Earthshaker counter and synergy picks
Pick Earthshaker with Wraith King to increase win-rate from 50.2% to 58.3% or against Chen to increase win-rate to 59.1% in Patch 7.38c.
Good with...
...based on stats [7.38c]
Hero | Change in Win Rate ▼ |
|---|---|
8.1% | |
4.0% | |
4.0% | |
3.7% | |
3.7% | |
3.2% | |
3.1% | |
3.1% | |
3.1% | |
3.0% | |
2.8% | |
2.7% | |
2.5% | |
2.5% | |
2.4% |
...based on gameplay [under review]
Song of the Siren can be used to set up a perfect, team wiping Echo Slam or multiple Fissure and Aftershock stuns. Mirror Image Illusions can serve as a natural frontline and provide scouting for Shaker so he can stay back and pick his opportune moment.
Vacuum can pull multiple targets together to set up a perfect, team wiping Echo Slam or multiple Fissure and Aftershock stuns. Wall of Replica and Fissure can cut off multiple escape paths and create a cage like setup that's hard to manouver. Surge greatly helps with mobility and makes Shaker get into position much more easily.
RP is amazing at both setting up a perfect, team wiping Echo Slam and multiple Fissure and Aftershock stuns or as follow up to them. Skewer can reposition targets trough Fissure's wall separating them from their team. Empower provides Shaker with damage but more importantly cleave for a BIG NUMBER 1SHOT 3 HEROES Enchant Totem.
Dream Coil is amazing at both setting up a perfect, team wiping Echo Slam and multiple Fissure and Aftershock stuns or as follow up to them. Jostling Rift allows Puck to pull enemies together with Waning Rift to further reposition multiple enemy heroes and set them up for Shaker's overwhelming AOE damage and control.
Tornado can be used to set up a perfect, team wiping Echo Slam or multiple Fissure and Aftershock stuns. Invoker's potential for dealing immense AOE damage with Chaos Meteor, Sun Strike and Cataclysm (Aghanim's Scepter upgrade) supplements Shaker with enough damage to wipe any crowd controlled targets.
Dark Ascension provides flying movement, making it easy for NS to abuse Fissure's wall for his own gain without suffering any of the drawbacks. Dark Ascension additionally provides unobstructed vision, giving Earthshaker perfect information to get his Echo Slam of.
...core items [under review] [E]
A core Boots upgrade to have some much needed mana sustain as your impact is highly reliant on your current mana pool.
A core mobility item to get the ideal positioning for Echo Slam in teamfights. Also lets you jump on top of enemy heroes and stun with Enchant Totem or get better angles for Fissure.
A core item to reduce Fissure cooldown and allows you to walk through it for unobstructed pathing. Also improves the lockdown on all your spells to keep applying Aftershock around Fissure. Allows you to clear waves with Fissure+Totem.
A mobility item to push yourself or one of your allies away from trouble, or close the gap on enemies. Works well to get in and out of fights and lock down enemy heroes.
A situational item to set up your control spells on enemy heroes and keep them chain stunned while your team catches up to finish them off. Also gives you some much needed mana regen and lets you dispel yourself and buy time when in trouble.
A core item that maintains your teamfight potential on the map more often by reducing the cooldown of all your spells and items.
A core item that can win you the teamfight and the game with double Echo Slam. Works incredibly well in combination with Blink Dagger and Aghanims Scepter.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your attack animation for the Enchant Totem hit with attack speed, as well as increase your damage through stats. Also lets you conserve mana through stats toggling.
A core item to give you another form of mobility with Enchant Totem on top of Blink Dagger. Also gives cleave effect on your Enchant Totem hit to clear creep waves quickly.
Good against...
...based on stats [7.38c]
Hero | Change in Win Rate ▼ |
|---|---|
8.9% | |
7.6% | |
6.5% | |
5.1% | |
4.9% | |
4.9% | |
4.9% | |
4.8% | |
4.4% | |
4.2% | |
4.1% | |
4.0% | |
3.9% | |
3.9% | |
3.9% |
...based on gameplay [under review]
Divided we Stand clones are considered real heroes doubling the echo damage of Echo Slam. Fissure and Afterschock provide consistent AOE crowd control for all Meepos and Fissure can be used to block off escape paths for any fleeing ones.
