Charge of Darkness (C) Barathrum fixes his sight on an enemy and accelerates towards it. As you increase speed, you begin to merge with the shadows around you, becoming difficult to see until you stop the Charge or hit your target. Upon leaving the shadows, Barathrum shocks his opponent into an immobile state for some time. Can track invisible units. Level 1 - Accelerates slowly, 1 sec stun. Level 2 - Accelerates moderately, 1.5 sec stun. Level 3 - Accelerates fast, 2 sec stun. Level 4 - Accelerates very fast, 2.5 sec stun. Mana Cost: 120 Cooldown: 40
Empowering Haste (H) Causes the Spiritbreaker to swing his weapon faster with higher movement speed, allowing him to deal extra damage. His presence increases the movement speed of nearby units (200 AoE). Level 1 - Increases movement speed by 2% and damage by 4% of his movement speed. Level 2 - Increases movement speed by 4% and damage by 8% of his movement speed. Level 3 - Increases movement speed by 6% and damage by 12% of his movement speed. Level 4 - Increases movement speed by 8% and damage by 16% of his movement speed. Mana Cost: N/A Cooldown: N/A
Greater Bash (T) Gives a 17% chance to bash enemies across the ground, doing more initial damage and damage as they skid. Level 1 - 25 bonus damage, 240 knockback distance. Level 2 - 50 bonus damage, 270 knockback distance. Level 3 - 75 bonus damage. 300 knockback distance. Level 4 - 100 bonus damage. 330 knockback distance. Mana Cost: N/A Cooldown: N/A
Nether Strike (E) Moves you next to your target doing extra damage. if you have Greater Bash learned, you will also score a Greater Bash hit. Level 1 - 100 bonus damage on hit. Level 2 - 200 bonus damage on hit. Level 3 - 300 bonus damage on hit. Mana Cost: 200/ 250/ 300 Cooldown: 40
Overall Skill Build
1. Empowering Haste
2. Greater Bash
3. Empowering Haste
4. Greater Bash
5. Empowering Haste
6. Nether Strike
7. Charge Of Darkness
8. Empowering Haste (max)
9. Greater Bash
10. Greate Bash (max)
11. Nether Strike
12. Charge Of Darkness
13. Charge Of Darkness
14. Charge Of Darkness (max)
15. Stats
16. Nether Strike (max)
17 - 25. Stats
Reasoning:-
Q) Why level Empowering Haste 1st before Greater Bash? Greater Bash gives you extra damage on your ultimate at level 6 !!!
A) empowering haste gives 4% damage from movespeed with each level increased. With your 295 movespeed, that translate to +12 damage. On the other hand, Greater Bash gives +25 damage / level. Now let's compare the differences between getting Greater Bash / Empowering haste at level 5 is more worth it:-
i. Greate Bash gives +25 damage
ii. Empowering Haste gives +12 damage
At first glance, when Barathum uses Nether Strike at level6, it is obvious that he will get additional damage of +13. But if you give a serious thought about it, you will see that, when Barathum managed to churned out a bash at any instance, it will follow up with an additional (or two) hits. Now, get me? The follow up additional 1 or 2 hits is what makes the different. If Barathum gets additional 1 hit, it is a fair fight between Grater Bash and Empowering Haste; If he gets 2 hit, Empowering Haste wins. If Barathum never gets any bash, Empowering Haste still wins. So whichever scenerio takes place, it should be obvious that Empowering Haste is the one that we should level up first.
Q) Why only learn Charge Of Darkness at level 7? A) Because before level7, Barathum's Mana is below 320. In order to cast Nether Strike + Charge, you need 200 + 120 mana. At level 7, Barathum has 325 mana. That is where u can get a kill, and that is when Charge Of Darkness comes into play.
Q) Why so many levels of Charge Of Darkness? Isn't 1 level enough? A) For Barathum, faster movespeed means more damage. When u cast Charge at 1st level, it takes a long time before your movespeed becomes 522. At level 4 charge, the acceleration rate is very fast. If you play against experience players, You woulnd't want them to to notice that they are being charged, and so, charging them from a closer distance would mean lesser time for them to notice that they are being charged. Even if they notice, they wouldn't have the time to run to safety, as your movespeed is VERY FAST.
