Silencer counters and build in Dota 2

Naga Siren (+5.3%), Shadow Demon (+4.4%), and Phantom Lancer (+4.0%) are the strongest against Silencer — they have the biggest advantage over it at this rank.

Silencer does best against Leshrac (+4.8%), Batrider (+4.2%), and Enigma (+4.2%).

The best partners for Silencer are Dark Seer (+2.5%), Magnus (+2.1%), and Disruptor (+2.1%): together they win more often than expected from each one’s win rate.

“Position 5: Hard Support”: players usually start with Tango, Blood Grenade, Iron Branch ×2, Magic Stick, Sentry Ward, and Observer and Sentry Wards, pick Arcane Boots for boots, then build Force Staff (21 min), Glimmer Cape (22 min), Dragon Lance (30 min), and Aghanim's Scepter (32 min).

Most often players take: at level 10 — “+25 Attack Speed” (100%), at level 15 — “-15s Global Silence Cooldown” (80%), at level 20 — “250 AoE Last Word” (69%), and at level 25 — “+30% Glaives of Wisdom Damage” (100%).

Silencer is played most often as “Position 4: Support” — 43% of its matches. Less often: Position 5: Hard Support (40%) and Position 2: Mid Lane (15%).