Lina counter and synergy picks

Abaddon acts as a meat shield for Lina the entire game to let her have a free time landing spells and throw right clicks in fights. Abaddon's movement speed slow through Curse of Avernus also helps Lina land Light Strike Array on enemy heroes. Abaddon's Aphotic Shield and Mist Coil also protect a squishy Lina and lets her play even more aggressively in fights.

Axe acts as a meat shield for Lina the entire game to let her have a free time landing spells and throw right clicks in fights. Once Axe gets a Blink Dagger, he can reliably initiate fights and keep enemy heroes in place with Berserker's Call for Lina to follow up with her stun and burst damage through spells. Axe gets to finish off any survivors with Culling Blade to build up his stacks.

Bane's Nightmare and Fiend's Grip are long duration lockdown spells to setup Lina's Light Strike Array on an enemy hero and finish them off the magic damage burst and right clicks. Bane's Nightmare also acts as a defensive tool for a squishy Lina if she ever gets caught in a bad position.

Beastmaster's Primal Roar is long duration lockdown spell to setup Lina's Light Strike Array on an enemy hero and finish them off the magic damage burst and right clicks. Beastmaster also acts as a meat shield for Lina to freely throw spells and right clicks in fights. Lina also makes great use of the attack speed buff from Inner Beast when taking objectives like towers, tormentor, and Roshan.

Centaur Warrunner acts as a meat shield for Lina the entire game to let her have a free time throwing spells and right clicks in fights. Once Centaur gets a Blink Dagger, he can reliably initiate fights and keep enemy heroes in place with Hoof Stomp for Lina to follow up with her stun and burst damage through spells. Stampede also helps acts as a defensive tool for a squishy and immobile Lina to get in and out of fights.

Clockwerk acts as a meat shield for Lina the entire game to let her have a free time landing spells and throw right clicks in fights. Clockwerk's Hook Shot is a long range stun that sets up Lina's Light Strike Array on enemy heroes to finish off with her damage spells and right clicks. Power Cogs also makes it much easier for Lina to land her stun on enemy heroes caught inside.

Dark Seer's Vacuum gathers multiple enemy heroes in one spot for Lina to follow up with her Light Strike Array stun and finish them off with her damage spells. Multiple heroes caught together under Vacuum and Light Strike Array also intensifies the Combustion damage on all of them from the follow up Dragon Slave and Laguna Blade.

Dawnbreaker's Solar Guardian is an incredible defensive tool for a squishy Lina to keep her alive and let her play even more aggressively in fights. Dawnbreaker can also frontline for Lina and let her throw spells and right clicks freely in fights. The Starbreaker stun also provides a setup for Lina's Light Strike Array on enemy heroes.

Earthshaker's multiple lockdown spells act as the perfect setup for Lina's Light Strike Array and follow up damage spells. Once Earthshaker has Blink Dagger or Aghanim's Scepter, he can reliably initiate for Lina without having to commit Fissure as well as frontline for her to throw her spells and right clicks.

Grimstroke's Soulbind lets Lina throw her Laguna Blade on two enemy heroes leashed together and potentially burst both of them down in every fight.

Lina's burst damage through her spells is perfect to accumulate damage on Legion Commander through Duel wins. Legion Commander also acts as a meat shield for Lina to freely throw spells and right clicks in fights. Press the Attack also acts as a defensive tool for a squishy Lina if she gets caught in a bad position and lets her play even more aggressively in fights.

Naga Siren's Ensnare is a long duration lockdown spell to set up Lina's Light Strike Array on an enemy hero and finish them off with her damage spells. Song of the Siren can be used in a similar way to setup kills on multiple enemy heroes under the right circumstances. Naga Siren's split push through illusions also helps occupy lanes and frees up Lina to constantly get kills with her massive burst damage.

Lina makes great use of the movement and attack speed buffs from Ogre Magi's Bloodlust to find better positioning in teamfights and dish out even more damage through her right clicks. Ogre Magi also acts as a meat shield for Lina and helps set up Light Strike Array and follow up damage on enemy heroes with his Fireblast stun.

