Earthshaker
[wiki] rating: 2.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 8%)Keeper of the Light
[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 12%)Beastmaster
* Illuminate clears Beastmaster's summons and is effective against his push.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that punish mobile heroes: Bloodseeker,
Keeper of the Light
Crystal Maiden
[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 9%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with mobility spells like Queen of Pain,
Anti-Mage,
Riki,
Puck, and
Spirit Breaker that are cancelled by Frostbite can suffer greatly from the presence of Crystal Maiden. It is absolutely critical, however, to have followup from teammates, as all of the above heroes can make quick work of the squishy Crystal Maiden after they are released from her grip.
Beastmaster
* Frostbite kills boars instantly on the laning stage leading to either experience lead or disabling Beastmaster from using Boar
* Crystal Nova nukes and slows down the attack and movement speed of Beastmaster's summons.
* Freezing Field grants improved self armor, nukes and slows down Beastmaster and his summons.
Medusa
[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 12%)Spirit Breaker
* If Medusa activates Stone Gaze, the charge will inevitably fail.
* Mana Shield and overall tankiness allows Medusa to easily survive Spirit Breaker's initiation.
Beastmaster
* Heroes with Linken's Sphere as core item: Weaver,
Morphling,
Medusa.
Enchantress
[wiki] rating: 1.4 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 5%)Beastmaster
* Untouchable negates Inner Beast's attack speed bonus, making her hard to kill even if stunned by Primal Roar.
* Enchantress can also take control of Beastmaster's summons.
Additional:
* Enchant can control Beastmaster's boars, mitigating his effectiveness during the laning stage and teamfights.
Spirit Breaker
* Spirit Breaker won’t do much harm to Enchantress because of Untouchable and Nature's Attendants. Unless Enchantress is low on HP, Spirit Breaker won’t be able to catch her with mere spells.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with nukes that can jump her: Clockwerk,
Snapfire,
Spirit Breaker,
Techies
Leshrac
[wiki] rating: 1.2 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 3%)Beastmaster
* Heroes who summon multiple units that are not spell immune. Nature's Prophet,
Lycan,
Beastmaster
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes who continue dealing damage while being stunned: Luna,
Razor,
Axe,
Bristleback,
Leshrac,
Weaver
[wiki] rating: 1.2 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 6%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that usually builds Linken's Sphere as a core item:
Weaver,
Medusa,
Morphling,
Queen of Pain,
Storm Spirit
Beastmaster
* Heroes with Linken's Sphere as core item: Weaver,
Morphling,
Medusa.
Morphling
[wiki] rating: 1.2 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 7%)Beastmaster
* Heroes with Linken's Sphere as core item: Weaver,
Morphling,
Medusa.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that usually builds Linken's Sphere as a core item:
Weaver,
Medusa,
Morphling,
Queen of Pain,
Storm Spirit
Slark
[wiki] rating: 1.2 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 7%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with blink or movement abilities, which are disabled by Pounce's leash: Anti-Mage,
Earth Spirit,
Faceless Void,
Magnus,
Mirana,
Monkey King,
Morphling,
Pangolier,
Phantom Assassin,
Phoenix,
Puck,
Queen of Pain,
Riki,
Sand King,
Spirit Breaker,
Timbersaw,
Tusk.
Beastmaster
* Heroes with strong dispels can remove Primal Roar's stun: Abaddon,
Slark,
Oracle.
Chen
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 56% pickrate: 1%)Beastmaster
* Chen can take control of the Boar from Call of the wild Boar at any time.
Omniknight
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 6%)Spirit Breaker
* In the early game, Omniknight can look like an easy target for Spirit Breaker, but with Purification and
Degen Aura, what could be an opportunity could quickly turn into disaster.
* Heavenly Grace can be used to counter Charge of Darkness by minimizing the damage and lowering the stun duration with status resistance.
* Spirit Breaker's Greater Bash from all sources (Charge of Darkness or normal attacks) deals lesser damage if he is within the radius of Degen Aura.
