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Night Stalker

[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* With Dark Ascension he can keep vision on Slark, disabling his Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance regeneration.
* Night Stalker is very fast so without the Pounce in lane, he can simply out distance him during the night.
* Slark is matched in night vision by only a few heroes, Night Stalker happens to be one of them.

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes with low mobility that rely on spells: Zeus Zeus, Lina Lina, Crystal Maiden.

Jakiro

[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 16%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Heroes with AoE abilities will hit Slark in Shadow Dance: Lina Lina, Jakiro Jakiro, Underlord, Leshrac Leshrac, Dark Seer, Earthshaker, Timbersaw, Crystal Maiden

Crystal Maiden

* Jakiro Ice Path Ice Path allows Jakiro to easily cancel Freezing Field.
* Freezing Field makes Crystal Maiden an easy target for all of his abilities without a Black King Bar.
* With the talent for Macropyre dealing Pure Damage and ignoring spell immunity, Black King Bar becomes nearly useless for Crystal Maiden, as its high damage over time and long duration will force Crystal Maiden to forcefully cancel Freezing Field.

Ancient Apparition

[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Cold feet can be used to ensure that the full channel of Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field doesn't go off.

Slark

* Heroes like Slark Slark, Witch Doctor and others also tend to suffer in Ice Blast's heal denial.

Additional:
* Ancient Apparition Ice Blast Ice Blast stops Shadow Dance's passive health regeneration, even when Slark is not in vision.

Elder Titan

[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 1%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* In general, heroes with AoE or long range disables (such as Faceless Void with Faceless Void Chronosphere Chronosphere, Pudge Pudge with Pudge Meat Hook Meat Hook and Elder Titan with Astral Spirit Echo Stomp Echo Stomp) hinder Crystal Maiden, preventing her from using Freezing Field to help her team in a fight.

Slark

* Natural Order aura prevents Slark from gaining armor from the agility stolen with Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift.
* Echo Stomp and Earth Splitter can hit Slark through his Shadow Dance ultimate.
* Slark's stats gain is relatively low compared to most agility carries making him quite squishy without his agility-based armor.

Viper

[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes who can easily harass Crystal Maiden out of lane in the early game ( Clinkz Clinkz, Viper Viper) can prevent Crystal Maiden from being able to level effectively, and can ultimately slow down her level 6, 12, and 18 to a point where enemy carries already have items to address her ultimate.

Slark

* Viper Nethertoxin Nethertoxin negates Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift and the regeneration aspect of Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance.
* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact doesn't mean a lot against Viper's ubiquitous slows.
* Viper becomes a relevant presence in team fights before Slark can procure his standard items (e.g. Shadow Blade).

Shadow Fiend

[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 10%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes with a low health pool (Crystal Maiden, Skywrath Mage etc)

Slark

* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance does not protect Slark from Shadow Fiend's AoE spells.

Doom

[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Doom alone can easily pick off Crystal Maiden since she is fairly fragile, even with using only basic attacks, Doom Infernal Blade Infernal Blade, and Doom Scorched Earth Scorched Earth.
* Doom Doom Doom prevents her from using any abilities in a fight, making her impact negligible.
* Doom Devour Devour allows Doom to acquire a stun, allowing him to cancel Freezing Field without having to use Doom.

Slark

* Heroes with silencing abilities can be particularly deadly when Slark is trying to escape: Silencer, Death Prophet, Puck Puck, Doom Doom

Death Prophet

[wiki] rating: 1.2 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 11%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Heroes with silencing abilities can be particularly deadly when Slark is trying to escape: Silencer, Death Prophet, Puck Puck, Doom Doom

Crystal Maiden

* In the same vein, heroes with silences — especially with the AoE ones like Death Prophet's Death Prophet Silence Silence — can also prevent Crystal Maiden from being able to impact a fight.

Slardar

[wiki] rating: 1.2 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Slardar Slardar's level 25 talent makes Slardar Corrosive Haze Corrosive Haze undispellable, thus providing his allies a vision to Slark.

Crystal Maiden

* Crystal Maiden's already low armor and easily interruptible ultimate, Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field can make Slardar her worst nightmare. Crystal Maiden also often builds Glimmer Cape which is revealed by Corrosive Haze.

Omniknight

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Slark's dependence on Pounce and close range makes him very easy to hit with Omniknight Purification Purification.
* Slark's damage, even with a high count of Essence Shift, is easily negated by Omniknight's heals and Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel.

Visage

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 2%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Visage Grave Chill Grave Chill will make Crystal Maiden's bad movement speed even worse.
* Visage Soul Assumption Soul Assumption charges can easily be stacked up from Freezing Field, allowing Visage to nuke enemies multiple times throughout the fight.
* {U:Familiar}'s Familiar Stone Form Stone Form can also be used to interrupt Freezing Field, even while Crystal Maiden is under the effects of Glimmer Cape. Crystal Maiden must purchase a Black King Bar, which is far more costly.

Tiny

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 22%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Tiny Toss Toss and Tiny Avalanche Avalanche deals heavy damage to Slark in the early game, making Tiny a very dangerous target to gank.

Pugna

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 11%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Pugna Nether Blast Nether Blast will still hit Slark in Shadow Dance.
* Pugna can rarely target Slark directly with Pugna Decrepify Decrepify, but he can use it defensively on an ally to prevent Slark from getting stacks
* Despite being somewhat easy to break with Pounce, Pugna can damage and provide vision over Slark with Pugna Life Drain Life Drain

Chaos Knight

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 13%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Innately fragile heroes will die almost instantly to Reality Rift while Chaos Knight has illusions active: Drow Ranger, Bane Bane, Necrophos, Crystal Maiden.

Slark

* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact is minimally effective against Phantasm illusions, and Slark lacks area damage otherwise.
* Slark Pounce Pounce can be counteracted by Reality Rift.
* Slark is naturally frail and dies quickly to Chaos Knight's burst damage before he can build Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift stacks.
* Be aware, however, that Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance can make Slark hard to kill as he can't be targeted during its duration.
Additional:
* Chaos Knight Phantasm Phantasms have enough health to survive Dark Pact, and Slark has no other source of AoE damage to deal with them.

Countered by:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes the make heavy use of illusions, like Chaos Knight, Phantom Lancer, or Spectre Spectre can suffer from Crystal Maiden, as Freezing Field can quickly kill off the entire horde if not stopped.

