Three-lives Fighter who spends her own HP to buy speed, damage, and a lunge
Masha is a Fighter blessed with three separate HP bars by Ancient Strength, ignoring one instance of lethal damage each time a bar empties, and every skill she casts costs a percentage of her current HP instead of mana. She spends that HP for movement speed and bonus percent-HP damage in Wild Power, an attack-speed shred in Howl Shock, and a control-immune lunge in Thunderclap.
Managing HP spending across three separate life bars while judging when a trade is safe takes practice, though the combo itself is simple to execute.
Level Wild Power first for the damage and mobility, max Howl Shock second to shred attack speed, and take Thunderclap at 4, 8 and 12.
Blessed by the Bear King, Masha has 3 HP bars and won't die until all of them are depleted. She can ignore an instance of damage each time she loses an HP bar. When Masha only has two HP bars left, skills will only require 50% of their original HP Cost to cast. When Masha only has one HP bar left, she doesn't need to spend HP to cast skills.
Always active — no cooldown
Passive: Masha gains Power of the Wild which causes her Basic Attacks to deal extra Physical Damage equal to 1 (+0.5% Extra Physical Attack)% of the target's HP (up to 60 against Creeps and doesn't take effect on Turrets or Base). Active: Masha spends 24% HP to increase her Movement Speed by 60% for 1.5 seconds.
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Masha spends 24% HP to roar at enemies, dealing 200–300 (+100% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage and reducing their Attack Speed by 50% for 2 seconds.
Masha spends 34% HP to lunge at an enemy hero (immune to control effects during the lunge), dealing 200–500 (+200% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage, slowing them by 25% for 2 seconds, and knocking back nearby enemies. The cooldown of this skill will be reset each time Masha loses an HP bar.
Signature combo
Core items in buy order, with the emblem, talents and battle spell that go with them.
7,060g total
Default pick for the EXP lane to out-trade squishy and tanky targets alike.
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
Queen's Wings — Extra effective HP to fuel more skill casts before her HP bars run low.
Immortality — Second life to keep re-engaging with Thunderclap after a bad all-in.
Wind of Nature — Against physical damage burning through her HP bars faster than she can duel.
6,990g total
When you want maximum HP pool to spend on skills across a longer fight.
Battle spell
Sprint100s CDUnlike Purify, Sprint does nothing against stuns or roots already applied — it only prevents future slows and outruns melee threats, so it's best on heroes who aren't the primary CC target.
Swap in when needed
Dominance Ice — Anti-heal on the carries whose Attack Speed Howl Shock has already halved, plus flat Hybrid Defense for her HP bars.
Antique Cuirass — Stacking damage reduction against skill-combo Fighters trying to burst through her HP bars.
Immortality — A fourth effective life on top of her three HP bars for the riskiest engages.
The heroes that make this matchup hard, and the mechanic that does it.
TerizlaFighter · TankHardRevenge Strike's explosion scales with the target's Lost HP, punishing Masha hardest exactly when her bars are low from casting skills, and Penalty Zone's Scaffold hooks her back in three times.
KajaSupport · FighterHardKaja's suppression ultimate disables Masha entirely, and Thunderclap's Control Immunity only applies during its own active lunge.
PhoveusFighterHardDark Wave knocks Masha airborne and drags her along, and Infernal Pursuit's Judgement leaps onto whoever carries Sinner's Mark — Thunderclap's Control Immunity only covers the lunge itself.
BaratsTank · FighterHardBig Guy stacks Hybrid Defense every time Barats lands a skill, so the melee trades Masha needs for Power of the Wild only make him harder to hurt, and Detona's Welcome suppresses her for 1.2 seconds.
EsmeraldaTank · MageHardEsmeralda's shield absorbs Masha's HP-fueled burst outright, forcing a longer fight that drains Masha's own HP bars for nothing.
PaquitoFighter · AssassinHardChamp Stance hands him a free enhanced skill every third cast with a stacking shield attached, out-trading a Masha who pays a chunk of her own HP for every skill she throws.
SunFighterSoftSimian God heals Sun off every hit his Doppelgangers land, so he sustains through Power of the Wild's percent-HP damage while Masha bleeds her own HP to cast it.
