Lina/Counters

Bad against...

 * allows Anti-Mage to get on top of Lina and kill her with his.
 * makes Anti-Mage very tanky against Lina's heavy magic damage.
 * is very strong against Lina, who has a high mana pool and quickly depletes it during fights.


 * protects from all Lina's abilities (except upgraded Laguna Blade).
 * is great to keep Lina in place because she has no abilities to help her escape.


 * will easily bactrack Lina burst damage and especially Laguna Blade if not timed correctly


 * does tons of damage against Lina because of her high intelligence. The mana burn also prevents Lina from casting her full combo.
 * can easily be used to counter Lina's abilities, because of their long cast animation.


 * and allow Phantom Lancer to close the gap to Lina kill her.
 * can be used to easily dodge Light Strike Array.


 * discourages Lina from using her abilities, preventing her from building up Fiery Soul stacks.
 * and are great against Lina for the same reason.


 * can be cast during the cast animation of Lina's Light Strike Array and dispel its stun.
 * allows Slark to close the gap to Lina.
 * prevents Lina from killing Slark with her Laguna Blade when his hp gets low.


 * and allow Spectre to get close to Lina.
 * is very strong against Lina, who's usually a bit isolated in fights because of her high attack and cast range.
 * can mitigate a good portion of Lina's burst damage, allowing Spectre to turn on her afterwards.


 * Sven has high health pool and is natural holder and is very hard to kill for Lina.
 * Same time he has high physical burst damage and if he manages to stun Lina - it's hard for her to survive.

Others

 * Heroes with abilities that can pull Lina out of position (,, , …)
 * Heroes that can close the gap and kill Lina (,, , …)

Items

 * can keep you alive against Lina's magic burst damage in the early game.
 * prevents Lina from using her abilities to kill you until she gets an.
 * can help to dodge her abilities.
 * can be used to reflect Lina's burst damage back to her.
 * blocks Lina's Laguna Blade.
 * can reflect Laguna Blade.

Good against...

 * Lina's Dragon Slave and Light Strike Array can easily kill Chen's converted creeps
 * Lina's high damage burst from Dragon Slave, Light Strike Array and Laguna Blade can easily kill Chen's allies before he can use.


 * Low HP hero, Lina can nuke her down easily.
 * Crystal Maiden's is channeling, Lina can use her Light Strike Array to cancel it easily.


 * Enchantress has pitiful health. She cannot tank Lina's heavy magic damage.
 * is decently countered by Fiery Soul, exposing Enchantress' weakness to physical damage due to her low armor.
 * Lina is decent at clearing creeps and can kill Enchantress' creeps quickly.


 * Mirana's does little good to her against Lina's Dragon Slave and Light Strike Array.
 * Lina's damage burst can quickly kill Mirana's teammate before she saves them with.


 * Phantom Assassin is low health pool and very susceptible to Lina's high magic burst.


 * Lina can easily cancel with Light Strike Array while at the same time exposing Sand King to Lina's team.


 * Lina can cancel with Light Strike Array and also quickly kill Shadow Shaman.


 * Lina's damage burst can kill Terrorblade before he casts.

Others

 * Any low HP hero
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Works well with...

 * can set up Light Strike Array.
 * heavily amplifies Lina's damage giving her even more burst damage.


 * can ensure a perfect Light Strike Array.
 * Lina's long range makes her a great support to lane with Sven and harass the enemy.


 * can hugely increase Lina's magic damage output. The slow acts as a setup for Light Strike Array.


 * (and later ) is a perfect set up for Light Strike Array.

Others

 * Heroes with stuns or hides that can set up a Light Strike Array.
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