What counters Lion in Dota 2?
Lion counter picks and item answers, ranked from real match data for patch 7.41. Here is what actually beats Lion — and what to buy when you face one.
Lion public win rate: 48.7%.
Best Lion counters
Ranked by how much the matchup swings in your favour.
Items to buy against Lion
Situational answers to what Lion does best.
- Black King Bar
- Pipe of Insight
- Mage Slayer
- Cloak
- Satanic
- linkens_sphere
- Glimmer Cape
- Aeon Disk
Items to avoid
- Assault Cuirass
- Butterfly
- Solar Crest