HP-scaling jungle tank who suppresses one target with Detona's Welcome
Barats is a Tank-Fighter jungler built around Detona's Welcome, a delayed charge that devours and suppresses a single target for over a second before spitting them back out. His damage scales off both Physical Attack and Max HP, so he keeps hitting hard even while stacking pure defense items, and his passive Big Guy grants stacking Hybrid Defense and Resilience that widen So-Called Teamwork's blast the longer he keeps landing skills.
Stacking Big Guy before all-in engages and landing Detona's Welcome's suppression at the right angle takes reps, but the kit is otherwise linear.
Max Missile Expert first for the slow and waveclear, level So-Called Teamwork second for damage, take the ultimate at 4, 8, 12.
Detona gains a stack of Big Guy for 12 seconds each time it or Barats damages an enemy with their skills (up to 10 stacks). Each stack of Big Guy increases Detona's size, and grants 4–10 extra Hybrid Defense (scales with the level of Detona's Welcome) and 5% extra Resilience.
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Always active — no cooldown
Detona spits contaminated oil in the target direction, dealing 60–160 (+7% Total HP) Physical Damage to enemies in a fan-shaped area. Barats then ignites the oil with a firecracker, dealing 120–320 (+200% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to enemies in the area. The area of effect of So-Called Teamwork increases with the number of Big Guy stacks.
Barats fires two missiles at the target location, dealing 100–175 (+75% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage and slowing enemies by 40% for 1 second.
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After a short delay, Detona charges in the target direction, dealing 120–200 (+70% Total Physical Attack) (+1.2% Total HP) Physical Damage to the first enemy hit, devouring and suppressing them for 1.2 seconds before spitting them out.
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Signature combo
Core items in buy order, with the emblem, talents and battle spell that go with them.
6,860g total
Default jungle initiator pick against a mixed-damage enemy team.
Battle spell
Retribution35s CDA well-timed Retribution on a low-HP objective — a 'smite steal' — can snatch Turtle or Lord away from a team that appeared to be securing it, often the single biggest swing play of the early-to-mid game.
Swap in when needed
Dominance Ice — 40/40 Hybrid Defense plus anti-heal against a basic-attack marksman or lifesteal fighter.
Antique Cuirass — Stacking damage reduction against skill-combo Fighters and Assassins who chain-CC you.
Immortality — A second life to re-engage after a failed suppression attempt.
7,540g total
When your team needs a reliable pick-off engage over jungle farm priority.
Battle spell
Flicker120s CDThe 'Flicker combo' — blinking in right as a hook or stun lands, or blinking out the instant an enemy ultimate is cast — is the single most common high-elo outplay moment in the game.
Swap in when needed
Athena's Shield — Short-fight magic damage reduction against burst mage compositions.
Radiant Armor — Stacking magic defense against sustained magic DPS in extended fights.
Immortality — Guarantees you get a second suppression attempt even if the first engage dies.
The heroes that make this matchup hard, and the mechanic that does it.
HanzoAssassinHardHanzo stacks Dark Ninjutsu from outside Barats' reach and cashes it in with Demon Feast, and while Kinjutsu: Pinnacle Ninja is up his real body sits invincible where the suppression charge can't reach it.
AlphaFighterHardSpear of Alpha stuns and then knocks Barats airborne before his own suppression window opens, and Beta's Locked On lasers add True Damage that Big Guy's Hybrid Defense does nothing about.
KarrieMarksmanHardKarrie's true damage and defense-ignoring passive delete Barats' hybrid defense stacking from Big Guy.
X.BorgFighterSoftFire Missiles sprays seven ticks of fire over two seconds, punishing Barats for parking in melee range to keep Big Guy stacks alive.
GordMageSoftGord's long-range stun and poke chip Barats down before he can close the gap for Detona's Welcome.
YveMageSoftYve's zone control and slows deny Barats' short charge distance and punish him for engaging into the area.
ValirMageSoftValir's fire zones and stun deny Barats' engage lane and punish him for standing in the damage-over-time area.
BalmondFighterSoftBalmond's true-damage ultimate scales off missing HP, punishing Barats for building pure HP-tank stats.
AliceTank · MageSoftAlice's sustain and lifesteal let her out-duel Barats' HP-scaling damage in an extended fight.
