Huskar counter and synergy picks
Pick Huskar with Wraith King to increase win-rate from 49.7% to 58.3% or against Pangolier to increase win-rate to 59.4% in Patch 7.38c.
Good with...
...based on stats [7.38c]
| Hero | Change in Win Rate ▼ |
|---|---|
8.6% | |
5.2% | |
4.9% | |
4.2% | |
4.2% | |
4.1% | |
4.1% | |
3.8% | |
3.6% | |
3.3% | |
3.3% | |
2.8% | |
2.7% | |
2.7% | |
2.7% |
...counter items [under review]
A core item to increase your movement speed and have more mobility when fighting or running towards power runes. Gets upgraded to Boots of Travel or Power Treads later in the game.
A core item to increase your tankiness and damage output and make use of Berserkers Blood for extra attack speed while fighting, farming, or taking Roshan. Purchase Helm of Iron Will first to resolve your HP sustain and armor issues.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats while making it more difficult for enemy heroes to kite you. Also help survive in fights when playing against lockdown spells like Reverse Polarity, Duel, Berserkers Call.
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 increase the cast range on Life Break and disable elusive enemy heroes to hit and burst them down.
A core Boots upgrade for better map presence and movement speed to constantly keep fighting with BKB and Aghanims Scepter.
A core item that gives you tankiness and HP sustain through lifesteal and lets you turn the fight from low health. Also lets you dispel yourself when in trouble.
Good against...
...based on stats [7.38c]
| Hero | Change in Win Rate ▼ |
|---|---|
9.7% | |
9.4% | |
7.3% | |
7.0% | |
6.2% | |
5.9% | |
5.8% | |
5.6% | |
4.9% | |
4.5% | |
4.3% | |
4.2% | |
4.2% | |
4.1% | |
3.9% |
...based on gameplay [under review]
Berserker's Blood provides Huskar with Magic Resistance to mitigate the damage from Firestorm and ample sustain to counteract it's DOT effect. Life Break can be used during Pit of Malice to dispel the root and leave it's AOE altogether.
Bad against...
...based on stats [7.38c]
| Hero | Change in Win Rate ▲ |
|---|---|
-10.6% | |
-6.0% | |
-5.9% | |
-5.3% | |
-4.6% | |
-4.0% | |
-3.8% | |
-3.7% | |
-3.5% | |
-3.4% | |
-2.9% | |
-2.9% | |
-2.9% | |
-2.8% | |
-2.6% |
...based on gameplay [under review]
Ice Blast is one of, if not the best spell against Huskar as he is the only hero in DOTA that does not have a Mana pool and utilizes HP to cast his spells and items. It prevents his Berserker's Rage healing and the lack of mobility in Huskar's kit makes it difficult for him to disengage easily and wait out the duration safely. Even if he just gets clipped by Ice Blast's debuff he usually dies to Armlet as he generally runs around at already low HP.
...counter items [under review]
Lowers the armor of Huskar with right clicks to reduce his tankiness and burst him down with physical damage as well as prevent him from running at you as easily.
Gives you movement speed to kite or close the gap on Huskar. Also counters the movement slow from Life Break.
Gives you movement speed to kite or close the gap on Huskar. Also counters the movement slow from Life Break.
Adds another layer of damage to burst down Huskar. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.
Gives you magic resistance to significantly reduce the damage taken from Huskar's magic heavy toolkit.
Provides armor and helps lower the HP regen from Berserker's Blood with right clicks.
Gives you HP sustain to stay in the lane and not get zoned by Huskar's constant damage from Burning Spear.
Helps significantly lower the HP regen from Berserker's Blood with Soul Release charges.
Provides magic resistance and reduces the damage dealt by Huskar from all his spells to nullify his burst potential.
Lets you reflect damage back onto Huskar and potentially kill him from the massive burst of Life Break and Burning Spear.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Huskar's magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you magic resistance to significantly reduce the damage taken from Huskar's magic heavy toolkit.
Provides evasion and lets you disarm Huskar to prevent him from right clicking freely in fights.
Lets you kite Huskar by putting some distance between him and yourself when he gets close with Life Break and hit him from range.
Gives you debuff immunity and magic resistance to avoid the Inner Fire silence as well as reduce the damage taken from Huskar's magic heavy toolkit.
Lets you apply the break effect on Huskar and burst him down in its duration while he does not have the added HP regen and magic resistance.
Gives you a dispel against the Inner Fire silence. The illusions help tank some of the single target damage from Huskar.
Gives you magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Huskar's magic heavy toolkit as well as save yourself or an ally caught by Life Break.
Lets you kite Huskar by pushing yourself or an ally away from him.
Helps lower the HP regen from Berserker's Blood and significantly slow down Huskar with right clicks.
Provides armor and helps lower the HP regen from Berserker's Blood.
Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Huskar to kill him before he can regenerate with Berserker's Blood.
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against Huskar's right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Gives you an instant lockdown against Huskar and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can have an impact in fights.
Bad with...
...based on stats [7.38c]
| Hero | Change in Win Rate ▲ |
|---|---|
-7.9% | |
-6.4% | |
-5.5% | |
-5.4% | |
-5.3% | |
-5.0% | |
-4.8% | |
-4.5% | |
-4.5% | |
-4.3% | |
-4.2% | |
-4.0% | |
-3.9% | |
-3.9% | |
-3.6% |
