Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that can slow Charge of Darkness by a huge amount: 
Venomancer, 
Viper, 
Dazzle, 
Arc Warden, 
Lion.
Dawnbreaker
* 
Nethertoxin disables Dawnbreaker's 
Luminosity. Since she's a melee hero, she needs to close gap to attack and Nethertoxin will be bad for her since she cannot heal.
* 
Viper Strike and 
Poison Attack will severely slow her down and combined with Nethertoxin, it will be her death sentence (unless her Celestial Hammer or Solar Guardian are off cooldown). Besides that, chasing her down will be easy due to the slow.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that punish mobile heroes: 
Bloodseeker, 
Keeper of the Light, 
Kunkka, 
Disruptor.
Dawnbreaker
* 
Kinetic Field prevents Dawnbreaker from escaping with Celestial Hammer.
* Kinetic Field and 
Static Storm can pin down Dawnbreaker after she jumps in with Solar Guardian.
* 
Glimpse can force Dawnbreaker out of a fight right after she uses Solar Guardian.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that can slow Charge of Darkness by a huge amount: Venomancer, Viper, Dazzle, Arc Warden, Lion.
Dawnbreaker
* Due to her slow movement speed,heroes with crowd control and slows can shut down Dawnbreaker:Lion, 
Crystal Maiden ,Venomancer etc.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with mobility spells like 
Queen of Pain, 
Anti-Mage, 
Phantom Assassin, 
Riki, 
Puck, and 
Spirit Breaker that are cancelled by Frostbite can suffer greatly from the presence of Crystal Maiden. It is absolutely critical, however, to have followup from teammates, as all of the above heroes can make quick work of the squishy Crystal Maiden after they are released from her grip.
Dawnbreaker
* Due to her slow movement speed,heroes with crowd control and slows can shut down Dawnbreaker:Lion, Crystal Maiden ,Venomancer etc.
Spirit Breaker
* 
Mana Drain has an fair long range and low cooldown. It can easily deplete most heroes of their entire mana pools, especially those with smaller mana pools such as 
Tiny or Spirit Breaker.
Dawnbreaker
* Due to her slow movement speed,heroes with crowd control and slows can shut down Dawnbreaker:Lion, Crystal Maiden ,Venomancer etc.
Dawnbreaker
* Savage Roar interrupts 
Starbreaker.
* Dawnbreaker is a slow moving hero. Although tanky, Lone Druid can eventually wear her down with his better movement speed.
Spirit Breaker
* 
Nature's Grasp severely slows down Spirit Breaker, reducing effects of Charge of Darkness and Greater Bash.
* 
Living Armor can mitigate a large portion of Spirit Breaker's damage since his attacks are slow.
* Treant Protector can also counter-initiate against Spirit Breaker with 
Leech Seed, 
Overgrowth and with his root from {I|Aghanim's Shard
* 
Aghanim's Scepter gives Treant Protector access to 
Eyes In The Forest ability, which allows him to turn trees into wards that provide vision, allowing him to keep his allies warned about Spirit Breaker's attempts to gank them. Eyes In The Forest will also trigger Overgrowth if Spirit Breaker is in range of the tree affected by it.
Additional:
* Spirit Breaker's slow attacks cannot harm a hero shielded by Living Armor.
Spirit Breaker
* 
Astral Imprisonment can be used to protect allies by imprisoning either them or Spirit Breaker.
* 
Arcane Orb will heavily drain Spirit Breaker's maximum mana, rendering him almost useless and unable to cast spells. Spirit Breakeranity's Eclipse|Outworld Destroyer
* Even if Spirit Breaker survives 
Sanity's Eclipse, mana allergy applied by the Sanity's Eclipse will discourage Spirit Breaker from using his abilities as it will cause him to lose health and heal Outworld Destroyer.
Dawnbreaker
* Being a strength hero with a high strength gain means 
Feast can give her a hard time,especially later in the game.
* However,Starbreaker's physical damage can control him in the laning phase.
Spirit Breaker
* Fissure interrupts Spirit Breaker during 
Charge of Darkness.
Spirit Breaker
* Due to Spirit Breaker's low attack speed, 
Tombstone is problematic for Spirit Breaker as the zombies summoned from Tombstone apply a stacking movement speed slow, which can significantly reduce Greater Bash's damage.
* 
Soul Rip and 
Decay allows Undying and his allies to survive and recover from any incoming ganks by Spirit Breaker.
Spirit Breaker
* Due to Spirit Breaker's low attack speed, 
Supernova is problematic for Spirit Breaker to take down, and even more so with 
Fire Spirits debuff applied.
Spirit Breaker
* In the early game, Omniknight can look like an easy target for Spirit Breaker, but with 
Purification and 
Hammer of Purity, what could be an opportunity could quickly turn into disaster.
