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Bad against...

Abaddon icon
  • Huskar's damage over time gives Abaddon the opportunity to shield and heal his allies.
  • Borrowed Time icon Borrowed Time also makes Abaddon a hard support to gank, thus negating Huskar's early game dominance.
Alchemist icon
Ancient Apparition icon
  • Ice Blast icon Ice Blast prevents Huskar from healing and will kill him when his health dips below a threshold. This makes it very dangerous for him to use his abilities.
Axe icon
Bristleback icon
  • Bristleback's tankiness and Bristleback ability icon Bristleback allow him to outlast Burning Spears' damage-over-time at almost any point in the game. In addition, if Huskar chooses to cast Life Break on Bristleback, Bristleback can simply turn around before it hits and receive little damage.
  • Viscous Nasal Goo icon Viscous Nasal Goo will reduce Huskar's low armor even further, and Quill Spray icon Quill Spray and Warpath icon Warpath will tear him down extremely quickly.
Enchantress icon
  • Untouchable icon Untouchable makes it near impossible to stack Burning Spears.
  • Impetus icon Impetus' pure damage puts an instant end to Huskar's low-health brinkmanship.
Bloodseeker icon
  • Huskar is often at low health, providing large Thirst icon Thirst bonuses to Bloodseeker.
  • Life Break can trigger Rupture icon Rupture's damage.
Juggernaut icon
  • Blade Fury icon Blade Fury makes Juggernaut immune to the damage from Life Break and Burning Spears.
    • It can be instantly activated the second Juggernaut sees Huskar flying towards him with Life Break, blocking all damage.
  • Healing Ward icon Healing Ward effectively negates any damage-over-time from Burning Spears.
  • Huskar has no defense against Omnislash icon Omnislash and takes heavy damage due to his low armor.
Lifestealer icon
  • Rage icon Rage renders Lifestealer immune to the damage from Burning Spears and Life Break.
  • Feast icon Feast and Open Wounds icon Open Wounds makes Lifestealer one of few heroes that can outlast Huskar in a one-on-one fight.
Naga Siren icon
  • Mirror Image icon Mirror Image can cause Huskar to Life Break the wrong target.
  • Rip Tide icon Rip Tide reduces Huskar's already low armor.
  • Song of the Siren icon Song of the Siren allows teams to recover from Huskar's initiation, as well as the damage over time from Burning Spears.
Slardar icon
Ursa icon
  • Jumping on Ursa with Life Break is often suicide for Huskar, as he will be immediately bursted down with Fury Swipes icon Fury Swipes.
Windranger icon
Necrophos icon
  • Because Huskar tends to stay at low health to gain the maximum bonuses from Berserker's Blood, it makes him an exceptionally prime target for Reaper's Scythe icon Reaper's Scythe.

Others

Items

  • Black King Bar icon Black King Bar negates the magical damage from Burning Spears and Inner Fire.
  • Pipe of Insight icon Pipe of Insight will both reduce and/or block the damage dealt by Burning Spears and Life Break, which greatly reduces Huskar's damage output.
  • Silver Edge icon Silver Edge will break Berserker's Blood, making it much easier to burst down Huskar while also reducing his damage.
  • Heaven's Halberd icon Heaven's Halberd stops Huskar from attacking and applying Burning Spears.
  • Linken's Sphere icon Linken's Sphere blocks Life Break.
  • Spirit Vessel icon Spirit Vessel disables most of Berserker's Blood health regeneration.
  • Manta Style icon Manta Style can dodge Life Break's damage if timed correctly. Huskar isn't great at dealing with illusions as well.

Good against...

Weaver icon
  • Weaver cannot Time Lapse icon Time Lapse out of Huskar's burn damage.
Clockwerk icon
  • Clockwerk's abilities cannot handle Huskar in a one-on-one fight, even if he gets the jump on him.
Dragon Knight icon
  • Huskar can negate Dragon Knight's passive with multiple trades of Burning Spear.
Earthshaker icon
  • Earthshaker's stuns will rarely save him once Huskar has initiated on him with Life Break.
  • A full initiation combo will not kill Huskar, only lower his health and increase his attack speed.
Ember Spirit icon
  • Ember Spirit does minimal damage to Huskar until the very late game.
Nature's Prophet icon
  • Sprout icon Sprout will not protect Nature's Prophet from Huskar if he has already locked on with Life Break.
  • Even a farmed Nature's Prophet is usually not durable enough to fight Huskar alone.
Phoenix icon

Others

Works well with...

Ancient Apparition icon
  • Ice Blast icon Ice Blast combined with Life Break will kill an enemy very quickly.
  • Life Break can also trigger Ice Blast icon Ice Blast's shatter if the enemy gets away.
Beastmaster icon
  • Inner Beast icon Inner Beast allows Huskar to stack many Burning Spears in short time.
Dazzle icon
  • Shallow Grave icon Shallow Grave allows a nearly dead Huskar to attack extremely quickly and place many stacks of Burning Spears.
Omniknight icon
Oracle icon
  • False Promise icon False Promise allows Huskar to stay at low health and attack rapidly.
  • Fortune's End icon Fortune's End can be targeted on Huskar, and released just before he uses Life Break. This will dispel and root the enemy Huskar jumps on.
Necrophos icon
  • Life Break's initial percentage-based damage provides a clean setup for Reaper's Scythe icon Reaper's Scythe.
Pugna icon
  • Decrepify icon Decrepify increases Life Break's damage by a large amount, perhaps even instantly killing their target if coupled with other magic amplification abilities/items.
  • Life Drain icon Life Drain keeps Huskar alive at low health, letting him use Berserker's Blood to its full potential.
Terrorblade icon
  • Using Sunder icon Sunder on Huskar when Terrorblade is near death can be beneficial to both heroes, as Terrorblade is healed while Huskar gains attack speed.
Witch Doctor icon
  • Maledict icon Maledict greatly amplifies the damage from multiple stacks of Burning Spears.

Others

  • Heroes with armor increasing abilities to protect Huskar against physical attacks so he can survive and deal damage: Lich minimap icon Lich, Sven minimap icon Sven

Items

  • Guardian Greaves icon Guardian Greaves often goes into boosted mode to provide huge amount of health regeneration and armor as Huskar's HP drops due to Life Break and Burning Spear, keeping him alive to dish out damage.


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