What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
203 buys
2ndSecond most
101 buys
3rdThird most
85 buys
4thFourth most
70 buys
5thFifth most
40 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Huskar
Ranged · Strength
- Win rate
- 45.6%
- Pick share
- 0.4%
- Matches
- 192,785
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsCarryDurableInitiator
NeedsSupportDisablerBurstTower damageEscape
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 0–20 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 55.5% over 1,772 matches.
- You are playing around Divine — its strongest medal, 46.9% over 13,661 picks.
Avoid
- Hoodwink is on their side — this hero wins 38.4% of 86 matches against it.
- Monkey King is on their side — this hero wins 34.9% of 43 matches against it.
- Venomancer is on their side — this hero wins 37.5% of 40 matches against it.
203 buys101 buys85 buys70 buys40 buys
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Huskar took at each level.
QInner Fire
In a fiery rage, knocks all nearby enemies away from you to a fixed distance, dealing damage and silencing them.
No Target · Magical damage
WBurning Spear
Huskar sets his spears aflame, dealing damage over time with his regular attack.
Unit Target · Autocast · Attack Modifier · Magical damage
EBerserker's Blood
Huskar's injuries feed his power, giving increased attack speed, magic resistance and health regen based on missing health.
Passive
RLife Break
Huskar draws upon his health to break an enemy's life, leaping at a target to shatter a percentage of that hero's current health and slow both their movement and attack speed.
Unit Target · Magical damageMax Order
EWQ
Max E first, then W, then Q. Most took R at 6 / 15.
Level-up Order
- QInner Fire
- WBurning Spear
- EBerserker's Blood
- RLife Break
- TTalent
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QInner Fire | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||||
| WBurning Spear | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||||
| EBerserker's Blood | E | E | E | E | ||||||||||||
| RLife Break | R | R | ||||||||||||||
| TTalent | T | T |
Matchup map
How Huskar performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
80 opponents · public matches40%60%Huskar's win rate
≥ 60%Very favorable
55 – 60%Favorable
50 – 55%Even
45 – 50%Unfavorable
40 – 45%Hard
< 40%Very hard
If this happens, use this
- They are running away
Something that holds them still, or closes the gap yourself. Matched on “slow”, “leap”.
- I am being jumped
A way out, a way to shrug the debuff, or something to eat the burst. Matched on “dispel”.
- Kill them in one window
Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “magical”, “damage over time”.
- Pressure their mana
Burn it, drain it, or take the spell away entirely. Matched on “mana”.
By medal
- Herald46.5%9,882
- Guardian44.5%23,031
- Crusader44.7%29,059
- Archon44.3%32,949
- Legend45.6%29,912
- Ancient45.7%19,539
- Divine46.9%13,661
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min55.5%1,772
- 20–30 min49.5%3,138
- 30–40 min48.2%1,643
- 40–50 min51.1%560
- 50 min +48.9%184
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Huskar
Abilities
Inner Fire
No Target · Magical damageIn a fiery rage, knocks all nearby enemies away from you to a fixed distance, dealing damage and silencing them.
Burning Spear
Unit Target · Autocast · Attack Modifier · Magical damageHuskar sets his spears aflame, dealing damage over time with his regular attack. Multiple attacks will stack additional damage. Each attack drains some of Huskar's health.
Berserker's Blood
PassiveHuskar's injuries feed his power, giving increased attack speed, magic resistance and health regen based on missing health. Health regen is a percentage of your strength.
Blood Magic
PassiveHuskar does not have mana. Mana costs of items are converted into health costs.Huskar's Health Costs are Magical Damage and can be reduced by Magic Resist.
Life Break
Unit Target · Magical damageHuskar draws upon his health to break an enemy's life, leaping at a target to shatter a percentage of that hero's current health and slow both their movement and attack speed. While leaping, Huskar is Debuff Immune with 60% magic resistance. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Base attributes
- Strength
- 23 +3.3
- Agility
- 10 +1.5
- Intelligence
- 18 +0.0
- Move · range
- 290 · 400
Talents
- 4Burning Spear DurationLife Break Damage
- 3Berserker's Blood RegenLife Break Cooldown
- 2Burning Spear Burn Damage+12% Lifesteal
- 1Inner Fire DurationLife Break Slow Duration
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Life Break
Forces the enemy target to attack Huskar and increases cast range.
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Berserker's Blood
Huskar can activate Berserker's Blood for a health cost to cauterize himself. Dispels Huskar, then after a delay, heals for the amount of health consumed plus an additional bonus per debuff dispelled.<br/><br/>DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Sources
- Kit, talents and upgrades · mechanicalread 22 Sept 2026
Ability names, icons, behaviour, damage type and text, plus the Aghanim’s Scepter and Shard descriptions — as the game itself ships them. Nothing here was counted over matches.
- Win rate by medal · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The same hero at each of Valve’s eight medals, over 4,610,063 public matches. Each medal carries its own sample, because the eight buckets are nothing like the same size.
- Matchups and match length · counted, on a narrower windowread 16 Sept 2026
Win rate against each opponent and across five match-length bands. This channel reports far fewer games than the medal figures above: the median hero pairing is 51 matches and the largest on the whole roster is 707. Rows under 30 games are absent rather than shown small, and the ones that remain are ORDERED by a figure shrunk toward even by its own sample — the rate you see is the real one, the ranking is the careful one.
- What players build · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The five most common items in each of Valve’s four game stages, with each row’s own pick count.
- Skill order · counted, in league matchesread 3 Oct 2026
Where skill points go, read off every player's own learning order in premium and professional league matches on patches 7.41 and 7.40. Each level shows the ability most players took there and the share that did — a column only a third agree on is printed as a third, not as the rule. Heroes under 30 counted games show no path.
- Situation index · derived, and checkableread 22 Sept 2026
Each situation is a phrase match against Valve’s own ability text, and every row shows the phrases that matched. No win rate is attached, because nobody counts one per situation.
Mechanics are the ones Valve publishes for patch 7.41f. GamGem is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve Corporation.