huskar's Life Break extra cast range and will also allow it to taunt enemy hero affected by it, forcing him/her to attack Huskar.
• Aghanim's Shard will reduce the cooldown of Huskar's Inner Fire allowing Huskar to use it more often, slow enemy movement speed and to heal him whenever it damages enemy hero.
• Silver Edge will give Huskar bonus attack damage, attack speed and the ability to escape while also allowing him to prepare a surprise attack with Life Break and disable passive abilities of enemy heroes. Huskar's Burning Spear will also be able to apply a break on a hero it hits.

Situational items:

• Daedalus will give Huskar great amount of attack damage and will also give his attacks chances to inflict critical strikes, which will proc very often thanks to the attack speed from the Berserker's Blood
• Heart of Tarrasque allows Huskar to keep Unholy Strength active indefinitely and it gives enough health to allow Huskar to be at a low enough percentage to increase stacks from Berserker's Blood but not low enough to be burst down.
• Mjollnir will give Huskar great amount of attack speed and good damage, along with the ability to have his attacks bounce between targets, damaging them. And the Chain Lightning will trigger frequently thanks to the attack speed bonus from Huskar's Berserker's Blood.
• Monkey King Bar will give Huskar bonus attack damage and attack speed, and it will also allow Huskar's attacks to counter enemy evasion and pierce through armor.
• Revenant's Brooch will give Huskar bonus attack speed, bonus armor, bonus intelligence, true strike every 9 seconds and will also increase the attack projectile speed of Huskar's Burning Spears. Revenant's Brooch's active ability will also allow Huskar to have his next five attacks have true strike, deal magical damage that can also weaken enemy heroes's magical resistance by 20% for 3 seconds, making them more vulnerable to Inner Fire's, Burning Spear's and Life Break's magical damage output, and will also allow Huskar to attack ethereal units with Burning Spears.
• Abyssal Blade procs Bash at a decent rate due to Huskar's high attack speed, even with the reduced chance, and Overwhelm is a powerful follow-up to Life Break.
• Blade Mail gives Huskar an edge against high-damage opponents by turning their damage output against them. Blade Mail can be combined with Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Life Break that can cause enemies to carelessly kill themselves by attacking Huskar, similarly to Axe's initiations with Blink Dagger, Berserker's Call and Blade Mail.
• Solar Crest provides armor reduction to let Huskar focus down targets faster and bonus armor to make him more resilient.

Dota Plus Progress

Main Article: Hero Challenges

Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.

Relics	Voice Lines
Damage During Inner Fire Burning Spear Kills Burning Spear Damage Kills During Life Break Life Stolen Damage With Active Armlet of Mordiggian Heaven's Halberd Disarm Duration Kills During Black King Bar Slows Leading To Kills Near Death Kills Triple Kills Mega Kill Streaks Kill Assists Kills	Bronze	▶️ Heh heh heeh. ▶️ Ahh, this will please the gods.
	Silver	▶️ Well worth it. ▶️ Another life squandered.
	Gold	▶️ A fair trade! ▶️ My life now has meaning!
	Platinum	▶️ Is that all?
	Master	▶️ You gave all you could give but it was not enough.
	Grandmaster	▶️ Offering accepted.

Equipment

Huskar Equipment (expand sets) Sets Flashpoint Proselyte   Hides of Hostility   Hunter's Dawn   Pursuit of the Ember Demons   Reckless Vigor   Sacred Bones Set   Sacred Chamber Guardian   Samareen Sacrifice   The Obsidian Blade Set   Wildmane Berserker   Winter Lineage Hunter's Dawn Weapon Burning Spear   Draca Maw   Golden Draca Maw Head Draca Mane   Golden Draca Mane   Searing Dominator Shoulder The Spoils of Dezun

Trivia

• Huskar's name might be derived from the Old Norse word "Huskarl", the title given to the highly-skilled bodyguards of important Norse lords and kings.

• His name might also be derived from Huáscar Inca, a leader of the Inca Empire in the 16th century. Huskar's lore also connects him to Dazzle, who is a Shadow Priest (fits in the Native American shaman role).

• Before 6.79, you could use a Ghost Scepter and then manually cast Burning Spear on enemies. You would take little magic damage since the magic resistance provided by Berserker's Blood reduced the incoming magic damage significantly, while also being immune to physical damage because of the ethereal state.

• "In The Lab", a VR game by Valve, there are some Bendie soldiers who wield Huskar's throwing spears in the minigame Longshot, along with other Dota 2 weapons like Axe's war axe, Dragon Knight's sword and Stout Shield.

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