Marci/Counters

Bad against...

 * will very likely catch Marci in a fight or midair, disabling Marci's chasing/fleeing ability.
 * prevents Marci from bursting Willow down since she relies on physical attacks and unit target spells. With, Willow can hit Marci while Marci can't hit Willow.
 * and allows Willow to manfight if Marci initiates with Rebound.
 * and combo can waste Marci's ultimate for almost half of its duration.


 * ruins her only movement ability, . Combined with its high movement speed and her being unable to interrupt it once its cast, using it under the effects of Rupture will surely deal incredibly immutable damage, if not kill her.
 * As a Strength hero, Marci naturally has high HP. Rupture's initial damage uses her high HP as a catalyst to deal damage depending on her current health, dealing a good amount of damage if she's full HP or forcing her to stop if she's low.
 * With, will now deal pure damage and lifesteal based on the opponent's max health. Her high HP as a Strength hero ensures that Bloodseeker will always deal significant attack damage and sustain himself a lot whenever he attacks Marci.
 * If Marci doesn't build, Bloodseeker's will prevent her from using all of her spells which she relies quite heavily on. Her only dispel is tied to  which gets disabled, and the spell immunity from her level 20  talent doesn't remove it if she tries to save a teammate from being silenced.


 * His high Strength gain helps him survive a one-on-one fight with Marci. But his Strength attribute truly shines when it benefits his . Each blow that she lands on him with will be reciprocated equally.
 * With his level 25 Retaliate Aura, Marci will have to think twice on landing a hit on any enemies who are protected by his presence.
 * If Centaur has vision over Marci, he can ruin her initiation with with a well timed.


 * Marci's ensures that Axe's  procs many times, even if he is stunned by . In the 1.5 seconds where she doesn't attack, Axe will have some breathing room to retaliate.
 * allows Counter Helix to reduce the attack damage of anyone it strikes. Combined with Unleash causing to proc frequently, Marci will not be dealing significant damage as she attacks Axe over time.
 * Axe needs not worry about the damage taken from if he activates  beforehand. If he had activated  or  (or even both) as Marci attacks him, he will turn Unleash's high attack speed and damage against her.
 * Usually, Axe would prefer to jump on his opponent to be more effective. does Axe a favor, bringing Marci within his most effective range.


 * Marci's is blocked by  and  is a common item used by Weaver.
 * Weaver can't be slowed by because he can use  to escape.
 * beetle require 4 hits to kill. Weaver can use it on her when she use . This give Marci a hard choice: ignore and her armor keep decreasing or kill the beetle and wasting 4 attacks of.


 * reduces a good chunk of Marci's attack damage that she relies heavily on, and the armor reduction works better on her because of her low armor.
 * renders Lycan immune to and 's slow.


 * exploits her naturally high HP to deal a good amount of DPS. She may break the link with, but covers that problem.
 * Marci's poor armor makes her vulnerable to.


 * Lifestealer's renders him immune to all of Marci's disables and magic damage for a good duration. Unlike Marci's spell immunity talent on, Rage's spell immunity applies a basic dispel that removes her slows and silences.
 * His passive deals bonus damage based on the enemy's max health and heals for the same amount. As a tanky Strength hero, Marci's own strength will be her undoing as well.
 * If he bought, Lifestealer will be able to catch up on Marci using her with impunity.


 * Pangolier's disarms her if procs making  useless.
 * and (easily depleting Marci's low mana pool,, (even with spell immunity he can kite her) which is the items in normal Pangolier build which can kite her,  have a lower cooldown than Marci's  so Pangolier can out maneuver her quite easilty.

Others

 * Heroes that reduce the damage that Marci can deal during her ultimate, like, , , and.
 * Heroes that can keep Marci for a long time in one place so she can't pursue her targets, like, , , , and.
 * Heroes that can reliably kite out, and dodge , like , , , , ,  or always build items like  and.

Items

 * protects the user from her magic damage and her various disables.
 * ensures that Marci's attempts to attack the user doesn't go unpunished.
 * disarm can prevent Marci from using her right clicks, not to mention that it is undispellable.
 * turns Marci ethereal, preventing her from using right clicks, slowing her down, and making her vulnerable to magic damage.
 * protects the user from Marci's right clicks which makes up the bulk of her damage. Beware though, she can still affect you in this state with her and.
 * ,, , , and  and other abilities that can stop Marci in her tracks and keep her in one place, while you run away and is prevented to use  to catch up to you.
 * The Silence of and  prevents Marci of activating any of her abilities, that she heavily depends on to deal damage, catch enemys or run away.
 * can withle down her low mana pool and deplete it

Good against...

 * doesn't work against, as Marci gains 1000+ attack speed for the fury combo.
 * Enchantress' low health makes her a fragile target for Marci's damage blasts.
 * Marci can use on one of her enchanted creeps to easily reach the Enchantress and negate the bonus damage dealt by her . It helps that most of her best creeps have a low attack range, creating a makeshift bridge towards their master.


 * slows the attack speed after the successful hits, preventing Phantom Lancer's illusions to attack her.
 * deals area damage, which gives away the real Phantom Lancer.

Works well with...

 * Lifestealer can Marci as she leaps towards an enemy hero with  during ganks, bringing them both towards the enemy. While Lifestealer is inside her, she gains bonus HP points that compliments her tankiness and bonus movement speed for more mobility.
 * gained from buying an is a no-brainer with its powerful slow and shared lifesteal, adding to the duo's powerful array of disables and sustainability.


 * Marci is a great recipient for Lycan's . Simply cast it on her (especially when she has used ) and watch as a mute whistling wolf that's immune to slows, has better mobility with haste and, can further buff herself with 's lifesteal and damage (granting a ridiculous total of 80% lifesteal or 130% with talents!), shreds through their enemies with multiple crits per second! Make sure to stay near Lycan to gain the lifesteal and shared healing if one requires it.
 * reduces the opponent's armor and attack damage, making them easier to kill while making both Lycan and Marci harder to kill.
 * Lycan himself and his wolves give herself a boost with her . In turn, Lycan or his wolves gain bonus movement speed outside of, allowing them to catch up during ganks.


 * Snapfire can buy to gain . Casting it on Marci allows her to easily reach the target while saving the use of  for later.
 * She works very well with the chain stuns that Snapfire provides. Her and the stun gained from an -upgraded  stun can be synergized with her  to provide a long time chain stun into the death of their opponent.


 * Ursa gains a secondary source of lifesteal and damage with, allowing him to shred his enemies and sustain himself further and take down Roshan faster.
 * Marci can off of Ursa to slow a distant enemy, while Ursa catches up with the bonus movement speed. She may use her  to throw an enemy towards Ursa if they're close enough.


 * If Troll bought an, he can use his to increase Marci's attack speed outside of her  or provide status resistance.
 * Troll will have a secondary source of sustainable lifesteal if Marci commits to buffing him with.

Others
List of heroes that counter Marci, and list of heroes that work well with Marci.