Black King Bar – Dota 2 Guide, Stats & Hero Matchups [Patch 7.39d]
Your hero's impenetrable shield, a mighty and indispensable item that not only bolsters your hero's defenses but also grants them immunity against enemy spells and effects.
Base Combat Stats
+ 10 Strength
+ 24 Damage
Recipe
Abilities
Active: Avatar
Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% Magic resistance and immunity to pure and reflected damage. For the duration of the effect, any negative effect from enemy spells has no effect.
Duration: 9 8 7 6
Dispel Type: Basic Dispel
Mana: 50
Cooldown: 95
Additional Insights
- Purchasing another Black King Bar will not reset its immunity duration.
- Abilities that pierce magic immunity will work fully even when Avatar is activated
- Interrupts channeling when activated
- The beauty of the Black King Bar lies in its defensive and game-changing nature. It's particularly effective against teams reliant on magical abilities or crowd control spells, offering your hero a window of invulnerability to initiate fights, escape dangerous situations, or deal massive damage without fear of interruption.
Statistics
The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Black King Bar as a core, common or situational item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.
Itemization Strategy
BKB is for? If you are from SEA you would understand know what i mean from that, hence knowing that bkb is a crucial part of the game (admit it) that should be bought specially if you are the carry. The tricky part tho is that the itemization of this item varies as an outcome could change from a 9 second BKB to a 6 second BKB. Note that it's always good to time the BKB purchase as it has a very long cooldown that would be crucial to have it's high seconds of duration.
Heroes with Black King Bar as Core Item
A core item that allows you to get off your full combo reliably. Blink in without fear of being disrupted and stay alive with a bigger HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables on the enemy team to hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item that lets you avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to maintain Freezing Field channeling. Couples well with {blink-dagger} to be able to position your ultimate nicely.
A core item that allows you to stand your ground as you will often find yourself being a priority target to kill. Applies a dispel that you may very much need as well as magic resistance and immunity to pure and reflected damage.
A crucial item that allows Earthshaker to jump in and land his full combo without being interrupted. Grants spell immunity, enabling reliable initiations and teamfight impact
Allows you to stand your ground in fights and get as many attacks of as possible, while buffed by Leap in order to make use of it's amazing right-click steroids.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team for Requiem of Souls channeling and to hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to use Attribute Shift and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item that lets you avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to maintain your Dismember channel and not get kited when running at enemy heroes with Rot. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to maintain your chase with Static Link and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item perfect for Sven as he does insane amounts of damage but is susceptible to being kited and disabled. This will prevent the enemies from disabling you so you can stay on top of them with God's Strength and tear them down. In addition it provides decent damage.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to get off your spell combo and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to use Focus Fire and hit freely in fights.
A core item that lets you avoid most disables on the enemy team to use your entire spell combo and right click freely. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item that lets you avoid most disables on the enemy team to survive and deal damage in teamfights with all your spells. Improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables on the enemy team to hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item that offers debuff immunity and magic resistance during your Death Ward channel time.
A core item that allows you to get the full duration of Black Hole of. Provides debuff immunity against most disables and silences that can be thrown at you to interrupt.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team for Rearm channeling and be fearless when attempting kills in the middle of teamfights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
You can buy this item if you are playing into a lot of disables, silences, nukes and even items like {spirit-vessel}. This will allow you to play much more fearlessly and even be a frontliner whilst dealing insane amounts of damage with Heartstopper's Aura. Be careful when using it, you can potentially die to physical damage output as you wont be able to Ghost Shroud yourself.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to use Primal Roar on a specific enemy hero and follow up with right clicks to burst them down. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team and get your spells of freely in fights to kill enemy heroes. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to use all your spells, spam Plague Wards, and stay in the front line while hitting freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables on the enemy team and hit freely in Chronosphere. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables on the enemy team giving you a window to dish out as much damage as possible freely. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid being disabled in teamfights to maximize your Exorcism usage. It makes your presence stronger in fights and keeps you on the move while dealing damage.
A core essential item for Phantom Assassin to throw as many critical strikes before she becomes vulnerable to disables. Combined with Phantom Strike, she can stay on top of a enemy hero and avoid being interrupted.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to get Refraction off and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to use your spells and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to prevent you from getting disabled in fights so that you will be able to get into fights with Eclipse and hit freely without being stopped.
A core item that prevents you from being kited in fights so you can move and hit freely without being interrupted. Provides damage and hp through stats.
A core item that lets you avoid most disables on the enemy team to survive and deal damage in teamfights. Improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables on the enemy team and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
Essential item for core Omniknight when facing heavy magic damage or crowd control. It gives you spell immunity, letting you stay in fights, use your abilities freely, and stick to key targets without getting disabled or bursted.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to use Life Break and hit freely in fights with Burning Spear. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables on the enemy team and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to use Insatiable Hunger and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to hit freely in fights and have more versatility with Time Lapse usage. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item that lets you avoid most disables on the enemy team and get to your Flaming Lasso target without interruption.
A situational item that can be bought if there are too many disables and lock downs that prevent you from hitting freely in fights.
A core item to avoid most disables on the enemy team and ensure you get your Doom off and chase enemies in a fight. Makes you more tanky and fearless when running at Doomed enemy heroes.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to get Enrage off and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables on the enemy team to hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to throw your Unstable Concoction and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to get off your spell combo as well as stand your ground and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables on the enemy team and hit freely in fights as you will often find yourself being targeted due to your high damage output.
A core item that prevents you from getting kited down in fights.
A core item that to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to hit freely in fights. Makes you less reliant on Shadow Dance and Dark Pact to survive in fights.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to get Battle Trance off and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item that lets you avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to land your Reverse Polarity and hit freely. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item that helps you avoid most disables and survive during Duel. It also boosts your right-click damage and durability through bonus HP and magic resistance. In many games, you can skip {black-king-bar} and opt for {aghanims-scepter} instead, as it grants debuff immunity for the full duration of Duel.
A core item that provides debuff immunity against most disables and a must buy versus specific heroes like {puck} and {disruptor}. It allows you to man up for a good 6 seconds or retreat if necessary.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to be fearless in the middle of fights and maximize the duration of Magnetize on multiple enemy heroes. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to get Sunder as well as Metamorphosis off and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item that lets you avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to form the Wukong's Command ring and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item that lets you avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to land your spell combo in teamfights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to make sure you can commit without worrying about disables when leading the fight. You can use it before using your ultimate to prevent enemies from stopping it. Also provides damage and tankiness through stats.
A core item that lets you avoid most disables on the enemy team to hit freely during Unleash. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item that lets you avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to maintain your Pulverize channel and not get kited during Trample. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item to avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to use Pierce the Veil and hit freely in fights. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item that allows you to unleash your massive damage without being disrupted by most abilities in the game. Try chaining it with Raptor Dance to increase the your overall magic resistance duration.
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Trivia
Back in the days of old DotA, Heroes would grow and evolve while in BKB form.