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Meaning of hard counter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A character, item, or playstyle able to utterly defeat or nullify another.

slang

Examples

“"Bastion is currently in a pretty bad spot," Rarithlynx wrote earlier this month. "He has the most counters out of all heroes in the game, including quite a bit of hard counters. He's big and immobile, and has no defensive or escape abilities, and requires the team to babysit him all the time."”
“In a blog post, the Overwatch team said it wanted to enable players to have more impact on games with a broad range of strategies and heroes. "We've made changes to reduce the amount of hard counters that Overwatch has," game director Aaron Keller said in an interview.”
“The depth of the game's 66 other operators means that there are already some hard counters and interesting interactions.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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