Muerta Counter Dota 2 2025: Heroes, Items and Matchups

Muerta is easy to defeat if you grasp her weaknesses. Choose mobile heroes and apply a strategy to overwhelm her in the early stages. Muerta has the advantage of farming from a distance, if you want to destroy her you must find a way to get close. To do that, see the secret to countering Muerta below.

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Muerta can be countered by avoiding Dead Shot setups near towers and dodging it with blink skills. Stand in the center of The Calling to avoid ghost damage. Heroes like Viper reduce her Gunslinger impact. Positioning, mobility, and awareness are key to limiting her kill potential.

Find Heroes To Counter Muerta

Below is a list of heroes weaker and stronger than Muerta.

Conclusion: Heroes that can counter Muerta include: Meepo, Ancient Apparition, Anti Mage, Broodmother, Bane, Dawnbreaker.

Find Items To Counter Muerta

Prioritize choosing items to counter Muerta such as: Black King Bar, Glimmer Cape, Eternal Shroud, Pipe of Insight, Mage Slayer.

Find Tips To Counter Muerta

When near Muerta’s tower don’t get caught between your minions as Muerta’s Dead Shot can push you into the tower.

You can dodge Muerta’s Dead Shot with the blinks skill.

Muerta’s The Calling only deals damage when you bump into ghosts. You should stand in the center to not receive damage from this skill.

Muerta’s Gunslinger can be neutralized by Viper.

Muerta Matchups

Muerta Vs…

Meepo	Win rate: 43.45% Game: 10,588
Ancient Apparition	Win rate: 44.04% Game: 13,117
Anti Mage	Win rate: 46.37% Game: 19,112
Broodmother	Win rate: 42.30% Game: 7,682
Bane	Win rate: 42.24% Game: 3,778
Dawnbreaker	Win rate: 47.90% Game: 11,494
Nature’s Prophet	Win rate: 53.42% Game: 3,297
Necrophos	Win rate: 55.32% Game: 7,094
Sniper	Win rate: 54.91% Game: 2,721
Phantom Lancer	Win rate: 54.31% Game: 5,298
Timbersaw	Win rate: 52.31% Game: 5,298
Troll Warlord	Win rate: 51.31% Game: 5,298