Lina's Light Strike Array lockdown acts as a decent setup for Pudge's Meat Hook into Dismember combo. Pudge also acts as a meat shield for a squishy Lina throughout the game to let her freely dish out her massive damage through spells and right clicks. This damage from Lina helps instantly pick off an enemy hero Dismembered by Pudge.

Lina's high magic damage spells make perfect use of the damage amplification from Pugna's Decrepify to burst down practically any enemy hero on the map throughout the game. Life Drain and Decrepify also act as defensive tools for a squishy Lina to protect her when caught in a bad position and lets her play even more aggressively in fights.

Spirit Breaker's global initiation through Charge of Darkness is perfect for Lina to constantly find kills on the map with her low cooldown, high damage spells. Spirit Breaker also acts as a meat shield for Lina the entire game to let her have a free time landing spells and throw right clicks in fights.

Sven's Storm Hammer stun acts as a great setup for Lina's Light Strike Array on an enemy hero to finish them off with her damage spells and right clicks. Warcry also provides armor for a squishy Lina to keep her tanky. Lina's AoE burst magic damage compliments Sven's AoE burst physical damage very well in teamfights.

Lina has AoE damage in abundance with her spells to kill Chen's creep army and nullify his impact on the map while boosting her own net worth. A squishy Chen is also an easy kill for Lina with her burst damage spells.

Lina's Light Strike Array stun is easy to land on Crystal Maiden while she is channeling Freezing Field to stop her overwhelming teamfight damage. A squishy Crystal Maiden is also an easy kill for Lina with her burst damage spells.

Lina's burst damage nukes and high attack range gives her a favorable matchup in lane against Death Prophet. Death Prophet relies on the Spirit Siphon link to put pressure on enemy heroes, which is broken easily by Lina with her Light Strike Array stun and running away. Past the laning stage, Lina's burst damage with her spells makes short work of Death Prophet as she runs into fights with her ultimate.

Lina's burst damage nukes and high attack range gives her a favorable matchup in lane against Dragon Knight. Lina's high magic damage through her spells ignores Dragon Knight's high armor from Dragon Blood and helps burst him down at all stages of the game.

Lina's burst damage from her spells gives her easy kills on a squishy Enchantress. The attack speed gain from Fiery Soul stacks also helps against Untouchable when trying to target Enchantress with right clicks.

Lina's burst damage nukes and high attack range gives her a favorable matchup in lane against Leshrac. Leshrac struggles to run down Lina with Diabolic Edict as she can easily stun him with Light Strike Array to keep distance between them. Past the laning stage, Lina's burst damage with her spells makes short work of Leshrac as he runs into fights with his spells.

Lina's high burst damage from her spells lets her quickly target and kill one of the Meepo clones to take out the hero. Lina's Light Strike Array provides an AoE stun to lock down all Meepo clones and prevent them from fighting back, or using Dig to survive once he gets Aghanim's Shard.

Lina's high burst damage from her spells lets her quickly kill Morphling before he gets to build up his HP pool with Strength Attribute Shift. Once Lina gets Aghanim's Scepter, she can also find angles over tree lines and cliffs to stun Morphling from fog and follow up with her damage spells to burst him down before he can use Strength Attribute Shift to survive.

Necrophos relies on the physical damage immunity from Ghost Shroud to survive fights and run at enemy heroes, which acts as a death trap since Lina can use the magic damage amplification in the duration of the spell to burst him down easily with her spell combo. Lina's burst damage nukes and high attack range also gives her a favorable matchup in lane against Necrophos.

Lina's attack speed gain through Fiery Soul stacks lets her bring down Phoenix's Supernova before it pops off. A squishy Phoenix is also an easy kill for Lina with her burst damage spells.