* 
Repel can be used to counter Charge of Darkness by minimizing the damage and lowering the stun duration with status resistance.
* Spirit Breaker's Greater Bash from all sources (Charge of Darkness or normal attacks) will deal no damage at all if Omniknight and his allies are protected with presence.
* Due to this, Spirit Breaker's damage will always be lower when targeting Omniknight.
Spirit Breaker
* 
Cold Snap allows Invoker to interrupt Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike.
* 
Tornado's long range can be used to cancel Charge of Darkness.
* 
Deafening Blast prevents Spirit Breaker from right clicking and thus proccing his Greater Bash.
Additional:
* Ice Wall can slow down Charge of Darkness in its tracks at max level, allowing counterplays such as Cold Snap to end the charge, bursting down with Tornado, Meteor, and right clicks, or even teleporting back to spawn to drag Spirit Breaker into the fountain.
* Cold Snap (if timed right) and Invoker's other disables like Tornado can interrupt Charge of Darkness, especially since Charge is telegraphed by the symbol appearing over head.
Spirit Breaker
* Bramble Maze stops Charge of Darkness in its tracks. Its very long duration means it can be used as an obstacle to block off an incoming Spirit Break during teamfights.
* Shadow Realm and Bedlam can be activated when Dark Willow sees Charge of Darkness coming, preventing Spirit Breaker from using 
Nether Strike after the initial stun.
Spirit Breaker
* Clockwerk can use Power Cogs to repel Spirit Breaker when he charges in with Charge of Darkness.
* Spirit Breaker's slow 0.6 second attack animation attacks do little damage against Clockwerk. It can also constantly be interrupted by Battery Assault.
* Nether Strike's 1.2 second charge time gives Clockwerk plenty of time to activate 
Blade Mail and for Battery Assault to cancel it.
Additional:
* 
Battery Assault will continuously prevent Spirit Breaker from using Nether Strike, Charge of Darkness and even right clicking because of his slow base attack speed.
Spirit Breaker
* 
Pit of Malice can be cast in the path of Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness to cancel it.
* 
Fiend's Gate provides a way to escape from a gank for Underlord and his teammates. Likewise, Fiend's Gate can be used to ambush Spirit Breaker who has little to no ways of intercepting Underlod and his teammates when they use it to move around the map.
Spirit Breaker
* Nether Strike can't remove Static Link and reduces Spirit Breaker's physical damage output.
* Eye of the Storm melts Spirit Breaker's armor, and makes him much less tanky.
Additional:
* 
Plasma Field can slow Spirit Breaker and reduce damage from Greater Bash.
* 
Static Link drains damage bonus from Greater Bash, and it cannot be removed by Nether Strike.
* 
Storm Surge will proc on Spirit Breaker every time he attacks Razor or if he uses Charge of Darkness on Razor, damaging him and alerting Razor to Spirit Breaker's incoming ganks, no matter how far Spirit Breaker is from Razor.
* 
Eye of the Storm can rapidly reduce Spirit Breaker's armor, making him much less durable, especially in teamfights.
Spirit Breaker
* 
Morph allows Morphling to copy abilities of Spirit Breaker and combine them with 
Waveform to turn things around. Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Morph also allows Morphling to create a strong illusion of Spirit Breaker that can cast all of his basic abilities. This allows Morphling to give Spirit Breaker a taste of his own medicine.
* Spirit Breaker's low attack speed and lack of burst damage makes it unlikely for him to win against Morphling when he has 
Attribute Shift (Strength Gain) toggled on.
Spirit Breaker
* If Medusa activates 
Stone Gaze before Spirit Breaker reaches her with Charge of Darkness, the charge will inevitably fail.
* Medusa has three ways to counter Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness: Stone Gaze can disable Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness if he faces Medusa directly. Aghanim's Scepter upgraded 
Mystic Snake can disable Spirit Breaker and cancel his Charge of Darkness if it hits him. And 
Cold Blooded provided by 
Aghanim's Shard that can cast a single-targeted Mystic Snake at Spirit Breaker if he uses Charge of Darkness on her.
* 
Mana Shield and overall tankiness allows Medusa to easily survive Spirit Breaker's initiation. And to make things worse, Spirit Breaker is not a common 
Diffusal Blade nor 
Disperser wielder to counter this problem at all.
* Overall, any attempt for Spirit Breaker to gank and kill Medusa will hurt him more than the other way around.
Spirit Breaker
* Spirit Breaker's slow attack speed and moderate damage do very little to harm Dragon Knight, even if ganked with Charge of Darkness.
