Queen of Pain/Counters

Bad against...

 * Because Queen of Pain's spells cost a decent amount of mana, Anti-Mage can easily use if she spams her spells recklessly.
 * Anti-Mage has similar mobility through, which can allow him to catch up with her.
 * will reduce the damage done by Shadow Strike and Scream of Pain. Additionaly, Counterspell also reflect to Shadow Strike will return to herself.


 * Sonic Wave is a bad choice in abilities if he and the both use  to reflect the damage to Queen of Pain, potentially killing her outright if her health is low enough.
 * protects himself or his ally from Queen of Pain's attacks unless she has.
 * One more advantage of is that he can deny himself if he is close to death with Shadow Strike's debuff.


 * prevents Queen of Pain from escaping with Blink and also pierces her.
 * Due to her fast attack speed from, it will quickly trigger.
 * finishes off Queen of Pain's low health pool before she gets a chance to escape, preventing her from playing the hit-and-run style often associated with Queen of Pain.


 * silences her, preventing her from initiating or escaping.
 * With, even if she Blinks away, Bloodseeker can catch right up to her.
 * will heavily damage Queen of Pain if she tries to Blink away.
 * She is, however, one of the few heroes who can avoid the damage from Rupture if she successfully blink-walks.


 * A good Centaur can catch Queen of Pain with a and.
 * with reflects all of Queen of Pain's damage, especially Sonic Wave.
 * grants a movement speed bonus, which can prevent Queen of Pain from initiating.
 * can shred her low health pool if she's not careful.


 * will prevent Queen of Pain from using Blink to escape or chase.
 * If Queen of Pain uses Blink to close the gap to Death Prophet, Death Prophet will be in range for and typically gain an advantage over Queen of Pain.


 * gives vision of Queen of Pain when she's trying to escape. When combined with, her mobility and hit-and-run style can be negated.
 * While in a team fight, forces Queen of Pain to only use right-clicks.
 * When combined with the, she can only wait until she respawns.


 * and allows Faceless Void to easily negate Queen of Pain's burst damage.
 * prevents Queen of Pain from escaping with Blink, and her low survivability makes her an easy kill.
 * will prevent Queen of Pain from using her low-cooldown spells or force her to buy or a  to dispel the debuff and re-engage.


 * s prevents Queen of Pain from using Blink, which may force her to purchase a
 * Because Queen of Pain is also not a right-click hero, Legion won't have much difficulties in duels.
 * dispels Shadow Strike's debuff.


 * Aggressively blinking is not going to end well against Luna, because Queen of Pain will be an easy target for &.
 * Queen of Pain's HP is abysmal, so Luna can quickly kill Queen of Pain as soon as she initiates with Blink.


 * Meepo is the hard counter for Queen of Pain - chaining s prevents her from using Blink for a long time, and without any other escape options, Queen of Pain cannot survive several s and attacks.
 * Meepo tends to build items with attributes, mitigating Queen of Pain's magical burst.


 * Night Stalker has a huge, almost instant silence through . The main problem is that he can get it off while Queen of Pain barely has any vision of him if he creeps up to her during . She'll have to play very carefully before she gets a or a.


 * A good Nyx can reflect Queen of Pain's Sonic Wave with his, or even initiate a gank on her in while she farms a creep wave with Scream of Pain.
 * Her strength to intelligence ratio is bad enough that he should be able to kill her without even requiring a, provided he can get his full combo off.


 * Puck will make a game of dodging as many Shadow Strikes as he can with . If he's a good player, he will also dodge Sonic Wave. If he's a great player, he will also dodge Scream of Pain. All through a single spell.
 * Puck also has a silence to stop her blink with.
 * Puck will have vision to hunt her down if she blinks into the trees with.
 * If Queen of Pain is under the effect of, she will be unable to blink out.


 * Shadow Shaman has many disables to lock down Queen of Pain, preventing her from Blinking away, even through or her spell block talent.
 * can tear through Queen of Pain's low health pool once she's locked down by &.


 * Queen of Pain's intelligence is very vulnearble stealing after Silencer kill her with and influence mana regen and mana pool from her.


 * A good Skywrath Mage with quick fingers will punish Queen of Pain for blinking aggressively. is a six second silence with no cast time, so he can interrupt either her Shadow Strike or Sonic Wave, and a good  on top of that will seal the deal for her.
 * also has pretty good range so he could get it off before she blinks away.


 * All her abilities can stealing by Rubick with.
 * Rubick's always purchase can catch up Queen of Pain's and since Rubick's get stealing Blink, Rubick's makes escape twice blink or since Rubick's get ,Rubick's  can save him although Blink and  cooldown.


 * A good Mirana can hit Queen of Pain with sacred arrow and stun for 3 seconds. Followed by hit and startstorm can easily make considerable damage to low health Queen of Pain.
 * With help of leap, Mirana can jump to her and attack or escape with ease.
 * Her ultimate Moonlight shadow, position Mirana close to Queen and attack.

Others

 * Every kind of silence and lockdown is deadly to Queen of Pain:, , etc.
 * Any spell that keeps vision on you prevents your ability to stay safe after blinking away.
 * Roots are deadlier on Queen of Pain than on most heroes. and  will hurt.

Items

 * can reflect all her nukes, especially Sonic Wave.
 * silences her, preventing her from escaping or releasing her magic burst. It can later be upgraded to, which allows anyone to make short work of her.
 * prevents Queen of Pain from escaping or initiating.
 * and have instant disables.
 * reflects to Shadow Strike

Good against...

 * Often you can burst Drow Ranger down before she has a chance to try and you away. Try to have a teammate bait her  out before you Blink and get the drop on her.


 * won't mitigate magic damage, and a squishy Enchantress is very vulnerable to Queen of Pain's magic burst.


 * He's the kind of hero that likes to remain at low hp, which is perfect for Queen of Pain to burst with Sonic Wave.
 * You should be able to blink away after he jumps on you with.


 * Both Scream of Pain and Sonic Wave should hit him during his.

Others

 * Once you farm up an or a, you're suddenly a lot more fearsome to elusive heroes like  or even that pesky.

Works well with...

 * can be make a nice set-up for a multi-hitting Sonic Wave and Scream of Pain which in turn can bring them low enough for.


 * will make a nice set-up for a multi-hitting Sonic Wave and Scream of Pain.
 * can help you escape if your Blink is still on cooldown or you're silenced.


 * can set up enemies for a multi-hitting Sonic Wave and Scream of Pain.


 * will make a nice set-up for Queen of Pain to use her nukes effectively.


 * Queen of Pain is a good ally to as she gives Lifestealer a good gap closing ability and followup magic burst.


 * will make a nice set-up for a multi-hitting Sonic Wave and Scream of Pain.


 * Omniknight's and  can keep Queen of Pain alive and in the middle of the fight, thus providing better positioning for her nukes.

Others

 * Though Queen of Pain is a strong initiator in her own right, she is very fragile and you should be hesitant to jump in without vision. She prefers when she has a proper, tanky, full-fledged initiator that can do this job for her like, , etc.
 * Any hero that can keep her alive just long enough to get a retreating Blink off can make the difference, provided they don't have global-hitting spells like.

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

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