Black King Bar

[e][h]Black King Bar

 

4050

 

(1450)

A powerful staff imbued with the strength of giants.

Attributes

+ 10

+ 0

+ 0

Damage

+ 24

Ability

Active

 Avatar

Availability

Category

Armor

Bought From

Home Shop

Recipe

Notes

Shareable

No

Disassemble

No

General

Black King Bar (colloquially known as BKB) is an Armor item available at the Home Shop under Upgrades.

Ability

Avatar

Targeting
No Target

Affects
Self

Applies a Basic Dispel. Grants bonus Magic resistance and immunity to pure and reflected damage. For the duration of the effect, any negative effect from enemy spells has no effec, granting Debuff Immunity.

Duration	9 / 8 / 7 / 6

Magic Resistance Bonus	50%

90

50

Notes

• The duration of Avatar is permanently tied to the user. Buying a new Black King Bar will not reset the value.
• Cannot be refreshed by  Rearm.

Strategy

Black King Bar is a situational item recommended for any hero in need of protection from spells. A useful time to get BKB is when you're a high priority target and need to stop the enemy team from focusing you down with too many spells.

Because Avatar's duration and cooldown are tied to the user, buying a new one will not reset the values. The unit is stuck with what they have permanently.

An important example is Lone Druid. If Lone Druid has the minimum cooldown and duration, then gives his BKB to his Spirit Bear which hasn't used it yet, the Spirit Bear will have the maximum cooldown and duration due to not having used BKB yet, since the values are tied to the unit and not the item.

Version History

Version	Balance Changes
7.33
	Avatar Reworked: applies a basic dispel. Provides Debuff Immunity for the duration: any negative effect on the user won't affect them, Magic Resistance increased by 50% and they're immune to pure and reflected damage. These only affect spells that don't pierce Debuff Immunity If Avatar expires before the debuff then it will take effect for the remaining duration
7.32
	Avatar now has a 50 Mana Cost
7.31d
	Cooldown increased from 75 to 90
7.23
	Spell Immunity no longer grants 100% Magic Resistance
7.20
	Recipe cost increased from 1375 to 1450
7.08
	Cooldown rescaled from 80/75/70/65/60/55 to 70
6.84
	Black King Bar can now be sold (Repurchasing still does not reset its duration & cooldown)
6.82
	Avatar spell immunity duration and cooldown are now tied to the hero instead of the item (Buying a new one will not reset its duration & cooldown) Minimum immunity duration increased from 4 to 5
6.79
	Recipe cost increased from 1300 to 1375
6.78
	Magic Immunity now has a 6th level of decrease
6.75
	Can no longer be sold
6.55
	Reworked Black King Bar
6.52e
	Lowered Black King Bar duration slightly
6.49
	Reduced Black King Bar cooldown from 100 to 85 seconds

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• 2022-06-09 |  Black King Bar nerfed to curb brawler meta in Dota 2 7.31d patch by Dexter Tan Guan Hao of ONE Esports