Dark Willow Counter Dota 2 2025: Heroes, Items and Matchups

Dark Willow Dota 2 counter stats: All the Dark Willow info you could want with counter picks, heroes counter, item counter, matchups and more!

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To counter Dark Willow in Dota 2, control her positioning with stuns, build magic resistance, and use dispels against her disables. Avoid clumping to reduce Bramble Maze impact, and pressure her weak early game. Silence or burst her down quickly with high damage heroes before she can cast her spells.

Find Heroes To Counter Dark Willow

Below is a list of heroes weaker and stronger than Dark Willow.

Conclusion: Heroes that can counter Dark Willow include: Anti-Mage, Axe, Bristleback, Drow Ranger, Ember Spirit, Juggernaut.

Find Items To Counter Dark Willow

Prioritize choosing items to counter Dark Willow such as: Hood of Defiance, Glimmer Cape, Dragon Lance, Blade Mail, Black King Bar, Bloodthorn.

Find Tips To Counter Dark Willow ?

Control her positioning: Dark Willow is squishy – stuns and disables can lock her down in fights.

Build magic resistance: Items like Hood of Defiance or Pipe reduce her magical damage output.

Dispel her crowd control: Items like Manta or Lotus Orb can remove Bramble Maze or Terrorize.

Avoid clumping: Her Bramble Maze works well against grouped-up enemies – stay spread out.

Pressure her early: Dark Willow is weak in the early game – pressure her in the laning phase to limit her impact.

Silence or disable her: Silence her during her spell casting to prevent fear and stuns (e.g., Silencer, Lion).

Pick burst damage heroes: Heroes like Lina or Zeus can burst her down before she can react.

Dark Willow Matchups

Dark Willow Vs…

Anti Mage	Win rate: 46.23% Game: 63,973
Axe	Win rate: 43.85% Game: 70,196
Bristleback	Win rate: 46.55% Game: 38,378
Drow Ranger	Win rate: 46.91% Game: 68,654
Ember Spirit	Win rate: 48.52% Game: 41,140
Juggernaut	Win rate: 46.49% Game: 66,065
Bloodseeker	Win rate: 50.03% Game: 16,055
Faceless Void	Win rate: 47.67% Game: 80,451
Monkey King	Win rate: 55.16% Game: 33,478
Meepo	Win rate: 44.40% Game: 21,919
Spirit Breaker	Win rate: 50.46% Game: 79,913
Timbersaw	Win rate: 46.43% Game: 32,499