Overall Item Build
1. Basher
2. Power Thread
3. Ring Of Basillus
4. Sange & Yasha
5. Heart Of Tarrasque
6. BKB (optional)
Early Game (Level 1-6)
Items
1. Ring Of Regen
2. Town Portal Scroll
Skill
1. Empowering Haste
2. Greater Bash
3. Empowering Haste
4. Greater Bash
5. Empowering Haste
6. Nether Strike
Before you leave. Get yourself a Ring Of Regen and Town Portal Scroll.
Do the last hit on creeps to farm gold. It should be very easy. With your Empowering Haste, you actually deal damage to creeps even before your normal hit. Get your first kill at level 6/7, then teleport back to your base.
Mid Game (Level 7-16)
Items
1. Power Threads
2. Black King Bar (If got disabler) 2. Sange & Yasha
Skills
7. Charge Of Darkness
8. Empowering Haste (max)
9. Greater Bash
10. Greate Bash (max)
11. Nether Strike
12. Charge Of Darkness
13. Charge Of Darkness
14. Charge Of Darkness (max)
15. Stats
16. Nether Strike (max)
This is your time to kill as much as you can. You are a hero killer, so play as one. You role in team play is to wear down enemy heroes as much as possible so as to make their team weaker when it comes to end game.
End Game (Level17-25)
Items
1. Heart Of Tarrasque
2. Basher
Skills 17-25. Stats
As a strength hero, Tank for your team. With your Heart Of Tarrasque, you will be able to TANK towers and and be a tanker when your team pushes together.
Hero Killing Method There are a lot of ways of doing it for Barathum. It really boils down to common sense and how fast you could react to different situations. I really can't list out all the possible senerios over here. But I'll go thru some of it here, and hope that it will be able to give you a clearer idea on how to think and react to different situation in order to get the best results.
Let's go thru some points of Barathum first.
i) Nether Strike actually sends you to your enemy's current location, at the same time, pushing your enemy as close as possible to your current location. You can say that it's actually a mini nether swap spell from Vengeful Spirit.
ii) Barathum has a stun spell (Charge Of Darkness).
iii) Barathum has a spell which makes him walk thru creeps so that he can chase enemy faster and easier. (Charge Of Darkness)
With these in mind, you know that u have 2 spells, both, of which is capable of stunning your enemy. The drawback is that, both spells have a relatively long cast time.
Here are the possibilities of using your spell combo:-
1. Nether Strike (pushing your enemy to your own creep wave) 2. Hit hit hit (hoping to get a Greater Bash) 3. If enemy flee, chase with Charge Of Darkness
1. You see a low hp hero on side lane. Immediately cast Charge on him
2. If he is an experienced player, he will run back
3. Evaluate the situation. If you think u can kill him with 2hits->NetherStrike->2hits, and take the damage from his tower, then go ahead.
1. Immediately Charge into an enemy in close range. 2. Hit him while he is stunned. Hope to get a few Greater Bash kicks in. 3. When enemy is about to run away, Nether Strike him and keep on hitting him.
Conclusion This guide is by no mean a very detail guide, nor it be a very good guide. I admit the simplicity and brief walk through in it. The purpose of this guide is just to give the reader a cleare and better idea on how to maximise and use Barathum up to his optimum capability. With all his spells being non AoE, he should be beefed up and played as a tanker and sacrifice for his team in later stage. Just my humble opinion. At least, that's the way how i play him. Comments and suggestions are most welcome. :)
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should have vlads n power threads by the end of mid game..Battle fury n assault cuirass by the end of late game along with heart, would make him a killing machine!!!
sELipAr_jEpUn @ Fri 18-09-09 12:57PM
killing method..
target a hero that farming alone wif charge of darknes...or if no hero farming alone target hero that dont hv any stunt skill....and also make sure ur are far away from ur target coz ur need to reach 522 ms before hit the target...ones ur hit the target rigt-clik ur maskofmadnes...surely ur can kill it..or if the hero try to run just nither strike it...this killing met always working...
sELipAr_jEpUn @ Fri 18-09-09 12:49PM
owh....i almost forgrt..just make bkb if ur enemy hv hero wif stunt skill....better make othe item that cn bost ur damage
sELipAr_jEpUn @ Fri 18-09-09 12:47PM
better use maskof madnes than vladimir...why?mask of madnes give ur alot more advantages....more %of life steler ability....n most important bost ur ms(movement speed) ms is very important if ur using this hero cos 16% of ur ms will give ur 8% damage....
