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Huskar

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Huskar
23 + 3.3
10 + 1.5
18 + 0
Grants the following bonuses per level:
+72.6HP and +0.33HP regeneration
+3.3 Main Attack Damage
+0.25 armor and 1.5 attack speed
+0MP and +0MP regeneration
+0.1% base magic resistance
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1.67
Armor
(688.73 EHP)
26.8%
Magic Resist
(855.19 EHP)
1400
Projectile Speed
Melee Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.
100 (110)
(1.6 BAT)
Base Attack Time Attacks per Second is defined as
ΣAS / BAT / 100
0.3 + 0.5
Turn Rate This unit takes 0.175s to turn 180°.
This ability component has a different effect during daytime. 1800 / This ability component has a different effect during nighttime. 800
Default
Gib Type
2011-10-27
Released
2007-06-10
Competitive Span
2011-11-03 — 2013-06-04
2013-12-12 — Present
Version Control
This article has been updated to the latest version (7.41d) and is mostly accurate.
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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.
Blood Magic
Blood Magic
Inner Fire
Burning Spear
Berserker's Blood
Berserker's Blood
Life Break
Life Break
Roles:Carry Carry Durable Durable Initiator Initiator
AdjectivesFiery, NicePecs, Undead, Nose
Legs ( 2 )

Bio

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Those who are given more in life must not cling to it but risk it all at every moment.
▶️  Huskar, the Sacred Warrior
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.

Upgrades

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Aghanim's

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Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Life Break
Taunts the affected enemy unit to attack Huskar.

Increases cast range.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Berserker's Blood
Applies a Basic Dispel on Huskar.

After a short delay, the ability health cost is applied as a heal, along with a bonus for each debuff dispelled this way.

Talents

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+22% Life Break Current Health as Damage25+6s Burning Spear Duration
-5s Life Break Cooldown20+30% Berserker's Blood Health Regen Factor
12% Lifesteal15+5 Burning Spear Damage per Second
+2s Life Break Slow Duration10+0.75s Inner Fire Duration
▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃
+2 All / / Attributes

Innate. Innate

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Blood Magic

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Blood Magic
This ability can be bestowed by Illusions. Neither affected nor disabled by Break.
Ability
Passive
Affects
Self
Damage
Magical / HP Removal
Huskar does not have mana.

Mana cost of all sources are converted to health cost for the Sacred Warrior.
Set Max Mana: 0
Mana Cost to Self Spell Damage Factor: 1
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  • This ability has two components:
    • 1
    • 2 This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
      • The ability effects are applied as follows:
        1. Mana Cost to Health Cost
          • Mana cost of all sources are converted into current health as health cost instead, with the following properties:
            • The costs are applied as Magical Damage Type magical Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage, with the HP Removal flag.
              • Hence, all health costs are non-lethal and Huskar can cast abilities when having less than the required current health.
            • All abilities, including item abilities' mana costs, now display health cost within their tooltips, and on their respective icons, with these values being updated per The game server ticks at 0.033-seconds. This is how often Dota2 sends data between server and client.The game server ticks at 0.033-seconds. This is how often Dota2 sends data between server and client. server tick, and is defined as:
            • EXPR
              AbilityCost = HPCost × SelfMagRes
          • Health Cost
            • Does not affect abilities that utilizes health cost by default, including item abilities'.
        2. The ability cast.
This ability functions differently or requires certain conditions in Ability DraftThis ability functions differently or requires certain conditions in Ability Draft
Certain abilities that becomes inactive when the caster has 0- current mana works with Huskar's hero model.
Buff modifier_huskar_blood_magicUndispellable.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_CONVERT_MANA_COST_TO_HEALTH_COST
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_FORCE_MAX_MANA

Hero Model

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Hero Model
Ability
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
Huskar's hero model has the following hidden Innate. innate abilities.

He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
Talent Upgrade
Grants Huskar's attacks lifesteal.

Lifesteal is less effective when attacking creeps.
Lifesteal: Utilizes Lifesteal. Affected by Health Restore sources. 12%
Creep Lifesteal Factor: Utilizes Lifesteal. Affected by Health Restore sources. 0.6
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Watch Tower
Warp
Warp
Lantern of Sight
Tap on the Innate. innate abilities for more details.

Abilities

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Inner Fire

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Q
V
Inner Fire
Affects
Enemy Units
Damage
Spell / Magical
In a fiery rage, Huskar damages, silences, and pushes all nearby enemy units away to a fixed distance,
Cast Animation: 0.35 + 1.09
Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 500
Damage: 110/180/250/320
Silence Duration: 1.5/2/2.5/3 (With level 10 Right Talent.With level 10 Right Talent. 2.25/2.75/3.25/3.75)
Applies a knockback to all affected enemy units within the area-targeted location.
Min Knockback Distance: 25
Max Knockback Distance: 400
Min Knockback Duration: 0.4
Max Knockback Duration: 1
Roshan is innately immune to all forced movement sources.