* Due to this, Spirit Breaker's damage will always be lower when targeting Omniknight.
Winter Wyvern
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 7%)Beastmaster
* Cold Embrace mitigates Primal Roar's single-target initiation on allies.
* Winter's Curse can turn Beastmaster's summons and Inner Beast against his teammate.
Additional:
* Beastmaster's summons and Inner Beast are very useful to attack his cursed teammate.
* Cold Embrace effectively mitigates Primal Roar's single-target initiation on allies.
Dawnbreaker
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 5%)Spirit Breaker
* Solar Guardian can save an ally getting targeted and focused by Spirit Breaker
Undying
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 9%)Spirit Breaker
* Due to Spirit Breaker's low attack speed, Tombstone is problematic for Spirit Breaker.
* The zombies summoned from Tombstone apply a stacking movement speed slow, which can significantly reduce Greater Bash's damage.
* Soul Rip and
Decay allows Undying and his allies to survive from incoming ganks of Spirit Breaker.
Treant Protector
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)Spirit Breaker
* Living Armor can mitigate a large portion of Spirit Breaker's damage since his attacks are slow.
* Treant Protector can also counter initiate Spirit Breaker with Leech Seed and his bash from
Nature's Guise before he manages to escape.
Additional:
* Spirit Breaker's slow attacks cannot harm a hero shielded by Living Armor.
Abaddon
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)Beastmaster
* Aphotic Shield effectively nullifies Primal Roar's single-target initiation on allies.
* Even being initiated by Primal Roar, Borrowed Time can make Abaddon extremely difficult to kill.
Additional:
* Primal Roar can be instantly dispelled by Aphotic Shield.
* The debuffs from Wild Axes and
Poison from
Call of the Wild: Boar can also be dispelled by Aphotic Shield.
Oracle
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)Beastmaster
* False Promise effectively nullifies Primal Roar's single-target initiation on allies.
* Purifying Flames kills Beastmaster's Hawk instantly and Boar with two casts.
Razor
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 3%)Spirit Breaker
* Nether Strike can't remove Static Link and reduces Spirit Breaker's physical damage output.
* Eye of the Storm melts Spirit Breaker's armor, and makes him much less tanky.
Additional:
* Static Link drains damage bonus from Greater Bash, it cannot be removed by Nether Strike.
* Eye of the Storm melts Spirit Breaker's armor, and makes him much less tanky.
Dragon Knight
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 11%)Spirit Breaker
* Spirit Breaker's slow attack speed and moderate damage do very little to harm Dragon Knight, even if ganked with Charge of Darkness.
Clockwerk
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)Spirit Breaker
* Clockwerk can use Power Cogs to repel Spirit Breaker when he charges in with Charge of Darkness.
* Spirit Breaker's slow 0.6 second attack animation attacks do little damage against Clockwerk. It can also constantly be interrupted by Battery Assault.
* Nether Strike's 1.2 second charge time gives Clockwerk plenty of time to activate
Blade Mail and for Battery Assault to cancel it.
Additional:
* Battery Assault will continuously prevent Spirit Breaker from using Nether Strike, Charge of Darkness and even right clicking because of his long attack animation.
* Charge of Darkness can be cancelled by a correctly timed Hookshot.
* Should Clockwerk or his allies be targeted by Charge of Darkness, he can stop it by casting Power Cogs in Spirit Breaker's path or around the target.
Outworld Destroyer
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 6%)Spirit Breaker
* Astral Imprisonment can be used to protect allies by imprisoning either them or Spirit Breaker.
* Arcane Orb will heavily drain Spirit Breaker's intelligence, rendering him almost useless and unable to cast spells. Spirit Breaker's low intelligence also means
Sanity's Eclipse will deal a lot of damage to him.
Invoker
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 17%)Spirit Breaker
* Cold Snap allows Invoker to interrupt Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike.
* Tornado's long range can be used to cancel Charge of Darkness.
* Deafening Blast prevents Spirit Breaker from right clicking and thus proccing his Greater Bash.