Lina's burst damage spells take down Pudge in fights as his damage block from Meat Shield does him little help to reduce the damage. The Light Strike Array stun also stops the Dismember channel to prevent Pudge from locking down and killing anyone.

Lina's burst damage nukes and high attack range gives her a favorable matchup in lane against Queen of Pain. Lina has an easy time stunning Queen of Pain with Light Strike Array and right clicking her when she walks up to use Shadow Strike. Past the laning stage, Lina's burst damage with her spells makes short work of Queen of Pain when she Blinks into fights.

Lina's burst damage nukes and high attack range gives her a favorable matchup in lane against Shadow Fiend. Lina has an easy time stunning Shadow Fiend with Light Strike Array and right clicking him if he walks up for his close range Shadowrazes. Past the laning stage, Lina can always cancel the Requiem of Souls channel with Light Strike Array and follow up with her damage spells to burst down Shadow Fiend.

Lina's high attack range and nuke spells let her match Sniper in the laning phase and doesn't let him dominate the lane the way he does in most matchups. Past the laning stage, Lina's burst damage spells easily take down a squishy Sniper, which is enabled with the purchase of Aghanim's Scepter and Blink Dagger to jump him.

Lina's burst damage spell combo gives her easy kills on a squishy Terrorblade, whose high armor does nothing to prevent the incoming damage. Lina's Light Strike Array also keeps Terrorblade disabled and prevents him from using Sunder to survive.

Lina cares little for Treant Protector's Living Armor because of her dominant magic damage through her spell combo. Lina gets to pick off her targets before the added HP regen from Living Armor kicks in as well.

Lina's attack speed gain through Fiery Soul stacks lets her quickly take down Tombstone, which is Undying's highest impact spell in teamfights. Undying also has a hard time saving allies with Soul Rip or an Aghanim's Shard upgraded Tombstone because of the quick burst damage coming in from Lina's spells.

A squishy Venomancer makes an easy kill for Lina with her burst damage spells. The attack speed gain through Fiery Soul stacks also lets her take down Plague Wards quickly with her right clicks, even if Venomancer places them on himself or an ally with his Plague Carrier facet.

Lina can never combo and kill Abaddon with all her spells as long as Borrowed Time is off cooldown. Aphotic Shield and Mist Coil also protect his allies from dying to Lina's spells. Once Abaddon gets Blink Dagger, he can jump Lina and run her down with the movement speed slow through Curse of Avernus, and forces Lina to play defensively.

Lina struggles to fend off Anti Mage, who can easily Blink next to her and burst her down with Mana Void after draining her mana through his right clicks empowered with Mana Break. Anti Mage also has the potential to block and reflect Lina's Laguna Blade damage back to her with Counterspell. Counterspell also provides magic resistance to reduce a lot of Lina's burst damage from her spell combo.

Centaur Warrunner's high HP from his Innate, strength gain, and item purchases prevents Lina from bursting him down with her spell combo. Once Centaur gets Blade Mail, he can reflect a lot of Lina's burst damage back to her in combination with Retaliate and threaten her life every time. Stampede also lets Centaur's entire team close the gap on a squishy Lina and burst her down.

Doom completely shuts down Lina with his ultimate as she cannot throw any spells in its duration to fight back or fend off Doom with the Light Strike Array stun. Doom can easily run down a slow and squishy Lina during Scorched Earth and finish her off every time while his ultimate is active.

Ember Spirit's Sleight of Fist lets him dodge Lina's Light Strike Array and Dragon Slave when timed correctly. With the Orb of Corrosion purchase in the laning stage, Ember Spirit can also harass and threaten Lina's life with the Sleight of Fist and Searing Chains combo. The Flame Guard barrier also lets Ember Spirit absorb a lot of Lina's burst damage from her spells, while he can also close the gap or get away with Fire Remnant.

Faceless Void's Time Walk lets him reverse the damage taken from Lina's entire spell combo if he doesn't get bursted down from full to zero. Faceless Void's Chronosphere also locks down a squishy Lina and makes for easy kills throughout the game. Time Dilation also prevents Lina from using her low cooldown spells multiple times in fights.

