Spectre — Dota 2 hero guide

Spectre is a melee Agility hero played as Carry, Durable, Escape.

Abilities

• Spectral Dagger: Spectre flings a dagger to draw a Shadow Path, dealing damage and slowing the movement speed of any enemies along the trail. Units hit by the dagger also trail a Shadow Path. While treading the path, Spectre moves faster and phases through otherwise impassable terrain.
• Shadow Step: Sends an uncontrollable illusion at a target that follows and attacks the target. The Reality sub-ability may be used to teleport to the illusion, destroying it.
• Dispersion: Spectre disperses part of the damage dealt to her, reflecting it to all nearby enemies. The effect lessens with distance.
• Reality: Spectre assumes the target Shadow Step or Haunt illusion, destroying it.
• Desolate: Spectre and her illusions deal bonus Pure damage if attacking an enemy that does not have any allied units within a 350 radius around them.
• Haunt: Creates a spectral nemesis to haunt all enemy Heroes. Haunt illusions are uncontrollable, take extra damage, and deal less damage than Spectre herself. They ignore terrain. The Reality sub-ability may be used to teleport to the illusion, destroying it.

Lore

Just as higher states of energy seek a lower level, the Spectre known as Mercurial is a being of intense and violent energy who finds herself irresistibly drawn to scenes of strife as they unfold in the physical world. While her normal spectral state transcends sensory limitations, each time she takes on a physical manifestation, she is stricken by a loss of self--though not of purpose. In the clash of combat, her identity shatters and reconfigures, and she begins to regain awareness. She grasps that she is Mercurial the Spectre--and that all of her Haunts are but shadows of the one true Spectre. Focus comes in the struggle for survival; her true mind reasserts itself; until in the final moments of victory or defeat, she transcends matter and is restored once more to her eternal form.

Hardest counters

Heroes with the best public-match win rate against Spectre: Warlock, Lion, Snapfire, Centaur Warrunner, Ember Spirit. See the full counter list.