Bloodseeker

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Thirst prevents Slark from healing with Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance.
* Rupture will deal damage during Slark Pounce Pounce.
* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact cannot dispel Rupture, preventing Slark from escaping ganks.
Additional:
* Bloodseeker Thirst Thirst stops Shadow Dance's passive health regeneration if he is within Thirst's percentage.
* Bloodseeker Rupture Rupture effectively takes Slark out of battle because he cannot move or pounce, leaving him susceptible to aoe stuns or forced to teleport out of the fight.

Nyx Assassin

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Crystal Maiden has a very bad movement speed, so Nyx Assassin Impale Impale is easy to land against her. Furthermore, even while trapped by Frostbite, Nyx Assassin can still cast Impale.
* Crystal Maiden has very low armor, so Nyx Assassin Vendetta Vendetta is very effective.
* Nyx Assassin has two ways to stop Freezing Field, provided she doesn't get a Black King Bar. He can pop Nyx Assassin Spiked Carapace Spiked Carapace and simply walk into the field, or he can use Nyx Assassin Impale Impale to interrupt the field, since Crystal Maiden has to channel it.
Additional:
* Spike Carapace easily interrupts Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field.
* Crystal Maiden Frostbite Frostbite's damage over time sets up an easy Spiked Carapace stun.
* Crystal Maiden is extremely fragile and dies quickly to Nyx Assassin's burst damage.

Outworld Destroyer

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Outworld Destroyer can disrupt Slark's attacks with Outworld Destroyer Astral Imprisonment Astral Imprisonment either by banishing Slark or his target.
* Slark's low heathpool means he will die quickly to Outworld Destroyer Arcane Orb Arcane Orb if he is directly attacked by Outworld Destroyer
* Slark has low intelligence gain, making him easy to finish with Outworld Destroyer Sanity Sanity's Eclipse if he tries to run with Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance
Additional:
* Arcane Orb deals pure damage, which ignores armor granted from permanent agility stacks.
* Outworld Destroyer Astral Imprisonment Astral Imprisonment can disrupt any Pounce attempt by banishing the leashed ally.
* Slark's low intelligence and therefore mana pool makes him more susceptible to Outworld Destroyer Sanity Sanity's Eclipse.

Naga Siren

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 2%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Naga Siren Mirror Image Mirror Image can dispel Frostbite.
* Naga Siren Song of the Siren Song of the Siren can stop Freezing Field regardless of any kind of invisibility as well as allow Naga Siren's team to quickly close the gap on Crystal Maiden.
Additional:
* Mirror Image can dispel Crystal Maiden Frostbite Frostbite.
* Ensnare and Song of the Siren can stop Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field.
* Song of the Siren can allow her team to quickly close the gap on Crystal Maiden.

Clockwerk

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Clockwerk Battery Assault Battery Assault, Clockwerk Power Cogs Power Cogs, and Clockwerk Hookshot Hookshot can interrupt Freezing Field, the latter two being able to go through invisibility should Crystal Maiden use Glimmer Cape.
* Clockwerk Rocket Flare Rocket Flare can be used to find Crystal Maiden should she try to hide in the trees to try to safely cast Freezing Field.
* Clockwerk Hookshot Hookshot allows Clockwerk to easily close in on Crystal Maiden and kill her.

Mars

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 14%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Bulwark blocks much of Slark's basic attack damage, even during Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance.
* Slark finds it very difficult to have a good early/mid game when pressured in the early game by Spear of Mars and God's Rebuke.
* Spear of Mars and God's Rebuke can hit Slark through Shadow Dance.
* Should Slark Pounce Pounce be on cooldown, Slark is very vulnerable inside Arena of Blood.

Legion Commander

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 9%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Legion Commander Duel Duel is a great initiation to target Crystal Maiden with, as it prevents her from using Freezing Field or any other abilities and allowing the enemy team to quickly kill her before she can aid her team in a fight.

Faceless Void

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Time Dilation while Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact and Slark Pounce Pounce are on cooldown will make these abilities unusable for a long time, reducing his escape potential. However, Time Dilation is dispellable with Dark Pact so it needs to be timed well.
* Chronosphere will not reveal Slark during Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance, but covers the whole duration of Shadow Dance making him unable to use it to attack or escape. Slark still receives the regeneration benefit from Shadow Dance.

Crystal Maiden

Countered by:

Slark

Grimstroke

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 12%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Phantom's Embrace can silence Crystal Maiden and disrupt Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field's channeling. Her slow movement speed and fragile nature will also make her an easy target for Stroke of Fate and Ink Swell.

Disruptor

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Thunder Strike provides vision on him while Slark is invisible.
* Glimpse's range at lvl 3-4 is more than enough to pull him back to a favorable position for your team to group up and kill him.
* Even though he is capable of picking you off and deal enough damage to kill you, Slark will be literally sticking his neck out, since jumping on Disruptor means being on his battleground.
* AoE silence and the ability to mute Black King Bar is deadly to Slark at all stages of the game.
Additional:
* Disruptor Static Storm Static Storm and Disruptor Kinetic Field Kinetic Field locks down Slark, as he cannot use Dark Pact to dispel any disables, or Pounce out while silenced.
* Disruptor Glimpse Glimpse puts an end to any attempts at ganking Disruptor or his allies, and also negates Slark's mobility by bringing him back into the fight if he tries to escape with Pounce.

Bristleback

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Bristleback Viscous Nasal Goo Viscous Nasal Goo can hinder Crystal Maiden's already abysmal mobility, which allows Bristleback (or his teammates) to run her down and kill her.
* Bristleback frequently builds Blade Mail, which can quickly kill Crystal Maiden if her ultimate is used while he is under its effect.
* The passive part of Bristleback Bristleback Bristleback will trigger many, many times under the damage from Freezing Field, and as the stacks increase, the damage output from each successive cast (or proc) will eat away at Crystal Maiden's small HP pool.

Ember Spirit

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 10%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Crystal Maiden is extremely fragile and she's an easy target for him. She has no real disables that can lock Ember Spirit down, and all of her skill damage can be negated with Flame Guard. The damage from Searing Chains, Flame Guard, and Sleigh of Fist can easily take her down.

