Backdooring is essentially the technique of silently pushing into the enemy lane and destroying towers while your team is busy distracting them in teamfights. It is the act of brute-forcing and dealing significant damage to the enemy tower even when it’s healing. These heroes often have an entourage of minions to help them, or they possess great tower damage abilities. Such heroes are often menacing and pesky to deal with.
To help you in winning your ranked games by backdooring and ratting, we have compiled this list of the Best 10 Heroes that are great for Backdoor. These heroes are not only great at that but can also withstand and have a great impact in teamfights.
10. Meepo
Whenever there’s a Meepo in a pub game, chances are he is either a smurf or even better, someone, trying him out for the first time! Jokes aside, Meepo is an extremely powerful hero but there is a catch, he requires extreme amounts of practice and dedication. Everything from your map awareness to micro-skills needs to be on point, even your keybind setup! That’s the reason why this hero ranks number 1 on this list, Meepo isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.
Why is Meepo a great backdoor hero?
- Low CD on spells
- Great right from the early game
Items to buy on Meepo
- Blink Dagger
- Eye of Skadi
- Scythe of Vyse
- Dragon Lance
- Heart of Tarrasque
9. Razor
The electrifying rage of Razor is quite unmatched in the current meta. Most melee heroes do not fare well versus this beast, this includes a lot of carry heroes as well! Having high movement speed and AoE damage ensures that his foes do not escape alive! Razor can also out farm most enemy carries, giving him the upper hand. Razor easily snowballs in under 15 mins with the right items.
Why is Razor a great backdoor hero?
- High physical and magical damage output even before reaching level 6
- Ultimate is great against towers and heroes alike
- High AoE damage which helps him farm and push lanes out
- Low CD on spells
Items to Buy on Razor
- Assault Cuirass
- Refresher’s Orb
- Shiva's Guard
- Aghanim’s Shard
- Heaven’s Halberd
- Blademail
https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Razor
8. Visage
Visage, the dreaded gargoyle, has induced fear amongst his foes and continues his reign as the corruptor of seven hells. Visage is a great addition to your team if you are looking for a threatening carry who can outpace the enemy quite early on in the game. Visage has extremely high attack speed, which with the help of his familiars and Aghanim’s Scepter can shred through enemies quite quickly. A late-game Visage is no joke and can single-handedly win you the game!
Why is Visage a great backdoor hero?
- Familiars can shred towers effortlessly in the late game
- Can fare well in the laning phase
- Immense armor reduction and physical damage with items and spells
Items to buy on Visage
- Aghanim’s Scepter
- Orchid of Maleovalence
- Aghanim’s Shard
- Assault Cuirass
- Solar Crest
7. Lone Druid
This wise and kind Druid isn’t lonely by any means! His pet bear takes care of any problems that come his way. Lone Druid is played as a carry majority of the time, this is due to the vast potential that the bear has to offer. Sometimes it may feel like the bear is the primary hero and LD is the pet! The bear can easily trap and shred through enemy armor with damage-dealing items. Decent micro-skills are required to play this beast!
What makes Lone Druid a great backdoor hero?
- Tanky Spirit Bear can soak up damage while farming or fighting.
- Can ward off enemy heroes and neutrals with Savage Roar, while still attacking them.
- Mows down towers and squishy heroes with just a few items!
Items to buy on Lone Druid
- Desolator
- Assault Cuirass
- Monkey King Bar
- Silver Edge
https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Lone_Druid
6. Lycan
Lycan is a menacing shapeshifter who possesses the abilities of mass destruction. Lycan has various different tools which help him farm and sustain in the lane as well as gank and be on the offensive side if needed. He can summon wolves to help him farm, split push, and howl that reduces armor. His ultimate, the Shapeshift is the selling point of him, allowing him to turn into a wolf and destroy the lives of his foes by dealing double the damage and being twice as fast.
Why is Lycan a great backdoor hero?
