The Best Lone Druid Counters In Dota 2

Lone Druid is ruling the Dota 2 meta right now. The hero has a 60% winrate in PGL Wallachia Season 8 and an astounding 78% winrate in DreamLeague Division 2 Season 4. The hero doesn't appear often in pub games but wins 54% of the time in Immortal matches.

Needless to say, Lone Druid has woken up from his hibernation and he is hungry for MMR. But don't despair! While only a handful of heroes have a positive winrate against Lone Druid, we are here to highlight them and give advice on how to bring down cocaine bear.

The Three best counters to Lone Druid in Dota 2 patch 7.41b

Keeper of the Light

In the support position, only Keeper of the Light and Winter Wyvern do well against Lone Druid. Of the two, KOTL is significantly easier to play.

Keeper of the Light does a good job of staying away from Lone Druid and his bear. Blinding Light is a 40% (80% with talent) miss chance on enemies. The bear rarely buys BKB, which means his damage output is nerfed to the ground against KOTL.

Besides reducing his damage output, KOTL is perhaps the best support at pushing out lanes. What makes Lone Druid so strong is his risk-free ability to split push using his bear. KOTL can simply use Illuminate on incoming creeps waves and keep his buildings save. This is made even easier with Spirit Form.

Keeper of the Light can't kill Lone Druid, but he does remove the hero as a threat, greatly reducing his impact on the map.

Dawnbreaker

If you're looking for a more offensive solution to Lone Druid, then Dawnbreaker provides a perfect balance of offense and defense.

Dawnbreaker is most often played in the offlane role right now. This puts her in a prime position to shut down Lone Druid from the laning stage. Celestial Hammer and Starbreaker do solid damage, enough to bring down LD early with the help of a support.

As the game goes on, Lone Druid will often go to the jungle and push lanes with his bear. Dawnbreaker's global presence makes her a perfect counter for him. She can shove out lanes against the bear, and then use Solar Guardian to kill the owner. This does require someone else to actually find the druid first, but that's not an impossible feat.

Overall, Dawnbreaker is great at protecting her base against the Spirit Bear and teleporting to her allies to kill Lone Druid.

Underlord

In a similar vein to Dawnbreaker, Underlord serves as another counter to Lone Druid. He has a similar level of global mobility, combined with a strong laning presence.

Early on, Underlord greatly reduces Spirit Bear's damage thanks to Atrophy aura. This can be even further abused with a Crimson Guard, turning him into a cute and adorable teddy bear. Underlord himself is very tanky and one of the few options to withstand the abuse a Spirit Bear can dish out.

If Lone Druid himself is found, underlord is a fantastic hero for bringing him down. Global lock down with Aghanim's Scepter and percentage based damage with Firestorm are quick ways to burst down the high-health Lone Druid.

It takes a couple of items, but as the game drags on, Underlord becomes a bigger and bigger menace to Lone Druid, winning the match up nearly 54% of the time.

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