Puck

[wiki] rating: 0.8 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 10%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Puck has both Waning Rift and Dream Coil to stop Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field's channel regardless of whether or not Crystal Maiden has a Glimmer Cape, as both spells fully affect invisible units.

Slark

* Puck Illusory Orb Illusory Orb and Puck Phase Shift Phase Shift allows Puck to avoid most ganking attempts.
* Puck Waning Rift Waning Rift and Puck Dream Coil Dream Coil makes it very hard for Slark to escape bad situations.
* Puck's abilities used together also deals significant magical nuke damage, none of which are targeted and thus cannot be avoided by Shadow Dance.

Countered by:

Slark

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes with mobility spells like Queen of Pain, Anti-Mage, Riki Riki, Puck Puck, and Spirit Breaker that are cancelled by Frostbite can suffer greatly from the presence of Crystal Maiden. It is absolutely critical, however, to have followup from teammates, as all of the above heroes can make quick work of the squishy Crystal Maiden after they are released from her grip.

Huskar

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 11%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Vulnerable spellcasters with no escape mechanisms are easy targets for Huskar: Lich Lich, Crystal Maiden, Silencer, Keeper of the Light, Venomancer, etc.

Lone Druid

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Lone Druid's early game is good against slow, squishy supports since his bear is very strong early game and an Entangling Claws proc almost always guarantees a kill: Ancient Apparition, Crystal Maiden, Shadow Shaman, etc.

Meepo

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 1%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Slark Slark's Dark Pact and Pounce can deny only one Earthbind and Poof can penetrate Shadow Dance if he doesn't build Black King Bar.

Additional:
* Meepo Earthbind Earthbind and Meepo Poof Poof will still hit Slark in Shadow Dance.
* Dark Pact can only remove one Earthbind.
* Meepo Ransack Ransack will still affect Slark, even if he has a Black King Bar.

Undying

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 10%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Generally, any fragile heroes will have a hard time dealing with Undying's tankiness, and even more so if Decay is used on them. Some examples are Crystal Maiden and Witch Doctor.

Dazzle

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Heroes that can deny Slark early kills will prevent him from snowballing: Dazzle Dazzle, Abaddon Abaddon

Necrophos

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 18%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes that have small health pools and little to no escape mechanisms are even easier prey for Necrophos. Ghost Shroud's slow will allow him to catch him with them, and get nuked down with his abilities, even preventing retaliation due to Reaper's Scythe's stun. Such heroes include Crystal Maiden, Witch Doctor, Warlock Warlock or Shadow Fiend.

Abaddon

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Heroes that can deny Slark early kills will prevent him from snowballing: Dazzle Dazzle, Abaddon Abaddon

Silencer

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 10%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Crystal Maiden is squishy, is heavily spell reliant, has low base Intelligence, and is naturally slow, making her an ideal target for Silencer.
* Crystal Maiden's Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field has a similar cooldown to Global Silence, therefore, Freezing Field can almost always be canceled to ruin aggressive Crystal Maiden initiations.

Slark

* Heroes with silencing abilities can be particularly deadly when Slark is trying to escape: Silencer, Death Prophet, Puck Puck, Doom Doom

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark's Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact allows him to dispel Silencer's debuffs.
* Against a carry Silencer, Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift will lower damage from both Glaives of Wisdom and his basic attack.

Oracle

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes with little health or magic resistance are easily picked off with Oracle's magic burst, such as Skywrath Mage, Crystal Maiden, or Enchantress.

Earthshaker

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Earthshaker's many stuns can lock down slippery heroes like Slark Slark in his Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance and Weaver Weaver in his Weaver Shukuchi Shukuchi.

Additional:
* Earthshaker's many AoE stuns help lock down Slark, and will often waste the duration of Shadow Dance.

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes with channeled abilities can be interrupted by a long-range Fissure: Crystal Maiden, Witch Doctor, Bane Bane, Pugna Pugna, Pudge Pudge.

Countered by:

Slark

* Heroes with invisibility and high mobility can jump on and focus down Earthshaker before he has a chance to initiate: Clinkz Clinkz, Slark Slark, Storm Spirit

Luna

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* With Dust of Appearance, Luna will be able to use Luna Eclipse Eclipse on invisible heroes. Be mindful that Slark Slark is exception because he'll be able to remove the debuff with Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact.

Crystal Maiden

* Luna Lucent Beam Lucent Beam allows Luna to easily cancel Freezing Field.
* Without Black King Bar protection, Lucent Beam and Luna Eclipse Eclipse can make a short work out of Crystal Maiden's abysmal health.
* Skilled Luna will always buy Dust of Appearance, allowing her team to have a vision on Crystal Maiden while invisible and during channeling Freezing Field.

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance prevents Luna from damaging Slark, and together with Shadow Blade he can kite her or escape.
* Luna has no way to escape from Slark Pounce Pounce's leash.
Additional:
* Luna's lack of mobility and escape abilities makes her easily gankable by Slark.
* Shadow Dance will avoid all the damage from Luna Eclipse Eclipse.
* For the same reasons, Slark is a good ally for Luna when they are in the same team.

Leshrac

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 2%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Heroes with AoE abilities will hit Slark in Shadow Dance: Lina Lina, Jakiro Jakiro, Underlord, Leshrac Leshrac, Dark Seer, Earthshaker, Timbersaw, Crystal Maiden

Lina

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Heroes with heavy magical nukes will take advantage of Slark's poor HP or force him to use Shadow Dance early: Lina Lina, Lion Lion, Zeus Zeus

Crystal Maiden

* Being a hero with low health and abysmal mobility, Lina can nuke her down easily.
* Since Crystal Maiden's Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field is a channeled ability, Lina can use her Light Strike Array to cancel it easily.

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact can be cast during the cast animation of Light Strike Array and dispel its stun.
* Slark Pounce Pounce allows Slark to close the gap to Lina.
* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance prevents Lina from killing Slark with her Laguna Blade when his HP gets low.

Underlord

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Heroes with AoE abilities will hit Slark in Shadow Dance: Lina Lina, Jakiro Jakiro, Underlord, Leshrac Leshrac, Dark Seer, Earthshaker, Timbersaw, Crystal Maiden

Sven

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 1%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Fragile supports who die in a few hits against Sven's high physical damage: Crystal Maiden, Vengeful Spirit, Dark Willow.