Huskar's Berserker's Blood passive keeps him healthy and provides magic resistance during the laning stage and prevents Lina from building a massive advantage with her long range harass from spells and right clicks. Huskar can also return the aggression on a squishy Lina with the gap close through Life Break, followed up with the Inner Fire silence and Burning Spears.

Lina relies on slowly poking and wearing down opposing mid laners with her long range spells and right clicks, which is countered by Invoker with the inbuilt HP regen provided by Quas. Lina also relies heavily on mana for her lane domination, which is heavily countered by the mana burn from EMP. Lina is also a squishy hero and is easily killed by Invoker's spell combo.

Kez's high mobility lets him find easy kills on a squishy Lina who finds it incredibly difficult to fend him off with Light Strike Array because of the Talon Toss silence as well as Kez's high mobility. Kez's ultimate Raptor Dance also gives him magic damage immunity to nullify Lina's damage spells.

Lifestealer's Rage provides him debuff immunity and magic resistance to avoid the Light Strike Array stun as well as reduce the damage taken from Lina's spell combo. Lifestealer's Infest bomb and Open Wounds slow also lets him stay on top of a squishy Lina and poke her down with his right clicks.

Night Stalker's Crippling Fear silence under the Void movement speed slow prevents Lina from running away from him or fending him off with the Light Strike Array stun. Dark Ascension's massive vision and flying movement also helps Night Stalker find and get close to Lina every time, which is further enabled with the Blink Dagger purchase.

Nyx Assassin always has kill threat on a squishy Lina with Vendetta and follow up spell combo alongside Dagon. Lina's high mana pool works against her as it lets Nyx Assassin do even more damage to her with Mind Flare. Nyx Assassin can also use Lina's AoE damage spells to stun her with Spiked Carapace, particularly when she farms creep waves.

Oracle's Fate's Edict prevents all of Lina's burst damage from her spells and can waste her entire combo when timed correctly. False Promise also dispels the Light Strike Array stun and works well to prevent Lina from bursting anyone down with her spells and right clicks.

Puck's high attack range and damage nukes gives her an even footing against Lina in the laning stage. Puck's Phase Shift also lets her dodge Lina's Light Strike Array and Dragon Slave when timed correctly. Illusory Orb and Waning Rift also let Puck close the gap on a squishy Lina to keep her leashed under Dream Coil and burst her down while she is silenced.

Silener's silence through Global Silence and Last Word can completely disrupt Lina's spell combo throughout the game and render her useless in teamfights. Arcane Curse also lets Silencer do a lot of slow and damage to Lina if she casts her spell combo while affected by the spell.

Slark can easily time Dark Pact to dispel the Light Strike Array stun because of its cast time, which helps him use Shadow Dance before Lina can target him with Laguna Blade and right clicks. Slark's Pounce also lets him close the gap on a squishy Lina and keep her leashed to bring her down with his right clicks, or steal a ton of Essence Shift stacks at the very least.

Spectre's Shadow Step lets her instantly get on top of a squishy Lina and makes for easy pickoffs on her when accompanied by another hero. The matchup progresses further in Spectre's favor as the game goes on when she builds up her HP pool to prevent dying to Lina's spell combo as well as return a ton of damage through Dispersion.

Storm Spirit's high attack range and Static Remnant gives him an even footing to contest creeps as well as harass Lina with the Static Slide facet. Past the laning stage, Storm Spirit's Ball Lightning gives him mobility to close the gap on a squishy Lina to burst her down as well as dodge the Light Strike Array stun.

Viper's high attack range on top of Poison Attack stacks and Corrosive Skin let him threaten Lina's life in the laning stage and prevents her from building a massive advantage the way she does in most matchups. Once Viper reaches level 6, Viper Strike also adds to the kill threat on Lina. Corrosive Skin also provides magic resistance to reduce a lot of Lina's damage through her spells.