ArgusFighterSoftEternal Evil cleanses his debuffs and converts every point he deals as the Fallen Angel back into HP, out-sustaining a Masha who is paying HP for every skill she casts.
Popol and KupaMarksmanSoftPopol and Kupa's ranged poke chips away at her HP bars from outside Thunderclap's lunge range before she can commit to a trade.
RubyFighterSoftLet's Dance!'s Spell Vamp and post-skill dashes let Ruby out-sustain Masha's HP-spending skills across an extended duel.
Sea HalberdPunish bonus damage scales against her high-HP pool, and anti-heal cuts any sustain she picks up between HP-costing casts.
Blade ArmorReflects damage on the Basic Attacks she uses to close out fights after spending HP on skills.Dominance Ice40 Physical Defense plus Fortress Shield's stacking Hybrid Defense blunt Wild Power's HP-percent basic attacks while she is on top of you.Heroes whose own counter list names Masha — the same matchup, read from the other side.
ArlottFighter · AssassinHardHer percentage-HP basic attacks and three separate HP bars let her tank through his burst combo and punish the commitment.
PharsaMageHardMasha's dash-reset combo closes the distance instantly and her tankiness lets her survive Pharsa's poke before deleting her.
SaberAssassinHardThree HP bars each shrug off an instance of lethal damage, so she survives Triple Sweep outright, and Thunderclap's cooldown resets on every bar lost to keep her on top of him.
WanwanMarksmanHardMasha's three HP bars mean Wanwan has to burn her down three times over, and Wild Power's percentage-HP Basic Attacks keep closing through Swallow's Path's slow regardless of kiting.
Yu ZhongFighterHardMasha's max-HP-scaling basic attacks and three HP bars let her out-trade Yu Zhong in the exact sustained melee fight his kit wants, since neither can burst the other down quickly.
BaneFighter · MageSoftMasha's three HP bars each ignore an instance of lethal damage, so she out-lasts Shark Bite's percent-HP procs while Power of the Wild chews back through Bane in a straight duel.Duo partners whose kit completes this one.
ChipSupport · TankShortcut's portals drop Masha straight into range and Crash Course's shield covers the arrival, sparing her the HP bars she'd otherwise spend just closing the distance.
BelerickTankBelerick's thorn damage and tankiness pair with Masha's own durability to make the front line brutal to fight through.
LolitaSupport · TankLolita's shield blocks the burst that would otherwise punish Masha for spending HP on her skills.
AkaiTankAkai's crowd control locks a target in place for Masha's Thunderclap lunge and Power of the Wild follow-up.
HylosTankHylos tanks the front line, letting Masha pick her Thunderclap engage instead of being forced to soak damage first.
ValentinaMageValentina can copy an enemy engage ultimate to open a fight, letting Masha follow in with Thunderclap on an already-committed target.
GordMageGord's poke damage softens targets before Masha closes in with Thunderclap to finish them with percent-HP damage.
KhaleedFighterDesert Tornado pulls enemies into one spot and Raging Sandstorm stuns them on impact, so Masha's Thunderclap and Howl Shock catch several at once.
GrockTank · FighterGrock's wall traps enemies in place, giving Masha the setup time to spend HP on skills without being punished for it.
BaxiaTankBaxia-Shield Unity opens the fight with a stun and his lava path slows the follow-up, so Masha isn't spending an HP bar just to get the engage started.Track your own HP bar breakpoints — skills get cheaper as you drop to two and then one bar
Use Wild Power's movement speed burst to close distance before committing Thunderclap's lunge
Save Thunderclap's Control Immunity to force through an incoming stun rather than as a pure opener
Don't panic when a bar empties — Ancient Strength ignores the next lethal hit, so keep pressing the fight
Masha is moderate difficulty — her combo is simple, but learning to manage HP spending across three separate life bars without overextending takes practice.
A bruiser build with Endless Battle, Blade of the Heptaseas, and Malefic Roar covers most games, giving lifesteal and penetration to keep her HP-fueled skills sustainable.
Terizla, Kaja, Phoveus, Barats, Esmeralda, and Paquito counter Masha hard — they punish low-HP targets or lock her down outside Thunderclap's brief Control Immunity.
Ancient Strength gives Masha three separate HP bars; she ignores one instance of lethal damage each time a bar empties, and her skills cost less HP to cast as she loses bars.