Sand King

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 18%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* He has a hard time killing Sand King because of the survivability he gets from Burrowstrike and Sand Storm.
* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance, which usually allows Slark to survive fights, is ineffective against Sand King's AoE damage.

Countered by:

Slark

Phantom Lancer

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Slark has no sustained AoE to fight off Phantom Lancer's illusions as they continually spawn.
* Spirit Lance can give vision of Slark by spawning an illusion, making it harder for him to juke and gain the passive bonus from Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance.
* Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush helps Phantom Lancer chase down Slark if he tries to escape with Slark Pounce Pounce.
Additional:
* Slark has no sustained AoE to deal with Phantom Lancer's many illusions.
* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger lets Phantom Lancer dodge Dark Pact and Pounce, and partially wastes the duration of Shadow Dance.
* Phantom Lancer Spirit Lance Spirit Lance can give vision of Slark via spawning an illusion, making it harder for him to juke and gain the passive bonus from Shadow Dance.
* Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush helps Phantom Lancer chase down Slark when he jumps away with Pounce.

Countered by:

Crystal Maiden

Enigma

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* She will be not able to cast her ultimate while under Malefice's debuff.
* Enigma's Black Hole can cancel Freezing Field's channeling regardless of her Glimmer Cape and Black King Bar.

Countered by:

Slark

* Enigma is fragile, and lacks escapes, being dependent on Blink Dagger for mobility. Ganking Heroes or Heroes with burst damage will likely kill him before he can do anything. Such Heroes include: Lina Lina, Lion Lion, Puck Puck, Slark Slark, Nyx Assassin, etc.

Axe

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 13%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Berseker's Call catches Slark in Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance, wasting its duration and preventing him from escaping to regenerate.
* Unlike most disables, Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact cannot dispel Berserker's Call, and the output damage would be returned by Blade Mail.
Additional:
* Axe Berserker Berserker's Call forces Slark to attack him, even during Shadow Dance.
* Axe Counter Helix Counter Helix will hit Slark in Shadow Dance, with pure damage. It also triggers frequently against Slark's high attack speed after having stolen agility with Essence Shift.
* Axe Culling Blade Culling Blade finishes off Slark before he gets a chance to slip away and regenerate his health, preventing him from playing the hit-and-run style often associated with Slark.

Countered by:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes who can slow and kite Axe will severely inhibit his presence in fights: Bristleback, Crystal Maiden, Batrider, Arc Warden, Winter Wyvern, Clockwerk

Earth Spirit

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Earth Spirit Boulder Smash Boulder Smash and Earth Spirit Geomagnetic Grip Geomagnetic Grip allow Earth Spirit to easily disrupt Freezing Field, regardless of where Crystal Maiden is due to their incredible range. Earth Spirit is quite possibly the best hero for stopping long channeling abilities, and Crystal Maiden is vulnerable to him without a Black King Bar.
* All of Earth Spirit's spells allow him to easily close in on Crystal Maiden and kill her. Since she is a low health support, she generally stays behind in teamfights, but Earth Spirit can easily close the distance.
* Crystal Maiden has low movement speed and no other escape mechanism, rendering her extremely vulnerable to Earth Spirit's arsenal of long-range, damaging spells.

Countered by:

Slark

* Heroes with blink or movement abilities, which are disabled by Pounce's leash: Anti-Mage, Earth Spirit, Faceless Void, Magnus Magnus, Mirana Mirana, Monkey King, Morphling, Pangolier, Phantom Assassin, Phoenix Phoenix, Puck Puck, Queen of Pain, Riki Riki, Sand King, Spirit Breaker, Timbersaw, Tusk Tusk.

Additional:
* Slark Pounce Pounce's root prevents Earth Spirit from using Rolling Boulder to escape, making it easier for Slark to shut him down especially in the laning phase.

Tusk

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Tusk Snowball Snowball allows Tusk to easily cancel Freezing Field from a safe distance without putting himself in any danger.
* Tusk Walrus PUNCH! Walrus PUNCH! is most certainly a high enough damage nuke to easily kill off Crystal Maiden.
* Tusk Ice Shards Ice Shards can prevent the already immobile Crystal Maiden from escaping, making her an easy kill for either Tusk or a teammate.
Additional:
* Crystal Maiden's low health and armor make her an easy target for Walrus PUNCH!
* Tusk's Snowball can protect allies and cancel Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field.
* Snowball and Walrus PUNCH! can interrupt Freezing Field.

Countered by:

Slark

Lion

[wiki] rating: 0.2 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 14%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Lion's disables are also really effective against channeling Heroes, like Enigma Enigma or Crystal Maiden.

Slark

* Heroes with heavy magical nukes will take advantage of Slark's poor HP or force him to use Shadow Dance early: Lina Lina, Lion Lion, Zeus Zeus

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Pounce Pounce allows Slark to close in on Lion and prevent him from escaping.
* Lion's fragile health pool makes him easy prey for Slark's high burst damage through Pounce, Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact and right-clicks.
* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance prevents Lion from casting Hex, Mana Drain, or Finger of Death on Slark.
* Dark Pact allows Slark to dispel any of Lion's disables.

Better not pick these:

Beastmaster

[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 1%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Heroes with strong dispels can remove Primal Roar's stun: Abaddon Abaddon, Slark Slark, Oracle Oracle.

Crystal Maiden

* Crystal Maiden Frostbite Frostbite kills boars instantly on the laning stage leading to either experience lead or disabling Beastmaster from using Boar
* Crystal Maiden Crystal Nova Crystal Nova nukes and slows down the attack and movement speed of Beastmaster's summons.
* Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field grants improved self armor, nukes and slows down Beastmaster and his summons.

Spirit Breaker

[wiki] rating: -1.2 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 7%)

Countered by:

Slark

Crystal Maiden

Enchantress

[wiki] rating: -1.2 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 5%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Heroes that can jump on her: Slark Slark, Queen of Pain, Anti-Mage

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes like Enchantress and Chen Chen, or heroes that make use of Helm of the Dominator are weak to Crystal Maiden, as Frostbite can do wonders against Enchantress Enchant Enchant, Chen Holy Persuasion Holy Persuasion, or dominated creeps. Careful though, as an army of carefully controlled creeps (Enchantress and Chen Chen) can hold many stuns that will cancel Freezing Field.

