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Huskar

Sacrifices his health to deal more damage

Ranged

Embrace the edge of death with Huskar, a terrifying snowball core who thrives on low HP. By using Life Break to instantly remove a portion of both his and an enemy's health, he gains the attack speed needed to throw burning spears with devastating speed.

Huskar abilities, talents and win rates on this page are from Dota 2 patch 7.41e.

1/3
Complexity
2/3
Carry
2/3
Durable
1/3
Initiator

Huskar Performance Summary

On patch 7.41e, Huskar holds a 44.71% win rate across 142,115 ranked games. That average hides a 2.4-point swing between skill brackets — 46.1% in Ancient against 43.68% in Guardian — so Huskar rewards knowing the hero far more than the raw number suggests. Captains treat Huskar as a threat: 90.7% of its 43 contested pro drafts ended in a ban.

Base Stats

Huskar
Health626+0 / s
Mana216
AttributeBase / Growth per lvl
strengthStrength
23+3.3 per lvl
agilityAgility
10+1.5 per lvl
intelligenceIntelligence
18+0 per lvl
StatValue
DamageDamage
44 – 49
ArmorArmor
2.7
Movement SpeedMovement Speed
290
Attack RangeAttack Range
400

Win Rates by Rank

Patch7.41e
Public Win Rate45%142.1K matches
Pro Win Rate50%2W / 2L
Pro Bans3991% of contests
RankPicksWin Rate
HeraldHerald
12.6K
45%
GuardianGuardian
26.4K
44%
CrusaderCrusader
29.3K
44%
ArchonArchon
27.8K
45%
LegendLegend
21.7K
46%
AncientAncient
13.5K
46%
DivineDivine
10.8K
45%

Faces of Huskar

Data Timeframe: Past 6 months

Innate Ability

Blood Magic
Passive

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.

Talent Tree

+22% Life Break Damage
25
+6s Burning Spear Duration
-5s Life Break Cooldown
20
+30% Berserker's Blood Regen
+12% Lifesteal
15
+5 Burning Spear Burn Damage
+2s Life Break Slow Duration
10
+0.75s Inner Fire Duration

Abilities

Inner Fire
MagicalDispellable
No Target

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

Health Cost75 / 100 / 125 / 150
Damage110 / 180 / 250 / 320
Radius500
Duration1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3s
Knockback To400
Min Knockback Distance25
Knockback Duration1s
Min Knockback Duration0.4s
Cast Range500
Cast Time0.35s
Cooldown17 / 15 / 13 / 11s
Burning Spear
Magical
Unit Target, Autocast, 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.

Max Health Cost2%
Burn Damage4 / 8 / 12 / 16
Max Health Burn0.5%
Duration9s
Cast Range450
Berserker's Blood
Passive

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 Speed170 / 220 / 270 / 320
Max Str Regen25% / 40% / 55% / 70%
Max Magic Resist15% / 20% / 25% / 30%
Hp For Max Bonus10%
Current Hp Cost0%
Max Hp Heal Per Debuff0%
Life Break
MagicalPierces BKBDispellableBasic Dispel
Unit Target

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.

Health Cost Percent0.32 / 0.38 / 0.44
Health Damage0.32 / 0.38 / 0.44
Charge Speed1200
Movement Slow-60%
Attack Speed Slow60 / 100 / 140
Immunity Resist60
Cast Range550
Duration3 / 4 / 5s
Cast Time0.3s
Cooldown16 / 14 / 12s

Aghanim's Upgrades

Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Life Break

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

Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Berserker's Blood

Huskar can activate Berserker's Blood for a health cost to cauterize himself. Dispels Huskar, then after a delay, heals for the amount of health consumed plus an additional bonus per debuff dispelled.DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel