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Bad against...[]

Storm Spirit icon
  • Storm Spirit can easily make his way to Hoodwink with his ultimate Ball Lightning icon Ball Lightning, and coupled with Hoodwink's low health and magic resistance, she can be nuked easily.
  • Additionally, Ball Lightning icon Ball Lightning can destroy a small amount of trees in its destination. Combined with Storm Spirit's frequent usage of his ultimate, he can clear out an area of trees while simultaneously attacking him and dodging incoming attacks.
Timbersaw icon
  • Timbersaw’s reliance on nearby trees means he’ll usually be close to Hoodwink.
  • More significantly, Timbersaw's tree destroying abilities cut off Hoodwink's escape options, passive and easily foil Acorn Shot (Secondary) icon Acorn Shot or Bushwhack icon Bushwhack combos.
  • While channeling Sharpshooter icon Sharpshooter, Timbersaw can simply sit his Chakram icon Chakram on top of her and unleash his full combo, forcing her to cancel and disengage.
  • Timber Chain icon Timber Chain can be used to dodge Sharpshooter icon Sharpshooter.
Treant Protector icon
  • Treant can give chase should Hoodwink attempt to Scurry icon Scurry away, and Nature's Grasp icon Nature's Grasp can slow her down so Treant Protector's teammates can pin Hoodwink down.
Vengeful Spirit icon
Beastmaster icon

Beastmaster can easily remove trees quickly and faster and is a threat to Hoodwink, due to her reliance on trees.

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Slark icon
  • Slark's Pounce icon Pounce can be used to dodge Hoodwink's abilities or lock her down.
  • Shadow Dance icon Shadow Dance makes Slark unhittable from Acorn Shot (Secondary) icon Acorn Shot.
  • Dark Pact icon Dark Pact removes all slows from Hoodwink's abilities.
  • Hoodwink's already low health output is a great target for Slark's Essence Shift icon Essence Shift.
Windranger icon
  • Powershot icon Powershot can destroy the trees to prevent Scurry icon Scurry's passive as well as end Bushwhack icon Bushwhack prematurely or prevent it completely.
  • Acorn Shot (Secondary) icon Acorn Shot does not grant True Strike, thus making it easy for Windranger to evade it with Windrun icon Windrun.
  • Shackleshot icon Shackleshot stuns Hoodwink for a lengthy duration due to her often reliance on positioning with trees.
Zeus icon
  • Due to Hoodwink's low health and Zeus's high magic damage from Arc Lightning icon Arc Lightning, Lightning Bolt icon Lightning Bolt and Static Field icon Static Field as well as global abilities from Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Thundergod's Wrath". and Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Nimbus"., he can easily kill her throughout the game and also reveal where Hoodwink is positioned or when she's in trees.
Techies icon
  • Remote Mines icon Remote Mines are frequently placed in trees, and can thus kill an unwary Hoodwink should she Scurry icon Scurry away due to her low HP pool.
  • Blast Off! icon Blast Off! can clear out trees, denying the tactical advantages from Scurry icon Scurry.
Clinkz icon
Nyx Assassin icon
  • Nyx's Spiked Carapace icon Spiked Carapace can reflect the damage of Sharpshooter icon Sharpshooter, instantly killing hoodwink. Nyx can also use Vendetta icon Vendetta to position himself in such a way to screen allies from Sharpshooter and catch Hoodwink by surprise.

Others[]

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Good against...[]

Abaddon icon
Bristleback icon
Huskar icon
  • Huskar’s low health play style put him at extreme risk to Sharpshooter icon Sharpshooter's extreme damage. In addition, it breaks Berserker's Blood icon Berserker's Blood, nullifying Huskar's power source.
Lion icon
Monkey King icon
  • Monkey King often hides in trees, where he can be easily caught with Bushwhack icon Bushwhack.
  • Acorn Shot (Secondary) icon Acorn Shot can target enemies in the fog, including Monkey King when he is on a tree.
  • Sharpshooter icon Sharpshooter provides flying vision along the cast indicator while charging, which can be used to scout the trees for Monkey King.
Phantom Assassin icon
  • Sharpshooter icon Sharpshooter disables both Blur icon Blur and Coup de Grace icon Coup de Grace, especially with the level 25 talent.
  • Because Phantom Assassin is often reliant on critical strikes, Hoodwink can have enough time to simply move near a tree and escape with Scurry icon Scurry.
Phantom Lancer icon
  • Bushwhack icon Bushwhack will stun and make a quick work of Phantom Lancer and his illusion when he's near a tree.
  • Sharpshooter icon Sharpshooter breaks Juxtapose icon Juxtapose and deals hefty damage.
  • Sharpshooter icon Sharpshooter ignores Illusions and will only damage and breaks the real phantom lancer, when used right, this will allow you to reveal the real phantom lancer amongst his Illusions
Morphling icon
  • Sharpshooter icon Sharpshooter can kill easy when Morphling is going on full agility strategy (Only in early and mid game).
  • Scurry icon Scurry can help to catch up Morphling when using Waveform icon Waveform or for escape.
Templar Assassin icon

Others[]

Works well with...[]

Elder Titan icon
  • Echo Stomp icon Echo Stomp puts the enemy to sleep, giving Hoodwink time to charge up her ultimate.
  • Earth Splitter icon Earth Splitter is able to reposition enemies and can be used with Hoodwink’s ultimate.
Monkey King icon
  • Acorn Shot gives Monkey King a tree to jump onto, and combined with Bushwhack allows Monkey King to land a fully channeled Primal Spring icon Primal Spring.
  • Bushwhack can keep several heroes inside Wukong's Command icon Wukong's Command at once and prevent said heroes from interrupting Monkey King.
  • Acorn Shot slows enemies, allowing Monkey King to gain Jingu Mastery icon Jingu Mastery stacks.
Nature's Prophet icon
  • Sprout icon Sprout's trees can be used with Bushwhack to stun the trapped enemy inside and it also give a certain amount of time to channel Sharpshooter icon Sharpshooter if the enemy doesn't have any mechanism to break through the trees.
Windranger icon
  • Shackleshot icon Shackleshot and Bushwhack combine to make a very long chain stun, allowing Windranger and Hoodwink to land both Powershot and Sharpshooter, respectively. Be sure not to destroy the tree early with Powershot, as doing so will end Bushwhack's stun.
Invoker icon
Disruptor icon
Pugna icon
Sand King icon
  • Sand King's Epicenter icon Epicenter and Burrowstrike icon Burrowstrike create a great set up for Sharpshooter icon Sharpshooter and Bushwhack icon Bushwhack as well as being good laning partners, able to generate kill potential early with chainstuns and hard to mitigate magic damage.

Others[]

  • Heroes that can disable enemies like Shadow Shaman minimap icon Shadow Shaman and others can help Hoodwink charge up her ultimate


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