Lina/Counters

Bad against...

 * High strength, decent to very high armor and high likelihood of spell immunity makes this hero one of the hardest to take down with magic nukes and right click attacks.
 * He can build and benefit greatly from it damage-wise, while eating up your whole  upgrade, which is Lina's only consistent way to damage Sven.


 * Lina has lots of mana and expensive spells, but low health. Apply a timely after she uses her spell combo or just her ultimate on later levels.
 * and make Lina's delayed stun, magic damage and slow-moving long-range attacks likely to get disjointed, blinked out of or heavily mitigated.
 * One missed stun and Lina is a sitting duck against Anti-Mage's mobility and.


 * Nyx Assassin's high burst damage combo against a low armor-low HP Lina will more often that not ensure an easy kill. Her high Int growth allows to do insane damage and should she survive, she will probably not be able to get too many spells off afterwards thanks to her high mana costs.
 * A well timed will turn Lina's powerful nukes against her and stun her in kind: an intercepted  allows a crafty Nyx Assassin to stun you from afar and move in to finish you off whilst you are helpless. A reflected  will most likely annihilate most of your HP pool by itself. Make sure Nyx is disabled before using your high damage abilities against him.


 * Reason


 * Phantom Lancer's primary danger is his Phantom Rush that tends to outrun Lina's notoriously slow movement speed, even if she's wearing Boots. He also has enough health to survive a one-on-one engagement, and with the ability to create phantom clones, the Phantom Lancer will reliably make short work of Lina.


 * Though you have two abilities which can damage Slark through his Ultimate, he will still make short work of you due to your low armor and health pool. He can also purge off the stun from your Light Strike Array and will often enough have ample time to see it coming. He is, however, weak to your burst, so try to ensure you kill him before he can get any of his abilities off.

Others

 * Pudge
 * Timbersaw
 * Arc Warden
 * Legion Commander
 * Faceless Void
 * Wraith King
 * Dragon Knight
 * Slardar
 * Huskar
 * Troll Warlord

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Good against...

 * Enchantress has pitiful health. She cannot tank Lina's heavy magic damage. Lina's has massive range, potentially hitting back-liners like Enchantress.
 * is decently countered by Lina's, exposing Enchantress' weakness to physical damage due to her low armor.
 * Lina is decent at clearing creep camps, making her not-too-useless against Enchantress' creeps.
 * could prove crucial against a centaur conqueror chain-stun, for example






 * Low HP hero, Lina can nuke her down easily.
 * Crystal Maiden's is channeling, Lina can use her  to cancel it easily.


 * Reason

Others

 * is weak to Lina's long range and attacks and has to commit farther into her range to trade with her, potentially ending Skywrath's life.
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Works well with...

 * can easily set-up an early/mid game gank with his to caste Lina's  which otherwise have a long cast-time and successively nuke down.


 * can ensure a perfect to disable some escape hero for long enough time to quickly finish off.
 * with her long range harasses works well as a lane support of.


 * can hugely increase the magic damage output of all of 's skills and also the slow ensures a perfect


 * Reason


 * 's (and later ) is a perfect set up for  and combining your nukes together will usually assure a kill.

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