How to beat Slark?

[Pabalabab]

Every time I'm against Slark he just get's unstoppable and super fat. Even when we actively go to crush his lane he'll pop out of the jungle, get a few kills then proceed to roll over our team?

He's my most played hero and when I played him I felt unstoppable. I only lost when the team had 7-8 AOE stuns or super long disables (black hole etc). I just got bored of playing him because it was always the same. Go to lane either have decent laning or horrible laning (doesn't really matter) get shadow blade then get a few kills on squishy heroes. As long as your team hasn't fed too much in the mean time it is the easiest game ever.

I'm amazed he only has a ~50% win rate because whenever he's in my games he just rolls over the team without stopping.

[Dr.Doom]

o'really? you should play TA then. That hero is the definition of Snowbalin'

[Pabalabab]

Originally posted by d2x:

o'really? you should play TA then. That hero is the definition of Snowbalin'

I think I've played one game of TA and it was precisely that IIRC. Lasted around 30 mins and I had 800 GPM.

[Shichiya]

like...any silence?
or timbersaw is ur help since all of his skill is aoe type

[Beevan]

Bunch of pat pat's, booms and wikows.

[Pabalabab]

Originally posted by RoadTo2kMMR:

like...any silence?
or timbersaw is ur help since all of his skill is aoe type

Can you even timber chain if you're tethered? It stops things like force staffs.

[Gatto^The^Cat]

Well if Slark is your best hero you should know what will work vs him, i don't see him as to hard to counter unless her have a few fat teammates to.

[GLO BOY GOAT]

bloodseeker's a good hero to play against slark

[J_A_P_G]

Originally posted by j-meikle:

Originally posted by RoadTo2kMMR:

like...any silence?
or timbersaw is ur help since all of his skill is aoe type

Can you even timber chain if you're tethered? It stops things like force staffs.

Yep you can!
As far as Slark counters, Bloodseeker is a great one. Any vision hero or hero with undispellable skills will be too (Ancient Apparition, Beastmaster, Treant Protector, Doom, etc.)

[Immaculatebacon]

Lockdown most important. AA and bloodseeker are good to stop his regen. Any strong laner with kill potential like Lina would be good as well.

[Shichiya]

Originally posted by j-meikle:

Originally posted by RoadTo2kMMR:

like...any silence?
or timbersaw is ur help since all of his skill is aoe type

Can you even timber chain if you're tethered? It stops things like force staffs.

yes you can,i played 70 match of timber and 20(likely) of the match i met slark
it doesn't allow force staff but not skill(wow now i know u cant use force staff when tethered)

[Single Draft Dodger]

You need disables, knowing how to actually chain them properly, and burst. Silences help too.

[Lahel]

http://www.dotabuff.com/heroes/slark/matchups

[Sixe史吏]

Omniknight is a fairly strong counter in lane and forces Slark to buy Diffusal first rather than shadowblade or BKB.
Anything that destroys his mana (AM, PL/TB/Spectre with Diffusal, Lion) is great as well.
RAdiance carries are also quite effective in limiting his stalking. Hailrake WK is best as he has a stun, a blink, a blademail, and a second life.

All of these counters work best with a hero who has targetable at least 2 ways of stunning a hero like Bane, Earthshaker, Shadow Shaman, Lion, etc. (Or a bloodseeker which stops hiim from running.) This stops slark from purging all the stuns directed againsnt thim.