Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Balša II ya yi ƙoƙari na huɗu don cin nasarar Durrës, muhimmiyar cibiyar kasuwanci da dabarun, wanda abokin hamayyarsa, Karl Thopia ke mulki. A cikin 1385, Balša II ya fara kai hari, ya kama Durrës daga Karl Thopia a shekara mai zuwa, kuma ya ayyana kansa a matsayin "Duke na Durazzo" (Durrës). Thopia ta nemi taimakon Turkawa. Murad da farin ciki na aika da sojoji 40,000 daga Makidoniya. A cikin filin Savra tsakanin Elbasan da Lushnja, Balša II ya yi yaƙi da Turkawa kuma an ci shi
kuma aka kashe shi. Thopia ya sake samun iko akan Durazzo, mai yiwuwa a ƙarƙashin Ottoman suzerainty.