Spirit Breaker
* Rubick can cancel Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness with 
Telekinesis under the condition that Rubick is able to cast it on time. And considering Rubick commonly buys 
Eul's Scepter of Divinity that can also cancel Charge of Darkness, Spirit Breaker will have a hard time charging Rubick or his allies until Spirit Breaker buys 
Shadow Blade. Telekinesis can also be used to cancel Nether Strike and Aghanim's Shard upgraded Telekinesis also allows Rubick to save his allies from Spirit Breaker.
* 
Fade Bolt weakens Spirit Breaker's damage output, reducing damage of Greater Bash.
* If Rubick succeeds to steal Charge of Darkness, he will be able to reduce much of Spirit Breaker's global presence. Rubick can also steal Nether Strike to further disable Spirit Breaker once he disables him with stolen Charge of Darkness. But bear in mind, however, that a skilled Spirit Breaker can use Bulldoze to prevent all that.
Spirit Breaker
* 
Searing Chains can stop Charge of Darkness if timed correctly.
* 
Activate Fire Remnant can be used to escape an approaching Spirit Breaker, or lead Spirit Breaker into a bad situation.
* 
Fire Remnant and 
Sleight of Fist allows Ember Spirit to dodge Charge of Darkness if timed correctly.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with summons and illusions as Spirit Breaker has no strong AoE capabilities to deal with them: 
Chaos Knight, 
Phantom Lancer, 
Terrorblade, 
Naga Siren, 
Broodmother, 
Warlock, 
Visage, 
Nature's Prophet, 
Shadow Shaman, 
Lycan.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that can slow Charge of Darkness by a huge amount: Venomancer, Viper, Dazzle, Arc Warden, Lion.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that punish mobile heroes: Bloodseeker, Keeper of the Light, Kunkka, Disruptor.
Spirit Breaker
* Durable heroes: 
Axe, 
Dawnbreaker, 
Bristleback, 
Tidehunter, 
Wraith King, 
Primal Beast, 
Underlord.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with summons and illusions as Spirit Breaker has no strong AoE capabilities to deal with them: Chaos Knight, Phantom Lancer, Terrorblade, Naga Siren, Broodmother, Warlock, Visage, Nature's Prophet, Shadow Shaman, Lycan.
Dawnbreaker
* Heroes with channeling spells are very easy targets for Jakiro's abilities: Crystal Maiden, Dawnbreaker, 
Enigma, 
Pudge, 
Shadow Fiend, Shadow Shaman, Warlock.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that have a weak laning stage: 
Spectre, 
Nyx Assassin, 
Clockwerk, Spirit Breaker, 
Omniknight, Pudge.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that can cancel Charge of Darkness: 
Ogre Magi, 
Earthshaker, Lion, 
Rubick, 
Luna.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that can slow Charge of Darkness by a huge amount: Venomancer, Viper, Dazzle, Arc Warden, Lion.
Spirit Breaker
* Durable heroes: Axe, Dawnbreaker, Bristleback, Tidehunter, Wraith King, Primal Beast, Underlord.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with gap-closing abilities who attempt to use them for escaping Bloodseeker will suffer serious damage from Rupture: Phantom Assassin, Anti-Mage, 
Faceless Void, Riki, 
Slark, Spirit Breaker.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes who can continue dealing damage even while being stunned: Luna, 
Razor, Axe, Bristleback, 
Leshrac, 
Death Prophet.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes who can continue dealing damage even while being stunned: Luna, Razor, Axe, Bristleback, Leshrac, Death Prophet.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that punish mobile heroes: Bloodseeker, Keeper of the Light, Kunkka, Disruptor.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with blink or movement abilities, which are disabled by Pounce's leash: Anti-Mage, 
Earth Spirit, Faceless Void, 
Magnus, 
Mirana, 
Monkey King, 
Morphling, 
Pangolier, Phantom Assassin, 
Phoenix, Puck, Queen of Pain, Riki, 
Sand King, Spirit Breaker, 
Timbersaw, 
Tusk.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes who can continue dealing damage even while being stunned: Luna, Razor, Axe, Bristleback, Leshrac, Death Prophet.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with ways to protect themselves or allies from Spirit Breaker's initiation: 
Shadow Demon, 
Outworld Destroyer, Omniknight, Dawnbreaker.
Spirit Breaker
* Durable heroes: Axe, Dawnbreaker, Bristleback, Tidehunter, Wraith King, Primal Beast, Underlord.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that usually build 
Linken's Sphere as a core or situational item: 
Weaver, 
Medusa, Morphling, Queen of Pain, 
Storm Spirit, Luna.
Spirit Breaker
* 
Earthbind's root prevents/interrupts Charge of Darkness.
* As a single-target focused hero without much damage output, Spirit Breaker is ineffective in general against Meepo.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes who can stun multiple units at once: 
Dark Willow, Spirit Breaker, 
Slardar, 
Invoker, and Tidehunter.