However, other ability components still apply.
17/15/13/11
Mana Cost
0
Health Cost
75/100/125/150
Not even Huskar's own flesh can contain the unending expansion of his life force.
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  • The affected enemy unit(s).
    • The ability effects are applied as follows:
      1. The Magical Damage Type magical Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage.
      2. Debuff huskar_inner_fire_knockback
        • All the ability's negative effects are applied in one single debuff instance.
          • Units affected by Silence sources cannot cast abilities. Does not affect items. Silence
          • The affected enemy unit(s). to Knocks all affected units a fixed distance from the ability cast location.
            • Applies a non-disabling knockback on all affected enemy units, pushing them to a fixed 1.5/2/2.5/3-distance from point O , within the centerpoint of the The ability's area-of-effect properties. area-targeted location, over 0.4 ‒ 1 seconds.
              • Hence the min and max knockback speed are 62.5 ‒ 400 correspondingly to the min and max knockback distance.
              • The knockback duration varies depending on the terrain.
              • Can push enemy units over There are six different terrain height levels that have gameplay relevance.There are six different terrain height levels that have gameplay relevance. impassable terrain.
          • Cancels most position-changing effects on the x-axis, but not z-axis movement.
        • Trees are a prominent feature in the game!Trees are a prominent feature in the game!
          • Trees within 200-radius of the pushed unit are destroyed upon contact.
Ability interactions with Debuff Immunity sources.
The The unit is forcefully moved in the x-axis accordingly to its facing direction. forced movement applied no longer affects the debuff immune enemy unit.
Debuff modifier_huskar_inner_fire_knockbackOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Knockback
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ANIMATION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TRANSLATE_ACTIVITY_MODIFIERS
Debuff modifier_huskar_inner_fire_disarmDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Inner Fire: Silenced by Huskar's Inner Fire
MODIFIER_STATE_SILENCED
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE

Burning Spear

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W
R
Burning Spear
Ability
Autocast / Active Attack Modifier
Affects
Enemy Units
Damage
Spell / Magical
Ignites his spears aflame with his health, dealing damage over time with his regular attack.

Multiple attacks will stack additional damage.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.5
Cast Range: Affected by Attack Range increasing sources. 400
Damage per Second: 4/8/12/16 (With level 15 Right Talent.With level 15 Right Talent. 9/13/17/21)
Max Health as Damage per Second: 0.5%
Duration: 9 (With level 25 Right Talent.With level 25 Right Talent. 15)
Grants additional range when manually casting the ability.
Active Cast Range: Affected by Attack Range increasing sources. 450
0
Mana Cost
0
Health Cost
2% × MaxHP
The Sacred Warrior ignites his weaponry after marking it with his own blood - causing far greater pain than he himself feels.
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  • This unit's attack now apply certain effects.
    • Burning Spear is an active attack modifier, and has the following properties:
    • Has a different cast range when casting Burning Spear manually; This ability can automatically cast on valid units. Autocast uses Huskar's current Affected by Attack Range increasing sources. attack range.
      • Has Autocast off by default.
    • Instant Attack
      • This ability component can be applied by other instant attack sources.
  • This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
    • The current health cost utilizes setting health and is non-lethal.
    • Hence, this ability can be cast when Huskar has less than the required health.
  • The affected enemy unit(s).
    • The ability effects are applied as follows:
      1. Applies two debuffs on the affected enemy unit per attack:
        • 1 Debuff huskar_burning_spear_counter
          • This debuff indicates the number of stacks visible to everyone.
          • Reapplying this debuff refreshes the duration.
        • 2 Debuff huskar_burning_spear_debuff
          • Applies the Magical Damage Type magical Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage correspondingly to the current stacks, then deals damage in 1-second intervals, 1 second upon debuff application. This is defined as:
          • EXPR
            SpellDmg × Stacks
            • The damage value is determined by the current ability level upon debuff application.
            • Hence, reapplying this debuff do not update to the current damage values.
      2. Huskar's attack instance.
Ability interactions with the caster's illusions.
Neither functional nor is toggled This component requires toggling on the ability..
Ability interactions with Spell Steal.
Cannot acquire active This unit's attack now apply certain effects. attack modifiers.
This ability functions differently or requires certain conditions in Ability DraftThis ability functions differently or requires certain conditions in Ability Draft
Utilizes the caster's current Affected by Attack Range increasing sources. attack range while This ability can automatically cast on valid units. Autocast is active, manual cast utilizes the ability's current Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. cast range.
Buff modifier_huskar_burning_spear_selfUndispellable.
Hidden modifier
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_LANDED
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_RECORD_DESTROY
Debuff modifier_huskar_burning_spear_debuffOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Burning Spear: YOU ARE ON FIRE! Taking periodic damage.
Debuff modifier_huskar_burning_spear_counterOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Hidden Modifier

Berserker's Blood

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E
B
Berserker's Blood
Ability
Passive
Affects
Self
Huskar's injuries feed his power, giving increased attack speed, magic resistance and health regeneration based on missing health.

