Lina — Dota 2 hero guide

Lina is a ranged Intelligence hero played as Support, Carry, Nuker, Disabler.

Abilities

• Dragon Slave: Lina channels the breath of a dragon, sending out a wave of fire that scorches every enemy in its path.
• Light Strike Array: Summons a column of flames that damages and stuns enemies.
• Fiery Soul: Grants bonus attack and movement speed each time Lina hits an enemy with a spell. Stacks with itself. Lasts 18 seconds.
• Flame Cloak: Grants Lina unobstructed movement and increases her spell damage and magic resistance. Grants max fiery soul stacks on activation.
• Slow Burn: Lina's abilities deal an additional 64% damage as burn damage over 4s.
• Laguna Blade: Fires off a bolt of lightning at a single enemy unit, dealing massive damage.

Lore

The sibling rivalries between Lina the Slayer, and her younger sister Rylai, the Crystal Maiden, were the stuff of legend in the temperate region where they spent their quarrelsome childhoods together. Lina always had the advantage, however, for while Crystal was guileless and naive, Lina's fiery ardor was tempered by cleverness and conniving. The exasperated parents of these incompatible offspring went through half a dozen homesteads, losing one to fire, the next to ice, before they realized life would be simpler if the children were separated. As the oldest, Lina was sent far south to live with a patient aunt in the blazing Desert of Misrule, a climate that proved more than comfortable for the fiery Slayer. Her arrival made quite an impression on the somnolent locals, and more than one would-be suitor scorched his fingers or went away with singed eyebrows, his advances spurned. Lina is proud and confident, and nothing can dampen her flame.

Hardest counters

Heroes with the best public-match win rate against Lina: Pudge, Pangolier, Keeper of the Light, Omniknight, Rubick. See the full counter list.