Ember Spirit Counters (7.41f)
Who counters Ember Spirit in Dota 2 7.41f? The heroes Ember Spirit beats and loses to, ranked by win rate from ranked matches.
Ember Spirit is a slippery magic-carry whose Sleight of Fist harasses risk-free, Flame Guard blocks magic, and Fire Remnant gives him absurd mobility. He's strong into immobile, low-pressure heroes: Timbersaw, Mars and Nature's Prophet can't catch his remnant dashes. Ember is countered by heroes that punish his dives or out-scale: Slark and Lone Druid out-carry him, while Meepo and Tidehunter lock him down. Draft tip: Ember Spirit is a high-tempo skirmisher into squishy drafts; he's weaker into hard-lockdown and late-game carries that survive his burst windows.
In Dota 2 7.41f, the heroes that counter Ember Spirit hardest are Slark, Oracle and Troll Warlord — Ember Spirit wins only 42.7%, 42.9% and 43.2% of ranked matches against them.
Why these counters work
- Slark — Dark Pact dispels Searing Chains on reaction, and every extended trade feeds Essence Shift — the longer Ember dances, the more of his agility Slark keeps.
- Oracle — False Promise converts Ember's entire burst window into delayed healing — the chains-remnant-sleight combo lands, and the target simply doesn't die.
- Legion Commander — Duel disables abilities: an Ember caught without a remnant behind him cannot Sleight away, cannot chain, and rarely survives the forced fistfight.
- Lifestealer — Rage walks through Searing Chains and Sleight's magic burst alike, and Feast chews a percentage of Ember's modest health pool with every hit.
Ember Spirit is strong against
 Timbersaw | 55.94% | 5,327 |
 Chen | 55.85% | 675 |
 Nature's Prophet | 55.74% | 10,325 |
 Storm Spirit | 55.34% | 7,422 |
 Tiny | 55.26% | 5,085 |
 Treant Protector | 55.01% | 3,994 |
 Shadow Fiend | 54.75% | 18,961 |
 Shadow Demon | 54.67% | 2,601 |
 Queen of Pain | 54.47% | 11,185 |
 Templar Assassin | 54.45% | 6,206 |
 Dark Seer | 54.08% | 7,014 |
 Beastmaster | 53.84% | 2,816 |
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Ember Spirit struggles against
 Slark | 42.66% | 15,224 |
 Oracle | 42.93% | 3,685 |
 Troll Warlord | 43.17% | 3,516 |
 Outworld Destroyer | 44.22% | 11,003 |
 Legion Commander | 44.70% | 14,446 |
 Meepo | 45.16% | 2,274 |
 Wraith King | 45.33% | 13,248 |
 Crystal Maiden | 45.52% | 14,280 |
 Lifestealer | 46.11% | 17,800 |
 Phoenix | 46.19% | 5,713 |
 Abaddon | 46.28% | 3,654 |
 Riki | 46.49% | 5,960 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who counters Ember Spirit in Dota 2?
- Slark, Oracle and Troll Warlord are Ember Spirit's toughest matchups in patch 7.41f: Ember Spirit's win rate drops to 42.7% against Slark, 42.9% against Oracle and 43.2% against Troll Warlord.
- How do you counter Ember Spirit?
- Pick or ban the heroes Ember Spirit struggles against most in patch 7.41f: Slark (Ember Spirit wins only 42.7% against them), Oracle (42.9%) or Troll Warlord (43.2%). The full matchup table above covers every hero.
- Who is Ember Spirit strong against?
- Ember Spirit performs best against Timbersaw (55.9% win rate), Chen (55.9%) and Nature's Prophet (55.7%) in patch 7.41f.
- Is Ember Spirit good in the current patch?
- Ember Spirit wins 49.5% of quality-filtered ranked matches in patch 7.41f, with a 7.4% pick rate — ranking #70 of 127 heroes by win rate.
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Data updated Sep 22, 2026.