Underlord
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 5%)Spirit Breaker
* Pit of Malice can be cast in the path of Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness to cancel it.
* Dark Rift provides a way to escape from a gank for Underlord and his teammates.
Dark Willow
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 4%)Spirit Breaker
* Bramble Maze stops Charge of Darkness in its tracks. Its very long duration means it can be used as an obstacle to block off an incoming Spirit Break during teamfights.
* Shadow Realm and Bedlam can be activated when Dark Willow sees Charge of Darkness coming, preventing Spirit Breaker from using
Nether Strike after the initial stun.
Disruptor
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 7%)Spirit Breaker
* Glimpse drags Spirit Breaker back from an escaping Charge, or takes him out of a ganking Charge.
* However, after purchasing Aghanim's Shard, a well-timed Nether Strike will completely nullify the Glimpse during a gank attempt.
* Static Storm can be used to instantly stop his charge if absolutely necessary, and also prevent a follow-up Nether Strike.
Timbersaw
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 5%)Beastmaster
* Reactive Armor is very effective against Beastmaster's summons during laning stage and entire game.
* Timbersaw can quickly clear Beastmaster's summons with his nukes.
Enigma
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 4%)Spirit Breaker
* Enigma can be a perfect counter-initiator with his ultimate. A perfectly timed Black Hole will turn the tide of any initiation, especially from heros like; Spirit Breaker,
Legion Commander,
Axe,
Puck, and
Slardar
Additional:
* Malefice prevents Spirit Breaker from using his spells for the duration.
* Demonic Conversion's eidolons have high magic resistance, receiving little damage from Charge of Darkness.
Chaos Knight
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 13%)Beastmaster
* Single-target disablers will have difficulty locking down a Chaos Knight with Phantasm active: Bane,
Beastmaster,
Bloodseeker,
Clockwerk,
Doom,
Shadow Shaman.
Venomancer
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 6%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that can slow Charge of Darkness by a huge amount: Venomancer,
Viper,
Dazzle,
Arc WardenLion
Axe
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 13%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes who continue dealing damage while being stunned: Luna,
Razor,
Axe,
Bristleback,
Leshrac,
Dazzle
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 7%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that can slow Charge of Darkness by a huge amount: Venomancer,
Viper,
Dazzle,
Arc WardenLion
Ogre Magi
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 13%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that can cancel Charge of Darkness: Ogre Magi,
Earthshaker, Lion .
Storm Spirit
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 14%)Beastmaster
* Heroes with AoE abilities are a bane to Beastmaster's summons: Storm Spirit,
Magnus,
Pangolier.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that usually builds Linken's Sphere as a core item:
Weaver,
Medusa,
Morphling,
Queen of Pain,
Storm Spirit
Beastmaster
* Heroes who rely on high mobility are especially vulnerable to Primal Roar: Storm Spirit,
Ember Spirit,
Queen of Pain.
Shadow Demon
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 3%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with ways to protect themselves or allies from Spirit Breaker's initiation: Shadow Demon
Magnus
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 8%)Beastmaster
* Heroes with AoE abilities are a bane to Beastmaster's summons: Storm Spirit,
Magnus,
Pangolier.
Luna
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 5%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes who continue dealing damage while being stunned: Luna,
Razor,
Axe,
Bristleback,
Leshrac,
Tidehunter
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 4%)Spirit Breaker
* Durable heroes: Axe,
Bristleback,
Tidehunter,
Wraith King
Lion
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 14%)Spirit Breaker
* Mana Drain has an extremely long range and low cooldown. It can easily deplete most heroes of their entire mana pools, especially those with smaller mana pools such as Tiny or
Spirit Breaker.
Shadow Shaman
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 13%)Spirit Breaker
* Can easily interrupt and disable Spirit Breaker with hex if being charged.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that are squishy by nature are an easy target for Spirit Breaker: Sniper,
Drow Ranger,
Shadow Shaman
Ember Spirit
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 9%)Spirit Breaker
* Searing Chains can stop Charge of Darkness if timed correctly.
