In the current patch (6.84c) Bloodseeker is getting picked in 26% of the matches. In the matches I had he seems to be pretty damn overpowered, just running around with haste-rune speed and guaranteeing a free kill everytime his ult is up. As I am a quite experienced player I tried the obvious things:
- Getting a TP Scroll
- Building Eul's Scepter
- Getting Linken's Sphere + BKB
- Getting Ghost Scepter
The thing is: all of this doesn't work in a two-man-gank or teamfight situation. (except Linken's + BKB, which is quite expensive to get). Eul's often secures a safe tp-away if nobody on the enemy team gets a stun ofoff first.
Because everything I tried doesn't work against him I actually consider the match to be "just another lost bloodseeker match" as soon as an enemy picks him. As this (statistically) is about every 6th match his popularity has ruined Dota 2 for me. I can't enjoy any match I play against him, except if we (for some reason) roflstomp the enemy team early on and manage to win before he gets a chance to fight.
Questions:
- Is there anything I could do to feel like I have a chance to win against him? I can't even remember the last time I won against him.
- Is there any hero I can pick to punish his pick? Is there any hero that counters him and/or protects all my allies from him?
- Is there any other item I should get against him?
- Can you think of a way how I can play differently, so that he doesn't kill everybody on my team?
- Is there anything I can do in lane against him? I feel that the bonus dmg + heal is too strong to do anything against him as he can easily get every last hit.
- Do you have any recommendations how Bloodseeker jungle can be countered? He's an insanely fast jungler and can just kill anybody with level 6 and some basic items.
- Bonus Question: What are his weaknesses in the current patch/meta?