Counterpick Build Guide (WIP) by LPhure

Counterpick Build Guide (WIP)

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Completing this guide is going to take a lot of time which unfortunately I don't have a ton of :( which means I will be archiving this pretty soon and direct anyone reading this to Heroescounters.com If you're looking for detailed matchups on who is better or worse against whom and why, I recommend checking out the guides on this website, or my guides!

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Change Log

2019-06-20
- Clarified the guide's criteria
- More detail for Hammer
- Added Change Log
- Semi-Counters added to each hero (Edit: It's a lot of tedious work to add them in, I'll focus on main counterpicks for now)

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Anduin

Counterpicks

Warrior

Anduin does not want to be the focus of warriors because he cannot peel by himself. Warriors who pressure and damage or disrupt the backline, like , , and , are an effective method of countering Anduin. Keeping him pressured will restrict his healing but be careful of him self-casting

Ana

Healing denial and a long range cc are effective tools against Anduin. Ana's early and mid game healing is more tenable than Anduin's.
E - Long range CC and interrupt
W - Healing denial is the biggest counter to Anduin
7 - For a larger area and longer duration of healing denial
13 - To remove Anduin's Root

Deckard

Great CC forces Anduin to use on insignificant moments. is strong in teamfights and Anduin has no way for stopping or interrupting it
E - Ranged Root to catch Andy during or
10 - Hard counter to ; Anduin tends to stay near his teammates for his abilities to reach them which means he will usually be in range to be hit by this.
7 - 75% Healing reduction; Healing denial is the biggest counter to Anduin
16 - Another source of cc
20 - 3 Second Silence is incredible against Anduin which renders him useless for a whole 3 seconds!

Varian

4 - The only variation that is big trouble!
An aggressive and bloodthirsty TB Varian is very difficult for Anduin to deal with. It's hard to peel Varian off with only 1 root in and if you dive into the backline he can't pull them to safety with

10 - Keeps Varian close to his target. After , if it hits, Anduin has no other method of saving the target unless he can pull them safely away from
13 - TB Varian will always proc this throughout the fight and Anduin's biggest weakness is the healing reduction debuff. Anduin will not be able to out-heal your damage with this talent.

Valeera

Strong and sudden burst with both stun or silence options. Anduin has only and to reveal Valeera. Anduin's lack of mobility means Valeera needs to be peeled for him unless he can connect
W - Stun for interrupting
E - 2.5s Silence is very effective against Anduin who will not be able to anything for 2.5s. Can also stop any healing he may try to do
D - Allows Vale to teleport in with Cheap Shot or Garrote
10 - To prevent getting caught by
4 - 50% Healing reduction if you are looking to kill someone other than Anduin first.
13 - Spell power reduction also reduces the strength of healing

Semi-Counters

Cassia

Counterpicks

Kael'thas

Kael's big burst and free damage can burn down Cassia quickly and effortlessly.

+ D + W - Free damage against Cassia who has very limited healing options (only )
E - Save this to interrupt because she will be directly in front of you
10 - Huge damage to immediately blow up Cassia if she is not full HP.

Raynor

Raynor is the best AA option against Cassia who is supposed to be resistant to AA damage. Raynor however has longer AA range which allows him to get free poke unless Cassia commits to trading damage. Damage from will add up quickly if you exploit your range and aren't engaging while blinded. On paper, is strong against Raynor but remember is has a 15 second cooldown for 2 second blind which means you have 13 seconds to operate!

Q - Useful keep-out against Cassia and to interrupt
raynors-raiders 10 - Damage is not mitigated against
13 - Higher move speed in all situations will be an advantage to Cassia who has 0 mobility
16 - % Damage is not mitigated against ; Can deal an additional 6% when activating after the initial proc
weak-spot-acquired 20 - Reduces Cassia's to 15% physical armour and -25 Spell armour
execute 20 - Proc Pepper faster and trigger 's % damage more frequently

Gul'dan

Dan's strength is his sustainability and high DoT damage. Don't get caught standing still using trying to beat Cassia because you won't be able to win against her damage + . Keep a distance and poke with
Q - Easy spam ability
E - Big damage on Cassia who has limited sustain. Throw it out when she approaches trying to land her poking Q
10 - Strong against and will always lead her to walk into the enemy team as a result.
16 - More damage and punishing for those who can't stop getting hit by Corruption
16 - Higher up-front damage for Cassia's who are good at dodging Corruption.

Semi-Counters

Leoric

Counterpicks

Sgt. Hammer

Counterpicks

Cassia

- The natural 40% Physical Armour while approaching Hammer is very helpful against not being shredded too low before reaching her while in Siege.
Q - Good distance poke that trades for higher damage against . You should always be hitting Hammer with this for free damage against her since you will only get hit with maybe 1-2 AA's.
W - Very easy to hit Hammer with this while she's in . It keeps allies safe and removes the damage they take while trying to get in on her.
E - Closes the gap to Hammer, but almost always will get countered by
10 - Pulls Hammer from the backline. VERY EASY TO HIT HER WHILE IN SIEGE!!

Artanis

Q + E - Long range pull against Hammer who will be lurking in the enemy backline. Don't be fooled by .
1 - If you need more defense against Hammer AND THE MAP DOESN'T HAVE BOSS-BASED OBJECTIVES
10 - This takes Hammer completely out of a fight for its duration. The huge AOE means you should have 100% accuracy with this!
10 - A damage option for a bolder Artanis playstyle. This is as effective as supression-pulse because it forces Hammer to displace out of . She will to safety but she will also be taking herself out of the fight.
20 - Instead of trying to combo Q + E and catch Hammer by putting yourself in a potentially dangerous position, you can instead take this talent and walk up to Hammer because this talent gives you a crazy amount of distance off of

Nazeebo

Evaluating the solo options against Hammer, Nazeebo might be the strongest matchup against her (Zag is also very good but I don't know how to play her well :p)
Q - Big damage, at range, and is very easy to hit a Hammer in
W - Trapping Hammer inside of the wall is a death sentence for her in a fight.
1 - Taking this, you will be able to hit Hammer with and much much much easier and from a safer distance! BEWARE THE TRADEOFFS!!! If you spec into this talent you will have a much lower damage output overall without or
E - Don't build Toads against Hammer. Spiders #1, Zombie Wall #2