Spirit Breaker
* Can easily interrupt and disable Spirit Breaker with hex if being charged.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that are squishy by nature are an easy target for Spirit Breaker: 
Sniper, 
Drow Ranger, Shadow Shaman
Dawnbreaker
* Spiked Carapace interrupts Starbreaker before Dawnbreaker has her Aghanim's Shard, as well as 
Solar Guardian during the initial channel, making her ineffective at joining and dealing damage in teamfights.
* The slow projectile and damage over time effect of 
Celestial Hammer makes it easy to stun Dawnbreaker if she attemps to engage or chase.
Additional:
* 
Spiked Carapace can stop Dawnbreaker's Solar Guardian which will eliminate her global presence and limits her movement around the map.
Dawnbreaker
* Heroes who rely on damage over time as Spiked Carapace can block and reflect only one instance of damage: Venomancer, 
Huskar, 
Ember Spirit, 
Dark Seer, Sand King, 
Doom, Dawnbreaker. However, this also means they are easily stunned.
Dawnbreaker
* 
Gust can shut down most of Dawnbreaker's abilities, rendering her useless.
* 
Frost Arrows followed by a high attack speed, makes it hard for Dawnbreaker to escape.
Spirit Breaker
* Generally, heroes that can close the gap on Drow Ranger to cancel her Marksmanship such as Phantom Assassin, Spirit Breaker, and Tusk are effective at limiting her power and bursting her down.
Spirit Breaker
* Spirit Breaker won’t do much harm to Enchantress because of Untouchable and Nature's Attendants. Unless Enchantress is low on HP, Spirit Breaker won’t be able to catch her with mere spells.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with nukes that can jump her: Clockwerk, 
Snapfire, Spirit Breaker, 
Techies
Spirit Breaker
* Charge of Darkness allows Spirit Breaker to gank Shadow Fiend in the early game, preventing him from getting Necromastery stacks.
* Nether Strike and Charge of Darkness can be used to prevent Shadow Fiend from casting Requiem of Souls.
Dawnbreaker
* Heroes with channeling spells because Shadow Fiend has nothing to cancel channeling outside of Requiem of Souls: 
Bane, Enigma, Pudge, Shadow Shaman, Dawnbreaker, Warlock, Crystal Maiden.
Spirit Breaker
* Charge of Darkness can be used to escape or counter-initiate against a Relocate gank.
* 
Greater Bash and Nether Strike is devastating due to Io's low armor, and can even knock it away from tethered target.
Dawnbreaker
* Heroes whose abilities can affect multiple enemies at once: Dawnbreaker, Ember Spirit, 
Lina, Luna, 
Jakiro, Leshrac, Invoker.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that can easily bypass Chen's creeps to get to Chen: Riki, Tusk, 
Clinkz, Sniper, Slark, Phantom Assassin, 
Void Spirit, Storm Spirit, Ember Spirit, Earth Spirit, Spirit Breaker.
Dawnbreaker
* Starbreaker can deal huge damage to Chen and clear waves of his creeps.
* Celestial Hammer can deal damage over time to both, Chen and his creeps, which may force Chen to use 
Hand of God prematurely.
* Solar Guardian allows Dawnbreaker to counter Chen's pushing attempts and to rejoin her team with Solar Guardian when they require it. Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Solar Guardian can also give Dawnbreaker's allies evasion while Dawnbreaker is airborne for it's duration, wasting much of 
Penitence's power.
Additional:
* Starbreaker can deal huge damage to Chen and clear waves of his creeps.
* Celestial Hammer can deal damage over time to both, Chen and his creeps, which may force Chen to use Hand of God prematurely.
* Solar Guardian allows Dawnbreaker to counter Chen's pushing attempts and to rejoin her team with Solar Guardian when they require it. Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Solar Guardian can also give Dawnbreaker's allies evasion while Dawnbreaker is airborne for it's duration, wasting much of Penitence's power.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with summons and illusions as Spirit Breaker has no strong AoE capabilities to deal with them: Chaos Knight, Phantom Lancer, Terrorblade, Naga Siren, Broodmother, Warlock, Visage, Nature's Prophet, Shadow Shaman, Lycan.
Spirit Breaker
* Spirit Breaker can chase Nature's Prophet from anywhere on the map with Charge of Darkness, making it hard for Nature's Prophet to split-push.
* Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike gives vision of Nature's Prophet when he tries to Sprout himself and teleport away.
Additional:
* Charge of Darkness allows Spirit Breaker to catch Nature's Prophet out when he tries to split push.
* Nature's Prophet can't hide in his 
Sprout against Spirit Breaker, as his Charge of Darkness provides vision on its target.