Additional:
* Crystal Maiden Frostbite Frostbite does 1000 magical damage to Enchantress's creeps and roots them for 10 seconds, which hinders her ability to gank.

Phantom Assassin

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 13%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Crystal Maiden's low health pool and slow movement speed make her a tempting and easy target.
* However, it may be wise to build Black King Bar first before attempting to fight her alone, as she can disable you and retaliate with Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field.

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark's Pounce allows him to close the gap on Phantom Assassin and prevent her from escaping with Phantom Assassin Phantom Strike Phantom Strike.
* As a hero who always goes for the Silver Edge and Abyssal Blade Slark can use it to disable Phantom Assassin and her Phantom Assassin Blur Blur and Phantom Assassin Coup de Grace Coup de Grace, drastically reducing her damage output and ability to evade attacks, and also preventing her from acting.
* Phantom Assassin's Coup de Grace requires Random Number Generation in order to proc, which gives Slark more than enough time to escape and recover himself.

Crystal Maiden

* Though certainly not a "hard counter", Crystal Maiden's skillset (magical damage nukes) does pose a substantial threat to Phantom Assassin through the mid game, especially if followed up with engagement by her team.
* A quick use of Freezing Field directly after Phantom Assassin Phantom Strike Phantom Strike can leave Phantom Assassin trapped inside the area of effect, capitalizing on Phantom Assassin's relatively low HP pool when she is not protected by Phantom Assassin Blur Blur.
* If Phantom Assassin chooses not to buy a Black King Bar relatively early, the attack slow from Freezing Field can greatly hinder the proc chance of Phantom Assassin Coup de Grace Coup de Grace in a teamfight.
* However, Phantom Assassin's massive damage, and her tendency to build both Black King Bar and Skull Basher makes her a formidable foe the later the game goes, and fighting her without a team is almost never a good choice.

Batrider

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 3%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact can dispel Flaming Lasso if is used in anticipation, but a Blink initiation from fog can catch the Slark off guard.
* Slark can also take off any Sticky Napalm stacks with Dark Pact in lane.
Additional:
* Batrider Sticky Napalm Sticky Napalm is dispelled by Dark Pact, without it, Batrider will not be as threatening
* Shadow Dance's passive can inform Slark when he's under enemy vision, meaning it'll be very hard to catch Slark off-guard with Batrider Flaming Lasso Flaming Lasso
* Flaming Lasso is dispelled by Dark Pact, its casting can be prevent with Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance or Slark Depth Shroud Depth Shroud (it requires Aghanim Aghanim's Shard)

Hoodwink

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 13%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark's Slark Pounce Pounce can be used to dodge Hoodwink's abilities or lock her down.
* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance makes Slark unhittable from Hoodwink Acorn Shot Acorn Shot.
* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact removes all slows from Hoodwink's abilities.
* Hoodwink's already low health output is a great target for Slark's Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift.

Razor

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 3%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Pounce Pounce can easily break Static Link, making it less powerful against him.
* Slark is one of the few heroes who can man fight a Razor, because of Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift.
* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance can prevent Razor from killing him and may provide an opportunity to kill Razor due to it preventing Razor from attacking Slark.

Alchemist

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 2%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance allows Slark to not be targeted by Unstable Concoction, making Alchemist stun himself and making himself vulnerable to the enemy.
* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact also allows him to just purge off the stun if timed correctly.
* Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift will steal stats over long durations at a time should Alchemist lack the damage to kill Slark.

Templar Assassin

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 11%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Fragile supports with low armor are always a good prey, also her Psionic Trap will wear down most attempts to flee with their built-in disables: Silencer, Crystal Maiden, Warlock Warlock, Ancient Apparition, Grimstroke, Witch Doctor

Countered by:

Slark

* Weak damage but high tick rate or persist in a long time: Slark Slark, Gyrocopter, Queen of Pain, Shadow Shaman ( Shadow Shaman Shackles Shackles), Jakiro Jakiro, Pugna Pugna
* Heroes that can quickly deal damage to her, regardless of how weak they are, can easily break through her Refraction:
* Multiple attackers thanks to summoned units or clones: Meepo Meepo, Witch Doctor, Lycan Lycan, Enigma Enigma, Shadow Shaman
* Multiple attackers thanks to illusions: Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight, Naga Siren (bonus for her Naga Siren Ensnare Ensnare). Also despite the visual effects, Templar Assassin does not spill damage against illusions or buildings, so she is not a really good hero to clean up illusions.
* Weak damage but high tick rate or persist in a long time: Slark Slark, Gyrocopter, Queen of Pain, Shadow Shaman ( Shadow Shaman Shackles Shackles), Jakiro Jakiro, Pugna Pugna

Additional:
* Dark Pact rips through $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction charges and still steals attributes during Refraction.
* Pounce and Dark Pact will still hit Templar Assassin while she is Templar Assassin Meld Melded. Since she cannot move, both abilities will be easy for Slark to land.

Crystal Maiden

* As with other heroes mentioned in this section, Templar Assassin is not a hero that is fully "countered" by Crystal Maiden (the way she is against Viper Viper and Jakiro Jakiro), however, the proper combination and execution Crystal Maiden's spells, stacked with her team, can most certainly spell the end for Templar Assassin.
* Frostbite can quickly eat away $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction charges, leaving Templar Assassin vulnerable for the rest of her team to kill.
* Freezing Field will still apply damage to Templar Assassin when she is under the effect of Templar Assassin Meld Meld, making it an even less viable form of escape until a Blink Dagger is purchased.
* Blink Dagger is also cancelled by all of Crystal Maiden's spells, and the fairly short cooldowns on Frostbite and Crystal Nova make her a great asset to a chase against Templar Assassin.
* This is not to say that Templar Assassin has any difficulty killing off the low armor, low HP pool Crystal Maiden, so fighting her alone is never advised.

Ursa

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 9%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark can detect early Roshan attempts due to Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance if he frequently checks the Pit.
* Enrage cannot restore attributes stolen by Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift and will reduce his physical damage output.
* Even if Ursa initiates with Earthshock, Slark can Slark Pounce Pounce away or use Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact after Ursa's initiation to avoid Fury Swipes' damage until Earthshock's slow is gone.

