Nature's Prophet/Counters

Bad against...

 * can be used to clear Nature's Prophet's treants and allowing to jump on Sprout.
 * prevents Nature's Prophet escaping with Teleportation.


 * Broodmother can destroy Nature's Prophet's treants with and summon spiderlings in their place.
 * Broodmother loves buying, which can prevent Nature's Prophet from escaping with Sprout and Teleportation.


 * Clockwerk's long range initiation and catch makes it incredibly difficult for Nature's Prophet to split push and show on the map alone.


 * helps clear treant pushes.
 * prevents Nature's Prophet from using Sprout or Teleportation.
 * kills all treants.


 * Doom can eats Nature's Prophet's treants with and gains lots of gold.
 * Doom usually buys or using his  deals a lot of damage to Nature's Prophet if they stand close to his Treants, as well as killing all of his Treants and getting lots of gold.
 * Doom can pick up several different abilities from neutral creeps using, some of which can be annoying to Nature's Prophet:
 * Mud Golem, Dark Troll Summoner, Harpy Stormcrafter, Satyr Mindstealer, Satyr Tormenter and etc. are good examples.
 * and a ministun from 's prevents Nature's Prophet from escaping with Sprout and Teleportation.


 * can do a lot of damage if Nature's Prophet stands close to his treants.


 * can give Elder Titan a lot of damage and movement speed if Nature's Prophet stands close to his treants.
 * Not only can also prevent Nature's Prophet to escape Teleportation, but also, Elder Titan can also use  to bypass Sprout and use its own.
 * upgraded can clear Nature's Prophet's treants and disarm him simultaneously, which can shutdown his pushing.


 * allows to jump on Sprout and to chase down Nature's Prophet's during initiation.
 * and prevents Nature's Prophet escaping from Teleportation.
 * Faceless Void usually builds or / make it easier to clear waves of Treants.


 * Jakiro's can help him to escape from Sprout and can disrupt Nature's Prophet's jungling.
 * Jakiro can disrupt Nature's Prophet's escape attempt with Teleportation with.


 * Lina can easily prevent Nature's Prophet Teleportation escape attempts with.
 * Lina's and  can kill Nature's Prophet's treants and grant her lot of farm.
 * Nature's Prophet doesn't like buying, which is only item that can help him against Lina.


 * Meepo can net Nature's Prophet's treants with and then he s them. Putting an end to his pushing.
 * Skilled can rival and even exceed Nature's Prophet's global presence by combining  with, meaning that he can not only stop his push, but also can kill him if he is not careful.


 * Naga Siren is a natural split-pusher. With a equipped, she will easily out-push Nature's Prophet, farming his treants in the process.
 * prevents Teleportation. Even if he hide inside from Sprout and also the make her last long enough to prevent him from escaping.


 * Sand King has many tools to deal with Nature's Prophet's treants.
 * Sand King also can interrupt Teleportation with.


 * Nature's Prophet can literally do nothing against Spectre, because she can chase him from anywhere with.
 * Spectre, just like Naga Siren loves buying, which can kill Nature's Prophet's treants, and grant her farm simultaneously.


 * Spirit Breaker can chase Nature's Prophet from anywhere on the map with, making it hard for Nature's Prophet to split-push if he shows on the map (which he shouldn't if he knows Spirit Breaker is available to charge him).
 * and gives vision of Nature's Prophet when he tries to Sprout himself and teleport away.


 * Just like Batrider, his can be used clear Nature's Prophet's treants and easily destroys Sprout and chase Nature's Prophet himself.
 * prevents Nature's Prophet's escaping from Teleportation.


 * and can teleport and defend towers whenever Nature's Prophet tries to split push.
 * prevents Nature's Prophet from attacking. Additionally, even with, Nature's Prophet cannot hit towers and buildings.
 * can easily kill an entire wave of Treants, giving Tinker lots of gold.


 * damage can easily kill an entire wave of Treants, gaining Viper lots of gold. And the level 25 silence talent prevents Nature's Prophet escaping from Teleportation.
 * loves buying, which can prevent Nature's Prophet from escaping with Sprout and Teleportation.

Others

 * 's works similar to  but with less damage.
 * gets a huge amount of additional gold from killing Nature's Prophet's treants thanks to.
 * can with an ally to gank Nature's Prophet when he tries to push.
 * Heroes that have AoE damage (,, , , , , …)
 * Heroes with invisibility and blink abilites (,, , , , …)
 * Heroes with detection
 * Heroes with cleave damage (,, …)
 * Few heroes can trade with Nature's Prophet in the very early stages of the game, but heroes who can include:, ,.

Items

 * allows heroes to teleport to defend whenever Natures Prophet tries to split push.
 * , and its upgrade, allow heroes to cut down trees and allow them to escape from Sprout.
 * because Wrath of Nature is the only damage besides his basic attacks.
 * and allows heroes to escape from Sprout.
 * , / and make it easier to clear waves of Treants.
 * , /,, and  will prevent Nature's Prophet escaping from Teleportation and Sprout.

Good against...

 * Bane cannot do anything against Nature's Prophet in the very early stages of the game.
 * can be removed by treants.
 * Bane is a very easy gank target for Nature's Prophet for most the time.


 * His treants can prevent from jumping to Nature's Prophet or his allies.
 * Lich has no way to defeat Natures Prophet in lane due to his high base damage and attack animation.


 * Luna cannot fight against Nature's Prophet in the early game.
 * Treants will tank Luna's
 * Luna doesn't usually buy a so Sprout is a threat the majority of the game.


 * Monkey King will find it hard to fight back against Nature's Prophet early on without support.
 * Nature's Prophet's treants can destroy trees while Monkey King is standing on.
 * Sprout can make Monkey King useless if he has not purchased a.


 * Equipped with, or a , Nature's Prophet can use Teleportation to position himself outside the reach of Techies'  to clear them.
 * Treants are useful in clearing and.
 * Nature's Prophet is constantly moving around the map, so it is very likely he will see where techies is planting his mines
 * His high attack range is very useful against destroying mines with true sight.


 * Teleportation allows Natures Prophet to save himself from the damage over time of, and.
 * s can be destroyed with Nature's Prophet's treants or.

Others

 * is a special mention because he can lane well against Nature's Prophet with support but is still very vulnerable should he purchase a or.
 * Sprout is good for trapping melee carries with no escape abilities:, , , etc.
 * Wraith of Nature shows some real value when the enemy team has no anti push such as:, , and many more.
 * Weak supports who cannot deal with Nature's Prophet high base damage:, , and many more.

Works well with...

 * Nature's Prophet can teleport and finish off target with low HP with vision provided by . Or just simply use Nature's Prophet ultimate to end him.


 * Invoker can assist Nature's Prophet anywhere whenever he ganks with . is also guaranteed to hit if the target is trapped by Sprout.


 * increases all of Treants' damage by a flat amount. Together with Nature's Prophet, they can destroy towers in a matter of seconds.


 * Heroes trapped by Sprout is guaranteed to be stunned for full duration by.


 * In the early to mid game, heroes with less than 50% hp which are trapped by Sprout is guaranteed to secure a kill for Riki's.


 * When an enemy is sprouted, is a reliable stun.

List of heroes that counter Nature's Prophet, and list of heroes that work well with Nature's Prophet.

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