Mid Heroes and Its Counters

I think i can add, that even though a hero doesnt have a counter in a match, you can couter most heros with items.

A good example.

i was playing timber one game and drow was beating the **** out of me. i was silenced and slowed.

she kept using distance and kept pummelling arrows at my face.
(keep in mind the hp difference bettween a farmed shredder and a farmed trax) i had about 3 quarters of health left and drow was full up.

I was bound to die. but blade mail made her kill herself(her crits really did her in)

DK is pretty op even in the early game! the only way he can get a stun off is in meelee range, That said, whoever is getting stunned needs to be damn near close to DK or attacking him, If theyre attacking him, the creeps get involved and we all know how freaking pro those creeps are early game.

Invoker(My best hero) is OP even with quas wex, he gets a ton of attack speed, a ton of movement speed. just cold snap and alacrity together make life hard for anyone.

the quas exort is used(IMO) as farming, and pushing utility, if you get forge spirits and your income is good and you get a blink dagger or forcestaff, youve got enough mobility, besides, if youre gonna spam ghost walk every gank, they will eventually counter it.

In order : wards/co-ordination , silence , dust/gem/sentry , burst/ganks

Recent picks (pubs) spirit breaker, puck, Mirana, Shadowfiend how to counter them?

Lol, seriously though I read that.

DK's only burst is the Breath early game , Shield > Breath.
Invoker all magic damage if going quas wex, easily repelled ; exort wex no survivability against burn haras ; quas exort thats a bit tricky to fight but means less mobility for voker.

Wards > ganking supports
Smoke > wards
Map awareness > god mode

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, maybe Mr.E43 would notice them 8{3

Still, you can say that most Mids that rely on their Ult for mobility suck before lvl6, e.g. Storm Spirit, Dragon Knight, etc.

Looked through that guide, it's a nice idea but I think it's oversimplified. It also lacks a few key counters for some heroes. For example I looked at Batrider and there was no counter of Slark who can debuff all Sticky Napalm charges. Also no Abaddon against Beastmaster or Bane against Lifestealer.

It's very had for a guide to write down every possibility. Just think of what a hero's strengths and aims are in the game and think of a way to counter them. For example, you can shut down a Puck in lane with a Templar Assassin, but Puck's strengths are controlling teamfights which she'll (she/he???) still be able to do no matter how bad laning goes, it just might result in a slightly slower Blink Dagger. No matter how badly a Puck does in lane they can still throw down a million dollar Dream Coil.

So to counter Puck you'd pick heroes that can deal with his teamfight combo easily, or ones that can catch him out and hold him in place long enough to kill the cowardly faerie dragon thingy! Such as Morphling, Lifestealer, Rubick (or any other hero that has an instant stun) etc.

When part of a whole team though Puck might just not be worth the effort to counter if they lack a damage output to put into you when you are in coil, or you have strong counter initiation, or you have a strategy in mind that will mean that 4 man coils won't happen, such as rat dota.

Thank guys gain for answering my questions!

Bro thanks for the great website it really helped me out!

Go check this out :)

Hero Counters Should be everything you need there, i was going to type it all out, but i think that you can navigate easier through this :)

Ember doesnt suck inlane. He can kill most people level 2, get chains up and burn them with Shield.

I know for a fact that ember sucks inlane before level 6 if you have supports ganking and a hero like DK or invoker. Also the thing about pudge is he will almost always lose his lane if the enemy is decent he just makes up for it with the best ganking kit in the game (IMO). Why am i so off topic today?