Muerta/Counters

Bad against...

 * has a slightly shorter duration then
 * Once he gets his Scepter though, it lasts 9 seconds
 * Muerta has no control over, making her one of the best heroes for Abaddon to regenerate from via


 * As a counter to most casters,Nyx will shut down Muerta with only a few items.
 * Nyx's can make short work of Muerta's high intelligence pool.
 * and can help Nyx escape or imitate when needed.


 * Muerta doesn't have the speed to easily escape, which ignores.
 * Ancient Apparition has a considerable attack range due to . making it difficult for Muerta to attack him


 * Anti-Mage has high magical resistance from making him difficult for Muerta to take down.
 * Anti-Mage can escape Muerta easily with, as Muerta lacks any inbuilt long disable.
 * Due to Muerta's large intelligence pool and no escape abilities with  can kill her easily.


 * Every single one of Axe's abilities can affect Muerta during her
 * While Muerta can do much damage to highly armored units, Axe has a larger health pool compared to Muerta and can activate and an activated  to quickly kill Muerta due to her high right click damage.
 * Muerta often builds high attack speed making have a high chance to proc.


 * and ignores, allowing him to easily waste the duration.
 * and also ignores  and deals damage, or reduces Muertas much needed damage


 * , and  ignores.
 * can be used to escape 's high damage, as Muerta cannot attack her while she is in it


 * and can stun Muerta through  preventing her from using it for it's full duration.
 * has a short cool down as well, A smart Earthshaker will us it before.


 * Juggernaut can activate to be spell immune, making  deal no damage while being able to damage Muerta.


 * Lifestealer can activate to be spell immune, making  no damage and preventing  from fearing or doing damage.
 * Lifestealer can use Infest to avoid Muerta's


 * can waste over half of, or protect an ally from 's fear.
 * He almost always gets two charges later on, allowing him to waste the entire duration of


 * Pudge's high health and magic resistance from makes him difficult for Muerta to burst.
 * Pudges abilities such as and  can hit Muerta while she has activated
 * Muerta has no escape abilities and is slow making her an easy target for Pudge's
 * Pudge can prevent an ally from being attacked by if he has

her from using it effectivly
 * and can both be used on Muerta while she is using . preventing
 * However cannot hurt Muerta while she is using


 * Silencer can reduce her damage with his, and as the primary item for him is the , he can kill her through
 * Silencer has a reliable and high ranged silence in and, preventing Muerta from using her spells as effectivly
 * Muerta likes to use her spells, particularly, punishes her for doing so


 * can negate Muerta's high attack damage while also dealing lots of return damage back to Muerta, which she is fragile against as she has a small health pool.
 * Spectre can use to quickly engage Muerta and escape her if she uses
 * Spectre can out carry Muerta within the late game


 * Almost all of the damage Zeus does is magical making Muerta's not protect her.
 * Zues does not rely on attack speed making pointless against him.
 * If Zues is ever too close to Muerta he can simply use to escape.

Others

 * Heroes that mainly use magic damage and carry Black King Bar can be very problematic for Muerta such as or
 * Heroes that commonly attack etheral units do not have any problems against Muerta such as, , or

Items

 * and will negate most of Muerta's damage.
 * Any hero with will be able to attack during her
 * If Muerta is not careful or forced to attack a Hero with an activated she can very quickly die due to her high damage output and low health pool. There is even strong chance that  will proc on a Blade Mail enemy

Good against...

 * Nature's Prophet's can be broken by Muerta's.
 * will quickly dispatch of the Treants from.
 * will greatly reduce the potential damage Treants can do.


 * Necropho's does not prevent Muerta from attacking him while she uses, while making Necropohos even more vulnerable.
 * Necropho's does very little to Muerta due to her quickly bursting down Necrophos and having a small health pool.


 * Slark's low health and reliance on high built armor from makes him susceptible to Muerta's.
 * Muerta cannot be attacked by Slark's physical attacks and during.
 * Muerta's can hit Slark during his.


 * Sniper's can be wasted with either Muerta's  or a well aimed.
 * can make Sniper run into the battle, when Sniper want's to stay as far as possible from it.
 * Sniper relies heavily on his main attacks, which is useless against.


 * Muerta's attack during ignore Sven's
 * Sven using can be completely ignored by using
 * Sven with still cannot purge Muerta's Etheral form during
 * However you will need to play around his Black King's Bar


 * ignore Phantom Lancer's illusions from, allowing you to separate him from the illusions easily
 * However Phantom Lancer can still easily take out Muerta


 * Terrorblade's reliance on high armor while having a small health pool make him extremely vulnerable to.
 * will make short work of.
 * can not hurt Muerta when she has activated.


 * 's armor increase does not affects Muerta's Pierce the Veil despite Muerta often building high attack speed.
 * Muerta's destroys trees preventing Timbersaw from escaping with his


 * Troll Warlord due to having low health and reliance on high armor is very susceptible to
 * Troll Warlord's ultimate can be simply ignored by using
 * Troll Warlord's buff for allies can easily be countered by  which will lower their attack speeds back to normal.

Others

 * Heroes that have doubles or clones such as, or  are vulnerable to Muerta's
 * Heroes with large physical resistance do not counter Muerta's such as  or

Items

 * or will increase a Heroes vulnerability to Muerta instead of protecting them.

Works well with...

 * He can pull enemies into ,compromising their position.


 * Pugna can use for Muerta to do more damage with.


 * Io's with the level 25 talent, can proc when Muerta's  procs.