* Spirit Breaker can easily cancel Nature's Prophet's 
Teleportation.
Dawnbreaker
* Starbreaker and Celestial Hammer does high AoE damage which easily clears {U:Treant}, shutting down most of Nature's Prophets damage and pushing power.
* Dawnbreaker can teleport to deal with split-pushing Nature's Prophet and rejoin her team with Solar Guardian when they require it.
* Since Starbreaker clears trees in its path followed by a stun at the end Nature's Prophet will be unable to escape the dangerous situation by using Sprout on himself and teleporting away with either Teleportation or 
Town Portal Scroll.
Additional:
* Starbreaker and Celestial Hammer does high AoE damage which easily clears {U:Treant}, shutting down most of Nature's Prophets damage and pushing power.
* Dawnbreaker can teleport to deal with split-pushing Nature's Prophet and rejoin her team with Solar Guardian when they require it.
* Since Starbreaker clears trees in its path followed by a stun at the end Nature's Prophet will be unable to escape the dangerous situation by using Sprout on himself and teleporting away with either Teleportation or Town Portal Scroll.
Dawnbreaker
* Solar Guardian can save allies caught inside 
Arena of Blood.
Spirit Breaker
* Charge of Darkness can be used to chase down Pangolier if he escapes with Swashbuckle or Rolling Thunder.
* Nether Strike ignores Rolling Thunder's spell immunity, and will still hit Pangolier if he rolls or dashes away.
Spirit Breaker
* Spirit Breaker can charge towards Sniper from anywhere on the map with Charge of Darkness.
* Greater Bash deals magical damage, which can prove dangerous to Sniper and his low health.
* Both previous abilities combined with Nether Strike ensures that Spirit Breaker can easily solo kill Sniper.
Dawnbreaker
* Solar Guardian can save allies who are being dueled and will interrupt her 
Duel initiation.
Spirit Breaker
* Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness semi-reveals Bounty Hunter, taking away his element of surprise for the duration of the charge. Also, as Charge of Darkness shows Bounty Hunter's position, Spirit Breaker's allies can proceed to gank Bounty Hunter while he is roaming alone.
Spirit Breaker
* Magic Missile has a considerably long cast time, making it difficult to stop Charge of Darkness with it.
* Other than Magic Missile, Vengeful Spirit has no way of canceling Nether Strike.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with summons and illusions as Spirit Breaker has no strong AoE capabilities to deal with them: Chaos Knight, Phantom Lancer, Terrorblade, Naga Siren, Broodmother, Warlock, Visage, Nature's Prophet, Shadow Shaman, Lycan.
Spirit Breaker
* Vision from Charge of Darkness will easier to catch Lycan 
Shapeshift and Charge of Darkness out of reach Lycan 
Summon Wolves and Lycan's other creeps. Until upgrade Aghanim's Scepter faster catching Lycan Shapeshift
* 
Howl can dispell with Bulldoze.
Additional:
* Lycan's Shapeshift can easily to catch from Spirit Breaker's with Charge of Darkness.
Dawnbreaker
* Heroes with summoned units don't fare well against Dawnbreaker. (Phantom Lancer ,
Beastmaster ,Lycan).
Spirit Breaker
* Tinker relies on his high mobility from 
Boots of Travel and 
Blink Dagger to survive. Those items don't help him if Spirit Breaker manages to cast Charge of Darkness on him.
* Spirit Breaker can easily cancel 
Rearm and Boots of Travel.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with summons and illusions as Spirit Breaker has no strong AoE capabilities to deal with them: Chaos Knight, Phantom Lancer, Terrorblade, Naga Siren, Broodmother, Warlock, Visage, Nature's Prophet, Shadow Shaman, Lycan.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with long-lasting, undispellable debuffs will pinpoint the true Naga Siren: Spirit Breaker, Bloodseeker, 
Witch Doctor.
Dawnbreaker
* Dawnbreaker can easily clear waves of Naga Siren's illusions from 
Mirror Image with Starbreaker, Celestial Hammer and Solar Guardian.
* Aghanim's Shard upgraded Starbreaker will allow Dawnbreaker to dispel 
Ensnare and freely attack Naga Siren during 
Song of the Siren when combined with 
Black King Bar, a common item on Dawnbreaker.
* Solar Guardian allows Dawnbreaker to counter any pushing attempts of Naga Siren and rejoin her team with Solar Guardian when they require it. Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Solar Guardian can also give Dawnbreaker's allies evasion while Dawnbreaker is airborne for it's duration, as Naga Siren mainly relies on direct attacks in order to deal damage. Solar Guardian can also be used after Naga Siren uses Song of the Siren near her allies to either escape from or counter-initiate against them.