Medusa

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 12%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Medusa cannot chase Slark in any way and has no disable beyond her ultimate, making her unable to stop him getting away and regenerating before coming back to finish her off.
* Essence Shift removes 1 of every attribute, lowering Medusa's mana pool's cap and leaving her much more vulnerable in prolonged fights.
Additional:
* Medusa is especially vulnerable to Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift, as both strength and intelligence contribute to her effective HP, while agility contributes to her damage.
* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact when timed right can be used to dispel Stone Gaze right after it petrifies Slark, allowing him to keep attacking Medusa throughout the duration.

Wraith King

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 11%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact, if timed correctly, can dispel Wraithfire Blast's stun and slow.
* Since Wraith King has a lot of health and multiple lives, Slark can keep gaining Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift stacks, increasing armor, damage, and attack speed and can beat down Wraith King twice.
* Slark sometimes carries Diffusal Blade to burn mana as an attempt to shut down Reincarnation.
* Because Wraith King has no AoE abilities, Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance is particularly useful against Wraith King.

Ogre Magi

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 15%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact dispels Ignite's slow and Fireblast's stun.
* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance allows Slark to regenerate HP, even when he is affected by Ignite and Fireblast.

Winter Wyvern

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Arctic Burn and Splinter Blast debuffs are dispellable with Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact. Arctic Burn is also no escape against Slark Pounce Pounce.
* Cold Embrace just gives Slark free Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift stacks. He also relies mostly on magic damage early in the game.

Venomancer

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 7%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact can dispel Venomous Gale and Poison Sting.
* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance allows Slark heightened regeneration when out of vision making DoTs effects less threatening.

Arc Warden

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 4%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Arc Warden Flux Flux is dispelled by Dark Pact.
* Pounce allows Slark to avoid Arc Warden Spark Wraith Spark Wraiths.
* Arc Warden Tempest Double Tempest Double allows Slark to build up Essence Shift stacks, especially when it is being used for split pushing.

Nature's Prophet

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 4%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Pounce also stops Nature Nature's Prophet's Nature Teleportation.

Monkey King

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 9%)

Countered by:

Slark

Terrorblade

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 3%)

Countered by:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes who have channeling abilities because Terrorblade has no disables to cancel them: Enigma Enigma, Shadow Shaman, Lion Lion, Bane Bane, Crystal Maiden, Dawnbreaker.

Magnus

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 8%)

Countered by:

Slark

Morphling

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 7%)

Countered by:

Slark

Pangolier

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 11%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes who rely on channeling abilities can be interrupted in teamfights by Rolling Thunder: Crystal Maiden, Pugna Pugna, Witch Doctor

Countered by:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes with powerful rooting abilities will disable most of Pangolier's skills, a bonus point if it pierces spell immunity since it will also be able to stop Pangolier during his Rolling Thunder: Treant Protector, Meepo Meepo, Crystal Maiden, Dark Willow, Underlord, Naga Siren

Slark

* Heroes with blink or movement abilities, which are disabled by Pounce's leash: Anti-Mage, Earth Spirit, Faceless Void, Magnus Magnus, Mirana Mirana, Monkey King, Morphling, Pangolier, Phantom Assassin, Phoenix Phoenix, Puck Puck, Queen of Pain, Riki Riki, Sand King, Spirit Breaker, Timbersaw, Tusk Tusk.

Additional:
* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact easily purges away both slow and disarm effect from Lucky Shot.
* With Slark Pounce Pounce now applying leash to the target, Pangolier is helpless against Slark since both his Swashbuckle and Rolling Thunder will be disabled. Pounce also help Slark to easily escape from Rolling Thunder.

Weaver

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 7%)

Countered by:

Crystal Maiden

* Frostbite will reveal invisible heroes for its duration, making it a good tool against any such hero ( Riki Riki, Bounty Hunter, Weaver Weaver, or Clinkz Clinkz for example), or as a soft counter to Shadow Blade, if it is used first. This can be an amazing tool to ensure that Dust of Appearance is used on the unit in question, and not wasted in not catching anything.

Lycan

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 0%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Lycan Lycan cannot escape from a Pounce even if he uses Lycan Shapeshift Shapeshift, and has no disabling abilities to stop Slark.

Shadow Shaman

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 11%)

Countered by:

Slark

* Nyx Assassin, Bounty Hunter and Slark Slark can all sneak up and kill you, Nyx being particularly deadly. Watch Slark carefully, as he can break either (but not both unless you are making a mistake) of your disables, with Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact and leap out of a serpent ward ring. These heroes, however, rely heavily on escape and are themselves not very durable and none of them can survive a full lockdown with Mass Serpent Ward. Having Sentry Wards can turn you from prey to predator.

Keeper of the Light

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 12%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Melee carries during the laning phase: Sven Sven, Slark Slark

Countered by:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes with channeling abilities: Enigma Enigma, Witch Doctor, Crystal Maiden.

Slark

* Heroes with dispels: Legion Commander, Oracle Oracle, Slark Slark, Phantom Lancer

Chen

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 1%)

Countered by:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes like Enchantress and Chen Chen, or heroes that make use of Helm of the Dominator are weak to Crystal Maiden, as Frostbite can do wonders against Enchantress Enchant Enchant, Chen Holy Persuasion Holy Persuasion, or dominated creeps. Careful though, as an army of carefully controlled creeps (Enchantress and Chen Chen) can hold many stuns that will cancel Freezing Field.

Additional:
* Crystal Maiden Frostbite Frostbite roots and disarms your creeps for 10 seconds.
* Crystal Maiden has a lot of AOE damage between Crystal Maiden Crystal Nova Crystal Nova and Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field to clear your creeps out side and during team fights.

Pudge

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 24%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes with large health pools ( Pudge Pudge) or good innate magic resistance (Anti-Mage) can be very problematic for Crystal Maiden, since even if they are under the effect of her ultimate for the entire duration, the damage output is simply not enough to kill or force them to retreat.

Additional:
* Meat Hook can cancel Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field, even if Crystal Maiden has Glimmer Cape.
* She is also slow and fragile, making her a good target for ganking.

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact dispels Dismember if timed correctly.
* Slark Pounce Pounce allows Slark to escape Pudge's Rot once Dismember is over, and allows him to dodge hooks.
* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance hides Slark and grants him a high degree of mobility, which can make him a difficult target to hook and also protects him from Pudge's Dismember (including allies with an Aghanim Aghanim's Shard).

