Earthshaker/Counters
Counters
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Bad against...[edit]
- Battery Assault interrupts Earthshaker's long cast animations, preventing him from using any abilities apart from Echo Slam.
- Power Cogs often separate the battlefield so that both enemies and allies are unlikely to cluster.
- Rocket Flare allows Clockwerk to scout Earthshaker before a fight starts and potentially cancel his Blink Dagger.
- Hookshot enables Clockwerk to catch Earthshaker before he gets a chance to initiate a fight.
- Death Prophet abilities disables Earthshaker's Blink Dagger.
- Silence can be used to silence Earthshaker after he blinks in, preventing him from executing his combo.
- Thunder Strike can be used to cancel Earthshaker's Blink Dagger.
- Static Storm if used on a fight can prevent Earthshaker from executing his combo after blinking in.
- Geomagnetic Grip can be used to silence Earthshaker after he blinks in, preventing him from executing his combo.
- Magnetize does damage over time and thus disables Earthshaker's Blink Dagger for a long time.
- Both Ice Path and Macropyre are the good setup while Earthshaker after blinking in and stay out of Echo Slam initiation radius.
- Rage prevents Earthshaker from damaging and stunning Lifestealer.
- Feast is very effective against Earthshaker, because of him being a strength hero, allowing Lifestealer to heavily harass and kill him.
- Open Wounds prevents Earthshaker from escaping after he initiated.
- Infest gives Lifestealer an easy way to escape should he get caught out by Earthshaker.
- Frequent healing from Death Pulse and Mekansm/ Guardian Greaves or Pipe of Insight makes it difficult for Earthshaker to execute his combo with Echo Slam.
- Necrophos usually buys Radiance to improve their burning damage from Heartstopper Aura will usually disable Earthshaker's Blink Dagger prior to a teamfight, preventing him from initiating or re-initiating.
- Reaper's Scythe allows to kill Earthshaker while he blinks in, preventing him from executing his combo (although Earthshaker is rarely a primary target).
- Fissure has a short stun and creates an impassable ridge. However, his Dark Ascension can fly over it.
- Crippling Fear can be used to silence Earthshaker after he blinks in, preventing him from executing his combo.
- Outworld Devourer's pure and magical damage is particularly effective against Earthshaker.
- Astral Imprisonment catches Earthshaker while he blinks in, preventing him from executing his combo.
- Earthshaker has mana troubles, and Outworld Devourer's abilities can press this by stealing intelligence comes from Arcane Orb, therefore depleting his mana pool and mana regeneration.
- Sanity's Eclipse deals high damage to Earthshaker, due to his low intelligence and mana pool.
- Phase Shift allows Puck to dodge all of Earthshaker's abilites.
- Waning Rift disables Earthshaker's stuns, leaving him and his team vulnerable.
- Dream Coil takes a stun from Earthshaker if he tries to escape from Blink Dagger or Enchant Totem upgraded from Aghanim's Scepter.
- Static Link reduces the damage bonus from Enchant Totem, forces Earthshaker to spend Aghanim's Scepter or Force Staff to break it.
- While Earthshaker uses Enchant Totem on Razor he takes damage through Unstable Current.
- Eye of the Storm strikes prevents Earthshaker's escaping from Blink Dagger and also tears through his low armor.
- Earthshaker's abilities are very useful to Rubick's Spell Steal:
- Fissure has shorter cast time, makes it a nice ability to either initiate or interrupt enemy's gank from long distance.
- Echo Slam isn't as powerful from Rubick's hands because didn't gain bonuses from Aftershock but the damage can still be massive on enemies.
- Arcane Bolt allows Skywrath Mage to harass Earthshaker out of lane.
- Ancient Seal is an instant silence that can be pre-cast onto Earthshaker to disrupt his combo, before he uses Blink Dagger to initiate.
- Mystic Flare will nuke Earthshaker down while he stands in place during his long cast animations.
- Shrapnel can be used to disable Earthshaker's Blink Dagger from long range.
- Take Aim allows Sniper to harass Earthshaker in lane, and stay out of Echo Slam initiation radius.
- Spectral Dagger can be used to traverse past Fissure.
- Haunt will usually disable Earthshaker's Blink Dagger prior to a teamfight, preventing him from initiating.
- On the other hand, Haunt will amplify damage done from Echo Slam. Use this to your advantage.
- Her Psionic Traps will usually disable Earthshaker's Blink Dagger prior to a teamfight, preventing him from initiating.
- Earthshaker's abilities takes the little damage thanks to Refraction.
- A combination of Meld and Desolator tears through his Earthshaker's abysmal armor.
