Skull Basher

Ability

Bash

Play

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Grants each attack a chance to stun the target for 1.4 seconds and deal 85 bonus damage, based on whether the equipped hero is ranged or melee.

Proc Chance (Melee): 25%

Proc Chance (Ranged): 10%

Damage: 85

Stun Duration: 1.4

2.3

Modifiers

Bashed: Dispellable with strong dispels.

Notes:

• Skull Basher`s bash does not stack with the bash of Abyssal Blade   Item   Lore   Changelogs     Abyssal Blade The lost blade of the Commander of the Abyss, this edge cuts into an enemy s soul. Cost6400 (1550) Bought FromWeapons Active Overwhelm Passive Bash, Damage and other Skull Bashers.

• When obtaining multiple items with the bash ability, only the one that has been continuously the longest in the inventory works.

• The mini-bash ability of Monkey King Bar For the hero, see Monkey King.   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Monkey King Bar A powerful staff used by a master warrior. Cost5200 Bought FromWeapons Passive Mini-Bash, True Strike Bonus +66 is not treated as a bash, and it works fully independently from other bashes.

• The bonus damage from Bash can be lifestealed Lifesteal allows the attacking unit to gain health when damaging an enemy, which includes any attack modifier with attack damage. The lifesteal ability can be gained via items, passive abilities or the auras of other off. Be that as it may, it cannot crit Critical strike is a passive ability that gives a chance to deal bonus damage on a successful attack. Contents 1 Mechanics 2 Stacking 3 Interaction with other passive abilities 4 Sources of chance-based critical strike or cleave Cleave causes a melee unit s attacks to deal a portion of its damage in an area in front of it. Contents 1 Mechanics 2 Sources of cleave 3 Splash 4 Sources of splash 5 See .

• The damage can be reduced with e.g. Enfeeble or Static Link.
  • Be that as it may, it cannot be amplified with e.g. Empower or the Double Damage Rune   Double Damage   Haste   Illusion   Invisibility   Regeneration   Bounty   Arcane     See more: Runes#List Buff icon Double Damage Play AbilityNo Target AffectsSelf Increases base damage by 100%. Attack Damage .

• Adds an average of 21.25 damage to every attack for melee heroes, and 8.5 damage for ranged heroes.

• Does not work against wards This page is about in-game units. For cosmetic pets, see Summoned Unit. Summons are a type of units that are created with spells. Players do not encounter them, unless they play as, with or against and buildings Buildings are special units that are immune to most spells, use structure armor, and are immobile. Destroying a building rewards you with a bounty, similar to most creeps or heroes. Destroying towers rewards the entire , but works against allied units.

• Bash uses pseudo-random distribution.

Info

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Changelogs   Item   Changelogs     Contents 1 Version history 2 Update history Version history edit] Version Changes 6.87 Reduced recipe cost from 1000 to 750 (total cost from 2950 to 2700). Reduced Bash damage

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A feared weapon in the right hands, this maul`s ability to shatter the defenses of its opponents should not be underestimated.
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Passive Bash Bonus +10 Strength +10 Attack damage   Item   Changelogs     Skull BasherB A feared weapon in the right hands, this maul s ability to shatter the defenses of its opponents should not be underestimated. Cost2700 (750) Bought FromWeapons Passive Bash Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe

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Tips

Average Bash Stats

• Since the Bash is a chance based ability, buying attack speed granting items (and true strike if needed) increases the odds of a bash proccing. Be that as it may, the effectiveness stops at a certain amount of attack speed due to the cooldown the bash has.
  • For attack speed the Mask of Madness   Item   Changelogs     Mask of MadnessBL Once this mask is worn, its bearer becomes an uncontrollable aggressive force. Cost1975 Bought FromArtifacts Active Berserk Passive Lifesteal Bonus +10 Attack speed+20 Attack damage Disassemble? if the most cost effective.
• The bash goes through spell immunity   Spell Immunity   Ally Interactions   Enemy Interactions     Default buff iconPlay Error sound “ Play Magic shall not prevail! Click to listen— Anti-Mage ” Spell immunity (formerly known as magic immunity) is a modifier . When not having other spell immunity piercing spells in the team, a Skull Basher is a great purchase as it can help greatly against heroes with spell immunity, especially those who get a Black King Bar   Item   Changelogs     Black King BarB A powerful staff imbued with the strength of giants. Cost3975 (1375) Bought FromArmor Active Avatar Bonus +10 Strength+24 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe in order to channel their channeling spell.
• Despite having a much lower chance to proc for ranged heroes, it still has a decent chance. When coupled with high attack speed, a Skull Basher on ranged heroes can be very viable, especially for heroes who have attack speed boosting abilities like Windranger   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Windranger 15 + 2.8 17 + 1.4 22 + with her Focus Fire, or Drow Ranger For the race in Dota 2 lore, see Drow.   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     with her high amount of agility from Marksmanship.

Additional information

• When held by Slardar   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Slardar 21 + 3.1 17 + 2.4 15 + 1.5 Level Base , Spirit Breaker   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Spirit Breaker 29 + 2.7 17 + 1.7 14 + 1.8 Level , Troll Warlord   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Troll Warlord 20 + 2.5 21 + 2.5 13 + 1 Level or Faceless Void   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Faceless Void 23 + 2.1 23 + 2.8 15 + 1.5 Level , Bash cannot proc.
• One Skull Basher grants a total of 200 health “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be.  Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life , 0.6 health regeneration “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be.  Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life and 10 (20 to strength Strength is the attribute that grants health and health regeneration. For each point of strength a hero gets: 20 Health 0.06 Health regeneration Additionally, strength heroes also get 1 attack damage per strength point. To heroes) attack damage Attack damage is the amount of damage a unit is dealing with an unmodified basic attack; the base values are different for every hero. The total attack damage of a unit is the sum of .

Recommended heroes

Items synergy

• Mask of Madness   Item   Changelogs     Mask of MadnessBL Once this mask is worn, its bearer becomes an uncontrollable aggressive force. Cost1975 Bought FromArtifacts Active Berserk Passive Lifesteal Bonus +10 Attack speed+20 Attack damage Disassemble? : gives the highest attack speed per gold, useful to proc the bash.
  • Moon Shard   Item   Changelogs     Moon ShardS Said to be a tear from the lunar goddess Selemene. Cost4000 Bought FromCommon Active Consume Charges 1 Passive Shade Sight Bonus +120 Attack speed Disassemble? No Alert , Mjollnir, Butterfly, Assault Cuirass: these items give high attack speed too.
• Monkey King Bar For the hero, see Monkey King.   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Monkey King Bar A powerful staff used by a master warrior. Cost5200 Bought FromWeapons Passive Mini-Bash, True Strike Bonus +66 : gives true strike and mini bashes.

Counter items

• Heaven`s Halberd: disarm an enemy, the passive evasion is also very useful.
• Talisman of Evasion: will dodge 20% of the attacks. Can be upgraded to a Butterfly for 35% evasion, Halberd for the disarm or Solar Crest to help an ally.
• Blade Mail: will make your enemy hesitant to attack you.
• Shiva`s Guard: will reduce the attack speed of your enemy by 45 and increase your armor by 15.
• Scythe of Vyse: disable your enemy before he hits you.

Trivia

• In the original DotA, this item was called "Cranium Basher", a reference to a unique item in Diablo 2.

Gallery

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General

Skull Basher (also known as Basher) can be made with items from the Home Shop. It grants the hero a chance to bash an enemy based on your hero`s attack range. It upgrades into Abyssal Blade by combining with a Vanguard and Recipe. Bash does not stack, it procs independently from other bash sources.

Faceless Void, Slardar, Spirit Breaker, and Troll Warlord have their own bash skills which override this item`s passive bash.

Ability

Recommended Heroes

Version History

WC3 DotA Version

• Warcraft III DotA - Cranium Basher