Troll Warlord

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 2%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes with a low attack speed or are fragile will find themselves unable to deal with Troll Warlord's high physical damage and attack speed, like Crystal Maiden or Sven Sven.

Countered by:

Crystal Maiden

* Crystal Maiden Frostbite Frostbite can disarm and root Troll Warlord if he doesn't have a Black King Bar or a Manta Style to dispel it.
* Crystal Maiden Crystal Nova Crystal Nova and Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field both significantly slow Troll Warlord, making him much more vulnerable to ganks or stuns.
* The magical damage from Freezing Field does a large amount of AoE damage, and Troll Warlord is not capable of cancelling Crystal Maiden's channel.

Anti-Mage

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 13%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Heroes who build mana boosting items but have low mana regeneration are especially vulnerable against Mana Break and Mana Void: Timbersaw, Slark Slark, Shadow Fiend, Clinkz Clinkz, Bristleback Nyx Assassin, Magnus Magnus

Crystal Maiden

Countered by:

Crystal Maiden

Slark

* Slark Pounce Pounce prevents Anti-Mage from using Blink, and lets him disengage from Anti-Mage if needed.
* Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift allows Slark to permanently steal agility from Anti-Mage.
* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance stops Anti-Mage from being able to fight back in a slippery situation.

Tinker

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Any hero with a low HP pool is easy for Tinker to nuke down: Crystal Maiden, Enchantress, Gyrocopter, Lion Lion, Riki Riki, Techies Techies, Terrorblade, Necrophos, Invoker Invoker.

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Pounce Pounce prevents Tinker from blinking away.
* Slark frequently builds Shadow Blade, which allows him to approach Tinker unnoticed. Since Tinker's farming usually covers a significant amount of area on the map, Sentry Wards may not be cost effective.
* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance allows Slark to detect both common and unusual wards. Eliminating common ward causes Tinker trouble farming many lanes if he does not know who may be waiting to jump on him. Slark is also uniquely able to identify some of the less common wards used by Tinker, such as those placed on the cliffs at map edges which Tinker uses to give him vision over the trees he uses to hide in.
* Slark's extremely high move speed from Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance, potentially stacked with Shadow Blade, allows him to easily follow Tinker between lanes, especially if Tinker has pushed the lanes out.
* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact dispels Laser's blind.

Lifestealer

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Juggernaut and Lifestealer have abilities ( Juggernaut Blade Fury Blade Fury and Lifestealer Rage Rage respectively) that prevent Crystal Maiden from using her spells on them in the early game, before Black King Bar and other magical reduction is even an issue.

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance allows Slark to attack Lifestealer for its duration without any way for Lifestealer to fight back.
* Slark commonly buys a Silver Edge, which can break Lifestealer's Feast, severely diminishing his damage output and lifesteal.

Sniper

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 14%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes with channeled abilities which Assassinate may cancel at long range: Witch Doctor, Crystal Maiden, Shadow Shaman, Pugna Pugna

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark is a natural Shadow Blade carrier, and with Slark Pounce Pounce Sniper has no opportunity to escape or react.
* With Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift and Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance, Slark will easily win a fight against Sniper.
Additional:
* Sniper is one of the most gankable heroes in the game, and has no defenses when Pounced on by Slark.

Drow Ranger

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 12%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes with low health and armor are especially vulnerable to Marksmanship's high damage output: Clinkz Clinkz, Crystal Maiden.

Countered by:

Slark

* A well-timed Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact can dispel Frost Arrows and Gust, letting Slark engage and escape freely.
* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance lets Slark quickly close the gap and deal heavy damage without giving Drow Ranger a chance to retaliate.
* Slark Pounce Pounce counteracts Frost Arrows' slow, letting Slark easily pin Drow Ranger down or flee.
Additional:
* Pounce and items like Shadow Blade makes it very difficult for Drow Ranger to keep her distance from Slark, thereby losing her Drow Ranger Marksmanship Marksmanship bonus.
* Drow Ranger Gust Gust is rarely enough to keep Slark at bay, as Drow Ranger has no movement abilities and will simply be chased down afterwards.
* Drow Ranger's heavy dependence on agility also makes her significantly weaker after being drained by Essence Shift.

Warlock

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Channeling heroes will not go well against Warlock, especially those who build Black King Bar as Warlock's ultimate ability stun goes through spell immunity. E.g.: Crystal Maiden, Witch Doctor, Enigma Enigma, etc.

Countered by:

Slark

* Warlock Upheaval Upheaval does not interrupt Slark too much, as he can just Pounce out of the area.
* Warlock Fatal Bonds Fatal Bonds and Warlock Shadow Word Shadow Word can be dispelled by Dark Pact.

Bane

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Low-health, normally mobile carries with a lot of damage are vulnerable to Bane's nukes and disables: Anti-Mage, Clinkz Clinkz, Drow Ranger, Faceless Void, Gyrocopter, Juggernaut, Luna Luna, Meepo Meepo, Mirana Mirana, Monkey King, Morphling, Phantom Assassin, Phantom Lancer, Riki Riki, Shadow Fiend, Slark Slark, Sniper Sniper, Terrorblade, Troll Warlord, Weaver Weaver.

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact can dispel Enfeeble, as well as Nightmare and Fiend's Grip if timed correctly.
* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance protects Slark from Bane's single-target abilities.

Storm Spirit

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 11%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Heroes that rely on their high mobility such as Queen of Pain, Slark Slark and Weaver Weaver can be constantly engaged against due to your excellent ability to chase over any terrain. Make sure you carry true sight items (such as Dust of Appearance or Gem of True Sight) for invisible heroes that could potentially escape your clutches.

Countered by:

Slark

* Pounce's leash prevents Storm Spirit from using Storm Spirit Ball Lightning Ball Lightning, making it hard for Storm Spirit to escape a gank from Slark.
* Dark Pact can dispel Orchid Malevolence's Soul Burn.

Spectre

[wiki] rating: -0.2 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 1%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* As Crystal Maiden is squishy with very bad movement speed, Spectre can easily stay on Crystal Maiden with Spectre Haunt Haunt and Spectre Spectral Dagger Spectral Dagger.
* Late game, with enough farm, Spectre can withstand an entire Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field, possibly even causing Crystal Maiden to kill herself from Spectre Dispersion Dispersion.

