Bounty Hunter vs Slark

Quick answer

Slark is a spell-based counter to Bounty Hunter. Dark Pact — delayed strong self-dispel: Track: removes Track's reveal and tracking debuff; Track can be reapplied. The stored matchup model also favours this counter. Model edges are not measured win rates.

Bounty Hunter vs Slark: game-time comparison

Bounty Hunter positionSlark position

These positions face each other in lane. Usual positions are assumed from recent games — change them to match your game.

Role impact

Lane opponents — early trades matter directly.

Side-lane partners still affect the lane; this is not an isolated duel. Whole-match win rates and economy stay unchanged: those samples are not position-filtered.

Bounty Hunter · Soft support

Usual role

Item priorities · 20:00

Ghost Scepter
Role priority · 8–18 min
Why against Slark
A 1,500-gold answer that removes their kill window on you completely.
Heaven's Halberd
Situational / another teammate may buy · 14–26 min
Why against Slark
Disarms their main right-click core for most of a fight, and the evasion blunts their hits on you.
Eye of Skadi
Situational / another teammate may buy · 20–34 min
Why against Slark
Skadi's attacks cut their healing, regen and lifesteal, so heroes who win by sustaining through fights can't outheal your damage.

Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.

Lane skill & item build

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Slark · Carry

Usual role

Item priorities · 20:00

Ghost Scepter
Situational / another teammate may buy · 8–18 min
Why against Bounty Hunter
A 1,500-gold answer that removes their kill window on you completely.
Dust & Sentries
Situational / another teammate may buy · 0–12 min
Why against Bounty Hunter
Cheap and instantly stops their pick-off pattern — the cheapest counter in the game.

Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.

Lane skill & item build

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Bounty Hunter

Slark

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Win rates below are eventual outcomes among games lasting at least 20 minutes, not live win predictions. Pro hero averages use up to 200 recent games per hero; opposing-pair results have their own sample.

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0 hero games · 0 vs Slark · 0 gold records · 0 net-worth records

Counter-item windows

Ghost Scepter
8–18 min · Past window
Against Slark
A 1,500-gold answer that removes their kill window on you completely.
Heaven's Halberd
14–26 min · In window
Against Slark
Disarms their main right-click core for most of a fight, and the evasion blunts their hits on you.
Eye of Skadi
20–34 min · In window
Against Slark
Skadi's attacks cut their healing, regen and lifesteal, so heroes who win by sustaining through fights can't outheal your damage.

Eventual win rate: —
Opposing-pair wins: —
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0 hero games · 0 vs Bounty Hunter · 0 gold records · 0 net-worth records

Counter-item windows

Ghost Scepter
8–18 min · Past window
Against Bounty Hunter
A 1,500-gold answer that removes their kill window on you completely.
Dust & Sentries
0–12 min · Past window
Against Bounty Hunter
Cheap and instantly stops their pick-off pattern — the cheapest counter in the game.

Public head-to-head at 20:00+: No public sample available. Sampled from the latest 20,000 recorded public matches, filtered to this patch.

Sources & sample limits

OpenDota parsed pro telemetry; missing observations stay blank.
STRATZ net-worth histories use up to 12 recent games per hero, with their own sample count. Unavailable histories stay blank; earned gold is separate.
Items use recorded purchase times plus final inventories; earlier sold items and exact six-slot histories are not reconstructed.
Counter-item windows are mechanical guidance, not measured item-driven win-rate changes.
Public results use dated OpenDota public matches; longer games are a different cohort.

Lane meeting & late-game evidence

Bounty Hunter position 4; Slark position 1 — can meet in lane.

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For late-game evidence, compare the 25–60 minute outcome cohorts and recorded economy above. These do not prove which hero outscales the other.

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Spell answers & exceptions

Strong dispel

Slark — Dark Pact — delayed strong self-dispel

Track: removes Track's reveal and tracking debuff; Track can be reapplied.

A spell answer covers the named effect, not the entire enemy kit or a guaranteed win.

Bounty Hunter

+0.0% vs Slark

Track reveals and grants vision: Shadow Dance hiding him from sight

All counters to Slark Bounty Hunter guide: builds & timings

Slark

+0.0% vs Bounty Hunter

Spell-based counter: Slark counters specific parts of Bounty Hunter's kit. Dark Pact — delayed strong self-dispel: Track: removes Track's reveal and tracking debuff; Track can be reapplied.

The stored matchup model also favours Slark; the kit counter is not a guaranteed win.

Dark Pact — delayed strong self-dispel: Track: removes Track's reveal and tracking debuff; Track can be reapplied.

All counters to Bounty Hunter Slark guide: builds & timings

Mechanical counters describe specific spell interactions, not an answer to every ability. Proven effectiveness requires strong matchup evidence; neither guarantees a win.

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