Lone Druid/Counters

Bad against...

 * Lone Druid and The Spirit Bear cannot burst down Bristleback due to
 * Bristleback can easily run to Lone Druid without any hesitation, with to reduce armor and slow the Spirit Bear or Lone Druid and  can deal damage to both Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear at the same time


 * Dazzle easily breaks the position of Lone Druid and his with his, As it always hits from afar and prolongs the slowdown on the , which is why he cannot catch up with Dazzle and treat his master with
 * Dazzle helps his team survive the physical attacks of the thanks to the treatment from  and armor from, which can enable his team to kill Lone Druid
 * The Lone Druid has a small amount of armor at the start of the game, because of Mid Dazzle, it can very much break through it and prevent Lone Druid from gaining an advantage at the very beginning of the game, giving his team the opportunity to overtake Lone Druid on items for killing him, by type:


 * can be use both offensively to slow Lone Druid or Defensively to prevent Lone Druid and The Spirit Bear from attacking him.
 * burns the Spirit bear High HP over time. Additionally, it can deal decent damage to Lone Druid during his True Form.


 * can be used to effectively ignore the Spirit Bear entirely and burst Lone Druid during the early mid game.
 * and will provide vision of Lone Druid allowing for better chase in teamfights before the Spirit Bear can do too much damage.
 * denies the ability to transform into and receive bonus HP from the skill.


 * Grimstroke's will always reliably connect onto both of them if they are close together.


 * deals heavy damage to both Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear.
 * can prevent the Spirit Bear from attacking, which is Lone Druid's main damage output.
 * deals heavy damage to Lone Druid.


 * 's percentage damage can quickly demolish the Spirit Bear's high HP
 * will allow allies to easily kite Lone Druid due to his low mobility


 * can protect allies from Lone Druid and the Spirit bear, who mainly deal physical damage
 * can turn Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear against his teammates.


 * will bounce between Lone Druid and his bear, forcing them to separate or suffer high amounts of damage.


 * blinds Lone Druid, making his attacks miss.


 * Lone druid's bear attacks on Phoenix's Egg don't increase the hit count. Given that Lone Druid's main hero often doesn't have much farm, the  Egg is less likely to get killed.

Others

 * : can prevent Lone Druid from using True Form and Savage Roar, additionally it cause the spirit bear to miss on attacks which reduce the chances of getting rooted from it, with diffusal Blade, he can keep Lone Druid or the Spirit Bear inside the Smoke.
 * : prevent the Spirit bear from attacking or protect allies from it.
 * : Lone Druid will have a hard time dealing with Timbersaw due to his tankiness and high Armor from

Items

 * protects from Lone Druid's and his bear's attacks while he has no dispels or magic damage.
 * prevent the spirit bear from attacking, reducing Lone Druid's main damage output for a decent time.

Good against...

 * Alchemist likes to farm fast and be ahead, unfortunately Lone Druid likes to do the same by taking towers.
 * will never prove a threat to Lone Druid or his Spirit Bear.
 * may not prove so useful once Lone Druid procs entangled keeping him in place.
 * is a very good choice on Lone Druid's Spirit Bear and it directly counters any potential from Alchemist.
 * is another very good Spirit Bear item that further makes Alchemist vulnerable to physical damage, which is all Lone Druid does.
 * Alchemist is not the kind of hero who wants to go on single target summon units, by the time he has killed the Spirit Bear his teammates might had already been slayed by his teammates. Not to mention Lone Druid can just resummon it, even if he is successful.


 * spreads on both the bear and the druid, allowing them to survive.With enough levels,the bear can soak the ability alone and possibly dragging him to a dangerous location.
 * Juggernaut cannot manfight the duo in the early game,because of their tankiness. If opposed in lane,Lone Druid can shut him down.


 * Savage Roar interrupts.
 * Dawnbreaker is a slow moving hero. Although tanky, Lone Druid can eventually wear her down with his better movement speed.


 * Doom will be very hestitant to use on the Spirit Bear, and using it on Lone Druid himself will not stop the bear from attacking him especially if True Form has already been used.
 * does not work on the Spirit Bear and pushes the lane so Lone Druid can safely farm under tower.


 * Lone Druid has a huge reserve of health on the and a quick regeneration of his health with the help of, which makes the Puck's magical abilities useless, since they cannot break through such a large pool of health
 * The ability of the and in the  of the Lone Druid  allows you to catch Puck when he released the, since Puck will not be able to apply  during the root action


 * Because of his weak laning phase, Lone Druid absolutely overpowers him in the early to mid game. Lone Druid also directly counters most of his abilities.
 * is nullified when the Spirit Bear is nearby.
 * can get soaked by the bear.
 * Lone Druid can easily go inside and punish Zet.


 * Once caught in Bear's Entangle, Nature's Prophet cannot escape with.


 * Silencer's disables are useless on Lone Druid since he is more reliant on physical attacks rather than spells.
 * Silencer has poor mobility so Lone Druid can run him down.
 * Lone Druid's Shard will remove most of Silencer's spells once used.


 * True Form gives Lone Druid a huge amount of health that no amount of will chip through.
 * can mean a very quick end to the Storm Spirit as it prevents him from using all together.
 * Storm Spirit is a single target nuker, with the Shard Lone Druid can always fear him away from himself or the bear, defending the target he does not go on. This is assuming he cannot try and proc his entangle or a potential.

Others

 * Nukers who have set amounts of damage will really struggle against Lone Druid especially in True Form:, ,.
 * Heroes who just want to farm and avoid Lone Druid early will find it very hard to do so when he starts knocking on towers:, , ,.
 * Lone Druid's early game is good against slow, squishy supports since his bear is very strong early game and an Entangling Claws proc almost always guarantees a kill:, , , etc.

Items

 * Single target disablers are not very effective.That is, if either the Druid or the bear is crowd controlled,the other can still fight with.
 * is extremely good on Lone Druid and makes his Spirit Bear very threatening especially to heroes who rely on evasion such as.

Works well with...

 * affects both Lone Druid and his bear and together with Beastmaster's summons they can push incredibly fast.


 * affects both Lone Druid and his bear and together with Lycan's summons they can push incredibly fast.


 * useful both for Lone Druid and especially for Spirit Bear (due to his low base attack time) increasing their damage output.


 * Omniknight in a team is a great advantage to all tanky carries. for healing and dealing damage to nearby enemies,  for status resistance,  for slowing down opponents, and  to protect from physical damage.

Others

 * Entangling Claws and Savage Roar can be a good setup for several abilities and heroes:
 * 's and.
 * 's and.
 * 's and  and others.

List of heroes that counter Lone Druid, and list of heroes that work well with Lone Druid.

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