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Slark is only a specific problem in low level pubs because he can completely rely on invisibility to initiate and no one knows how to counter it properly. Other than that he's as much as a problem as any other ganking carry is for squishy supports - the secret is always to position yourself better than him and to try to stay alive in teamfights.
There's a lot of things you can do for that, not only Ghost Scepter (that actually just works partially, since the initial burst damage he does is magical) but also just planting Sentry Wards around and every support item you can think of (from Glimmer Cape to mobility to just a bit extra HP or keeping a Magic Wand full for that).
Right now Frostbite is actually even a Slark counter, since as long as you wait for him to Dark Pact first, you can use it and he can't Pounce out of it.
So: 1) Sentries and dust; 2) Cool head; 3) Good positioning/awareness
Since right now Crystal Maiden and Slark are both two of my favourite heroes, this is a subject that's always funny to me :)
The right skill and item build on a CM's 7.02 guide finally gurglesss
If you put some more work into this guide (formatting and longer explanations, including on the talent tree and its flexibility) you get my +1! Get at it mate! Good luck and if you need anything just PM me
skill tree wise the only time I would change that up is if the enemies magic damage is destroying me then I would take the resistance, cast range i will take every time even if they have bkbs by the time i get it since it works on items too such as glimmer cape, as for the gold I'm not a fan of the gold skills because i think -respawn is too strong and you can use your spell to farm anyway, as for the 25 extra root time is better in all situations since magic damage is almost going to be useless(need more disable if the game goes on this long)
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PS: not a fan of Slark though
There's a lot of things you can do for that, not only Ghost Scepter (that actually just works partially, since the initial burst damage he does is magical) but also just planting Sentry Wards around and every support item you can think of (from Glimmer Cape to mobility to just a bit extra HP or keeping a Magic Wand full for that).
Right now Frostbite is actually even a Slark counter, since as long as you wait for him to Dark Pact first, you can use it and he can't Pounce out of it.
So: 1) Sentries and dust; 2) Cool head; 3) Good positioning/awareness
Since right now Crystal Maiden and Slark are both two of my favourite heroes, this is a subject that's always funny to me :)
If you put some more work into this guide (formatting and longer explanations, including on the talent tree and its flexibility) you get my +1! Get at it mate! Good luck and if you need anything just PM me
Cheers,
Another CM fangay