Countering Heavy Crowd-Control Lineup

Single Target CC: Abaddon and Oracle can remove stuns. Abba is the best counter to the Bane-Mirana lanes too.
AOE CC: Silencer. Counterinitiators: Rubick, SK, ES, Enigma, Elder Titan. Naga also nullifies a ton of CC if she doesn't get caught and she sings.

In General: Mobile opponents, get Orchid.
Non mobile ones, BKB or Repel if you're a cheap bastard.
Purge blade for silences and slows is useful too.

If you want to take down an initiator without them seeing you, there are several ways. NS with Aghs comes to mind, locate initiator, silence that *****, team kills him. Storm is good too. Also, Spectre with Blademail. Locate Earthshaker with haunt, reality to him, activate blademail, now he either one man echos you or dies.


Or if you're against a teamfight based draft (Luna, Zeus, Necro, UD, and ES), then just Rat it out.

Abaddon is amazing at soaking up point target disables and damage with Borrowed Time. Having trouble with big AOE spells wrecking your team? Aghanim's Scepter will fit you pretty well.

-BK