LyliaMageSoftLylia's Shadow Energy detonations can kill Barats' backline target before his suppression combo finishes, and Black Shoes rewinds her out of the follow-up.
Tough BootsReduces the duration of Missile Expert's slow and the suppression from Detona's Welcome.Dominance IceBarats stacks Big Guy off skill hits, and 40 Physical Defense plus Fortress Shield's stacking Hybrid Defense blunt the widened So-Called Teamwork blast.
Winter CrownSurvives the ignition burst from So-Called Teamwork right after the suppression lands.
Blade of DespairBarats' HP-scaling damage rewards raw burst — outdamaging his engage window before he stacks defense.Heroes whose own counter list names Barats — the same matchup, read from the other side.
AlucardFighter · AssassinHardDetona's Welcome devours and suppresses him for over a second before lifesteal has any chance to stabilize him, and Barats's own tankiness punishes an extended duel.
ArgusFighterHardDetona's Welcome devours and suppresses Argus for over a second, shutting the combo down before it can start.
BrodyMarksmanHardDetona's Welcome charges through Corrosive Strike's short dash and swallows Brody for a 1.2-second suppression, while Big Guy's stacking Hybrid Defense soaks the marks he does land.
BrunoMarksmanHardBig Guy's stacking Hybrid Defense lets Detona absorb a full Worldie bounce, then Detona's Welcome devours and suppresses Bruno for 1.2 seconds before he can retrieve the Powerball for a follow-up.
CyclopsMageHardDetona's Welcome charges the whole way into Cyclops's poke range and swallows him for a 1.2-second suppression, which he has no escape skill to answer.
EudoraMageHardDetona's Welcome charges in, devours Eudora and suppresses her for 1.2 seconds, dropping her out of her max-range poke position with no mobility skill to get back out.Duo partners whose kit completes this one.
EstesSupportEstes's sustained healing keeps Barats topped up through jungle clears and extended engages so Big Guy stacks never lapse.
RafaelaSupportRafaela's stun and heal let Barats commit to Detona's Welcome without worrying about the follow-up punish.
AngelaSupportAngela can ride along on a Barats dive, shielding and healing him through the suppression window.
AldousFighterBarats's suppression isolates a target long enough for Aldous to stack punches and burst them down.
FlorynSupportFloryn's healing and buffs sustain Barats through repeated jungle-to-gank rotations.
FaramisSupport · MageFaramis's revive and buffs let Barats re-engage fights he'd otherwise lose after a failed suppression.
NataliaAssassinNatalia opens out of Camouflage with Assassin Instinct's teleport-behind silence, pinning a target for Barats to suppress and displace with a guaranteed follow-up kill.
MathildaSupport · AssassinMathilda's dash-and-shield combo covers Barats' suppression window and can save him if the engage goes wrong.
PaquitoFighter · AssassinKnockout Strike's knockback and 75% slow leave a target stranded for Detona's Welcome to devour, stacking two lockdowns into one kill window.Land Missile Expert's slow before committing to Detona's Welcome — the suppression only lands on a target you can actually reach.
Farm jungle camps with So-Called Teamwork to keep Big Guy stacks topped up before you gank.
Save the ultimate for isolated backline targets — suppression on a frontline tank wastes the lockdown.
Engage at ten Big Guy stacks whenever you can — that's the widest So-Called Teamwork gets, on top of the full Hybrid Defense and Resilience bonus.
Barats is moderate difficulty — Detona's Welcome is a straightforward point-and-charge suppression, but timing it after Missile Expert's slow and managing Big Guy stacks takes practice. His durability makes early mistakes forgiving.
The Bruiser Jungler build (Warrior Boots, Thunder Belt, Brute Force Breastplate, Queen's Wings) balances his HP-scaling damage with tank stats. Swap to the Frontline Engage build with Guardian Helmet when you need to survive burst mage compositions.
Barats is classified as both — his passive and items build toward tank durability, but So-Called Teamwork and Detona's Welcome scale off Physical Attack as well as HP, so he still hits like a fighter while soaking damage like a tank.
Karrie is the hardest counter since Lightwheel Mark's True Damage ignores the Hybrid Defense Big Guy stacks up, and Hanzo is nearly as bad — Kinjutsu: Pinnacle Ninja leaves his real body invincible while Hanekage fights, so the suppression charge has nothing to land on.
