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What does BKB do exactly?

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Forum » General Discussion » What does BKB do exactly? 14 posts - page 1 of 2
Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Aurum19 » October 18, 2012 4:02pm | Report
Ok so what exactly does the Black King Bar do I don't understand the description.

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Glayde » October 18, 2012 4:34pm | Report
It makes you immune to all spells. There are some exception, but most spells will be negated.

For example, if I activated BKB, Naga Siren's Ult will not effect me.

Everytime you use it, the duration and cooldown lowers. Use this strategically, and don't waste it!

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by StevenLK » October 18, 2012 5:30pm | Report
I always forget about the lower duration and the lower cd. It never seems to be a big deal to me although i know it is. Its important to note that disabling ultimates go through BKB, excluding Naga Ult since thats not really a disable. Examples of this are Void Chronosphere, Bane Fiends Grip, and Enigma Black Hole. They won't deal damage to you when you are BKB'd but they will still render you useless during their durations.

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Aurum19 » October 18, 2012 6:33pm | Report
Hold on so CC doesnt work on you?

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by daPhongster » October 18, 2012 10:02pm | Report
Non-ult CC that works on you while having bkb on:

Auto attack stun from bash or Skull Basher (watch out for Lifestealers or Lycanthropes that pick up Bashers
Axe's Berserker Call
Pudge Hook (no dmg)
Nets from Meepo and Naga Siren


Heroes with Ults that can still work on you. x means this counters bkb well.
Axe (if below kill threshold)
Bane x
Batrider x
Beastmaster x
Clockwork (you'll probably kill him as he cant ministun-spam you)
Doombringer x
Enigma x
Faceless Void x
Naga Siren (but you should activate bkb right after since 1v5 is bad)
Pudge
Shadow Demon (DISPELS BKB!! at least i think) x
Spirit Breaker
Silencer (don't worry, you're probably auto attacking if u get bkb)
Treant Protector
Undying
Vengeful Spirit
Viper

****py CC ult that ministuns through bkb, but no damage.
Lich
Necrolyte

BkB counters these heroes well
Tidehunter
Puck
Dazzle
Death Prophet
Disruptor (go through circle trap thing)
Earthshaker
Enchantress (unless she as the mage creep with the net)
Invoker
Jakiro
Gyrocoptor
Huskar (kinda, if he ults u in bkb he's screwed)
Lich
Lina
Lion
Ogre Magi
Queen of Pain
Rubick (sometimes, maybe)
Sand King
Shadow Shaman
Tinker
Venomancer
Warlock
Windrunner
Witch Doctor
Zeus

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Glayde » October 18, 2012 10:30pm | Report
Don't worry too much about the exceptions. Just know that most spells will not have any effect on you, BUT AUTOATTACKS WILL. So be careful. Don't think you are immortal when you use BKB.

Just a few spells that are exceptions that you should know (yes, I contradicted myself ;_;)

- Black Hole
- Bash
- Nets (Naga and Meepo)
- Abyssal Scepter

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by xCO2 » December 17, 2012 3:10am | Report
Glayde wrote:

Don't worry too much about the exceptions. Just know that most spells will not have any effect on you, BUT AUTOATTACKS WILL. So be careful. Don't think you are immortal when you use BKB.

Just a few spells that are exceptions that you should know (yes, I contradicted myself ;_;)

- Black Hole
- Bash
- Nets (Naga and Meepo)
- Abyssal Scepter


I Think he meant Abyssal Blade, as Abyssal Scepter is an item from League of Legends...

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Meeporized » February 28, 2013 2:36pm | Report
Ok thats kind of an old thread but whats bugging me.... when Faceless throws his Ulti Chronosphere and i pop my BKB before i get caught and Witch Doc throws his ulti too wich is focusing me. What happens? Will the BKB be ignored or what? =)

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by xCO2 » February 28, 2013 3:21pm | Report
Meeporized wrote:

Ok thats kind of an old thread but whats bugging me.... when Faceless throws his Ulti Chronosphere and i pop my BKB before i get caught and Witch Doc throws his ulti too wich is focusing me. What happens? Will the BKB be ignored or what? =)

The BKB is still active inside the Chronosphere, as far as I know.

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Nubtrain » February 28, 2013 3:23pm | Report
You're still frozen in Chronosphere and I'm pretty sure WD's ulti is physical or was it chaos damage? Either way it will hit you too

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