Barats/Guide

## Recommendation Set

* Default Build
* User Build

Sustained DPS
War AxeWarrior BootsGuardian HelmetBrute Force BreastplateThunder BeltAthena's Shield
Durable
Cursed HelmetWarrior BootsGuardian HelmetOracleThunder BeltTwilight Armor
Team Buff
Cursed HelmetWarrior - Conceal BootsDominance IceImmortalityGuardian HelmetOracle

## Recommended Spells

* Retribution
* Flicker

## Recommended Emblems

* Fighter
* Tank
* Jungle

## Pros and Cons

### Pros

* Has insane durability in the early stages of the game, making him one of the hardest hero to kill in the early game
* The more HP he has, the bigger his damage will do, basically can still deal a lot of damage even as a tank
* Can sustain in teamfights for a very long time thanks to his Ultimate
* Very strong against comps that has a lot of CC, thanks to his passive and Ultimate
* All of his skills are full of CC, his passive and 1st skill having slow whilst his 2nd skill and Ultimate having a lot of stuns
* Can clear waves very fast, which means he's good at defending, split-pushing, and pressuring and can invade enemy jungle when dominating
* Can zone out enemies / harass thanks to his 1st skill and 2nd skill
* Can be played as Jungler, Tank, and Sidelane

### Cons

* His bulk and damage highly depends on his stacks, having no stacks will make Barats completely squishy and useless
* Very slow, making him really weak in rotations, surprise-pushes, chasing and escaping. He could also be easily kited by Mages and Marksmen.
* Heavily relies on Mana and HP to regain stacks, making Demon Shoes and Guardian Helmet very important to him
* His bulk and damage would fall off in late game, since enemies would start building items like Malefic Roar and Divine Glaive in the late game. (Buy Thunderbelt if you don't want your damage to fall off in the late game.)

## Tactics

* No matter what's the lane you're taking, stacks are incredibly important. For every stack acquired, Barats becomes harder to CC, making him a suitable hero in teamfights.
* Time when your skills are about to hit. You shouldn't immediately cast them nor cast them too late.
* Go for a mixed fighter-tank build.
* When swallowing enemies, aim on walls.

### Tips for Different Lanes

* When using him as a jungler, use Ice Retribution. Bloody can also be useful but since Barats lack a blink skill, Ice can provide him a short boost to pursue fleeing enemies.
* When using him as a fighter, zone out the enemy by poking him with your first skill.
* Utilise the fact that more enemies hit with his first skill gives more stacks. So aim properly when collecting stacks.

**Must team up with**

* Mathilda is probably the best teammate of Barats. She can give Barats the mobility he really need, can give him extra bulk and can make Barats reposition easily in teamfights.
* Rafaela can give Barats movement speed and heals, and also includes her 1st skill that can help Barats chase/escape.
* Estes and  Angela makes Barats even more bulky, giving him movement speed, heals and insane slow.
* Heroes that can jump into the backline easily is also a great teammate for Barats, because he gets trouble with heroes who are ranged

## Counters

* Arcane Boots,  Malefic Roar,  Divine Glaive,  Genius Wand,  Glowing Wand,  Hunter Strike,  War Axe,  Blade of the Heptaseas,  Ice Queen Wand,  Demon Hunter Sword, and  Cursed Helmet. Self-explanatory
* Heroes who can push fast, making Barats unable to rotate to other lanes or react
* Heroes that has slows, damage based on HP, can deal true damage and ranged

### Most personal threats

This hero gives cancer to most Barats users. He can easily kite Barats, small or huge, can ignore most of his insane defenses, has an  Ultimate Skill that counters all of his Skills, can regenerate thanks to the batteries and most importantly, can make Barats users throw their phones because of how strong this hero is against Barats. If you are tired of this dinosaur stomping you in Rank Games, buy this hero and make Barats users suffer.

Karrie is also one of the heroes that make Barats is scared to fight against. She has his 2nd skill that can let her slowly kill him without worrying about his 2nd skill and  Ultimate Skill. Her damage are based on HP and its True Damage, which means Barats who has to build tank items to sustain and deal damage at the same time will suffer against her. If you are fighting against Karrie, tell your Jungler or Assassin to focus her first and pray that they will listen to you.

What's more worse, having your team not helping you when ganked by 5 people or tanking all the damage the opponent Jungler's do to you just to reduce their enemy Jungler HP a lot, then a doll giving them a ride and turning the tables against you because this hero's skills gives you free headaches and annoyance? This hero may give cancer to both teammates and opponents depending on how she is played, but not other than Barats who suffers against her? This hero has so much slows, that could kite Barats. What's more, she gives free Movement speed boost to an Ult'ed hero that can catch you up and destroying your chance of fighting back.