Spirit Breaker/Counters
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Counters
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Bad against...[edit]
- Battery Assault will continiously prevent Spirit Breaker from using Nether Strike, Charge of Darkness and even right clicking because of his long attack animation.
- Hookshot can be used to cancel Charge of Darkness.
- Searing Chains combined with Sleight of Fist cancels Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike from long range.
- Ember Spirit can use Activate Fire Remnant to instantly escape when he sees approaching Spirit Breaker.
- Astral Imprisonment can be used to protect allies by imprisoning either them or Spirit Breaker.
- Arcane Orb will heavily drain Spirit Breaker's intelligence, rendering him almost useless and unable to cast spells. Spirit Breaker's low intelligence also means Sanity's Eclipse will deal a lot of damage to him.
- Malefice prevents Spirit Breaker from using his spells for the duration.
- Demonic Conversion Eidolons have high magic resistance, receiving little damage from Charge of Darkness.
- Cold Snap allows Invoker to cancel Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike.
- Tornado can be used from long range to cancel Charge of Darkness.
- Deafening Blast prevents Spirit Breaker from right clicking and thus proccing his Greater Bash.
- If Medusa activates Stone Gaze the charge will inevitably fail.
- Mana Shield and overall tankiness allows Medusa to easily survive Spirit Breaker’s initiation.
- Earthbind prevents/interrupts Charge of Darkness.
- Geostrike heavily slows Spirit Breaker, making him an easy target if his Charge of Darkness is on cooldown.
- As a single target focused hero without much damage output, Spirit Breaker is ineffective in general against Meepo.
- Due to Spirit Breaker's low attack speed, Supernova is problematic for Spirit Breaker to take down, and even more so with Fire Spirits debuff applied.
- Icarus Dive grants Phoenix capability to quickly escape to safety.
- Living Armor can mitigate a large portion of Spirit Breaker's damage since his attacks are slow.
- Treant Protector can also counter initiate Spirit Breaker with Leech Seed and his bash from Nature's Guise before he manages to escape.
- Pit of Malice can be cast on an area, that Spirit Breaker has to cross to finish his Charge of Darkness, to cancel it.
- Dark Rift provides a way to escape from a Spirit Breaker gank for Underlord as well as his teammates.
- Due to Spirit Breaker's low attack speed, Tombstone is problematic for Spirit Breaker to take down.
- Soul Rip and Decay allows Undying and his allies to survive from incoming ganks of Spirit Breaker.
Others[edit]
- Heroes that can cancel Charge of Darkness: ( Ogre Magi, Earthshaker.
- Heroes with ways to protect themselves or allies from Spirit Breaker's initiation: ( Shadow Demon, Phoenix)
- Heroes that punish mobile heroes: ( Bloodseeker, Keeper of the Light)
- Heroes with Linken's Sphere as core item: Weaver, Medusa, Morphling
- Durable heroes: Axe, Bristleback, Tidehunter, Wraith King
- Heroes who continue damaging while being stunned: Luna, Razor, Axe, Bristleback, Leshrac, Visage
Items[edit]
- Ghost Scepter (and its upgrade Ethereal Blade) prevents Spirit Breaker from right clicking and bashing you.
- Eul's Scepter of Divinity can be used on yourself or Spirit Breaker to cancel Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike.
- Rod of Atos, Scythe of Vyse, Abyssal Blade, and Force Staff (and its upgrade Hurricane Pike) interrupt Charge of Darkness.
- Heaven's Halberd can prevent Spirit Breaker from right clicking and bashing.
- Linken's Sphere can prevent Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike.
Good against...[edit]
- Anti-Mage usually relies on Blink to escape, but with vision from Charge of Darkness it is easier to catch him.
- Spirit Breaker could single-handedly lock Anti-Mage down for 4 seconds (or even more with lucky bashes), allowing his teammates to follow up.
- As Anti-Mage is an elusive hero who likes to farm alone, Spirit Breaker could choose to charge whenever Anti-Mage is in sight.
- Once caught with dust, Clinkz could be locked down for a long time by Spirit Breaker and has nowhere to escape.
- Charge of Darkness provides shared vision over its target, showing Clinkz even when he is in Skeleton Walk.
- Charge of Darkness allows Spirit Breaker to catch Nature's Prophet out when he tries to split push.
- Nature's Prophet can't hide in his Sprout against Spirit Breaker, as his Charge of Darkness provides vision on its target.
- Spirit Breaker can easily cancel Nature's Prophet's Teleportation.
- Tinker relies on his high mobility from Boots of Travel and Blink Dagger to survive. Those items don't help him if Spirit Breaker manages to cast Charge of Darkness on him.
- Spirit Breaker can easily cancel Rearm and Boots of Travel.
- Though Spirit Breaker can't fight Ursa toe to toe directly, his stuns could prevent Ursa from dealing damage during Enrage.
Others[edit]
- Heroes that are squishy by nature are an easy target for Spirit Breaker: Sniper, Drow Ranger
- Charge of Darkness provides shared vision over its target, keeping track of heroes who rely on invisibility, mobility, or illusions: Riki, Broodmother, Phantom Lancer
- Heroes that rely on escapes to stay alive can be caught and locked down for a long time: Queen of Pain, Phantom Assassin
- Spirit Breaker's stuns pierce spell immunity, making him a good choice against heroes that heavily rely on Black King Bar: Luna, Huskar
Works well with...[edit]
- Bloodrage amplifies Spirit breakers damage, giving him higher solo kill potential.
- Thirst reveals low health enemies, enabling Spirit Breaker to use Charge of Darkness to finish them off.
- Track enables Spirit Breaker to charge heroes that are outside of the team's field of vision, also granting gold for the rest of the team should the kill occur.
- Bounty Hunter usually scouts areas, hence he can find lone targets for Spirit Breaker to charge.
- Overcharge gives Spirit Breaker extra attack speed and thus a higher chance to proc Greater Bash.
- Relocate can turn a Charge of Darkness into a three man gank.
- Infest allows Lifestealer to come along when Spirit Breaker uses Charge of Darkness.
- With Aghanim's Scepter Lifestealer can Assimilate an ally before infesting Spirit Breaker, turning a two man gank into a three man gank.
- Surge allows Spirit Breaker to increase his movement and Charge of Darkness speed decreasing his target time to counter simultaneously increasing his damege.
Others[edit]
- Heroes with attack speed buffs ( Beastmaster, Invoker, Chen, Arc Warden, …)
- Heroes that can give extra movement speed to Spirit Breaker ( Ogre Magi, Mirana)
