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!

Attack Type: Ranged

Strength: 20 + 2

Agility: 18 + 1.3

Intelligence: 21 + 2.6

Find Heroes To Counter Dark Willow

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

Dark Willow is Weak Against

Dark Willow is Strong Against

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

List of items to counter Dark Willow

Hood of Defiance

Glimmer Cape

Dragon Lance

Blade Mail

Black King Bar

Bloodthorn

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

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.

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