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General DiscussionHow to counter Spectre?

How to counter Spectre? in General Discussion
Shiori

    Hi guys, I need your advice. After TI8, ppl pick Spectre many times. This carry is very strong at late game. Any idea to deal with hero? I'm currently playing support, tks.

    play for fun

      have your cores build silver edge

      BlackXargon

        at your level, you can't

        Pale Mannie

          hope that the player sucks

          Hoshi

            have u tried necrophos supp?

            Totentanz to The King: M ...

              Necrophos

              Shou

                shudnt percentage based dmg in general chew through specs hp?
                smth like lifestealer maybe with feast?
                idk for sure

                NoobEujin

                  use storm, troll,ursa,anti mage , chaos knight etc. But you must know your role well. Or end game fast and shut down spec from farming.

                  Rocket

                    Supports can’t counter spec. You can delay his radiance and maybe buy a pipe but if your cores aren’t playing/itemizing correctly you will lose.

                    inx

                      you can start by trying to ban her
                      if that doesnt work - panic coz that hero is uncounterable 99% of the pubs

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                      inx

                        you can always try to stomp in 20min though :-)

                        Quartermistress

                          Undying fucks up spectres lane but apart from that his impact is rather minimal apart from minor decay spam later on.

                          LaMoucheKiPéte

                            Silver edge or a good shadow shaman with good build and talent tree to do 100% of the time sheep+shackles

                            inx

                              undying helps a lot with ending it in 20min

                              人肥歌雞舞賤

                                Silver edge core with good disablers, even late game Spectre will be dead within 5 sec. One of my recent game against 5 slotted spectre with manta, db, heart, radiance and balde mail.

                                It is almost impossible to take down late game 6 slotted spectre alone. This has to be done with your team.

                                Rocket

                                  Nullifier is ok as well if you really don't want a silver edge.

                                  inx

                                    wtf does a fucking nullifier do?

                                    matrice

                                      nothing ^^

                                      But indeed undying is one of the main counter of spectre; reducing his hp pool, and more importantly, disabling completly desolate during teamfight thx to the zombies

                                      Feachairu

                                        try learn phoenix if you dont like undying,its a very fun hero and you just spam skill 2 on spectre lane

                                        or well,just learn play core(watch huskar replays)and go huskar though,gonna be a braindead win

                                        Suck my tiny curry dick

                                          Try destroying the ancient. Spec can’t do anything when she lost the game

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                                          Rocket

                                            Nullifier is a partial break vs spectre seeing as dispersion damage is a function of her hp. She also only has 2000hp as a level 25 hero with no items. No heart and no radiance make spec easy to burst down.

                                            Not sure why all the hate on it.

                                            matrice

                                              nullifier doesn't break item, it only mute them.

                                              And mutted item only lose their active component, not passives one

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                                              Shou

                                                Phoenix sunray sounds really good at melting spec but you need disables to make it work

                                                5 (Muted)

                                                  Pick viper no need silver edge.

                                                  Lruce Bee

                                                    PA is a pretty good counter

                                                    Rocket

                                                      oh wow. I always thought mute just deleted items for the period muted. don't get nullifier to counter spec :)

                                                      Anonymous mode- No chat

                                                        you don’t lol. You ban it and hope RNG is on your side or your team has a specter player. If not, there is no real counter.l besides waiting for ice frog to make changes.

                                                        60%winrate doesn’t tell lies. Even on divine he has second highest winrate with very high pick rate. Game is basically tilted for a team that has spectrr picked to win unless there is a huge skill gap

                                                        chicken spook,,,,

                                                          shudnt percentage based dmg in general chew through specs hp?
                                                          smth like lifestealer maybe with feast?

                                                          yea its nice

                                                          玉玉小子

                                                            Lol some people have no idea about what spectre gender is

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                                                            Giff me Wingman

                                                              Yami Yugi

                                                                as a support player same bracket, I choose you Phoenix!
                                                                Yeah seriously spam W early game, spam E mid and later game, beware of Blademail though.
                                                                Phoenix has 1000++ Battle Range so keep shooting from afar.
                                                                Haunt can always dodged since he has Dive.
                                                                Go full support >Tranquil > Ward > Gem > Ghost > Aghanim/Heart (yeah support role phoenix needs a heart to mitigate Sunray self damage)

                                                                Metsis

                                                                  Ruining Spectre games on Huskar has been one of my best passtimes in this game. Just put Huskar on Spectres lane and go after him. Build Satanic on Huskar and it takes out the Blade Mail. You can even play slot 4 Huskar if you know what you are doing and ruin a game for Spectre, but you will be limited in the end game as you don't have much farm, but rest assured the Spectre will be greatly delayed in his buildup.

