Spirit Breaker/Counters

Bad against...

 * allows Bane to survive a Spirit Breaker gank.
 * can be self cast or cast on Spirit Breaker to prevent a Charge of Darkness from connecting.
 * can be used to cancel Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike.


 * will continously prevent Spirit Breaker from using Nether Strike, Charge of Darkness and even right clicking because of his long attack animation.
 * can be used to cancel Charge of Darkness.


 * A good Ember Spirit can use to stop any charges


 * can cancel Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness if cast fast enough, or can save an ally from Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike by imprisoning himself or an ally.
 * will heavily drain Spirit Breaker's intelligence, rendering him almost useless and unable to cast spells. Spirit Breaker's low intelligence also makes way for death by


 * Enigma isn’t as easy target as it appears. prevents him from casting his magic, and eidolons can finish him (because of their high magic resistance, Spirit Breaker won’t stomp them during charge).


 * allows Invoker to cancel Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike.
 * can be used from a huge range to cancel Charge of Darkness.
 * prevents Spirit Breaker from right clicking and thus proccing his Greater Bash.


 * and interrupt Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike.
 * quickly depletes Spirit Breakers meager mana pool.
 * A good Lion will usually stick as close to any ally as possible, making ganking him very hard for Spirit Breaker.


 * She is tanky enough to survive Spirit Breaker’s initiation. And If Medusa activates the charge will inevitably fail.


 * prevents/interrupts Charge of Darkness.
 * heavily slows Spirit Breaker, thus reducing the damage Spirit Breaker's Greater Bash does.
 * As a single target focused hero without much damage output, Spirit Breaker is ineffective in general against Meepo.


 * Due to Spirit Breaker's low attack speed, is problematic for Spirit Breaker to take down, and even more so with  debuff applied.
 * grant Phoenix capability to quickly escape to safety.


 * will proc the instant Spirit Breaker casts Charge of Darkness on Razor, visually notifying the player of the incoming charge.
 * is very effective against Spirit Breaker after he initiated with Charge of Darkness because he has no way to escape at that point.


 * can mitigate a large portion of Spirit Breaker's damage since his attacks are slow.
 * He can also counter initiate Spirit Breaker with and his bash from  before he manages to escape.


 * can be cast on an area, that Spirit Breaker has to cross to finish his Charge of Darkness, to cancel it.
 * provides a way to escape from a Spirit Breaker gank for Underlord as well as his teammates.


 * Due to Spirit Breaker's low attack speed, is problematic for Spirit Breaker to take down.
 * and allows Undying and his allies to survive from incoming ganks of Spirit Breaker.

Others

 * Heroes that can cancel Charge of Darkness.
 * Even can cancel if fast enough. But the most dangerous are those who don’t need to aim right at speedy Spirit Breaker:, , ,  …
 * Heroes with hides (,, , …)
 * Heroes that can discourage Spirit Breaker from moving (,, …)
 * Heroes with as core item:, ,
 * Tanks and tanky carries:, , , ,
 * Heroes who continue damaging while being stunned:, , , , ,
 * Heroes with root can interrupt Charge of Darkness or Nether Strike:, ,

Items

 * (and its upgrade ) prevents Spirit Breaker from right clicking and bashing you.
 * can be used on yourself or Spirit Breaker to cancel Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike.
 * ,, , and (and its upgrade ) interrupt Charge of Darkness.
 * can prevent Spirit Breaker from right clicking and bashing you, by chance.
 * prevent Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike.

Good against...

 * Spirit Breaker could single-handedly lock Anti-Mage down for 4 seconds (or even more with lucky bashes), allowing his teammates to follow up when Spirit Breaker is charging.
 * As an elusive hero who likes to farm alone, Spirit Breaker could choose to charge whenever Anti-Mage is in sight.


 * Once caught with dust in the enemy's jungle, Clinkz could be locked down for a long time by Spirit Breaker and has nowhere to escape.
 * With no indication of being charged, Spirit Breaker could add massive pressure to Clinkz while Clinkz is farming or pushing a tower.


 * Charge of Darkness allows Spirit Breaker to catch Nature's Prophet out when he tries to split push.
 * Nature's Prophet can't hide in his against Spirit Breaker, as his Charge of Darkness provides vision on its target.
 * Spirit Breaker can easily cancel Nature's Prophet's.


 * Spirit Breaker can counter PL even without entering the battle. His duty is to charge at Lancer before he doppelganged. The friends should hit true Lancer.


 * During the laning stage, Shadow Fiend has no way to escape from a Spirit Breaker charging at him.
 * Spirit Breaker can easily cancel.


 * Sniper is very frail by nature, so a charge by Spirit Breaker mostly ends with a dead Sniper.


 * Tinker relies on his high mobility from and  to survive. Those items don't help him if Spirit Breaker manages to cast Charge of Darkness on him.
 * Spirit Breaker can easily cancel and.


 * Though Spirit Breaker can't fight Ursa toe to toe directly, his stuns could prevent Ursa from dealing damage during.

Others

 * Multiple fragile damagers, a frequent pick in low-rank public games. Especially…
 * Heroes that rely on invisibility (,, …)
 * Heroes that rely on escapes to stay alive (, …)

Works well with...

 * amplifies Spirit breakers damage, giving him higher solo kill potential.
 * reveals low health enemies, enabling Spirit Breaker to use Charge of Darkness to finish them off.


 * enables Spirit Breaker to charge heroes that are outside of the team's field of vision, also granting gold for the rest of the team should the kill occur.
 * Bounty Hunter usually scouts areas, hence he can find lone targets for Spirit Breaker to charge.


 * gives Spirit Breaker extra attack speed and thus a higher chance to proc Greater Bash.
 * can turn a Charge of Darkness into a three man gank.


 * allows Lifestealer to come along when Spirit Breaker uses Charge of Darkness.
 * With Lifestealer can  an ally before infesting Spirit Breaker, turning a two man gank into a three man gank.

Others

 * Heroes with attack speed buffs (,, …)
 * Heroes that can give extra movement speed to Spirit Breaker (, …)

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

Spirit Breaker/Противостоящие 裂魂人/克制