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He is considered one of the best initiators in the game. He copes with different characters with the help of his abilities, which ideally helps the team. Able to take massive damage and at the same time stay alive and inflict serious retaliatory damage to opponents. Therefore, it is essential to understand how to counter Axe. Like every character, he has his weaknesses. First of all, this is a catastrophically small amount of mana. It also shows itself poorly if it is suddenly attacked by characters who use strong magic skills or range attack damage.

How to counter Axe in the mid and end of the game.

First of all, you should not stand next to each other or move next to creeps. Since the initiation of the enemy will destroy you. You should also correctly place wards to avoid a surprise attack when using an opponent’s Blink Dagger. If you are under the influence of Battle Hunger, you need to finish the creep as soon as possible. This will get rid of the effect imposed on you, and the opponent will lose a bonus to the speed of movement.

Axe counter picks

The best choices are characters who have strong magical damage or ranged heroes.  

Counter picks Axe – Venomancer and Viper

They cope well with the opponent due to long-range attacks and periodic damage. Nethertoxin helps you disable Axe’s passive abilities. Plague Ward does not activate the passive abilities of the opponent at all, which significantly weakens him throughout the game.

Counter pick Axe – Ursa

Enemy armor will not interfere with us when using Fury Swipes. And the ultimate ability of Enrage will save us from the effect of Blade Mail. Even with the help of support, Ursa can easily cope with an opponent.

Counter pick Axe – Undying

Decay is an excellent ability that steals the strength of an opponent. Due to this, the enemy’s health reserve will be very small, which makes his advantage not significant. The tombstone will do low damage and slow down the opponent, while not activating the passive ability of the enemy. What is important, that this ability will help to block the use of Blink Dagger.

Counter pick Axe – Jakiro

Great as Axe counter pick from the first minutes of the game. It has incredible magic damage, slowdown, and also stunning that will not give the opponent a chance to harm the team.

Counter pick Axe – Doom

Battle Hunger will be useless due to Devour. Infernal Blade will interfere well with the enemy and cause him substantial damage. And the ultimate ability in combination with Aghanim’s Scepter will completely remove the opponent from the game.

Counter pick Axe – Bounty Hunter

The ultimate ability of Track will show the opponent’s movement, which increases the chances of not getting caught on Axe’s initiation.

Counter pick Dota 2 Axe –  Beastmaster

A summoned creature is excellent for tracking down Axe which also gives you a good advantage.

Counter pick Dota 2 Axe – Invoker

Has the ability to completely neutralize the enemy due to Tornado + E.M.P, which will save your allies and deprive your opponent of mana. A combination of other skills quickly kills the enemy.

Counter pick Dota 2 Axe – Naga Siren

Reduces the opponent’s armor, which allows Naga to do good damage. Also, with the help of the ultimate ability, she is able to save the team from initiation and give time to choose a good position for the attack.

Useful Notes

It would also be useful to say that characters who can use silence, such as Silencer, Bloodseeker, and characters in priority with the purchase of Orchid Malevolence, are perfect.

Pudge и Earth Spirit also well suited to protect their team, as they can tear the distance between the opponent and his goal.

Shadow Demon, Pugna, Brewmaster will be incredibly useful, as they make your character temporarily immune to opponent’s attacks. So, after the initiation, we will be able to survive all possible attacks of the opponent.