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Axe icon
  • Berserker's Call icon Berserker's Call prevents Sven from bursting his targets before Axe can interfere. The worst kind of opponent for Sven is one who can stop him from attacking who he wants to, which is exactly what Axe does.
  • Culling Blade icon Culling Blade may finish off Sven before he has the chance to lifesteal or run with Warcry.
  • Axe is a very common Blade Mail icon Blade Mail carrier which will make very short work of a Sven with God's Strength activated.
Pugna icon
  • Pugna can save allies with both healing or by making them ethereal but needs to be careful of Sven's Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter purge.
Razor icon
Riki icon
Omniknight icon
  • Purification icon Purification can heal allies while dealing pure damage to Sven.
  • Frosthaven Heavenly Grace icon Heavenly Grace can remove Storm Hammer's debuff immediately or make it a very mediocre stun.
  • Guardian Angel icon Guardian Angel negates Sven's massive damage during God's Strength.
  • It should also be noted Sven can remove Omniknight's active spells with Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter.
Medusa icon
  • Mana Shield icon Mana Shield makes it very hard for Sven to burst her within Storm Hammer's stun duration.
  • Stone Gaze icon Stone Gaze makes it very difficult for Sven to fight Medusa at any stage of the game.
  • Mystic Snake icon Mystic Snake can slow Sven down enough for allies to capitalize on his commitment in a fight.
Troll Warlord icon
  • Whirling Axes (Melee) icon Whirling Axes (Melee)'s blind makes Sven nearly useless in the early game and allows Troll Warlord to take him on comfortably.
  • Battle Trance icon Battle Trance will mean Sven will never take Troll out in a 1vs1 with equal farm.
Templar Assassin icon
  • Sven has no easy way to burn Refraction icon Refraction charges and needs help from teammates to kill TA successfully.
Winter Wyvern icon
  • Cold Embrace icon Cold Embrace saves any ally Sven initiates on and wastes the duration of God's Strength in team fights.
  • Winter's Curse icon Winter's Curse can be devastating to Sven's team, as his massive damage can take out a teammate before there is much time to react.

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Good against...[]

Anti-Mage icon
Broodmother icon
  • Great Cleave icon Great Cleave can clear Spiderlings very quickly, and give Sven lot of gold.
  • Warcry icon Warcry shields Sven and his allies against Broodmother and her Spiderlings.
Chaos Knight icon
  • Great Cleave icon Great Cleave is very effective against Chaos Knight's illusions.
  • Storm Hammer icon Storm Hammer's radius can catch all of Chaos Knight's illusions at once, especially after Reality Rift icon Reality Rift.
  • Warcry icon Warcry shields Sven and his teammates against Chaos Knight's physical damage output.
Chen icon
  • Great Cleave icon Great Cleave can quickly destroy Chen's creeps in team fights, before they have a chance to do much.
Death Prophet icon
  • God's Strength icon God's Strength allows Sven to take down Death Prophet quickly, reducing the damage dealt over time from Exorcism icon Exorcism.
  • Warcry icon Warcry's bonus armor and movement speed is very useful for Sven and his teammates against Exorcism icon Exorcism, which deals physical damage.
Doom icon
  • Doom ability icon Doom generally does not impede Sven in almost any way, provided he has activated God's Strength beforehand.
Juggernaut icon
Meepo icon
  • Great Cleave will devastate Meepo's clones. Against a closely packed group, Sven does not even need to target the clone with the lowest health.
Pangolier icon
Phantom Lancer icon
  • Great Cleave and God's Strength cuts through Phantom Lancer's illusions in no time.
  • Storm Hammer's AoE stun will hit Phantom Lancer and his illusions.
Sniper icon
  • Past the early game, Sniper is an easy target for Sven to jump on with Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Storm Hammer icon Storm Hammer, Blink Dagger icon Blink Dagger, Silver Edge icon Silver Edge or Harpoon icon Harpoon, common items on Sven.
  • Sven's high armor and health pool makes it difficult for Sniper to focus, as his main source of damage is his right click, especially if Sven uses Warcry icon Warcry.
  • Sniper is very squishy, and will not stand a chance against Sven head on.
Tiny icon
  • Avalanche icon Avalanche and Toss icon Toss will never be enough damage to take out Sven in a clean way.
  • Tiny is very slow with low armour growth and does not buy items to sustain Sven's damage output.
Warlock icon

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Works well with...[]

Crystal Maiden icon
  • Crystal Maiden's Frostbite icon Frostbite and numerous slows make it easy for Sven to catch up to enemies.
  • Arcane Aura icon Arcane Aura helps to compensate for Sven's low manapool.
Dark Seer icon
  • Vacuum icon Vacuum combined with Storm Hammer can stun the whole enemy team with good cooperation.
Death Prophet icon
  • Great Cleave icon Great Cleave and Exorcism icon Exorcism can easily clear waves of creeps, summons and illusions.
  • Warcry icon Warcry can give Death Prophet bonus armor during the teamfights, for she is very frail and cannot endure a lot if she gets focused.
  • Silence icon Silence prevents enemy heroes from using abilites against Sven in attempts to counter-initiate against him.
  • God's Strength icon God's Strength and Exorcism icon Exorcism can very quickly make a short work out of enemy heroes and buildings alike.
Enigma icon
  • A well positioned Black Hole icon Black Hole could result in an enemy teamwipe for Sven's team, due to the AoE damage from Storm Hammer and Great Cleave.
Io icon
  • Tether icon Tether and Relocate icon Relocate sets Sven up for easy ganks anywhere on the map. This is effective against single targets because Sven can burst them down without being disabled by the enemy's teammates.
  • Overcharge icon Overcharge makes Sven hit faster, increasing his damage output. The damage reduction, combined with Warcry, will make Sven tough to kill.
Lion icon
  • Earth Spike icon Earth Spike and Hex (Lion) icon Hex gives Sven plenty of time to beat down the enemy.
Magnus icon
  • Empower icon Empower gives Sven additional cleave and damage.
  • A well-positioned Reverse Polarity icon Reverse Polarity allows Sven to devastate multiple opponents with God's Strength and Great Cleave. He can also prolong the disable with Storm Hammer.
Oracle icon
  • Fortune's End icon Fortune's End and False Promise icon False Promise dispels most disables, making Sven unstoppable in teamfights.
  • Fate's Edict icon Fate's Edict protects Sven from magical damage, pairing with Warcry to make him highly resilient.
Shadow Shaman icon
  • Shackles icon Shackles and Hex (Shadow Shaman) icon Hex gives Sven plenty of time to destroy the enemy.

Others[]

  • Heroes with lengthy stuns or roots will synergize well with Sven.
  • Heroes with little armour but high health will benefit most from Warcry, becoming much more resilient: Alchemist minimap icon Alchemist, Bristleback minimap icon Bristleback, Lifestealer minimap icon Lifestealer.


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