Additional:
* Dawnbreaker can easily clear waves of Naga Siren's illusions from Mirror Image with Starbreaker, Celestial Hammer and Solar Guardian.
* Aghanim's Shard upgraded Starbreaker will allow Dawnbreaker to dispel Ensnare and freely attack Naga Siren during Song of the Siren when combined with Black King Bar, a common item on Dawnbreaker.
* Solar Guardian allows Dawnbreaker to counter any attempts of Naga Siren and rejoin her team with Solar Guardian when they require it. Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Solar Guardian can also give Dawnbreaker's allies evasion while Dawnbreaker is airborne for it's duration, as Naga Siren mainly relies on direct attacks in order to deal damage.
Spirit Breaker
* Possibly Clinkz's worst enemy. He has many tools to utterly destroy Clinkz.
* Charge of Darkness can be used on Clinkz if Spirit Breaker's team spots him anywhere. This charge will track his location through Skeleton Walk's invisibility and movement speed bonuses.
* When Spirit Breaker charges onto Clinkz, he can easily use 
Dust of Appearance to guarantee a reveal on him while stunned.
* All three of Spirit Breaker's spells help him and his team quickly close the gap to Clinkz even at the edge of his attack range or when running away with Skeleton Walk.
* Spirit Breaker's high strength and above average armor makes him able to endure Clinkz's onslaught, meanwhile Clinkz will be heavily threatened if Spirit Breaker procs a Greater Bash.
Additional:
* Once caught with dust, Clinkz could be locked down for a long time by Spirit Breaker and has nowhere to escape.
* Charge of Darkness provides shared vision over its target, showing Clinkz even when he is in 
Skeleton Walk.
Spirit Breaker
* Anti-Mage usually relies on 
Blink to escape, but with vision from Charge of Darkness it is easier to catch him.
* Spirit Breaker could single-handedly lock Anti-Mage down for 4 seconds (or even more with lucky bashes), allowing his teammates to follow up.
* As Anti-Mage is an elusive hero who likes to farm alone, Spirit Breaker could choose to charge whenever Anti-Mage is in sight.
Dawnbreaker
* Spectre has no innate disables or silence to stop any of Dawnbreaker's abilities
* Solar Guardian allows Dawnbreaker to quickly stand next to one of her allies, denying Spectre any of 
Desolate's bonus
* Luminosity outheals the damage dealt by 
Dispersion
Additional:
* Spectre has no innate disables or silence to stop any of Dawnbreaker's abilities
* Solar Guardian allows Dawnbreaker to quickly stand next to one of her allies, denying Spectre any of Desolate's bonus.
* Luminosity outheals the damage dealt by Dispersion.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with summons and illusions as Spirit Breaker has no strong AoE capabilities to deal with them: Chaos Knight, Phantom Lancer, Terrorblade, Naga Siren, Broodmother, Warlock, Visage, Nature's Prophet, Shadow Shaman, Lycan.
Spirit Breaker
* Unlike with other heroes who can summon illusions of themselves, Terrorblade's illusions from 
Conjure Image have different colors than other illusions which can be seen even by enemy team, which can also make Terrorblade weak even against heroes he naturally counters: Bane, 
Lifestealer, Spectre, Chaos Knight, Spirit Breaker, Sniper. Terrorblade's only solution to counter this problem is to get 
Manta Style as quickly as possible.
Dawnbreaker
* Heroes who have channeling abilities because Terrorblade has no disables to cancel them at all besides 
Terror Wave from Aghanim's Scepter, and he does not like buying disabling items at all: Enigma's 
Black Hole, Witch Doctor's 
Death Ward, Shadow Shaman's 
Shackles, Lion's Mana Drain, Bane's 
Fiend's Grip, Pudge's 
Dismember, Crystal Maiden's 
Freezing Field, 
Pugna's 
Life Drain, Dawnbreaker's Solar Guardian, and Naga Siren's 
Reel In from Aghanim's Scepter.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that rely on escapes to stay alive can be caught and locked down for a long time: Queen of Pain, Phantom Assassin
Dawnbreaker
* Heroes with summoned units don't fare well against Dawnbreaker. (Phantom Lancer ,Beastmaster ,Lycan).
Spirit Breaker
* Axe, Bristleback, 
Centaur Warrunner, Spirit Breaker, Pudge, Huskar, Wraith King: These heroes are too tanky for Puck to burst down. Also, all of them have spells which can deal with and shut Puck down reliably.
Spirit Breaker
* Because Templar Assassin does not have escape potential in lane, any support hero with roaming potential and a Dust of Appearance can be great at shutting her down early game: Earth Spirit, Spirit Breaker, Tusk, 
Bounty Hunter, Riki, Warlock.
