Question 1

Who counters Lone Druid?

Accepted Answer

Nature's Prophet (+4.8%), Visage (+4.5%), and Chaos Knight (+4.3%) 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 Troll Warlord (+4.7%), Night Stalker (+4.3%), and Riki (+4.3%).

Question 3

Who is Lone Druid stronger with?

Accepted Answer

The best partners for Lone Druid are Techies (+4.0%), Slardar (+3.8%), and Dark Willow (+3.8%): 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” — 61% of its matches. Less often: Position 2: Mid Lane (26%).

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Nature's Prophet	+4.8%	48.3%	1,030
Visage	+4.5%	60.6%	170
Chaos Knight	+4.3%	56.5%	501
Slardar	+3.6%	53.4%	771
Tinker	+3.2%	52.0%	542
Bounty Hunter	+2.9%	55.7%	686
Underlord	+2.9%	51.5%	658
Mars	+2.7%	51.9%	339
Luna	+2.7%	55.1%	1,204
Broodmother	+2.6%	53.8%	234
Tusk	+2.5%	50.3%	493
Jakiro	+2.4%	52.2%	917

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Troll Warlord	+4.7%	53.4%	279
Night Stalker	+4.3%	53.2%	656
Riki	+4.3%	52.1%	574
Ancient Apparition	+3.9%	52.2%	707
Earth Spirit	+3.7%	53.9%	343
Marci	+3.5%	55.7%	420
Tiny	+3.2%	61.7%	363
Faceless Void	+3.1%	54.1%	887
Dark Seer	+3.0%	53.2%	406
Enigma	+2.9%	53.1%	386
Magnus	+2.8%	54.3%	916
Anti-Mage	+2.6%	51.6%	1,367

Hero	Synergy	Win rate	Matches
Techies	+4.0%	55.2%	1,240
Slardar	+3.8%	53.2%	652
Dark Willow	+3.8%	52.0%	554
Timbersaw	+3.4%	50.4%	389
Monkey King	+3.3%	49.2%	307
Primal Beast	+3.2%	52.2%	289
Grimstroke	+3.0%	54.5%	609
Brewmaster	+2.9%	52.4%	168
Ringmaster	+2.7%	51.6%	405
Mars	+2.6%	51.6%	285
Spectre	+2.5%	53.6%	433
Treant Protector	+2.4%	47.7%	256

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