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Burning Spear. Instead of a flat amount of health that becomes insignificant to upkeep as the game progresses which does not support his theme of sacrifice well, it now costs a percentage of his max health so the cost still feels threatening in the mid and late game. As compensation, the damage now scales off the cost, making the health and Strength stats more valuable offensively than defensively for him. Its base damage is then reduced due to the lower duration, making the ability now rely more on scaling. Due to this change as well as others that will be discussed later, 
Berserker's Blood needs its numbers changed. The bonus attack speed has been toned down so he doesn't end up killing himself too quickly with the higher cost while the bonus regeneration has been increased to help him further stabilize. All in all, these 2 spells are largely the same in practice.
Life Break have been preserved in its new iteration: Trial by Fire. The leap as well as slow are also still there, while the impact damage has been changed into being dealt over time instead to further sell his burning theme. The greatest new toy to play with is the new leash effect. Think of this as 
Soulbind where instead of bonding 2 enemies together, it bonds himself with the target. So, they both can't move too far from each other. For the enemy, this ultimate is more impactful than just the slow for keeping it within reach. For Huskar, this is a risky move as it reduces his mobility as well, so each cast is an even greater commitment than before.
Inner Fire is not a terrible ability. It provides a decent nuke and great defensive tools in the disarm and knockback. But in my opinion, knocking away targets sometimes out of attack range and preventing them from dealing damage goes against what the Sacred Warrior should be! Thus, it has been replaced by Combustion. To reflect his lack of Intelligence, it now has no cost but does no damage by itself. Instead, the damage is now based on how much damage he has recently taken. This makes it a great ability to counter enemy aggression as long as he is not disabled, and an even stronger followup to his other abilities due to their health costs. However, the new mute effect a good ability to quickly open fights with at the cost of damage, preventing the enemy from defending themselves or escaping with items as well. All this compounds to making a great ability that further encourages his no-fear sacrificial playstyle and giving him a unique strength in an AoE mute.
Huskar, the left side grants more straight up damage while the right side increases his survivability and safety. At level 15, the choice remains to either empower his attacks even further or allow him to recoup some of the health spent. The added damage to the Burning Spear talent might seem unneeded but remember the reduced duration from 8 to 5 seconds, so it is overall around the same power level. The reduced lifesteal is then due to his higher Strength gain which adds more physical damage to his attacks as well. Letting his new basic ability dispel makes it more versatile but sometimes, the raw extra Strength is needed to just massacre the enemy. While the ultimate cast range talent is gone, a part of it is now recovered in his improved other level 25 talent. With extra attack range as well as cast range that benefit both his active spells, perhaps this will be enough such that the pure spell immunity piercing talent won't always be the right choice.DOTAFire is the place to find the perfect build guide to take your game to the next level. Learn how to play a new hero, or fine tune your favorite DotA hero’s build and strategy.
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