Dawnbreaker
* Any hero who can counter-initiate in anticipation without getting caught in Reverse Polarity: 
Sven, Omniknight, Enigma, Luna, Naga Siren, 
Mars, Jakiro, Venomancer, 
Elder Titan, Faceless Void, Rubick, Keeper of the Light, Pugna, Invoker, Spectre, 
Alchemist, 
Treant Protector, Lina, 
Oracle, 
Zeus, Shadow Shaman, Phoenix, Razor, Huskar, 
Batrider, Kunkka, Tidehunter, Wraith King, Sand King, Medusa, Dawnbreaker.
Spirit Breaker
* Windranger's has bad against Hero heavily strong escape out of reach with windrun: Spirit Breaker, Lycan, Storm Spirit, Earth Spirit
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that rely on invisibility can be tracked with Charge of Darkness opening them to team attacks: Bounty Hunter, Mirana, Riki
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with mobility/escape mechanisms to dodge Ancient Apparition abilites, or to easily jump on him: Riki, Queen of Pain, Phantom Assassin, 
Windranger, Bounty Hunter, Spirit Breaker, 
Night Stalker, Storm Spirit, 
Juggernaut, etc.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with summons and illusions as Spirit Breaker has no strong AoE capabilities to deal with them: Chaos Knight, Phantom Lancer, Terrorblade, Naga Siren, Broodmother, Warlock, Visage, Nature's Prophet, Shadow Shaman, Lycan.
Spirit Breaker
* Charge of Darkness provides shared vision over its target, keeping track of heroes who rely on invisibility, mobility, or illusions: Riki, Broodmother, Phantom Lancer
Dawnbreaker
* Heroes with summoned units don't fare well against Dawnbreaker. (Phantom Lancer ,Beastmaster ,Lycan).
Spirit Breaker
* Charge of Darkness provides shared vision over its target, keeping track of heroes who rely on invisibility, mobility, or illusions: Riki, Broodmother, Phantom Lancer
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with long range abilities are also able to touch Zeus, such as Clockwerk, Kunkka, Puck, 
Skywrath Mage, Spirit Breaker, Tusk and others.
Spirit Breaker
* Spirit Breaker's stuns pierce spell immunity, making him a good choice against heroes that heavily rely on Black King Bar; Huskar
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that usually build Linken's Sphere as a core or situational item: Weaver, Medusa, Morphling, Queen of Pain, Storm Spirit, Luna.
Spirit Breaker
* Strong escape combo abilities from Spirit Breaker Charge of Darkness and 
Bulldoze can easily catch Shukuchi from Weaver. Since Spirit Breaker build Aghanim's Scepter, Charge of Darkness is very fast able to reach catch Weaver trying it.
* Time Lapse also affected Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike.
Additional:
* 
Shukuchi vision can easily target Charge of Darkness before Weaver purchase Linken's Sphere.
Spirit Breaker
* Enigma can be a perfect counter-initiator with his ultimate. A perfectly timed Black Hole will turn the tide of any initiation, especially from heroes like; Spirit Breaker, 
Legion Commander, Axe, Puck, and Slardar.
Additional:
* 
Malefice prevents Spirit Breaker from using his spells for the duration.
* Eidolons from 
Demonic Summoning have high magic resistance, receiving little damage from Charge of Darkness and Greater Bash.
* 
Midnight Pulse can deal big damage to Spirit Breaker, as it deals damage based on enemy hero's max health.
* Black Hole makes it very dangerous for Spirit Breaker to reach Enigma with Charge of Darkness unless if he has Nether Strike available to use.
Dawnbreaker
* Heroes who can clear the waves of Enigma's Eidolons: Lina, Luna, Dawnbreaker, Jakiro, Shadow Shaman, Death Prophet, Keeper of the Light, Invoker, Leshrac, Puck.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that usually build Linken's Sphere as a core or situational item: Weaver, Medusa, Morphling, Queen of Pain, Storm Spirit, Luna.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes that rely on escapes to stay alive can be caught and locked down for a long time: Queen of Pain, Phantom Assassin
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes who can continue dealing damage even while being stunned: Luna, Razor, Axe, Bristleback, Leshrac, Death Prophet.
Spirit Breaker
* Spirit Breaker's Nether Strike with Aghanim's Shard disables Bristleback's passives.
Dawnbreaker
* 
Time Walk can easily avoid Dawnbreaker's abilities or to escape her gank attempts and backtrack any damage she deals.
* 
Time Dilation can prevent Dawnbreaker from using her abilities after initiating, and slowing her down severely.
* 
Time Lock combined with his high attack speed can lock Dawnbreaker in place, preventing her escape with Celestial Hammer.
* 
Chronosphere locks down Dawnbreaker in place right after she uses Solar Guardian.