* Activate Fire Remnant can be used to escape an approaching Spirit Breaker, or lead Spirit Breaker into a bad situation.
* Activate Fire Remnant and
Sleight of Fist allows Ember Spirit to dodge Charge of Darkness if timed correctly.
Beastmaster
* Heroes who rely on high mobility are especially vulnerable to Primal Roar: Storm Spirit,
Ember Spirit,
Queen of Pain.
Tinker
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)Beastmaster
* Beastmaster's Hawk can find Tinker easily while he is pushing or blinking into trees.
Spirit Breaker
* Tinker relies on his high mobility from Boots of Travel and
Blink Dagger to survive. Those items don't help him if Spirit Breaker manages to cast Charge of Darkness on him.
* Spirit Breaker can easily cancel Rearm and
Boots of Travel.
Templar Assassin
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 10%)Spirit Breaker
* Because Templar Assassin does not have escape potential in lane, any support hero with roaming potential and a Dust of Appearance can be great at shutting her down early game:
Earth Spirit,
Spirit Breaker,
Tusk,
Bounty Hunter,
Riki,
Warlock.
Beastmaster
* Attacks from Boars and the attack speed boost from Inner Beast will quickly wear down Refraction.
Vengeful Spirit
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 7%)Beastmaster
* Heroes who relies on illusions and summons (Beastmaster,
Chaos Knight, etc.).
Spirit Breaker
* Magic Missile has a considerably long cast time, making it difficult to stop Charge of Darkness with it.
* Other than Magic Missile, Vengeful Spirit has no way of canceling Nether Strike.
Phantom Assassin
[wiki] rating: -1.2 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 14%)Beastmaster
* Heroes with disables that ignore spell immunity will render Phantom Assassin quite useless in teamfights throughout the game: Axe,
Enigma,
Vengeful Spirit,
Doom,
Bane,
Beastmaster,
Pudge.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that rely on escapes to stay alive can be caught and locked down for a long time: Queen of Pain,
Phantom Assassin
Sven
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 2%)Beastmaster
* Primal Roar takes Sven out of the fight completely, even with Black King Bar.
Nature's Prophet
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 8%)Spirit Breaker
* Spirit Breaker can chase Nature's Prophet from anywhere on the map with Charge of Darkness, making it hard for Nature's Prophet to split-push.
Additional:
* Charge of Darkness allows Spirit Breaker to catch Nature's Prophet out when he tries to split push.
* Nature's Prophet can't hide in his Sprout against Spirit Breaker, as his Charge of Darkness provides vision on its target.
* Spirit Breaker can easily cancel Nature's Prophet's Teleportation.
Monkey King
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 8%)Beastmaster
* The Hawk can easily find Monkey King while he is sitting on a tree.
* Wild Axes can knock out Monkey King from tree.
* Boars drastically reduce Monkey King's attack speed, making it harder for him to gain Jingu Mastery stacks.
Additional:
* Wild Axes can chop down trees, making it difficult for Monkey King to utilize Tree Dance well.
* Call of the Wild Hawk can scout Monkey King when he is perched on top of trees.
* Primal Roar can stun Monkey King for a lengthy duration even with spell immunity.
Troll Warlord
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 2%)Beastmaster
* Primal Roar and the slow from Boars make kiting Troll Warlord very easy.
Anti-Mage
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 13%)Spirit Breaker
* Anti-Mage usually relies on Blink to escape, but with vision from Charge of Darkness it is easier to catch him.
* Spirit Breaker could single-handedly lock Anti-Mage down for 4 seconds (or even more with lucky bashes), allowing his teammates to follow up.
* As Anti-Mage is an elusive hero who likes to farm alone, Spirit Breaker could choose to charge whenever Anti-Mage is in sight.
Pangolier
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 11%)Beastmaster
* Heroes with AoE abilities are a bane to Beastmaster's summons: Storm Spirit,
Magnus,
Pangolier.
