Centaur Warrunner Counters & Build

Lifestealer 5,902 matches

−3.4%

WhyLifestealer establishes an early advantage in the lane because Feast deals percentage-based damage and sustains heavily against Centaur Warrunner's massive health pool. Furthermore, Rage grants Debuff Immunity and magic resistance to easily shrug off the windup of Hoof Stomp and mitigate the magical burst from Double Edge. Open Wounds and Ghoul Frenzy allow Lifestealer to relentlessly stick to Centaur and out-heal the passive damage from Retaliate.

Earthshaker 3,753 matches

−2.0%

WhyEarthshaker gains an early advantage in lane by using Fissure to block Centaur Warrunner's path and keep the melee initiator at bay. Additionally, Earthshaker's instant stuns from Aftershock and Fissure can easily interrupt the windup on Hoof Stomp and control Centaur before he can close the distance for Double Edge.

Undying 3,946 matches

−2.0%

WhyUndying heavily wins the lane against Centaur Warrunner early by using Decay to continuously steal his strength, directly diminishing Centaur's maximum health pool and reducing the damage scaling on Double Edge, Retaliate, and Stampede. Because Centaur is a melee hero, he cannot easily avoid Decay's area of effect or escape the slowing pressure of Tombstone zombies during early skirmishes.

Kez 1,562 matches

−2.0%

WhyKez wins the lane slightly against Centaur Warrunner, building an early advantage that scales directly against high-health strength heroes. Raptor Dance provides complete magic damage immunity against Centaur's Hoof Stomp and Double Edge while shredding his large health pool with maximum-health percentage damage that also sustains Kez through Retaliate. Additionally, Talon Toss's silence and Shodo Sai's parry and stun reliably disrupt Centaur's spellcasting and physical retaliation in close quarters.

Sven 2,478 matches

−2.0%

WhyWhile the laning stage is roughly even, Sven gains the advantage in later teamfights where God's Strength provides massive attack damage and slow resistance to counter Stampede's trample slow. Furthermore, Sven can lock Centaur down with Storm Hammer to capitalize on Vanquisher's 20% bonus damage against stunned targets, while Warcry provides the armor and movement speed needed to trade effectively.

Phantom Lancer 2,482 matches

+3.2%

WhyWhile the laning stage is roughly even, Centaur Warrunner excels later against Phantom Lancer because Retaliate counters every incoming attack with return damage, causing swarms of Juxtapose and Doppelganger illusions to rapidly destroy themselves. Furthermore, Centaur effectively punishes tightly clustered illusions with area-of-effect damage and control through Hoof Stomp and Double Edge.

Windranger 5,770 matches

+2.8%

WhyCentaur Warrunner clearly loses the lane against Windranger, but his advantage arrives later in the game. Windranger's rapid Focus Fire attacks severely punish her by triggering Centaur's Retaliate on every strike, reflecting massive damage back to her based on his strength. Furthermore, Stampede enables Centaur to close the distance at max speed, allowing him to burst her with magical Double Edge damage that ignores the physical evasion of Windrun.

Sniper 5,072 matches

+2.4%

WhyCentaur Warrunner clearly loses the lane to Sniper's superior range from Keen Scope and continuous poke from Shrapnel. However, the advantage shifts to Centaur later in the game, as Stampede provides max-speed gap close for his entire team to bypass Sniper's distance, trample him, and follow up with Hoof Stomp and heavy Double Edge burst. Additionally, Retaliate passively returns damage against Sniper whenever he tries to auto-attack the durable frontliner.

Anti-Mage 1,990 matches

+1.5%

WhyCentaur Warrunner slightly loses the laning stage against Anti-Mage's Mana Break, but his advantage takes over later in the game. Stampede gives Centaur's entire team maximum movement speed to easily chase down and trample Anti-Mage through Blink, while area abilities like Hoof Stomp bypass the targeted reflection of Counterspell. Additionally, Retaliate continuously punishes Anti-Mage's attacks by returning scaling damage backed by Centaur's massive strength pool and Rawhide health gains.