* On the other hand, if Solar Guardian is cast beforehand from afar, it may discourage Faceless Void from casting Chronosphere in its location
Dawnbreaker
* Solar Guardian can heal allies that trapped inside Chronosphere.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with summons and illusions as Spirit Breaker has no strong AoE capabilities to deal with them: Chaos Knight, Phantom Lancer, Terrorblade, Naga Siren, Broodmother, Warlock, Visage, Nature's Prophet, Shadow Shaman, Lycan.
Spirit Breaker
* Warlock is a very strong hero when positioned correctly, and his long cast range helps him with this. However, some Heroes might disrupt or sneakily pass through his allies and deal with him, preventing him from doing his job. Such heroes include Chaos Knight, Spirit Breaker, Riki, and more.
Spirit Breaker
* Heroes with summons and illusions as Spirit Breaker has no strong AoE capabilities to deal with them: Chaos Knight, Phantom Lancer, Terrorblade, Naga Siren, Broodmother, Warlock, Visage, Nature's Prophet, Shadow Shaman, Lycan.
Spirit Breaker
* Charge of Darkness provides shared vision over its target, keeping track of heroes who rely on invisibility, mobility, or illusions: Riki, Broodmother, Phantom Lancer
Spirit Breaker
* If Luna chooses to use
Eclipse in anticipation right before Spirit Breaker gets to her with Charge of Darkness, she will be able to kill Spirit Breaker before he will be able to kill her as Spirit Breaker's attack speed is rather low. 
Aghanim's Scepter upgraded 
Eclipse can be used to counter-initate against Spirit Breaker.
Aghanim's Shard upgraded 
Moon Glaives allows Luna to reduce damage from Greater Bash and Nether Strike inflicts on her, and damage Spirit Breaker whenever he is close to her, even while he is invisible.
Lucent Beam can be used to cancel Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness under the condition that Luna is able to cast it on time. 
Lucent Beam can also be used to cancel Nether Strike. But bear in mind, however, that Spirit Breaker can counter this with 
Planar Pocket from 
Aghanim's Shard which can be used to reflect 
Lucent Beam back at Luna.
Linken's Sphere, it will become nearly impossible for Spirit Breaker to reach Luna unless some of Spirit Breaker's allies can pop it and put it on a cooldown.
Shadow Blade, smart Luna will always buy 
Dust of Appearance to provide vision on Spirit Breaker to her and her team. Luna can also buy 
Gleipnir to counter Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness and 
Shadow Blade combo.
Eclipse in anticipation right before Spirit Breaker gets to her with Charge of Darkness, she will be able to kill Spirit Breaker before he will be able to kill her as Spirit Breaker's attack speed is rather low. 
Aghanim's Scepter upgraded 
Eclipse can be used to counter-initate against Spirit Breaker.
Aghanim's Shard upgraded 
Moon Glaives allows Luna to reduce damage from Greater Bash and Nether Strike inflicts on her, and damage Spirit Breaker whenever he is close to her, even while he is invisible.
Lucent Beam can be used to cancel Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness under the condition that Luna is able to cast it on time. 
Lucent Beam can also be used to cancel Nether Strike. But bear in mind, however, that Spirit Breaker can counter this with 
Planar Pocket from 
Aghanim's Shard which can be used to reflect 
Lucent Beam back at Luna.
Linken's Sphere, it will become nearly impossible for Spirit Breaker to reach Luna unless some of Spirit Breaker's allies can pop it and put it on a cooldown.
Shadow Blade, smart Luna will always buy 
Dust of Appearance to provide vision on Spirit Breaker to her and her team. Luna can also buy 
Gleipnir to counter Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness and 
Shadow Blade combo.
* Meanwhile, when Spirit Breaker is focusing on any of Luna's allies with Charge of Darkness,
*
*
* If Luna buys
* Even though Spirit Breaker can evade all of Luna's abilities with
Additional:
* If Luna chooses to use
* Meanwhile, when Spirit Breaker is focusing on any of Luna's allies with Charge of Darkness,
*
*
* If Luna buys
* Even though Spirit Breaker can evade all of Luna's abilities with
Dawnbreaker
* Luna can easily cancel channeling spells with
Lucent Beam and 0.25s Eclipse Lucent Ministun talent for 
Eclipse, she can also buy 
Abyssal Blade in case they decide to buy 
Black King Bar: 
Enigma's 
Black Hole, 
Witch Doctor's 
Death Ward, 
Shadow Shaman's 
Shackles, 
Lion's 
Mana Drain, 
Bane's 
Fiend's Grip, 
Pudge's 
Dismember, 
Crystal Maiden's 
Freezing Field, 
Pugna's 
Life Drain, 
Dawnbreaker's 
Solar Guardian, and 
Naga Siren's 
Reel In from 
Aghanim's Scepter.