Question 1

Who counters Lone Druid?

Accepted Answer

Slardar (+5.1%), Underlord (+4.0%), and Templar Assassin (+4.0%) are the strongest against Lone Druid — they have the biggest advantage over it at this rank.

Question 2

Who is Lone Druid strong against?

Accepted Answer

Lone Druid does best against Doom (+4.5%), Anti-Mage (+4.0%), and Night Stalker (+3.8%).

Question 3

Who is Lone Druid stronger with?

Accepted Answer

The best partners for Lone Druid are Spectre (+3.3%), Techies (+3.0%), and Brewmaster (+2.8%): together they win more often than expected from each one’s win rate.

Question 4

What to build on Lone Druid?

Accepted Answer

“Position 1: Safe Lane”: players usually start with Iron Branch ×3, Faerie Fire, Tango, Orb of Blight, and Quelling Blade, pick Power Treads for boots, then build Maelstrom (12 min), Mjollnir (17 min), Aghanim's Scepter (23 min), and Silver Edge (30 min).

Question 5

Which talents to take on Lone Druid?

Accepted Answer

Most often players take: at level 10 — “+20 Entangle Root Damage Per Second” (79%), at level 15 — “-4s Savage Roar Cooldown” (74%), and at level 20 — “+55 Attack Speed” (77%).

Question 6

What position to play Lone Druid in?

Accepted Answer

Lone Druid is played most often as “Position 1: Safe Lane” — 68% of its matches. Less often: Position 2: Mid Lane (22%).

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Slardar	+5.1%	54.7%	2,075
Underlord	+4.0%	52.3%	1,848
Templar Assassin	+4.0%	50.8%	1,615
Nature's Prophet	+3.7%	47.5%	2,827
Chaos Knight	+3.7%	55.4%	1,240
Visage	+3.6%	59.0%	519
Broodmother	+3.0%	54.8%	597
Dawnbreaker	+2.7%	55.7%	3,065
Winter Wyvern	+2.6%	52.8%	1,993
Largo	+2.6%	51.6%	465
Tusk	+2.5%	51.1%	1,726
Vengeful Spirit	+2.5%	55.4%	3,011

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Doom	+4.5%	56.0%	2,005
Anti-Mage	+4.0%	53.4%	3,801
Night Stalker	+3.8%	51.5%	2,429
Earth Spirit	+3.7%	53.2%	1,392
Faceless Void	+3.7%	55.0%	2,404
Dark Seer	+3.6%	53.6%	1,714
Arc Warden	+3.5%	49.4%	1,643
Troll Warlord	+2.7%	49.8%	757
Nyx Assassin	+2.5%	49.3%	2,138
Void Spirit	+2.5%	52.6%	1,292
Axe	+2.5%	51.8%	5,835
Ancient Apparition	+2.5%	50.7%	2,125

Hero	Synergy	Win rate	Matches
Spectre	+3.3%	54.9%	979
Techies	+3.0%	53.9%	3,700
Brewmaster	+2.8%	53.4%	754
Dark Willow	+2.7%	51.3%	2,118
Terrorblade	+2.4%	49.1%	568
Hoodwink	+2.4%	49.0%	3,747
Primal Beast	+2.4%	51.3%	914
Treant Protector	+2.2%	47.4%	726
Slardar	+2.2%	50.7%	1,834
Ember Spirit	+2.2%	50.8%	1,777
Gyrocopter	+2.1%	48.5%	854
Clockwerk	+2.0%	48.8%	842

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