Grants health regeneration bonus based on a percentage of Huskar's Strength strength.
Max Bonus Health Threshold: 10%
Max Attack Speed Bonus: 170/220/270/320
Max Magic Resistance Bonus: 15%/20%/25%/30%
Strength as Max Health Regen Bonus Factor: 0.25/0.4/0.55/0.7 (With level 20 Right Talent.With level 20 Right Talent. 0.55/0.7/0.85/1)
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
All ability effects applied has a linger duration upon Huskar's death.
Linger Duration: 0.5
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Applies a Basic Dispel on Huskar.

After a short delay, the ability health cost is applied as a heal, along with a bonus for each debuff dispelled this way.
Health Cost Heal Delay: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 2)
Max Health as Heal per Debuff Dispelled: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 3%)
(Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 20)
Mana Cost
(Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 0)
Health Cost
(Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 30% × CurrentHP)
After losing his birthright, Huskar gained a lethality in physical combat that is only heightened as his own blood is spilled.
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  • Checks for Huskar's current health per The game server ticks at 0.033-seconds. This is how often Dota2 sends data between server and client.The game server ticks at 0.033-seconds. This is how often Dota2 sends data between server and client. server tick.
    • Grants all ability bonuses exponentially based on the percentage difference between Huskar's max and current health, ramping up faster the lower the current health percentage.
      • EXPR
        • CurrentHP ≤ 10%, grants max bonus ability values.
        • CurrentHP = 100%, does not grant any bonuses.
  • Adds an active component that applies the following ability effects upon cast:
    • Applies a Dispellable by any Dispel sources. basic dispel.
    • Buff huskar_cauterize_delay (x) to Affected by Heal Manipulation sources.
      • The ability stores the amount of health that Huskar will heal, and is defined as:
        • EXPR
          Heal = ( 30% × CurrentHP ) + 3% × MaxHP × DebuffDispelled)
      • The value on the HUD is affected by heal manipulation, the value before manipulation will be shown on the buff icon and above Huskar upon heal proc.
      • 2 seconds after casting, applies the total self heal as one single instance.
        • Applies the heal even when Huskar is Hidden units are not affected by most abilities. hidden or This unit is immune to everything. invulnerable.
        • Recasting the ability applies an independent heal buff.
Ability interactions with the caster's illusions.
Cannot utilize the Magic Resistance magic resistance component by design.

Other ability components are fully functional.
Buff modifier_huskar_berserkers_bloodOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANT
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MAGICAL_RESISTANCE_BONUS
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_HEALTH_REGEN_CONSTANT
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MODEL_SCALE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TRANSLATE_ACTIVITY_MODIFIERS
Buff modifier_huskar_berserkers_blood_auraUndispellable.
Hidden Modifier
Buff modifier_huskar_cauterize_delay (x)Only dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Cauterize: Heal for x health upon expiration.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TOOLTIP
  • The ability's visual effects.
    • Applies the following ability effects to Huskar's model:
      • The greater the current health percentage loss, the straighter Huskar stands, the darker the color of his hero model.
        • Increases his model size by 1% linearly per 2.5% max health missing, and is defined as:
          • EXPR
            CurrentHP ≥ 97.5% MaxHP , ModelSizeBonus = nil
          • EXPR
            CurrentHP ≤ 2.5% MaxHP , MAX ModelSizeBonus = 39%

Life Break

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R
F
Life Break
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Damage
Spell / Magical
Leaps at an enemy target, shattering a percentage of its current health, and slowing both its movement speed and attack speed.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.5
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 550 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 800)
Current Health as Damage: 32%/38%/44% (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 54%/60%/66%)
Move Speed Slow: 60%
Attack Speed Slow: 60/100/140
Slow Duration: 3/4/5 (With level 10 Left Talent.With level 10 Left Talent. 5/6/7)
Taunt Duration: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 3)
While leaping, Huskar is debuff immune and has increased magic resistance.

