Huskar, like Meepo and Broodmother, can carry a game solo if placed in the right hands. This guiജde will show you how to take your Huskar game to the next level.
You can play Huskar in any of the three Core roles in public matches, but he is typically a Midlane hero due to his need for solo experience to compete with opponents.🃏 You can also play him as a Jungler from the start, but we do not recommend it because the enemy team can punish your 🧸teammates for your absence in the lane.
If you're a Dota 2 p🌃layer, chances are you've encountered a smurf Huskar in a game where you couldn't even kill him 5vs1. You decide to play Huskar in the next game, believing him to be extremely powerful, but you fail miserably. To achieve that level of skill, one ꦬmust first comprehend a hero's flaws, strengths, and power spikes.
Huskar's Gameplay
Early game
Easy matchup: Put one point on Bu💧rning Spear and proceed to the lane. When the first creep wave meets, harass the enemy with Burning Spear to ensღure he does not get any last hits.
Bear in mind that you should not miss any last hits due to harassing the enemy, so keep an eye out for low HP cre🃏eps while attacking the enemy with Spear.
Because your Burning Spearﷺ does not aggro enemy creeꦡps, you can attack without fear of being hit.
Tip: Contest the Runes! Currently, because the majority of Midlane heroes rely on mana to land last hits and harass their opponents, they purchase a bottle (especially if they face Huskar) to avoid wasting money on too many regen items.
By implementing this tip, you can force your opponent's Midlaner to purchase regen items ꦆor force his Supports to teleport to the Mid tower to refill his bottle, allowing your other cores to have more space in their lanes. Spare no more than one point for Inner Fire and prioritize Berserker's Blood and Burning Spear over it since using Burning Spear will drain your health.
Hard Matchup: The difficulty of the match is determined by your opponent's actions. If you're unable to secure ranged creep last hit in lane due to his superior last hit animation or increased damage, start with Inner Fire. If you can get the last hit, but he keeps targeting you and you need regen, start with a point on Berserker's Blood for more regen and attack speed to as🌠sist you in the lꦏast hitting.
You can even ignore Burning Spear for the first three levels and concentrate on Berserker's Blood and Inner Fire. Avoid overcommitting 🐻to the enemy, because they can kill you if you are caught out of position due to Huskar's low armor.
Mid game
Easy matchup: When you have the upper hand in the mid-game, use Huskar's early to mid-game power spike to your advantage. In Dota 2, Huskar is known as a snowballing hero, which means that if you get a good start by getting a large number of last hits and lev꧟el advantage, you're likely to continue having an easy game.
The issue with Huskar is that if you are killed a few times, even in an easy matchup, you will fall behind and lose a significant portion of your power spike. So avoid being arrogant and play around your team during the game. Participate in fights only if you are confident you can get kills🌱 and remain alive.
Find a balan♓ce between fighting and farming, as you cannot maintain dominance by fi꧂ghting constantly.
To maintain item advantage, you must maintain a high net worth. If you possess the Armlet of Mordiggian, you must eliminate Roshan at this point in the game. You can play aggressively with Aegis of Immortality to make space for your Safelaner.
Remember that your opponents are aware of your power spike and will work together to attempt t🐭o eliminate you and prevent you from snowballing.
Hard matchup: Farm jungle creeps more than you would in an easy matchup. Avoid farming he💟avily in-lane if your opponent has a kill threat against you. Farm both jungle and lane creeps to avoid losing mid-tower, but keep an eye on enemy🌠 supports, as they may gank you if they notice you farming in the jungle.
If you believe ꦜyou can kill the enemy hero with a little assistance, ask your Supports to gank midlane. If the opposing Supports are ski🌳lled, they can easily punish you both by joining the fight — so look for the best opportunity.
After purchasing the Armlet of Mordiggian, use Smoke of Deceit to enter the Rosh🔜an pit. But be cautious of enemy Support Observer and Sentry wards around the pit.
Late game
Regardless of how your mid or early game went, you should have taken advantage of the opportunity to purchase sufficient items. Your mission at this point is to engage in fights with your Supports and 🍎Offlaner.
If you wish to take objectives, you only need to be half HP to gain Berserker's Blood attack speed. If you need to reduce your HP to increase your attack speed, 🍸use Life Break on a creep, then push lanes and take down towers.
Tip: Do this with your team, as pushing lanes and attempting to take objectives with only half your HP will almost certainly result in an ambush.
If the opposing team has a significant number of disables, they can easily eliminate Huskar due to his loss of half his health. Itemization is critical in order to survive half HP. Sang and Yasha and Black King Bar can surprise enemie𒆙s, preventing them from killing you unexpectedly.
Itemization For Huskar
Following Gameplay, itemization is the most crucial aspect in determining the outcome of🎶 a game. Each hero has a unique itemization that varies according to how you want to play the hero and the current game state.
Additionally, the lineup of the squad affects itemization. In this section, we'll recommend items that will aid you in itemization succ🌟ess.
Early game
If you're unsure how your lane will perform against your opponent, invest in one set of Tangoes for regen, a Gauntlet of Strength for damage and HP, one Circlet and two Ironwood Branches for stats, and one Fairie Fire for instant heal and a small amount of damage. If you believe you will have little difficulty in the lane, invest in more stat items rather than Tangoes.
