Muerta/Counters

Bad against...

 * mitigates the damage by Pierce the Veil for most of its duration.
 * Muerta has no control over Gunslinger, making her one of the best heroes for Abaddon to regenerate from via.


 * Nyx Assassin's high burst damage, excellent ganking potential and multiple disables pose a threat to Muerta at all stages of the game.
 * abuses Muerta's high intelligence to make short work of her low health, while sapping important mana resources.
 * and allow Nyx to escape or initiate well against Muerta's low mobility.
 * As with most retaliation based abilities, Spiked Carapace can easily take advantage of Gunslinger's stray shots.


 * Muerta doesn't have the speed to easily escape, potentially controlling her during Pierce the Veil.
 * Ancient Apparition outranges Muerta with, allowing him to poke her down safely.


 * Anti-Mage's high magical resistance from makes him difficult for Muerta to take down.
 * Anti-Mage can escape Muerta easily with, as Muerta lacks any inbuilt long disable.
 * Due to Muerta's large intelligence pool and no escape abilities, with  can kill her easily.


 * All of Axe's abilities can affect Muerta during Pierce the Veil.
 * While Muerta can do much damage to highly armored units, Axe has a larger health pool compared to Muerta and can activate and  to turn Muerta's attack damage against her.
 * takes advantage of Muerta's high attack speed from both stats and items.


 * and both allow Bane to potentially waste Pierce the Veil.
 * allows Bane to trade very effectively against Muerta's low health pool in the early game.
 * reduces Muerta's attack damage and cast range, both of which she benefits greatly from.


 * , and  ignore Pierce the Veil.
 * can be used to escape Pierce the Veil's high damage, as Muerta cannot attack her while she is in it.


 * Earthshaker's combos and  can stun Muerta consecutively and minimize Pierce the Veil's effective duration.


 * grants spell immunity and deals massive magical damage, both of which are Muerta's general counters.


 * Lifestealer can activate to become spell immune, making Pierce the veil do no damage and preventing Dead Shot from fearing or doing damage.
 * Lifestealer can use Infest to avoid Muerta's Gunslinger shots and Dead Shot's fear.


 * can waste over half of Pierce the Veil, or protect an ally from Dead Shot's fear.
 * After obtaining an, Outworld Destroyer can waste the entire duration of Pierce the Veil.


 * Pudge's high health and damage block from make him difficult for Muerta to burst.
 * Pudges high magical damage from and  bursts down Muerta, especially in Pierce the Veil.
 * Muerta has no escape abilities and is slow, making her an easy target for Pudge's.
 * Pudge can prevent an ally from being attacked by if he has.


 * and can both be used on Muerta while in Pierce the Veil, potentially wasting it.
 * However, cannot hurt Muerta while Pierce the Veil is active.


 * Silencer can reduce her damage with his, and as the primary item for him is the , he can kill her through Pierce the Veil.
 * Silencer has reliable, long-range silences in and, preventing Muerta from using her spells as effectively.
 * Muerta likes to use her spells, particularly ; punishes her for doing so.


 * can negate Muerta's high attack damage while also dealing lots of return damage back to Muerta, which she is fragile against as she has a small health pool.
 * Spectre can use to quickly engage Muerta and escape her if she uses Pierce the Veil.
 * In general, Spectre can out carry Muerta towards the late game with her better survivability, sustained damage, and global presence.


 * Zeus' enormous magical damage output makes Pierce the Veil risky to use without a.
 * Zeus does not rely on attack speed, making pointless against him.
 * If Zeus is ever too close to Muerta, he can use to disengage.

Others

 * Heroes that mainly use magic damage and carry Black King Bar can be very problematic for Muerta such as ( or )
 * Heroes that commonly attack etheral units do not have any problems against Muerta (such as, , or )
 * Gap closers can easily kill Muerta.
 * Heroes that have abilities to pierce spell immunity can give Muerta a hard time (such as or ).
 * Long duration disables are devastating against Muerta.

Items

 * and will negate most of Muerta's damage.
 * Any hero with will be able to attack her during Pierce the Veil.
 * If Muerta is not careful or forced to attack a Hero with an activated she can very quickly die due to her high damage output and low health pool. Gunslinger's uncontrollable nature means that even if Muerta isn't directly attacking a target with Blade Mail activated, she may take significant damage simply by attacking in the vicinity.

Good against...

 * Nature's Prophet's can be broken by Muerta's.
 * will quickly dispatch of the Treants from.
 * will greatly reduce the potential damage Treants can do.


 * Necropho's does not prevent Muerta from attacking him while she uses, while making Necropohos even more vulnerable.
 * Necropho's does very little to Muerta due to her quickly bursting down Necrophos and having a small health pool.


 * Slark's low health and reliance on high built armor from makes him susceptible to Muerta's.
 * Muerta cannot be attacked by Slark's physical attacks and during.
 * Muerta's can hit Slark during his.


 * Sniper's can be wasted with either Muerta's  or a well aimed.
 * can displace Sniper from safe spots into the offensive range of Muerta's team, leading to potential kills on Sniper.
 * Sniper relies heavily on his basic attacks, which is useless against.


 * Muerta's attacks during ignore Sven's
 * Sven using can be completely ignored by using
 * Sven with still cannot purge Muerta's Etheral form during
 * However, Sven is a natural purchaser of ; protecting him from Pierce the Veil and the rest of Muerta's kit.


 * passes through all of Phantom Lancer's illusions, allowing you to separate him from the illusions easily.
 * However, Phantom Lancer's high mobility can still pose a threat to Muerta's limited movement.


 * Terrorblade's reliance on high armor while having a small health pool make him extremely vulnerable to.
 * will make short work of.
 * can not hurt Muerta when she has activated.


 * 's armor increase does not affects Muerta's Pierce the Veil despite Muerta often building high attack speed.
 * Muerta's destroys trees preventing Timbersaw from escaping with his.


 * Troll Warlord is very susceptible to due to having low health and reliance on high armor.
 * Troll Warlord's ultimate can simply be ignored by using.
 * Troll Warlord's buff for allies can easily be countered by  which will lower their attack speeds back to normal.

Others

 * Heroes that have doubles or clones such as, or  are vulnerable to Muerta's
 * Heroes with large physical resistance do not counter Muerta's such as  or

Items

 * or will increase a Hero's vulnerability to Muerta instead of protecting them.

Works well with...

 * greatly improves Muerta's damage output.
 * and will cripple a target and make it easier to land her skills.


 * can pull enemies into, compromising their position.


 * Pugna can use for Muerta to do more damage with.


 * Io's with the level 25 talent, can proc when Muerta's  procs.
 * Muerta is one of the few heroes that are able to take advantage of both the attack speed and spell amplification bonuses from.

Others

 * Disablers with easy to land spells provide Muerta with the space to output her high damage.
 * Defensive/utility supports allow Muerta to stay in the battlefield for longer.