Huskar also draws upon his health upon breaking the affected target's health.
Max Leap Distance: 2440
Self Current Health as Damage: 32%/38%/44%
Magic Resist Bonus: 60%
Max Debuff Immune Duration: 5
Applies all ability effects on Roshan, but does not damage it.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Taunts the affected enemy unit to attack Huskar.

Increases cast range.
16/14/12 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 11/9/7)
No matter the danger, Huskar thrusts himself into melees that only he can survive.
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Has the following priorities among Units affected by Taunt sources cannot cast abilities and are forced to only attack and chase after the taunt sources. taunt sources.
  • The projectile impact properties.
    • All Life Break ability effects on both Huskar and the affected enemy unit upon projectile impact.
    • This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
      • Upon reaching the The ability's unit-targeted properties. unit-targeted enemy:
  • The affected unit leaps in an arc-like trajectory, over impassable terrain and other units. The affected enemy unit(s).
    • When the distance between the The ability's unit-targeted properties. unit-targeted enemy and Huskar is > -distance at any time during the leap, the leap component is canceled.
      • However, the projectile is not destroyed.
      • Huskar will stop in place, frozen in his leap animation. He can be given move orders in this state.
      • After a short while, the Current Health as Damage components, slows Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. and taunt will be applied, and Huskar finally lands.
Ability interactions with Spell Block sources.
Nullifies the ability and all ability components upon cast.
Ability interactions with Spell Reflection sources.
All ability effects applied on the caster are Dispellable by any Dispel sources. dispelled upon reaching the affected enemy unit.

Hence, the Spell Reflection proc is neither affected by the debuff immunity granted nor the bonus Magic Resistance magic resistance applied.
Ability interactions with Spell Duplication sources.
Ends at the secondary target's location.

Deals -594872000% of current health as self-damage.
Buff modifier_huskar_life_break_chargeOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Life Break: Debuff immune.
MODIFIER_STATE_DISARMED
MODIFIER_STATE_DEBUFF_IMMUNE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MAGICAL_RESISTANCE_BONUS
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ABSOLUTE_NO_DAMAGE_PURE
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_STATE_CHANGED
Debuff modifier_huskar_life_break_slowDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Life Break: Movement speed reduced by x%.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANT
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_HERO_KILLED
Debuff modifier_huskar_life_break_tauntOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Life Break: Taunted
MODIFIER_STATE_TAUNTED
  • The life_break_charge Buff buff has a duration.
    • Hence, it can expire while leaping, continuing with the rest of the leap duration without any ability effects.

Recent Matches

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Main Article: Huskar/Matches
DateTierTournamentPicksScorevs. PicksPatch
June 6, 2026 - 17:00 CESTTier 3EPL Season 38 - June 6EPL Season 38 - June 6EPL Season 38 - June 6
Shadow Fiend
Doom
Lion
Huskar
Bane
0 : 1
Hoodwink
Treant Protector
Undying
Luna
Sniper
7.41c
+ Details
June 4, 2026 - 12:00 EDTQualifierEWC 2026 NA CQEWC 2026 NA CQEWC 2026 NA CQ
Rubick
Faceless Void
Phoenix
Tidehunter
Huskar
1 : 0
Keeper of the Light
Largo
Kez
Silencer
Sniper
7.41c
+ Details
June 3, 2026 - 12:00 EDTQualifierEWC 2026 NA CQEWC 2026 NA CQEWC 2026 NA CQ
Keeper of the Light
Largo
Monkey King
Winter Wyvern
Huskar
1 : 0
Rubick
Silencer
Pangolier
Queen of Pain
Tiny
7.41c
+ Details
June 3, 2026 - 20:00 SGTQualifierEWC 2026 SEA CQEWC 2026 SEA CQEWC 2026 SEA CQ
Snapfire
Enchantress
Axe
Drow Ranger
Huskar
0 : 1
Storm Spirit
Rubick
Bane
Shadow Fiend
Primal Beast
7.41
Details
June 3, 2026 - 12:00 EESTQualifierEWC 2026 EEU CQEWC 2026 EEU CQEWC 2026 EEU CQ
Drow Ranger
Largo
Batrider
Huskar
Lion
0 : 1
Axe
Treant Protector
Puck
Techies
Phantom Lancer
7.41
Details

Recent Changes

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Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore
Description
7.41d
(2026-06-04)
  • Reduced Burning Spear damage per second from 5/10/15/20 to 4/8/12/16.
7.41c
(2026-05-06)
  • Reduced base health regeneration from 0.25 to 0.
7.40c
(2026-01-21)

Dota Plus Progress

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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.

Huskar's 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

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Master
  • ▶️ You gave all you could give but it was not enough.

Grandmaster

Equipment

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Trivia

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  • 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).
  • "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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