Earthshaker/Counters

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Bad against...[edit]

Clockwerk

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.

Disruptor

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.

Earth Spirit

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.

Lifestealer

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.

Skywrath Mage

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.

Sniper

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.

Spectre

Haunt will usually disable Earthshaker's Blink Dagger prior to a teamfight, preventing him from initiating.

Zeus

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 can 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.
Venomancer's Plague Wards and Poison Nova 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 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 and Black King Bar significantly reduce Earthshaker's damage output.
Radiance prevents Earthshaker from using Blink Dagger.

Good against...[edit]

Broodmother

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.

Chaos Knight

Echo Slam's damage potential increases due to Chaos Knight's Phantasm illusions.

Enigma

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.

Meepo

Echo Slam's damage potential increases due to Meepo's clones.
Eathshaker's AoE stuns can interrupt Meepo's Poof cast animation

Naga Siren

Mirror Image's illusions increase Echo Slam's damage.

Nature's Prophet

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

Phantom Lancer's many illusions increase Echo Slam's damage.

Others[edit]

Heroes with channeled abilities can be interrupted by a long-range Fissure: Crystal Maiden, Witch Doctor
Earthshaker's many stuns can lock down slippery heroes like Slark in his Shadow Dance, as well as knocking Sand King out of his Sand Storm.

Works well with...[edit]

Dark Seer

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.