How to Counter Invisible Heroes

Thanks Sando,

I have only been playing a couple days, I knew about the wards but after playing a match riki and bounty hunter I hit the internets to find other solutions.

Great post clear and well written.

Quick Note:

If Silencer used Last Word on someone, and he turned invisible, the blue ring is still following that hero. That can be included as some possibility of detection.

Mantastyles Mirror Image does as well and is not that uncommon (at least on riki)

You forget to mention that diffusal blade purges dust/track/amplify damage, so they are not reliable vs riki/phantom lancer/mirana

That is assuming that Eating a Necro Warrior deals damage, I know that the old method for getting rid of them was using Hand of Midas on them and I doubt that caused the Pure Daamge to Proc either.

i dont think clinkz using ult on necro creep is good as u take some considerable pure damage and clinkz is already a bit squishy

Can Clinkz use his ultimate on the necro 3 creep? If he can, it kind of sucks attempting to use that to detect him.

Also, Silencer is a great counter to Riki as his ultimate prevents riki's ultimate from working, so maybe worth a mention?

Finally, Sand King might not be in the middle of his sandstorm, he can be force staffed away and continue channeling, or an ally Pudge can hook him away :p

Why is there no mention anywhere about Zeus? He is an extremely underrated hero when it comes to countering heroes that rely heavily on invis spells / items. Also, great at countering wards if you understand how to use your W on creeps in the jungle / pull aggro from creep in lane pull to a rune W creep then lasthit ward.

Its Quit. 'Quit being a downer' That is what you meant to say right?

Quit as in RageQuit

Thanks guys - and yes, from what I see sometimes in pubs, players do need telling or reminding on how to counter invisible heroes. Tried to write enough in there that it'll explain a lot to new players, while also including some detail for the intermediates. I used to think "just buy dust" when faced with any invisible hero - but sometimes a more tailored approach is required.