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As per the title, which characters in Dota 2 are considered to be hard counters to other characters?

This is in the sense that Slardar is considered to be a hard counter to Anti-Mage. (This has the potential to have a very long answer, so is possibly better off as a community wiki (or something)...)

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This question is just way too broad, so I'm voting to close it as "Not a Real Question". – Wipqozn Aug 17 '12 at 12:44
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Invoking Community Wiki does not automatically make this question OK; the list is still FAR too large. – fbueckert Aug 17 '12 at 12:47
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dotaedge.com – Decency Aug 17 '12 at 15:39

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Good question, from my own experience in dota, i'll just throw a list that might help you.
Here you go:

  1. Silencer: Imagine playing Invoker or Storm spirit against him. You'll get silenced for every skill you use, which happens ALOT for these heros
    Hopefully, a simple counter for this is a magic stick to get some mana/hp whenever he casts his DoT(for early game) and BKB(black king bar)for his ultimate/passive aura(mid-late game).

  2. Doom: This hero can make ANY hero almost useless by just casting his ultimate on him.
    His ultimate will just shut your skills(and items) for a huge amount of time.
    Even some passive skills won't be triggered when you're doomed(like Phantom Assisn's ultimate). A counter to him is getting Linkin's Sphare or disabling him and killing him before he uses anything.

  3. Pugna: Actually he's not as destructive as Doom or Silencer, but he can shut down any caster with his zap wards. A support Lion(in competitive games) who has about 600~800 HP will instantly die by using his own skills, this applies to other heros who consumes lots of mana, like Invoker and Lina.
    Destroying his ward will solve this issue - otherwise a BKB is a good alternative.

  4. Invoker: This hero has a whole set of skills which means there's no specific counter for him - this fact is enough to make him a counter hero. Besides he has lots of CC(disables) skills, which are somehow unique and very effective. Invoker is tricky to counter, because BKB doesn't help much since Ice Wall will slow you down even though you're BKB'ed, this also applies to the blast(I'm not sure though).

  5. other heros with disables: Almost all heros with long disables are considered counters, heros like Earthshaker(with aftershock) , lion, and rhasta are counters to many heros, especially fragile heros who can't survive for enough amount of time to do their DPS.
    The old school counter for these heros is getting a BKB, otherwise stay behind till they consume their skills, or just kill them before they do anything.

I'm open for your opinions.

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