Hoodwink/Counters

Bad against...

 * Storm Spirit can easily make his way to hoodwink with his ultimate . coupled with Hoodwink's low health and magic resistance, she can be nuked easily.


 * Timbersaw’s reliance on nearby trees means he’ll usually be close to Hoodwink.
 * More significantly, Timbersaw's tree destroying abilities cut off Hoodwink's escape options, passive and easily foil Acorn Shot/Bushwhack combos.
 * While channeling her ultimate, Timbersaw can simply sit his on top of her and unleash his full combo, forcing her to cancel and disengage.
 * can be used to dodge Hoodwink’s ultimate.


 * Treant can give chase should Hoodwink attempt to Scurry away, and can slow her down so Treant Protector's teammates can pin Hoodwink down.


 * can forcibly reposition Hoodwink's ultimate ability.


 * 's vast area-effect can destroy trees and stun Hoodwink.
 * makes retreating with Scurry difficult.


 * can destroy the trees to prevent Scurry's passive as well as end Bushwhack prematurely or prevent it completely.
 * Acorn Shot does not grant True Strike, thus making it easy for Windranger to evade it with.
 * stuns Hoodwink for a lengthy duration due to her often reliance on positioning with trees.


 * Due to Hoodwink's low health and Zeus's high magic damage from, ,and as well as global abilities  and  he can easily kill her throughout the game and also reveal  where Hoodwink is positioned or invisible in trees.


 * are frequently placed in trees, and can thus kill an unwary Hoodwink should she away due to her low HP pool.
 * can clear out trees, denying the tactical advantages from Scurry.


 * Clinkz's item build often counters Hoodwink, including, , , and.
 * can quickly escape Hoodwink abilities.


 * Nyx's can reflect the damage of Sharpshooter, instantly killing hoodwink. Nyx can also use  to position himself in such a way to screen allies from Sharpshooter and catch Hoodwink by surprise.

Others

 * Abilities that can destroy trees can give Hoodwink a disadvantage.
 * Heroes that can negate Hoodwink's mobility:, ,.

Items

 * , and  detects Hoodwink with true sight, should she pick her passive talent.
 * or its upgrade,, forcibly repositions Hoodwink or the user, making it much harder for her to land.
 * grants accuracy against Hoodwink's evasion.
 * breaks Scurry.
 * it is possible that Hoodwink can be killed by her own ultimate due to the Blade Mail's reflecting damage. It can be a traded kill or she herself killed if not aware enough

Good against...

 * Abaddon can be killed without triggering his ultimate due to the break applied by.


 * and can be disabled by Hoodwink's  ability for a long period of time, reducing his both offense and defense.
 * and can be used to kite bristleback.


 * Huskar’s low health play style put him at extreme risk to 's extreme damage. In addition, it breaks, nullifying Huskar's power source.


 * and do not cancel, making those two abilities ineffective against her.


 * Monkey King often hides in trees, where he can be easily caught with.
 * can target enemies in the fog, including Monkey King when he is on a tree.
 * provides flying vision along the cast indicator while charging, which can be used to scout the trees for Monkey King.


 * disables both and, especially with the level 25 talent.
 * Because Phantom Assassin is often reliant on critical strikes, Hoodwink can have enough time to simply move near a tree and escape with.


 * will stun and make a quick work of Phantom Lancer and his illusion when he's near a tree.
 * breaks and deals hefty damage.


 * can kill easy when Morphling is going on full agility strategy (Only in early and mid game).
 * can help to catch up Morphling when using or for escape.

Others

 * Durable heroes relied a lot on their main passive effects and items' effects such as, , and  can be disabled easily with 's break, reducing their potential in teamfights.

Works well with...

 * puts the enemy to sleep, giving Hoodwink time to charge up her ultimate.
 * is able reposition enemies and can be used with Hoodwink’s ultimate.


 * Acorn Shot gives Monkey King a tree to jump onto, and combined with Bushwhack allows Monkey King to land a fully channeled.
 * Bushwhack can keep several heroes inside at once and prevent said heroes from interrupting Monkey King.
 * Acorn Shot slows enemies, allowing Monkey King to gain stacks.


 * 's trees can be used with Bushwhack to stun the trapped enemy inside and it also give a certain amount of time to channel  if the enemy doesn't have any mechanism to break through the trees.


 * and Bushwhack combine to make a very long chain stun, allowing Windranger and Hoodwink to land both Powershot and Sharpshooter, respectively. Be sure not to destroy the tree early with Powershot, as doing so will end Bushwhack's stun.


 * , and many of his spells which needs a good positioning work well with Bushwhack.


 * can deal extra damage to the enemies caught inside and  also grants a small AOE stun after 's duration.


 * pugna's ability can greatly reduce enemy's magic resistance and increase Hoodwink's  damage without her pure damage talent


 * Sand King's and  create a great set up for  and  as well as being good laning partners, able to generate kill potential early with chainstuns and hard to mitigate magic damage.

Others

 * Heroes that can disable enemies like and others can help Hoodwink charge up her ultimate

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