                                                                  Just hit Spectre with the burning spears everytime he comes up for a last hit and he won't get anything from lane. And once he goes to jungle, go after him. You can solo kill Spectre with Huskar easily in the early game. You have to keep going at him so he won't get items early on. Basically Spectre is farming and coming to fights with the ult, you have to go force her to use the ult to not die, instead of choosing the best possible time for her to get a kill or two...

                                                                  And Spectre will go next to one of your team mates and will have to find a way to escape from them. You can stomp on her hard.

                                                                  Kumbaye

                                                                    win early

                                                                    V.S.O.P

                                                                      fuck up her lane. control the equilibrium as an offlaner.

                                                                      despair

                                                                        Meepo, visage, lycan, brood,pugna, tiny, wk. Basically heroes that end the game early

                                                                        Nycor

                                                                          I just pick shadow demon and build aghs or spam w.

                                                                          Corginator

                                                                            Shadow Demon is the go to hero for support against Spec

                                                                            michaelmical romance

                                                                              Try shadow demon, and if u play core go viper or any high phyiscal damage heroes and build silver edge

                                                                              Gazz   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

                                                                                Legion Commander can toe to toe with her even in late game.

                                                                                A duel + blademail works best even against her dispersion.

                                                                                Spectre is not a natural linken builder so you can atleast force her to buy it, delaying her farm (e.g. Skaadi, Abbysal, etc)

                                                                                Just win a lot of duel and do your best to outfarm her.

                                                                                Sixe史吏

                                                                                  % HP damage:
                                                                                  Enigma, Necro, Underlord, Phoenix, Doom, Huskar (as a Pos. 3 anti-carry), LS (kinda meh)

                                                                                  Anti-Illusion/aura:
                                                                                  TB, SD, Shaman, Lion (the latter two aren't as reliable as they need levels and items to be effective vs. spectre)

                                                                                  Is not (very) affected by Dispersion and/or Blademail:
                                                                                  Undying, WK, Ursa (only with ulti, so kinda meh), Jugg (only with ulti, so kinda meh), Lycan (hero was nerfed, kinda meh)

                                                                                  Break (either naturally or likes to buy silver edge/aghs) + Physical Burst:
                                                                                  LC/Ursa/Troll (with Silver Edge), Doom (with Aghs), Viper, SD (with Aghs)

                                                                                  A good item to try against her is solar crest if she gets radiance and butterfly. Compared to +damage, -armor is more effective against damage block and helps cancel out the evasion.

                                                                                  What NOT to pick:

                                                                                  1. HEroes with burst but poor pushing abilities. Even if Spectre is 0/6/0 at 20 minutes, any advatnage that cannot take HG is a mirage.
                                                                                  2. Heroes with poor waveclear and poor laning.
                                                                                  3. Heroes with that stall fights but do not really deal damage and/or don't have hard CC.

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                                                                                  Duster!

                                                                                    you need a good team period

                                                                                    play clinx and cross fingers

                                                                                    kuci

                                                                                      DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHEN YOU GET ULT BY SD YOU CANT USE EUL LIKE WTF IT GETS DISPELLED IMMEDIATELY #TheMoreYouKnow

                                                                                      LightHawkWings

                                                                                        I'm mostly an offlane player and if I see a spec on the other team, I usually go ursa. If you have a good aggressive pos 4 with you, you can easily take over the lane and ruin specs game.

                                                                                        ps

                                                                                          BAN HIM ?

                                                                                          Zalius

                                                                                            u can get shadow demon pos 5

                                                                                            Optimal Guy

                                                                                              LS can kill Spectre even in Lategame

                                                                                              Murranji

                                                                                                Yeah make Spectre your autoban hero. Only time I’ve ever seen her lose is when you and your team stomp so comprehensively every lane the enemy team can’t buy her time or space enough to come back.

                                                                                                Rocket

                                                                                                  When I’m picking spec I normally autoban clinkz. Comes online early, hunts me in the jungle and easy push.