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Battle Fury

Weapon · 3,900gold

Not a farming item. It is the item that buys your farming time back.

How to actually use it

Everyone buys it. Most players only use half of it.

  1. 1

    Cleave is a cone — position decides the value

    WhyCleave only covers a cone around the target. Stand in the wrong place and you paid 3,900 for nothing.

    HowMove to the outer edge of the wave so creeps line up, then swing once to clear the whole line.

  2. 2

    Fast wave clear is also a map leak

    WhyThe faster you clear, the more certainly the wave pushes to their tower — and the easier you are to locate.

    HowCheck the map before you push, or chop a tree first to leave yourself an exit.

  3. 3

    Twelve minutes is the line

    WhyIt converts gold into farming speed, and it pays itself back in roughly ten minutes. Later than that and it is already obsolete.

    HowIf you are not close by 12 minutes, abandon it and go straight to BKB or Diffusal.

  4. 4

    It solves wave clear, not fights

    WhyCleave does nothing for single-target burst. You did not win that duel because of this item.

    HowAfter you finish it, farm and press the advantage — do not go hunting their carry for a 1v1.

When it is the right call

✓Yes, if…
  • Clearing a wave takes you more than five seconds, and their carry clears it in two.
  • You have to walk home every two camps, or you are always out of mana.
  • They throw summons, illusions or megacreeps at you — more bodies than you can kill.
  • You farm their jungle and need to delete a wave to get out alive.
✕No, if…
  • You are ranged — cleave does nothing for you.
  • At twelve minutes you are still half the gold away from 3,900.
  • They can kill you in one combo — you need survival first.
  • Your kit already clears waves; the gold belongs on initiation or a save.

Timing

Ahead: around 12 minutes. Even: 15–16. Past 20 minutes it stops paying for itself — the gold is better spent on a fight-winning item.

If you skip it, buy

Black King Bar
You need to survive the fight more than you need to farm it.
Manta Style
You want wave clear but also a dispel and an escape.
Radiance
You can afford greed and your hero wants constant area damage.
Echo Sabre
You need a cheap spike now, not a 15-minute ramp.

They built one. Now what?

  • Cleave is a cone. Do not fight inside your own creep wave, and do not line up.
  • A fast wave clear means the lane pushes to you — punish the seconds after he clears.
  • He spent 3,900 on farming. That is 3,900 he did not spend on surviving.
  • Track his jungle. A carry that is always clearing is a carry that is always visible.

Base data

  • Attack Damage#11 of 55 items granting attack damagetop 20%
    +50
  • Health Regen#8 of 21 items granting health regen
    +7.5
  • Mana Regen#11 of 31 items granting mana regen
    +2.75
Perseverance+Broadsword+Broadsword+Quelling Blade→Battle Fury