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


 * 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 won't be much useful against Huskar after he commits Life Break.


 * 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.


 * allows easy gap closing, disabling Drow's Marksmanship and thus preventing her from fighting back effectively, a fast crit afterwards (or even one from ) might even kill her before she has the chance to react.
 * PA likes to buy a BKB and an Abyssal Blade, both of which are strong against Drow Ranger, making Drow unable to escape and stopping Drow's team from disabling PA, leaving Drow defenseless against PA's high damage.


 * Has blink to get in close to disable Marksmanship.

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, Legion Commander, Ursa Warrior 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 push back Juggernaut before he can get in range to Omnislash or use.


 * 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.
 * If Anti-Mage is going for and, Drow Ranger needs to rely on Heroes who deal tons of Heavy DPS.
 * Be careful however that Anti-Mage may eventually be farmed enough to Blink on top of you and kill you straight away, considering you have no natural tools to escape from him.


 * A well-timed Gust will prevent Weaver from escaping. A silenced Weaver usually dies very quickly.

Others

 * At equal levels of farm, Drow Ranger should do well against similar ranged, fairly immobile carries, such as or  since the bonus agility from Marksmanship should allow her to come out on top of any engagement between them.
 * If you get a good silence off on supports, that should spell death for them, coupled with your powerful slow.
 * This is only true before they've farmed any defensive item such as or.
 * Armed with an and a  or the upgraded, Drow Ranger becomes quite potent against summons and illusions.
 * This is especially true against 's.
 * Any hero with low health and low armor such as Clinkz

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.


 * Same as Visage

Others

 * 's aura synergizes well with raw attack damage auras like
 * All ranged heroes generally benefit from.
 * Entry

List of heroes that counter Drow Ranger, and list of heroes that work well with Drow Ranger.