Queen of Pain/Counters

Bad against...

 * With balanced HP/Mana, can quickly kill her before blinking.
 * He is the only hero who can blink to chase her.


 * Sonic Wave is a bad choice in abilities if he and the both use  and  to reflect the damage to Queen of Pain, potentially killing her outright if her health is low enough.
 * protects himself or his ally from Queen of Pain's attack unless she has.
 * One more advantage of is that he can deny himself if he is close to death with Shadow Strike's debuff.


 * prevents Queen of Pain from escaping with Blink and also pierces her.
 * Due to her fast attack speed from, it will quickly trigger.
 * finish off Queen of Pain's low health pool before she gets a chance to escape, preventing her from playing the hit-and-run style often associated with Queen of Pain.


 * Similar to Weaver, is the best tool to pop her spell block talent or her  following up with.
 * silences her, preventing her from initiating or escaping.
 * With, even if she Blinks away, Bloodseeker can catch right up to her.
 * will heavily damage Queen of Pain if she tries to Blink away.
 * She is, however, one of the few heroes who can avoid the damage from Rupture if she does it correctly.


 * A good Centaur can catch Queen of Pain's Blink with a and.
 * with reflects all of Queen of Pain's damage, especially Sonic Wave.
 * grants a movement speed bonus, which can prevent Queen of Pain from initiating.
 * can shred her low health pool if she's not careful.


 * will prevent Queen of Pain from using Blink to escape or chase.
 * If Queen of Pain uses Blink to close the gap to Death Prophet, Death Prophet will be in range for and typically gain an advantage over Queen of Pain.


 * gives vision of Queen of Pain when she's trying to escape. When combined with her mobility and hit-and-run style can be negated.
 * While in a team fight, forces Queen of Pain to only use right-clicks.
 * When combined with the, she can only wait until she respawns.


 * and allows Faceless Void to easily negate Queen of Pain's burst damage.
 * prevents Queen of Pain from escaping with Blink, and her low survivability makes her an easy kill.
 * will prevent Queen of Pain from using her low-cooldown spells or force her to buy or a  to dispel the debuff and re-engage.


 * s prevents Queen of Pain from using Blink, which may force her to purchase a or go for the spell block talent.
 * Because Queen of Pain is also not a right-click hero, Legion won't have much difficulties in duels.
 * dispels Shadow Strike's debuff.


 * Aggressively blinking is not going to end well against Luna, because Queen of Pain will be an easy target for &.
 * Queen of Pain's HP is abysmal, so Luna can quickly kill Queen of Pain as soon as she initiates with Blink.


 * Meepo is the hard counter for Queen of Pain - chain of s prevents her from using Blink for a long time, and without any other escape options, Queen of Pain cannot survive several s and attacks.
 * Meepo tends to build items with attributes, mitigating Queen of Pain's magical burst.


 * Night Stalker has a huge, almost instant silence through . The main problem is that he can get it off while Queen of Pain barely has any vision of him if he creeps up to her during . She'll have to play very carefully before she gets a or a.


 * A good Nyx can reflect Queen of Pain's Sonic Wave with his, or even initiate a gank on her in while she farms a creep wave with Scream of Pain.
 * Her strength to intelligence ratio is bad enough that he should be able to kill her without even requiring a, provided he can get his full combo off.


 * Puck will make a game of dodging as many Shadow Strikes as he can with . If he's a good player, he will also dodge Sonic Wave. If he's a great player, he will also dodge Scream of Pain. All through a single spell.
 * Puck also has a silence to stop her blink with.
 * Puck will have vision to hunt her down if she blinks into the trees with.
 * If Queen of Pain is under the effect of, she will be unable to blink out.


 * Shadow Shaman has many disables to lock down Queen of Pain, preventing her from Blinking away, even through or her spell block talent.
 * can tear through Queen of Pain's low health pool once she's locked down by &.


 * A good Skywrath Mage with quick fingers will punish Queen of Pain for blinking aggressively. is a six second silence with no cast time, so he can interrupt either her Shadow Strike or Sonic Wave, and a good  on top of that will seal the deal for her.
 * also has pretty good range so he could get it off before she blinks away.

Others

 * Every kind of silence and lockdown is deadly to Queen of Pain:, , etc.
 * Any spell that keeps vision on you prevents your ability to stay safe after blinking away.
 * Roots are deadlier on Queen of Pain than on most heroes. and  will hurt.

Items

 * can reflect all her nukes, especially Sonic Wave.
 * silences her, preventing from escape or releasing her magic burst. It can later be upgraded to which allows anyone to make short work of her.
 * prevents Queen of Pain from escaping or initiating.
 * and have instant disables.

Good against...

 * Often you can burst Drow Ranger down before she has a chance to try and you away. Try to have a teammate bait her  out before you Blink and get the drop on her.


 * won't mitigate magic damage, and a squishy Enchantress is very vulnerable to Queen of Pain's magic burst.


 * He's the kind of hero that likes to remain at low hp, which is perfect for Queen of Pain to burst with Sonic Wave.
 * You should be able to blink away after he jumps on you with.


 * Both Scream of Pain and Sonic Wave should hit him during his.

Others

 * Once you farm up an or a, you're suddenly a lot more fearsome to elusive heroes like  or even that pesky.

Works well with...

 * can be make a nice set-up for a multi-hitting Sonic Wave and Scream of Pain which in turn can bring them low enough for.


 * will make a nice set-up for a multi-hitting Sonic Wave and Scream of Pain.
 * can help you escape if your Blink is still on cooldown or you're silenced.


 * can set up enemies for a multi-hitting Sonic Wave and Scream of Pain.


 * will make a nice set-up for Queen of Pain to use her nukes effectively.


 * Queen of Pain is a good ally to as she gives Lifestealer a good gap closing ability and followup magic burst.


 * will make a nice set-up for a multi-hitting Sonic Wave and Scream of Pain.


 * Omniknight's and  can keep Queen of Pain alive and in the middle of the fight, thus providing better positioning for her nukes.

Others

 * Though Queen of Pain is a strong initiator in her own right, she is very fragile and you should be hesitant to jump in without vision. She prefers when she has a proper, tanky, full-fledged initiator that can do this job for her like, , etc.
 * Any hero that can keep her alive just long enough to get a retreating Blink off can make the difference, provided they don't have global-hitting spells like.

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

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