Drow Ranger/Counters

Bad against...

 * Broodmother can easily get near Drow Ranger and prevent her from escaping or fighting back: The invisibility of allows getting close and  slows and blinds her.
 * is a common Broodmoter pick, preventing Drow from ing


 * Has blink to get in close to disable Marksmanship.


 * Has blink to get in close to disable Marksmanship


 * Hookshot allows for clockwork to instantly approach Drow to cancel her Marksmanship, with cogs keeping her within distance while she is bursted down.


 * Drow ranger may have Marksmanship and Gust, but that wont be much useful against Huskar after he commits Life Break.
 * Drow Ranger's autocast ability along with Marksmanship are effectiveless against Huskar's magic damage resistance and his ultimate.


 * Lycan's Shapeshift form is completely immune to slows like Frost Arrows, thus, if he is allowed to initiate on Drow, he can get close to her very quickly, cancelling her Marksmanship and killing her.

Others

 * Generally, heroes that can close the gap on Drow to cancel her Marksmanship such as Spirit Breaker, Tusk or Slark are effective at limiting her power and bursting her down.
 * Underlord not only cancel Marksmanship Aura, his Atrophy Aura also decrease Drow Ranger's attack
 * Tidehunter Anchor Smash decrease Drow Ranger's attack.

Items

 * Blink Dagger allows for heroes to close the gap on Drow and cancel her Marksmanship. Heroes such as Centaur Warrunner and Slardar can also immediately stun her and burst her down.


 * Black King Bar prevents silence from Gust.

Good against...

 * Ember Spirit greatly relies on his spells to engage in battle, Drow Ranger can simply silence him and make him useless for a few seconds enough to catch him and bring him down, which Ember Spirit cannot afford during a teamfight.


 * Drow can use Gust to pushback Jugg before he can get in range to Omnislash or use Blade Fury.


 * None of Anti-Mage's skills does a lot against Drow Ranger: Gust prevents him from ing in or out, is totally useless and as she usually doesn't have a high mana pool, thus  and  don't do much either.


 * Despite having her ability to disable Drow's damage gain, Phantom Assassin will always fall of late game by Drow Ranger
 * If Phantom Assassin doesn't have built in, and Drow already has  or, then she is certainly going to be killed by her.


 * Reason

Others

 * Any hero with low health and low armor such clink
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Works well with...

 * Visage's do massive damage when  is activated, since they attack very fast.
 * Get an for full effect.
 * Visage himself is a decent right-clicker with the attack speed buff from.


 * Her and good attack animation in lane benefits greatly from.
 * and are excellent for when you siege highground early in the game.
 * Assuming Drow and Windranger are both cores/carries, a beefy third core is recommended or your lineup will be very squishy!


 * Amassing many auras can supercharge your hero lineup. is one such aura.
 * Has to save Drow, keeping her Precision Aura intact for the team.
 * Maxing gives -6 armor on foes, supercharging your attacks even more. Especially good when doing Roshan.


 * Can deal massive damage in late game with Precision Aura and since Weaver is sneaky he can harrass in early game without taking hits


 * synergies well with.
 * helps Drow dish out her damage in teamfights.


 * Reason

Others

 * 's aura synergizes well with raw attack damage auras like
 * All ranged heroes generally benefit from.
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List of heroes that counter Drow Ranger, and list of heroes that work well with Drow Ranger.