n don make cranium...it just waste ur gold....ur alrady hv stunt skill why ur need cranium?
i would buy barathrum a : 1.power treads 2.vladmirs offering 3.assault cuirass 4.sange and yasha 5.butterfly 6.cranium basher it will surely make barathrum very fat and strong.then if u buy all of that to barathrum,maybe u can destroy your opponents easily or normally.
mIas @ Sun 11-01-09 11:39PM
I would buy hyperstone instead of ring of basillus
the void @ Fri 26-12-08 05:38PM
thanks that helped
Like The BesT @ Fri 14-11-08 03:30AM
I prefer like this... Power threads mask of madness sange and yasha 2x basher heart guyz !!!
Guest @ Sun 26-10-08 03:28PM
Its not bad...
Y not jus buy 2 basher? with a cuirass
Dis should giv a good chance 2 kill...
bcuz of the fast attack speed n higher chance to stun
this guy is nuts! are you crazy stupid the best way of killling an enemy is lvl 7 or 6 but i suguest MOM and SnY and hyperStone and with out bleeding greater bash will occur and you must have battle fury so he can say FURY OF DEFEAT! nyahaha then run take note walang malakas sa marami pag baratrum ka pang isahan lang yan
mga noob mga tanga kau....wala kaung silbi wahahahaha noob kau tlga.....dota nlng o kya GG client cgurado uuhugin kau..wahaha mga weak...
BuRaT RooM @ Fri 04-04-08 05:27PM
i think u think what do you think???
Guest @ Mon 11-02-08 01:03AM
i think tat the item u buy is very useless (ring, BKB)?? i rather buy a mom as i can kill easier or another basher or battle fury not noob items...
devil_zombie @ Sat 02-02-08 11:04PM
i think mom[mask of madness] more suitable for bara.sny is good either can up walk speed and gain agi and strength.if u cast nether strike u will get bash hit.then u activate berserk mom it can kill ur enemy easily.
MY BUILD FOR BARATHUM
-Sange and Yasha
-Masked of Madness
-Power thread
-2 Bracer
JARED @ Thu 06-12-07 05:42AM
This guy is a retard and obv doesnt play bara since he did not mention once battlefury or the reason why treads over boots. I persoanally use treads early game since if im facing an int based or low hp hero i tread into a int earlier on so i have mana to COD him early. or if im needing to tank i switch to str or if im having trouble last hitting (bara never does but just an example) i switch to agi. Late game after youve farmed and hero killed enough to save up for the better iteams and the bonuses you need just sell the treads and snag a BoT for speed and not to mention bara teleporting into a fray and ganking with a nether right away is pure pro.
Guest @ Sun 21-10-07 01:44AM
hey, i find that sny isnt the best build for him. just go with hyperstone and kmb, (king Monkey Bar). my first build is treads then ring then mask of deatht then vlads offering then hyperstone and demon edge and quarterstaff and then kmb, and if you have this and the game is not near over go for heart. why not sny you ask? well he has a orb affect and that is empowering haste, that wont add to your movement speed nor attack speed except with the agi bonus. and if you really want to get fast attack then go for bfly at the very end but at that point your all screwing around and not going fo the win.
storm-crow™ @ Thu 13-09-07 06:00PM
A REALY WEAK HERO EVEN MY 1 YEAR OLD BROD...CAN DEFAEATED U!!!!!!!!
clark the spiritbreaker die hard @ Tue 04-09-07 05:58PM
looks like i'm having horns and insense...what's this.. my feet become hoofs!! waaaaahhhh!!!! .....wrrrrraaaaoooooorrrrr!!!!!!@#$%^&* ........ i've dream of this!!! return to the earth!!!! spirit's of the earth guide me...
clark the spiritbreaker die hard @ Tue 04-09-07 05:47PM
dude. i'm using netherstrike to push my enemy backward nearer to my tower just like vengeful. and hit him rapidly for a bash chance while my tower hits him in additional.after hitting him for 3 to 4 times,i cast a charge of darkness to stun and hit him again and to keep him in place near my tower.i'm also using the charge of darkness(c-o-d)in fleeing.for sample i'm almost near to be finished by a melee hero.i cast a c-o-d to stun him for a while i'm fleeing for my life.