- He can split push and scout with his wolves
- Immense lifesteal with shape shift
- Howl increases the damage and reduces the enemy's armor
Items to buy on Lycan
- Assault Cuirass
- Helm of the Overlord
- Aghanim’s Scepter
- Boots of Bearing
- Desolator
- Skull Basher
5. Warlock
This mystical wizard is quite underestimated, but is utilized to his full potential, can decimate warriors and mages of all kinds. Warlock is favored by all the beginners and rookie players of the game because of his easy skill set. He can heal and deal destruction with his spells. Fatal Bonds combined with Shadow Word can deal some heavy damage. Chaotic Offering ensures you disable your enemies and control the crowd while your team follows you up with damage!
Why is Warlock a great backdoor hero?
- Chaotic Offering deals immense damage and has great kill potential
- Easy to use spells
- Immense damage and healing from spells
Items to buy on Warlock
- Aghanim’s Scepter
- Force Staff
- Hand of Midas
- Referesher’s Orb
4. Death Prophet
The ghastly prophet looms over her prey, foreshadowing their existence and planning her every move towards chaos! Seeing Death Prophet in pub games is quite a rare sight in 2022, but her occasional cameos are a sight worth witnessing, especially against squishy heroes. Her spammable spells make her a nuisance in the laning phase, which is even worsened if she has Spirit Siphon, making her drain enemy health. Her foes stand no chance against the Death Prophet if they ever get silenced!
Why is Death Prophet a great backdoor hero?
- AoE Silence can render not only one hero but the whole enemy team useless!
- Exorcism is great in both teamfights and also while ratting
- Spirit Siphon makes her unkillable in teamfights!
Items to buy on Death Prophet
- Eul’s Scepter
- Black King Bar
- Aghanim’s Scepter and Shard
- Kaya and Sange
- Shiva’s Guard
3. Leshrac
It’s quite advantageous to pick a ranged hero if you’re facing melee heroes. Leshrac solves all your problems against them due to his high magical damage, AoE, and lockdown potential. The best part is that Leshrac is often picked as a flex hero, meaning he can be played in quite any lane! Apart from countering heroes with illusions, Lesh can also mow down buildings with Edict and farm faster than quite literally any hero in the game! A successful early game translates to domination in the late game!
Why is Leshrac a great backdoor hero?
- Immense farming and wave clear potential
- High AoE magical damage output
- Low CD on spells
Items to Buy Leshrac
- Aghanim’s Shard
- Bloodstone
- Eul’s Scepter
- Kaya and Sange
- Black King Bar
2. Shadow Shaman
Many have come and gone but none can withstand the cursed abilities of this Shaman. Shadow Shaman is a great addition to your team against escape heroes as he offers you insane disable potential allowing your team to follow up with damage and spells. Apart from disabling, he is also known to push out lanes effortlessly and deal damage to buildings with his ultimate! He can also rat well in the late game if he has all the right items!
Why is Shadow Shaman a great backdoor hero?
- Low CD on spells, especially on his ultimate
- Ultimate Mass Serpent Ward shreds through towers quickly
Items to Buy on Shadow Shaman
- Aether Lens
- Blink Dagger
- Force Staff
- Glimmer Cape
- Aghanim’s Scepter
https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Shadow_Shaman
1. Broodmother
Whether you have Arachnophobia or not, I’m sure you’re afraid of the almighty Broodmother. Unless you’re an AoE damage dealing core, you should be afraid of this 8-legged menace. Her foes do no AoE damage unless they have Radiance or multiple AoE spells, which means Brood has free rein for the first 30 minutes of the game, and may possibly be knocking at your tier 3s. All it takes is Insatiable Hunger and Diffusal Blade to melt enemies!
Why is Broodmother a great backdoor hero?
- A great Broodmother player can easily clear waves and micro efficiently.
- With Diffusal Blade, Broodmother can prevent enemies from using spells
Items to Buy on Broodmother
- Aghanim’s Scepter
- Black King Bar
- Diffusal Blade
- Bloodthorn
https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Broodmother
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