Beastmaster
* Heroes with other kind of disables that pierce spell immunity can hold Pangolier in place during Rolling Thunder: Axe,
Beastmaster,
Enigma,
Magnus,
Pudge,
Batrider,
Bane,
Winter Wyvern
Spirit Breaker
* Charge of Darkness can be used to chase down Pangolier if he escapes with Swashbuckle or Rolling Thunder.
* Nether Strike ignores Rolling Thunder's spell immunity, and will still hit Pangolier if he rolls or dashes away.
Sniper
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 12%)Spirit Breaker
* Spirit Breaker can charge towards Sniper from anywhere on the map with Charge of Darkness.
* Greater Bash deals magical damage, which can prove dangerous to Sniper and his low health.
* Both previous abilities combined with Nether Strike ensures that Spirit Breaker can easily solo kill Sniper.
Shadow Fiend
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 10%)Spirit Breaker
* Charge of Darkness allows Spirit Breaker to gank Shadow Fiend in the early game, preventing him from getting Necromastery stacks.
* Nether Strike and
Charge of Darkness can be used to prevent Shadow Fiend from casting Requiem of Souls.
Hoodwink
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 13%)Beastmaster
* Wild Axes destroys large amounts of trees specially upgraded with
Aghanim's Scepter,
Lifestealer
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)Beastmaster
* Primal Roar pierces Rage and can disable Lifestealer in fights.
Io
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 5%)Spirit Breaker
* Charge of Darkness can be used to escape or counter-initiate against a Relocate gank.
* Greater Bash and
Nether Strike is devastating due to Io's low armor, and can even knock it away from tethered target.
Bounty Hunter
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 6%)Spirit Breaker
* Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness semi-reveals Bounty Hunter, taking away his element of surprise for the duration of the charge. Also, as Charge of Darkness shows Bounty Hunter's position, Spirit Breaker's allies can proceed to gank Bounty Hunter while he is roaming alone.
Clinkz
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)Spirit Breaker
* Possibly Clinkz's worst enemy. He has many tools to utterly destroy Clinkz.
* Charge of Darkness can be used on Clinkz if Spirit Breaker's team spots him anywhere. This charge will track his location through Skeleton Walk's invisibility and movement speed bonuses.
* When Spirit Breaker charges onto Clinkz, he can easily use Dust of Appearance to guarantee a reveal on him while stunned.
* All three of Spirit Breaker's spells help him and his team quickly close the gap to Clinkz even at the edge of his attack range or when running away with Skeleton Walk.
* Spirit Breaker's high strength and above average armor makes him able to endure Clinkz's onslaught, meanwhile Clinkz will be heavily threatened if Spirit Breaker procs a Greater Bash.
Additional:
* Once caught with dust, Clinkz could be locked down for a long time by Spirit Breaker and has nowhere to escape.
* Charge of Darkness provides shared vision over its target, showing Clinkz even when he is in Skeleton Walk.
Tiny
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 19%)Beastmaster
* Primal Roar and the slow from Boars make kiting Tiny very easy.
Ursa
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 9%)Beastmaster
* Primal Roar and the slow from Boars makes kiting Ursa very easy.
Lycan
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 1%)Beastmaster
* Primal Roar allows Beastmaster to keep Lycan in place after he used his Shapeshift.
Queen of Pain
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 8%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that usually builds Linken's Sphere as a core item:
Weaver,
Medusa,
Morphling,
Queen of Pain,
Storm Spirit
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that rely on escapes to stay alive can be caught and locked down for a long time: Queen of Pain,
Phantom Assassin
Beastmaster
* Heroes who rely on high mobility are especially vulnerable to Primal Roar: Storm Spirit,
Ember Spirit,
Queen of Pain.
Drow Ranger
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 11%)Spirit Breaker
* Generally, heroes that can close the gap on Drow Ranger to cancel her Marksmanship such as Phantom Assassin,
Spirit Breaker, and
Tusk are effective at limiting her power and bursting her down.
