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hard counters

hard counters is the plural of hard counter.

hard counters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hard counter.

Meaning of hard counter

Noun

hard counter (plural hard counters)

  1. (slang) A character, item, or playstyle able to utterly defeat or nullify another.
    • "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."2017 January 30, Michael McWhertor, “Overwatch's Bastion is finally getting some much-needed buffs”, in Polygon, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2023

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Questions about hard counters

What is hard counters the plural of?
Hard counters is the plural of hard counter.

Words near hard counters in the dictionary

  1. hard copy
  2. hard count
  3. hard counter
  4. hard countered
  5. hard countering
  6. hard counters
  7. hard counts
  8. hard court
  9. hard courts
  10. hard currencies
  11. hard currency

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