Bristleback/Counters

Bad against...

 * is an incredible pain to deal with in fights as Bristleback is all about spamming spells, but with after you use your first spells you're basically silenced for 6-12 seconds.


 * can force Bristleback to face forward. Additionally, Legion Commander has less to fear about chasing or running as she can use to gain movement speed and  to dispel the  slow and buffing her up for a duel.


 * The high base strength is an actual disadvantage against . Additionally, it completely ignores the passive. Finally, every point of missing health causes  to do more damage. Thus having high health can be more harmful than helpful.


 * will melt Bristleback's health and mana throughout the whole game. It also ignores armor and magic resistance.


 * deals damage as well as 15% reduction of strength, which causes lose much HP. can sustain through multiple  and  stacks.  provides an reliable escape in case he gets too low, as well as deal pure damage.

Others

 * Doom (with )
 * Shadow Demon (with )
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Items

 * A takes away both his tankiness as well as his damage output, leaving him very vulnerable during these 5 seconds. A  is not a safe counter, because the fights usually drag out very long until the Silver Edge cooldown wears off or multiple enemies tend to get one.
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Good against...

 * Reason


 * applies to all of the Meepo clones in range and Bristleback can still turn his back even during.


 * Bristleback can attempt to bait Huskar into casting on him, after which Bristleback can casually turn around and suffer very little damage. Also, the damage from  can be reduced by turning away from Huskar.


 * Lycan's wolves have trouble dealing damage to Bristleback because he can simply turn away from them. Additionally, Lycan has trouble locking down Bristleback. Consequently, Bristleback can run from Lycan easily and have little fear of dying, even with.


 * The frequent damage ticks of can cause  to activate very frequently, resulting in free damage as long as Bristleback faces away from Jakiro.

Others

 * Slark
 * Arc Warden

Works well with...

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Others

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