Puck
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 11%)Spirit Breaker
* Bristleback,
Centaur Warrunner,
Spirit Breaker,
Pudge,
Huskar: These heroes are too tanky for Puck to burst down. Also, all of them have spells which can deal with and shut Puck down reliably.
Ancient Apparition
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 7%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with mobility/escape mechanisms to dodge Ancient Apparition abilites, or to easily jump on him: Riki,
Queen of Pain,
Phantom Assassin,
Windranger,
Bounty Hunter,
Spirit Breaker,
Night Stalker,
Storm Spirit,
Juggernaut, etc.
Zeus
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 7%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with long range abilities are also able to touch Zeus, such as Clockwerk,
Kunkka,
Puck,
Skywrath Mage,
Spirit Breaker,
Tusk and others.
Naga Siren
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 2%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with long-lasting, undispellable debuffs will pinpoint the true Naga Siren: Spirit Breaker,
Bloodseeker.
Mirana
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 11%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that rely on invisibility can be tracked with Charge of Darkness opening them to team attacks: Bounty Hunter,
Mirana,
Riki
Skywrath Mage
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 13%)Beastmaster
* Skywrath mage also has a terrible time fighting against anything that isn't a hero. As Mystic Flare only affects heroes, his skills are mostly target-based and he has terrible strength and agility, he can easily be kited or harassed by illusion-based heroes like Chaos Knight and
Phantom Lancer, or by Heroes that summon other units like
Lone Druid,
Lycan and
Beastmaster.
Phantom Lancer
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 5%)Spirit Breaker
* Charge of Darkness provides shared vision over its target, keeping track of heroes who rely on invisibility, mobility, or illusions: Riki,
Broodmother,
Phantom Lancer
Riki
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 3%)Spirit Breaker
* Charge of Darkness provides shared vision over its target, keeping track of heroes who rely on invisibility, mobility, or illusions: Riki,
Broodmother,
Phantom Lancer
Warlock
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 3%)Spirit Breaker
* Warlock is a very strong hero when positioned correctly, and his long cast range helps him with this. However, some Heroes might disrupt or sneakily pass through his allies and deal with him, preventing him from doing his job. Such heroes include Chaos Knight,
Spirit Breaker,
Riki, and more.
Broodmother
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 1%)Spirit Breaker
* Charge of Darkness provides shared vision over its target, keeping track of heroes who rely on invisibility, mobility, or illusions: Riki,
Broodmother,
Phantom Lancer
Huskar
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 9%)Spirit Breaker
* Spirit Breaker's stuns pierce spell immunity, making him a good choice against heroes that heavily rely on Black King Bar;
Huskar
Wraith King
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 10%)Spirit Breaker
* Durable heroes: Axe,
Bristleback,
Tidehunter,
Wraith King
Beastmaster
* Wraith King's lack of area of effect spells makes him easily overwhelmed by Beastmaster's summons.
Meepo
[wiki] rating: -0.2 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 1%)Spirit Breaker
* Earthbind's root prevents/interrupts Charge of Darkness.
* As a single target focused hero without much damage output, Spirit Breaker is ineffective in general against Meepo. Consider upgrading Nether Strike with Aghanim's Scepter to spam AoE stuns against Meepo clones.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes who can stun multiple units at once: Dark Willow,
Spirit Breaker,
Slardar,
Invoker, and
Tidehunter.
Beastmaster
* Because only one clone needs to be killed in order to kill Meepo, heroes that excel at singling out enemies can also be a detriment to him, such as Batrider,
Beastmaster,
Pudge and
Clockwerk.
Bristleback
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 3%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes who continue dealing damage while being stunned: Luna,
Razor,
Axe,
Bristleback,
Leshrac,
Spirit Breaker
* Spirit Breaker's
Nether Strike with
Aghanim's Shard disables Bristleback's passives.
Phoenix
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)Spirit Breaker
* Due to Spirit Breaker's low attack speed, Supernova is problematic for Spirit Breaker to take down, and even more so with
Fire Spirits debuff applied.
