Dota 2 Counter Picks: Ultimate Guide to Counter Heroes

Counter picks and Items

Abbadon – Abbadon is mostly countered by burst damage. His ultimate is what makes him important in a team fight. His shield can remove pretty much any debuff and his heal can heal an ally or damage enemy, his ultimate keeps him alive in the gank so he can keep saving his allies. He is basically a tank but he is not really a tank with high armor then how does he tank. Well, after his HP falls below a certain amount his Ultimate turns on automatically which turns all incoming damage into heal. So when his ultimate is on, the more damage you deal the more heal he gets. The only way to kill abbadon without turning his ultimate on is with really high burst damage that can nuke him when he is low hp but not low enough to turn on his Ultimate.

Counter Picks – Necro with his ultimate. Lina with Laguna Blade. Lion with Finger of Death. Doom with ultimate.

Counter Items – Dagon to burst him down or Scythe, Eul, Abyssal blade to disable him from running away and then kill him after the ultimate duration ends.

Alchemist –

Counter pick – Ancient Apparition with his Ultimate. Necrophos with heartstopper and his ultimate. Ursa to counter him with physical damage. Timbersaw is good against any strength heroes.

Lane Matchup – Blood seeker, Morphling, Invoker.

Item counters – Spirit vessel to stop his regeneration. Abyssal blade to control him with stun and bash. Assault cuirass to counter his armor.

Ancient Apparition –

Counter pick – Weaver. Antimage. Silencer or heroes that can reach backline and finish him off quickly.

Item Counter – Pipe of Insight is good against AA as pipe absorbs the damage from his ultimate.

Antimage –

Counter Picks - Blood seeker with rupture, Slardar with his ultimate and stun plus follow up from the team, Faceless Void with Chronosphere. Shadow demon with illusions and Terrorblade with first skill.

Lane matchup – Shadow demon, Terroblade, Blood seeker, Slardar + any high damage support hero.

Item counter – Any item that helps you control a hero is good against Antimage. Abyssal Blade or Hex or even bloodthorn after his Manta is used.

Arc Warden –

Counter picks – Axe, Chaos Knight, Vengeful spirit.

Counter Items – Abyssal blade, Hex, Hurricane Pike or Forcestaff.

Axe –

Counter Picks – Lifestealer, OD, Ursa.

Lane matchup – Lifestealer, Omni knight, Enchantress.

Counter Items – Aeon Disc, Eul, Rod of atos, Assault cuirass.

Bane –

Counter picks – Silencer, Vengeful spirit, any stunner support.

Counter Items – Linken’s Sphere, Black King Bar, Orchid.

Batrider –

Lane matchup – Blood seeker, Medusa, Vengeful spirit, Huskar.

Counter picks – Nyx Assassin, Blood seeker, Silencer, Antimage.

Counter Items – Linken’s sphere, BKB, Abyssal blade, Hex.

Bloodseeker –

Counter picks – Chaos Knight, Ancient Apparition, Lifestealer, Dragon Knight.

Counter Items – Blademail, Abyssal blade, Hex, Linken’s Sphere, Town portal scroll.

Brewmaster –

Lane matchup – Luna, Medusa, Juggernaut, Lifestealer.

Counterpick – Doom, Luna, Lifestealer.

Counter Items – Orchid.

Bristleback –

Counter picks – Axe, Legion commander, OD, Lifestealer.

Lane matchup – Life stealer, Legion commander, OD, warlock, Timbersaw.

Counter items – Bloodthorn, Silver edge, Scythe of Vyse, Rod of Atos.

Broodmother-

Counterpicks – Tiny, Earthshaker,Kunkka, Keeper of the light, Axe.

Lane matchup – Tiny, Axe.

Counter items – Radiance, Eul, Rod of atos, Bloodthorn, Hex.

Chaos Knight –

Counter picks – Earthshaker, Sven, PL, Medusa, OD, Invoker, Ember spirit.

Lane Matchup – Sven, Medusa.

Counter Items – Orchid, Mjollnir, Battlefury, Assault cuirass, Holy Bible.

Clinkz –

Counterpicks – Slardar, Bounty hunter, Disablers.

Counter items – Dust, Sentry, Gem, Hex, Blademail, Ghost sceptre.