Luna/Counters

Bad against...

 * Her Spiderlings can harass Luna in lane heavily, as Luna has no aoe abilities to clear Spiderlings.
 * Broodmother can knockdown towers in early game quickly, and limit Luna's farming space.


 * Innate high magic resistance from and long attack range coupled with  makes it difficult for Luna to lane against Huskar or counter Huskar's  effectively.


 * High nuke damage. can also be upgraded with  to bypass Luna's.


 * 's magic resistance allows him to survive Eclipse and and  can disable Luna through her BKB.
 * However,  can still cancel  from a safe distance, even if its damage is going to be reduced.


 * allows Sniper to sit at back and deal huge amount of damage. Without certain items there is no way for Luna to get close to Sniper.
 * Luna has no way to dodge.


 * prevents Luna from damaging Slark.
 * Luna has no way to escape from 's leash.
 * 's passive movement speed bonus together with can kite Luna heavily, and limit Luna's area to farm.


 * Several damaging nuke spells on low cooldowns. can be used before a fight to harm Luna before she activates her Black King Bar, reducing her survivability for that fight.

Others

 * Other carries who can chase effectively despite Luna's high movement speed, such as, , and.
 * Heroes that create illusions or other units which can strike unintentionally, such as, ,  and.
 * However, can resolve this issue, as long as Luna has high attack damage, she can eliminate them before activating.
 * Heroes with disabling abilities which can bypass spell immunity, such as, and.

Items

 * Spell damage mitigation, such as and.
 * Items which allow the enemy to go invisible, such as and.

Good against...

 * can be used to interrupt from a safe distance.
 * In addition, Luna often builds, which is very effective against Bane's single-targeted ability arsenal.


 * will help with a duel from enemy Legion as Legion Commander herself is locked down and can't dodge the skill.


 * Even if will be blocked by, it will not be blocked by
 * Luna's physical damage is enough to deal with the enemy affected by.


 * Timbersaw is infamous in lane because of his high regen and armor provided by . However unlike most carries, Luna can harass Timbersaw with effectively, and possibly kill him with  and help of teammates
 * A well-timed can interrupt.


 * Zombies from are almost ineffective because  will strike only Undying.
 * and help Luna to quickly tear  in a minute.

Others

 * Any Low HP hero.
 * can be used as a counter-initiation against dependent initiators such as:, , , , ,  (Keep in mind that this strategy can backfire if enemy hero has Blade Mail and/or Black King Bar).
 * Any weak Nuker such as:, , , , , , , , , and.
 * and are useless against Luna because  will deal enormous damage, especially when Luna farms.

Works well with...

 * combined with allows Luna and her allies to above-average damage early game, making harassing and kill attempts easier.


 * can greatly improve Luna's attack damage in the late game. Early-game, she can set up kills as well as use on Luna to allow her escape from a sticky situation and potentially save her life.


 * allows Luna to spam frequently in the early game, as well as slow and disable foes to help chase them down or flee from them.


 * can help Luna pursue enemies and gain more gold from killing them. Additionally, upgrading with an  can allow Eclipse to follow an invisible Bounty Hunter, sowing chaos among the enemy forces.


 * can allow Luna to build items other than a Black King Bar. Additionally, can help her in one-on-one engagements due to her short range which means she has to get close to attack, and  can allow Luna to fight against enemy carries with little concern.


 * causes day to become night, triggering Night Stalker's for the ten extra seconds of nighttime.
 * gives both of them a very long vision range.


 * upgraded synergies well with  which allows Razor to rain devastation among enemy heroes.


 * upgraded is like a invisible  for Treant Protector when he uses Nature's Guise, and it can be used if Treant Protector is about to make a initiation with Blink Dagger.


 * upgraded can be casted on Huskar before he engages with.
 * helps Luna to stay in conflicts due to her low HP.

Others

 * Heroes that can help disable foes in the early-game to kill or flee from, such as :,, , and.
 * Heroes that can disable enemies to keep Luna from getting disabled and nuked down before she has her, such as: , ,, , and.
 * Heroes that she can aid in pushing, such as: ,,, , , and.
 * Heroes to help maintain her health, especially in the early-game, such as:, , , , , and  with.
 * Heroes that can Gather enemies and stunned them at the same time so that they can't use their skills and use your ultimate like:, , , and.
 * Heroes with invisibility skills such as:, , , and  (only with )
 * Heroes with damage amplification such as:, , , , , , , and.
 * Heroes with low and high physical damage such as:, , , , , and.
 * Heroes with gap closing abilities such as:, , , , , , , and (only with )
 * Heroes that build as core or situational item such as:, , , , , , , , , and.

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