Slark being a squishy hero is a known fact. Standing 1v1 against him is quite hard. Even at low levels. I can't be teaming up all the time just to kill him.
The following are my rather defensive approaches
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Tower hugging – saves me with very low HP
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Hex/stun and run
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Blade mail and assault – potent but he heals and comes back fast.
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Force staff myself.
Any counter heros or offensive strategies particularly for 1v1?
Best Answer
To begin with, early game Slark is essentially about as menacing as a paper napkin. Slark needs a pretty decent baby sitter to survive early game without heavy harassment. After Slark gets to level 6 things get trickier, but the fact remains that Slark has no survivability when faced with nukes.
So the effective counter heroes will deal heavy amounts of burst damage and essentially kill Slark before he has time to fully finish his combination of
death pact,shadow dance, and leech enough stat points throughessence shift.While you may not always be able to team up to kill a hero, it is still recommended to try to wrangle at least 1 other teammate to assist. But given your criteria, and whether with support or without you will need to provide truesight. So wards, or dust if you intend on going 1 on 1.
Heroes
Lina - unloading the early/mid game combination of her
light strike array,dragon slave, andlaguna bladeBane Elemental -
brain sap,fiend's grip, follow up with anotherbrain sap- items to get in the mean time,necronomiconso that the minions can pound away while you disableLeshrac - between
diabolic edictandpulse novaSlark will have a pretty hard time standing directly next to you or even usingpounce. On the off chance you are pounced onsplit earthshould be like shooting fish in a barrel to land. And you still havelightning stormto cast.Nerubian Assassin -
mana burn,impale,vendetta, attack, repeat whichever skill is done it's cooldown.Items
essence shiftand damage incoming is redirected