Broodmother's optimal playstyle is to run around with as many summons from Spawn Spiderlings as possible in order to maximize her damage and farm rate. Out of all heroes in DOTA, she is by far the one that can have the most amount of summons active, regularly building up over 20 or even 30 spiderlings at a time, meaning - Echo Slam Big Boom-Boom, Rampage damage.
Despite Dark Pact being able to dispell both Aftershock and Fissure's stuns the sheer amount of constant AOE control that Earthshaker provides simply overwhelms Slark as they are able to affect him during Shadow Dance and Depth Shroud.
Phantom Lancer's optimal playstyle is to run around with as many Illusions as possible in order to maximize his damage and farm rate, setting up an Echo Slam that could wipe him and his entire team. Fissure and Aftershock provide consistent AOE control and damage to help deal with any Illusions along with interrupting Phantom Rush.
Mirror Image provides extra targets for Echo Slam to build up echo damage, while Fissure and Aftershock provide consistent AOE control and damage to help deal with any Illusions and mitigate Naga's constant split pushing. Fissure in particular is effective at blocking off lanes and paths making it difficult for Mirror Image Illusions to function.
Bad against...
...based on stats [7.38c]
Hero | Change in Win Rate ▲ |
|---|---|
-7.1% | |
-4.2% | |
-3.7% | |
-3.6% | |
-3.3% | |
-3.2% | |
-3.1% | |
-2.9% | |
-2.9% | |
-2.6% | |
-2.5% | |
-2.3% | |
-2.2% | |
-2.2% | |
-2.1% |
...based on gameplay [under review]
Reincarnation serves as a natural deterent for Earthshaker to all in Wraith King with an Echo Slam as he would shortly come back to life, while Shaker would be left with not much in the tank. WK can select Spectral Blade as a facet instead of Bone Guard in order to reduce the number of Echo Slam targets.
Disperion + BM is a huge deterent for Earthshaker to drop Echo Slam whenever he wants, as often times it would mean his own death. Spectral Dagger can be used to move through Fissure's wall to prevent being blocked. Spectre's ability to instantly get on top of Earthshaker with Shadow Step or Haunt ruins his initiation and doesn't allow him to comfortably wait for his opportune moment.
Dark Ascension providing unobstructed vision and flight, while reducing Earthshaker's and his team's vision allows NS to spot Shaker and stick on him relentlessly with Crippling Fear, not allowing him to get of a clean initiation or any spells for that matter. Despite Fissure being able to stun NS he can still fly over it.
Blubber allows Tidehunter to instantly dispel Aftershock's stun with Echo Slam's damage and to instantly counter initiate with Ravage. Dead in the Water (Aghanim's Shard upgrade) prevents Earthshaker from jumping with Enchant Totem when upgraded by Aghanim's Scepter.
Battery Assault can stun Shaker so often that he would be unable to use Fissure due to it's long cast points. Rocket Flare can scout Shaker out and disrupt his Blink initiation, while Hookshot can be used to stick on him and further disrupt him with Power Cogs. Jetpack (Aghanim's Shard Upgrade) allows him to fly over Fissure.
...counter items [under review]
Magic Stick provides crucial mana regeneration and health restoration, helping you survive Earthshaker's powerful disables and spell rotations.
The status resist reduces Earthshaker's stun duration, making it harder for him to chainstun you to death.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Earthshaker's magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you magic resistance to significantly reduce the damage taken from Earthshaker's magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you debuff immunity and magic resistance to avoid all of Earthshaker's lockdown and reduce the damage taken from his magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you an invisibility tool to kite Earthshaker as well as magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from his magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you a repositioning tool to kite Earthshaker by pushing yourself or an ally away from him and not get chain stunned.
Gives you an instant disable against Earthshaker to burst him down in its duration before he can have an impact in fights with his spells.
Bad with...
...based on stats [7.38c]
Hero | Change in Win Rate ▲ |
|---|---|
-6.7% | |
-6.1% | |
-5.6% | |
-4.4% | |
-4.4% | |
-4.3% | |
-4.3% | |
-4.3% | |
-4.0% | |
-3.9% | |
-3.5% | |
-3.5% | |
-3.4% | |
-3.4% | |
-3.1% |