liltommy @ Fri 31-08-07 09:42PM
... bad build
get bfury,yns,boots of travel , heart =]
SwishaHouse3 @ Wed 15-08-07 06:07AM
uhhhhhhhh that item build=wrong
you would need boots of travel for more movement speed meaning more damage and u would need a battle fury.. alsoooooooo yea u would have enuf mana to cast charge and ur ult at lvl 6 u fuckin dumbass trust me i know
mad spartan @ Sun 08-07-07 03:35PM
Achew... I would seriously advise you to visit the mentioned link below. This fellow is ripping off your guide word for word... and that pisses me off big time.
Nimos @ Sun 08-07-07 06:04AM
He has stolen this from
http://deathknights.free.bg/spiritbreaker.html
!!!
notice that u also need 2 build charge of darkness to at least level 1 before building greater bash so that in level 6, after learning Nether Strike, you'll be able to do a Charge of Darkness-Nether Strike combo, which deals more damage especially when u have Sange & Yasha
Guest @ Fri 18-08-06 07:29AM
good stuff EXCEPT Bassiluss??
Boonzai @ Sun 23-07-06 06:20PM
lol somebody having heard about BASHER DISABLING GREATER BASH ?!?!? LoL !!!!
Guest @ Fri 07-07-06 12:23AM
this is a great guide; but i am not only writing this message to say this . i am a beginner in dota and i would like to know pls if any one can tell me what BKB does. thx
zhuge88 @ Wed 07-06-06 02:45AM
I agree with the skill build
For item build, I prefer :
1. RoR
2. 2 Bracers
3. BoS
4. S&Y
5. BoS upgrade to BoT
6. hyperstone
7. aegis
8. etc
jeff_o28 @ Thu 01-06-06 09:38AM
basher will trigger empower haste and greaterbash
FF_Phoenix @ Mon 08-05-06 01:15PM
My items build on Barathrum are boot, basilus, s&y and hand of midas. Then I'll upgrade my boot to travel. The movespeed's surely very fast and so be the damage. If the game isn't finish, I'll try to make aegis/ rapier. My skillbuild on barathrum is:
1. Empowering Haste
2. Greater Bash
3. Empowering Haste
4-5. Greater Bash
6. Nether Strike
7. Charge of Darkness
Btw ur guide is quite good. But I don't agree to make barathrum as a tanker. I think his role is as a killer. So, I'd prefer to improve his damage.
The Amazing Captain Kurt @ Thu 27-04-06 07:18PM
Hey i would also like to add that you can charge from ANYWHERE on the map. I like to cahrge from my base because it gets you back to battle quickly for experience and once you've charged from that far it is almost impossible for you to miss your opponent(because your so damn fast.One more thing, you should only nether strike when your opponent is out of their stun and actaully running away or if thier and your dying too dying. Some stupid people will try to fight the spirit breaker off.In this case smash em until they decide to run and netherstrike em....Its funny to read their messages of anger so a quirky insult would also be in order.
Guest @ Thu 13-04-06 06:29PM
Your guide on spirit breaker is pretty good but i believe there are 2 different builds that work:
1.treads, s&y, tarass
2. treads buriza, s&y, tarass
The Buriza buil gives you more power and damage but is more risky because you would have really high damage and get kills easier but you would be weaker and more vulnerable. The s&y build gives you more agility and hp which is more safe but less likely to get kills. Also i belive your skills build is too slow. You would get your first kill at probably lvl 7, if your lucky lvl 6 but if you did this build:
empowering haste
greater bash
charge into darkness
empowering haste
greater bash
neither strike
you would get your first kill most likely at lvl 6 in stead or lvl 7 and you could if your lucky get one with stun along the way.
However i do strongly agree with your ring of Basillius idea, i think its good, i always get it. But however you should get at least 1 or 2 bracers at the start or else at lvl 6 you won't have enough mana for neither strike ans charge into darkness, if you get bracers then you would have enough mana for both.
Overall i think your guide is pretty good but can still be improved in various areas!
HAve a nice life!!