Purchase purpose
A purchase of permission to finish an action through enemy control. It is not a maximum-damage item; it insures the key window.
Dota 2 · item · 7.41e
Black King Bar
A purchase of permission to finish an action through enemy control. It is not a maximum-damage item; it insures the key window.
4,050cost2component tree11 role benchmarks
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Valve item icon · OpenDota constants
Valve item icon · OpenDota constantsWhen it works
The next fight decides an objective and the hero cannot deploy already-owned damage or control without protection.
Where it breaks
If activated after the decisive disable or too early before commitment, much of the purchase does no work.
Replay question
Which exact spell forced the BKB use, and what did the team secure before it ended?
Professional purchase window
OpenDota · 7.41eNot one minute, but the middle of an observed sample.
P25 and P75 bound the middle 50% of first purchases. This is professional-match context, not a mandatory target for ranked play.
CORE
shownCores
25.7median · min
045 min
- middle 50%
- 22.7 - 30.0 min
- share of role players
- 70.9%
- first purchases
- n 1667
SUPPORT
numbers hiddenSupports
The sample has not reached 200 purchases
We preserve the weak-sample fact but do not present quartiles, median or rate as a stable benchmark.
n 96 / 200Role conclusion
Only the Cores role has a reliable benchmark. Money Meta does not infer a conclusion from the weaker role sample.
Cost and build path
4,050 goldA completion is only as useful as the path toward it.
- shown component total
- 2,600
- remaining completion cost
- 1,450
Auditable stat pricing
Money Meta · auditablePrice only what has a clean base-item reference.
Active abilities, auras, slot compression, build convenience and unique effects are never assigned invented gold values.
priced through base items1,667gold
unpriced remainder2,383gold
cost covered by explicit stats41.2%2 priced stat groups
strength · 1046746.67 per unit · baseline: Gauntlets of Strength
damage · 241,20050 per unit · baseline: Blades of Attack
Mechanics outside the percentage
What cannot honestly be reduced to stat cost.
Mechanic names identify the item. Check exact live wording and numbers in the Dota 2 client; the atlas evaluates the decision rather than replacing the game description.
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Components and nearby budget decisions.
Methodology and sources
Snapshot fetched: August 31, 2026
OpenDota supplies observed purchases and item constants. Money Meta calculates quartiles, transparent stat pricing and interpretation. Valve defines the current patch boundary.