What counters Axe in Dota 2?
Axe counter picks and item answers, ranked from real match data for patch 7.41. Here is what actually beats Axe — and what to buy when you face one.
Axe public win rate: 50.3%.
Best Axe counters
Ranked by how much the matchup swings in your favour.
Items to buy against Axe
Situational answers to what Axe does best.
- Black King Bar
- Pipe of Insight
- Mage Slayer
- Cloak
- Aeon Disk
- linkens_sphere
Items to avoid
- Assault Cuirass
- Butterfly
- Solar Crest