- Venomancer's slows and magical damage-over-time works well against Earthshaker's which completes lack of mobility.
- Plague Wards is useful for slowing and kitting down Earthshaker, revealing him from initiating and re-initiating and putting his Blink Dagger on cooldown if Venomancer has vision over Earthshaker.
- Poison Attack and Viper Strike allowing to kite and slow Earthshaker significally, putting Blink Dagger on cooldown and preventing him from initiating or re-initiating.
- Nethertoxin breaks Aftershock. The silence from the Level 25 talent also prevents Earthshaker from initiating or re-initiating.
- Windrun can used to dodge Earthshaker abilities, especially Fissure.
- Focus Fire upgraded to Aghanim's Scepter allows to kite and kill Earthshaker.
- Thundergod's Wrath will often disable Earthshaker's Blink Dagger before a fight starts.
Others[edit]
- Heroes with invisibility and high mobility can jump on and focus down Earthshaker before he has a chance to initiate: Clinkz, Slark, Storm Spirit
- Invoker's EMP can instantly put Earthshaker out of commission due to his low natural mana.
- Warlock often stays back and counter-initiates by dropping his Chaotic Offering on Earthshaker and his allies.
- Luna's Lucent Beams and Eclipse will prevent Earthshaker from initiating or re-initiating.
- Tinker's March of the Machines will disable Blink Dagger over a large area.
- Silencer's Global Silence and Doom's Doom makes Earthshaker temporarily useless.
- Careful not to blink into Riki's Smoke Screen or Disruptor's Static Storm, as these field effects will instantly silence Earthshaker and prevent him from initiating.
Items[edit]
- Pipe of Insight or Black King Bar significantly reduce Earthshaker's damage output.
- Radiance prevents Earthshaker from using Blink Dagger.
- Eul's Scepter of Divinity wastes Earthshaker while blinking in and also to dodge all of his abilities.
- Rod of Atos or Scythe of Vyse prevents Earthshaker escaping from upgraded Enchant Totem.
- Diffusal Blade will wear down Earthshaker's low mana pool.
- Silver Edge can break Aftershock.
Good against...[edit]
- Echo Slam's damage potential increases phenomenally due to Broodmother's hordes of spiderlings and spiderites.
- Long ranged Fissures can hit Broodmother if she runs into the treeline at the edges of the map.
- Echo Slam's damage potential increases due to Chaos Knight's Phantasm illusions.
- Fissure does a great job at interrupting Black Hole immediately, especially with Blink Dagger and Aether Lens.
- Echo Slam's damage potential increases due to the eidolons created by Demonic Conversion.
- Earthshaker's AoE stuns can save ally against Duel's, forcing Legion Commander to spend Aghanim's Scepter or Black King Bar.
- Echo Slam's damage potential increases due to Meepo's clones.
- Eathshaker's AoE stuns can interrupt Meepo's Poof cast animation
- Mirror Image's illusions increase Echo Slam's damage.
- Treants increase Echo Slam's damage.
- Earthshaker's AoE stuns can hit Nature's Prophet through Sprout, without having direct line of sight, in order to interrupt Teleportation.
- Phantom Lancer's many illusions increase Echo Slam's damage.
- Fissure interrupts Spirit Breaker during Charge of Darkness.
Others[edit]
- Heroes with channeled abilities can be interrupted by a long-range Fissure: Crystal Maiden, Witch Doctor, Bane, Pugna, Pudge.
- Earthshaker's many stuns can lock down slippery heroes like Slark in his Shadow Dance and Weaver in his Shukuchi.
Works well with...[edit]
- Vacuum sets Earthshaker up for an easy Echo Slam.
- A group of stunned enemies are ripe targets for Dark Seer's Wall of Replica.
- Combining Vacuum and Fissure can position and re-position the enemy team to set up for strong AoE abilities.
- Surge can be an early game alternative to a Blink Dagger.
- Black Hole sets Earthshaker up for an easy Echo Slam.
- Earthshaker's initiation can give ample time and space for Enigma to line up a good Black Hole.
- Reverse Polarity sets Earthshaker up for an easy Echo Slam.
- Song of the Siren sets Earthshaker up for an easy Echo Slam.
- Dream Coil sets Earthshaker up for an easy Echo Slam.
- Burrowstrike sets Earthshaker up for an easy Echo Slam
- Sand King can travel underneath Fissure with Burrowstrike.
- Caustic Finale pairs well with Enchant Totem for mana-effective lanepushing.
Others[edit]
- Lich and Gyrocopter's large AoE abilities can quickly clean up an enemy team after Earthshaker's initiation.