Stat items enable you to cast Burning Spear more frequently, as it depletes your health when cast. If you know the lane will be tricky, purchase the same items as before, but don't forget to pick up a Magic Stick against heroes who deal magic damage and one set of Tangoes af🎐ter the firs🌼t creep wave.
If you believe you will be required to fight in the early game, purchase two bracers and a boot; however, if you intend to farm and fight later, focus on purchasing Armlet of Mordiggian.
Since patch 7.29, the Armlet of Mordiggian has been buffed and players buying it more than before for H🍌uskar.
Regardless of whether you had a good lane or not, this item should be prioritized over all others. However, If your opponent moves fast and frequently chases you, you can purchase boots as your second item. If you have an advantage over enemy heroes, but they move fast and deal physical damage, you can buy Phase Boots. This item provides the necessary arm꧋or and speed of movement.
Tip: You can take Roshan with your Armlet only by toggling it off and on. To accomplish this, you must practice Armlet toggling; otherwise, you will die at the hands of Roshan.
Mid game
Purchase Sange after Armlet of Mordiggian, as it amplifies the HP regeneration provided by Berserker'🔜s Blood and provides Status Resistance. When enemy heroes deplete your HP, Sange HP AMP heals you significantly, and Status Resistance reduces the duration of spell effects that disable you.
You can upgrade it to Sange and Yasha, or you can turn it to Heaven's Halberd — this depends on the enemies you are facing. While your hero is an expert at killing other heroes, you have almost🍸 no escape mechanisms, so purchase items that make 🌜you more tanky and challenging to kill while standing your ground and hitting enemies.
Late game
If your enemies are difficult to catch and your team lacks disables, purchase Aghanim's Scepter immediately. For three seconds, it forces your opponent to attack you, preventing ﷽them from using abilities.
If your opponent's team is equipped with multiple disables, invest in a Black King Bar to guard against chain stuns.
Are you getting disabled and unable to cast Inner Fire? Purchase Aghanim's Shard. As Huskar, your final core item is Satanic. It works well with your 🤡attack speed when you're low on hea🦹lth.
If the enemy has dealt the majority of the damage to you physically, we recommend purchasing Assault Cuirass.
Huskar's Favorite Neutral Items
Tier 1
Possessed Mask: This is the best item for Huskar because as your health depletes and your attack speed increases, you will receive a sign❀ificant amount oꦺf healing from a Possessed Mask. This item boosts your early-game survivability.
Chipped Vest: Although you do not require Chipped Vest's HP regen, itsℱ return damage helps you farm a little faster.
Ironwood Trees: Provides a significant amount of Stats i♎n the early game.
Ocean Heart: Due to Huskar's ♍mid-lane role and the fact that Ocean Heart provides HP and Mana regen in the river, this item is ideal for Huskar. Additionally, it contains Stats.
Broom Handle: If your team lacks Melee Ca𒁃rry heroes, Huskar can benefit from the 🦄armor and damage provided by this item.
Tier 2
Grove Bow: The Grove Bo🐲w 🀅reduces your adversary's Magic Resistance, allowing your Burning Spear to inflict additional damage.
Dragon Scale: Provides✃ you with the armor and health regeneration that you require. Additionally, it inflicts DPS ✤damage on the attacked target.
Imp Claw: Pr🎀ovides 26 bonus damage on every attack 🐻and a critical attack every seven seconds, so it works well with your Berserker's Blood attack speed.
Tire 3
Titan Sliver: provides increased Status🐼 Resistance, wh꧒ich reduces the duration of enemy disable spells.
Paladin Sword: This🗹 is one of the best items for Huskar. 📖This item heals the wearer by attacking the target and dealing spell damage, and Huskar does both.
Elven Tunic: Gives you more attack speed and evasion, which is helpful against physical damage 💞heroes.
Mind Breaker: Silences the enemy on the first attack, which is useful when trying to kill heroes with disabling abilities or hꦐeroes with 𒈔escaping abilities, such as Queen of Pain.
Tier 4
Minotaur Horn: Increases your strength and provides you with two seconds of spell immunity. You'll need both of those in battle, especially if you don't♌ yet ha🍨ve Black King Bar.
The Leveller: Increases attack spee🍰d and damage against buildings.
Trickster Cloak: Provides resistance to magic and evasion, which aids you in combat. Additionally, you can become invisible for six ꦡseconds, which allows you to escape from enꦚemies.
Tire 5
Apex: This item provides extremely benefi🐈cial Stats to Hu🉐skar.
Giant Ring: Increases your strength and movement speed, as well as dealing 100% of your st🐷rength as damage to any unit you pass through. You can walk throu♌gh cliffs and structures.
Mirror Shield: It reflects the spell𒀰s used on Huskar by enemies every eight seconds
Ballista: Allows you to knock b♛ack your adversaries and deals them with 50 pure damage. Addit🍃ionally, it extends your attack range.
Stygian Desolator: R🥂educe armor attacked target and provides damage.
Situational items
Monkey King Bar: Allows you to gain an advantage over heroes with an evasion 🔯base.
Blade Mail: When activated, it returns the damage that has been dealt to you to your opponents. It's incredibly advantageous if you're t🍒he primary target for the enemy.
Solar Crest: It pro🌠vides you with armor, which you can use to reduce the armor of your adversaries.