Earthshaker — Dota 2 7.41 Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Also known as: ES, Raigor
Earthshaker (ES, Raigor) in Dota 2 7.41: win rate, pick rate, the heroes Earthshaker counters and struggles against, and its best teammates — from recent ranked matches by Batru's AI win-prediction pipeline.
Earthshaker counters & matchups
Earthshaker is a Blink-initiation support whose Echo Slam can swing a fight from one button — the more clumped or summon-heavy the enemy, the harder it hits. He's strongest into illusion/summon drafts and immobile heroes: Broodmother (58.6%), Timbersaw (56.0%) and Tinker (55.8%) all feed his Echo or get Fissured to death. He struggles into spread-out scalers and tanks: Spectre (43.5%) and Wraith King (45.4%) don't clump and out-last his combo, while Lifestealer (45.2%) shrugs off the magic burst. Draft tip: Earthshaker is a blowout pick into melee/summon line-ups; he's lower-impact into spread-out, magic-resistant hard-carry drafts.
Strong against
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Broodmother | 58.58% | 40,539 |
 Timbersaw | 55.96% | 26,154 |
 Tinker | 55.78% | 33,484 |
 Nature's Prophet | 55.27% | 60,518 |
 Mars | 55.24% | 58,990 |
 Morphling | 54.97% | 35,382 |
 Terrorblade | 54.65% | 24,004 |
 Shadow Demon | 54.27% | 20,717 |
Struggles against
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Spectre | 43.53% | 66,637 |
 Lifestealer | 45.19% | 110,226 |
 Wraith King | 45.44% | 101,745 |
 Night Stalker | 45.94% | 55,334 |
 Tidehunter | 46.06% | 93,656 |
 Dawnbreaker | 46.60% | 50,147 |
 Necrophos | 46.93% | 103,047 |
 Axe | 47.00% | 123,113 |
Earthshaker synergies
Earthshaker wants the enemy grouped and locked so Echo Slam lands on five. He synergizes with AoE clump and other initiators: Spectre (55.7%) and Wraith King (55.6%) hold targets in the radius while Echo erases them, and Lone Druid (54.3%) / Lifestealer (54.2%) provide the follow-up damage on everything Fissured in place. Dawnbreaker (54.1%) loves the same grouped fights. Give Shaker a reason for the enemy to stack up — a tanky front line or a second AoE setter — and one Blink-Echo wins the game.
Best teammates
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Spectre | 55.69% | 62,785 |
| Wraith King | 55.62% | 77,842 |
 Lone Druid | 54.29% | 14,503 |
| Lifestealer | 54.23% | 98,057 |
| Dawnbreaker | 54.12% | 32,255 |
 Phoenix | 53.76% | 41,280 |
 Phantom Lancer | 53.72% | 67,006 |
 Meepo | 53.64% | 23,142 |