* Icarus Dive grants Phoenix capability to quickly escape to safety.
Beastmaster
* Inner Beast helps Beastmaster's team destroy Supernova quickly.
Viper
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that can slow Charge of Darkness by a huge amount: Venomancer,
Viper,
Dazzle,
Arc WardenLion
Beastmaster
* Illusion or summon-based heroes can be a problem to Viper due to his lack of AoE damage: Naga Siren,
Phantom Lancer,
Beastmaster
Bloodseeker
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with fast movement abilities will suffer huge damage when afflicted by Rupture: Spirit Breaker,
Earth Spirit,
Dark Seer.
Beastmaster
* Heroes with disables that go through spell immunity can end Bloodseeker before he has the chance to do anything: Batrider,
Beastmaster
Night Stalker
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 6%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that have a weak laning stage: Spectre,
Nyx Assassin,
Clockwerk,
Spirit Breaker,
Omniknight,
Pudge.
Beastmaster
* Heroes with illusions and summons can manfight Night Stalker: Terrorblade,
Beastmaster,
Broodmother.
Arc Warden
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 5%)Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that can slow Charge of Darkness by a huge amount: Venomancer,
Viper,
Dazzle,
Arc WardenLion
Beastmaster
* Heroes with summons or illusions counter Flux, such as Beastmaster ,
Chen, or
Shadow Demon.
To start select enemy heroes in the field above. It's intended to be used with multiple heroes. The more enemy heroes you provide the better results you will get.
About
This website was made to help you in pick stage of online game Dota 2. It calculates rating for each possible counterpicks based on tips from web-based database made up entirely of user contributions Dota 2 wiki.
You will get the list of recommended hero counters with a list of tips written by Dota 2 wiki contributors explaining why it's good against the particular hero. In comparison to other similar websites, which show only rating based on average hero winrate from dotabuff or similar service.
How to interpret this data
Take it with a bit of grain of salt, especially if the recommendation has a low rating (<= 1), some heroes
may win a lane in an early game but would lose in late game (and vice versa). That's why sometimes
you could hero names appearing as a counter and as being countered, as on image:
You can also add your own tips, update old data and fix mistakes by editing page on Dota 2 Wiki (it works like Wikipedia - anyone can contribute, you don't even need to register) these edits will appear on this website automatically (data is updated several times per week).
Right now there is no app/overlay that will detect picks automatically (like overwolf dota plus or become the gamer), instead, you can open web version in a steam in-game browser or use mobile version on your smartphone.
Want to know more? Check FAQ
List of new features that have been added
- Results now also sorted both by rating and average hero win rate for the chosen rank (data from dotabuff)
- You can share counterpick suggestions just by copying URL. Try it: Pudge and Phantom Assasin counters
- Results from the left and right column are partially merged now: the green color shows counterpicks and red color heroes who are countered by an enemy pick.
- Added link next to each hero pointing to wiki hero page
- Counterpick suggestions will appear as you type
- Added statistics: Total entries in the database: 557, last updated: about 1 month ago
- Filtering by role: carry/durable/support - data taken directly from the game (basically the filters which you see on pick stage in dota)
- Filtering by lane: off lane/safe lane/mid lane (dotabuff most played)
- Tips now include icons next to the heroes/spells/item names (just like on Dota 2 wiki)
- Added item suggestions
- Heroes now can be searched by their abbreviations: CM - Crystal Maiden, Kotl - Keeper Of The Light, AM - Anti Mage etc.
- Mobile website version
- importing picks from dotabuff/opendota URL or matchid
- sorting by personal winrate after logging via steam
- dota overlay(like Overwolf Dota Plus) that will automatically detect picks and bans this will also bring synergy and ban suggestion based on opponent recent games and most played/highest winrate heroes (but don't expect it soon).
Sharing link to this site is always appreciated.
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Beastmaster
* Having many summons out will cause
Echo Slam to deal extra damage.
Spirit Breaker
* Fissure interrupts Spirit Breaker during
Charge of Darkness.