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How to counter DrifterHow to counter

Counter heroes, counter items and the window to fight

Heroes that do best against Drifter, the items that do best when Drifter is on the enemy team, and the window to fight. Each number compares a hero's (or item's) result against Drifter with its usual result, relative to how everyone does against Drifter, so neither a strong counter-pick nor a strong Drifter skews the list.

Their combo: Drifter casts Eternal Night to cut your vision and make everyone count as isolated for his bonus damage, then bleeds a target with Stalker’s Mark and recasts it to appear behind them.

Beware: During Eternal Night staying near teammates doesn’t remove his isolation bonus, but stick together anyway so they can help. Slowing Hex stops his Stalker’s Mark teleport.

Best heroes against Drifter

+1.2 ppDynamo
53.1% vs usual 52.0% · 150k

+1.1 ppMo & Krill
51.2% vs usual 50.1% · 110k

+0.8 ppVyper
47.5% vs usual 46.8% · 108k

+0.6 ppHolliday
47.7% vs usual 47.2% · 140k

+0.5 ppWarden
47.0% vs usual 46.6% · 76k

+0.5 ppLash
51.2% vs usual 50.9% · 234k

+0.5 ppKelvin
54.3% vs usual 54.0% · 96k

+0.4 ppSilver
46.1% vs usual 45.8% · 212k

Best in lane against Drifter

Dynamo+1.6 pp · 53.4% vs usual 52.0% · 62k
Mo & Krill+1.5 pp · 51.5% vs usual 50.1% · 34k
Vyper+1.1 pp · 47.7% vs usual 46.8% · 41k
Kelvin+1.0 pp · 54.7% vs usual 54.0% · 29k
Holliday+0.8 pp · 47.8% vs usual 47.2% · 38k
Warden+0.8 pp · 47.1% vs usual 46.6% · 21k
McGinnis+0.7 pp · 48.5% vs usual 48.0% · 33k
Lash+0.6 pp · 51.3% vs usual 50.9% · 70k
Abrams+0.6 pp · 51.5% vs usual 51.2% · 57k
Paige+0.4 pp · 56.3% vs usual 56.1% · 77k

Items that beat Drifter

Item	Win rate vs Drifter	Usual win rate	Lift	Games
Rebuttal	47.7%	47.2%	+0.7	255k
Decay	47.5%	47.0%	+0.7	103k
Phantom Strike	57.0%	56.6%	+0.5	135k
Scourge	58.3%	58.0%	+0.5	197k
Heroic Aura	55.8%	55.5%	+0.5	339k
Diviner's Kevlar	58.4%	58.2%	+0.5	260k
Silence Wave	45.7%	45.4%	+0.4	54k
Return Fire	49.0%	48.8%	+0.4	118k
Healing Nova	50.5%	50.3%	+0.4	146k
Unstoppable	54.9%	54.7%	+0.3	455k
Debuff Reducer	51.7%	51.5%	+0.3	552k
Healbane	49.8%	49.6%	+0.3	1.7M
Spirit Shielding	49.7%	49.6%	+0.3	767k
Cheat Death	55.9%	55.8%	+0.3	134k
Majestic Leap	49.5%	49.4%	+0.3	151k