Zeus Counter Dota 2 2025: Heroes, Items and Matchups

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

Attack Type: Ranged

Strength:  19 + 2.1

Agility: 11 + 1.2

Intelligence: 22 + 3.3


Find Heroes To Counter Zeus

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

Find Items To Counter Zeus

List of items to counter Zeus

Prioritize choosing items to counter Zeus such as: Black King Bar, Pipe of Insight, Hood of Defiance, Lotus Orb, Mage Slayer, Force Staff, Blade Mail, Heart of Tarrasque.

Items that help you reduce Zeus’s magic damage, reduce burst damage, silence/disable Zeus’s skills and increase mobility to easily dodge Zeus’s skills.

How to defeat Zeus in Dota 2?

Pick heroes with high mobility to dodge his spells (e.g., Storm Spirit).

Focus on early ganks to prevent him from snowballing with Arc Lightning.

Keep vision around the map to avoid getting hit by his global damage (e.g., Lightning Bolt).

Build magic resistance items (e.g., Pipe, Hood) to reduce his burst damage.

Silence him (e.g., Orchid, Bloodseeker) to stop his spell spam.

Dispel his magical debuffs with items like Manta or Linken’s Sphere.

Counter his AOE damage with heroes who can heal or regenerate (e.g., Warlock, Dazzle).

Strength

  • Simple to build a snowball.
  • Contains two inexpensive, spammable spells.
  • High yield of magical harm.
  • Simple to engage in.
  • Worldwide competencies.
  • Ultimate deals great damage and has a worldwide range.
  • Powerful in defending elevated terrain.
  • Has two spells that use True Sight.

Weakness

  • One can simply counteract the damage of Ultimate by turning invisible.
  • Only causes brief stuns when disabled.
  • Requires mana.
  • Resisted by magical resistance.
  • Restricted movement.
  • Early in the game, it’s easy to gank.
  • Attack range and motion are poor.
  • Minimal harm to structures.

Zeus Matchups

Zeus Vs..

Anti-Mage
Anti Mage
Win rate: 47.09%
Game: 196,574
Faceless Void
Faceless Void
Win rate: 48.91%
Game: 214,190
Chaos Knight
Chaos Knight
Win rate: 54.16%
Game: 44,997
Juggernaut
Juggernaut
Win rate: 49.81%
Game: 187,143
Lifestealer
Lifestealer
Win rate: 50.31%
Game: 90,934
Meepo
Meepo
Win rate: 43.66%
Game: 52,697
Slardar
Slardar
Win rate: 50.15%
Game: 147,034
Enchantress
Enchantress
Win rate: 55.13%
Game: 42,108
Timbersaw
Timbersaw
Win rate: 49.26%
Game: 85,963
Bounty Hunter
Bounty Hunter
Win rate: 53.70%
Game: 145,633
Winter Wyvern
Winter Wyvern
Win rate: 50.45%
Game: 74,610
Lich
Lich
Win rate: 51.47%
Game: 104,037

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