Countered by:

Slark

* Heroes with good escapes can usually outmaneuver and escape from Spectre: Slark Slark, Clinkz Clinkz, Weaver Weaver

Additional:
* Essence Shift deals 20 extra damage by draining one strength per hit, which cannot be reduced or spread by Spectre Dispersion Dispersion.
* Pounce prevents Spectre from escaping with Spectre Spectral Dagger Spectral Dagger.
* Spectre Haunt Haunt illusions usually don't deal a lot of damage to Slark as he tends to buy a Shadow Blade, preventing Spectre Desolate Desolate's and Diffusal Blade's damage and activating Shadow Dance's regeneration to make up for any damage caused by Radiance.
* Slark is a natural Silver Edge carrier, which can break both Desolate and Spectre Dispersion Dispersion.

Crystal Maiden

Queen of Pain

[wiki] rating: -0.2 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 9%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Both Scream of Pain and Sonic Wave should hit him during his Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance.

Countered by:

Slark

Crystal Maiden

Bounty Hunter

[wiki] rating: -0.2 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Bounty Hunter Shuriken Toss Shuriken Toss's stun is useful for cancelling Freezing Field from a distance.
* Bounty Hunter Track Track can be used for revealing Crystal Maiden when she uses Glimmer Cape.
* Bounty Hunter Jinada Jinada does burst physical damage (which is even bigger if dealt under Track's crits), which is effective due to Crystal Maiden's low HP and armor.
* Bounty Hunter likes to stay hidden from the fight and is less likely to get caught by Crystal Maiden's spells.

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Slark with Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact
* Heroes that can remove the Track debuff with their skills:
* Abaddon Abaddon with Abaddon Aphotic Shield Aphotic Shield and Abaddon Borrowed Time Borrowed Time
* Huskar Huskar with Huskar Life Break Life Break
* Juggernaut with Juggernaut Blade Fury Blade Fury
* Legion Commander with Legion Commander Press the Attack Press the Attack
* Lifestealer with Lifestealer Rage Rage and Lifestealer Infest Infest
* Naga Siren with Naga Siren Mirror Image Mirror Image
* Omniknight with Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace
* Oracle Oracle with Oracle Fortune Fortune's End and Oracle False Promise False Promise
* Phantom Lancer with Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger
* Slark Slark with Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact
* Ursa Ursa with Ursa Enrage Enrage
* Weaver Weaver with Weaver Time Lapse Time Lapse
* Tidehunter with Tidehunter Kraken Shell Kraken Shell when damage received reaches the threshold.

Crystal Maiden

Riki

[wiki] rating: -0.2 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Smoke Screen effectively disables Crystal Maiden's channeling spell: Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field.
* Due to her low health and armor throughout the game, Riki can kill her easily.

Countered by:

Crystal Maiden

Slark

Timbersaw

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Heroes with AoE abilities will hit Slark in Shadow Dance: Lina Lina, Jakiro Jakiro, Underlord, Leshrac Leshrac, Dark Seer, Earthshaker, Timbersaw, Crystal Maiden

Additional:
* Timbersaw can use Timbersaw Chakram Chakram as a scouting tool to find Slark if he tries to Slark Pounce Pounce into the trees.
* None of Timbersaw's abilities require a target to be cast, allowing him to hit Slark inside Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance.
* Timbersaw Reactive Armor Reactive Armor can be effective protection against a Slark who attacks quickly, since the strong armor and health regen cannot be stolen by Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift.
* Timbersaw Timber Chain Timber Chain makes Timbersaw very mobile, meaning he is among the very few heroes who can actually give chase to a fleeing Slark.

Countered by:

Slark

Tidehunter

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Tidehunter Gush Gush can make Crystal Maiden's already weak armor even weaker.
* Tidehunter Kraken Shell Kraken Shell can dispel Frostbite, preventing him from getting stuck inside Freezing Field.
* Tidehunter Ravage Ravage is very useful for interrupting Freezing Field, even while Crystal Maiden is under the effects of Glimmer Cape. Crystal Maiden must purchase a Black King Bar, which is far more costly.

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact dispels debuffs from Gush, Anchor Smash and even Ravage if timed correctly.
* Kraken Shell cannot restore attributes stolen by Slark Essence Shift Essence Shift or dispel the leash if he gets Slark Pounce Pounced.

Rubick

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 17%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Everything she has is great in Rubick's kit:
* Crystal Maiden Crystal Nova Crystal Nova deals crowd damage and slows enemies, also helps on farming.
* Crystal Maiden Frostbite Frostbite helps Rubick locks down enemies, also is a decent farming ability.
* Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field is a channeling ability and therefore can be stolen easily.
* Arcane Supremacy's Debuff Duration Amplification also benefits Crystal Maiden Crystal Nova Crystal Nova and Crystal Maiden Frostbite Frostbite greatly.

Countered by:

Slark

* Slark Pounce Pounce and Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact together with some attacks can gank Rubick down quickly. Rubick can seldom retaliate because of the strong dispel of Dark Pact. What is more, Rubick is the type of squishy support that Slark exactly wants to gank.
* Though Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance is a great spell to steal, Slark's untargetable nature and his low cooldown spells prevents Rubick from stealing it.
* Slark usually builds Diffusal Blade which can prevent Rubick to cast his abilities from Spell Steal.

Dark Seer

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 2%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Heroes with AoE abilities will hit Slark in Shadow Dance: Lina Lina, Jakiro Jakiro, Underlord, Leshrac Leshrac, Dark Seer, Earthshaker, Timbersaw, Crystal Maiden

Countered by:

Slark

* Dark Seer relies on Surge for most of his mobility, so he's not very vulnerable to slows, but much more to root effects and walls or pseudo-walls such as Disruptor's Disruptor Kinetic Field Kinetic Field or Slark Slark's Slark Pounce Pounce.

Zeus

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Heroes with heavy magical nukes will take advantage of Slark's poor HP or force him to use Shadow Dance early: Lina Lina, Lion Lion, Zeus Zeus

Countered by:

Slark

* Zeus can deal a huge amount of damage, but he lacks defensive abilities, such as good mobility or resistance. Due to that, he doesn't like to be touched by any means. Heroes with higher damage output and good mobility will often get easily near Zeus and trade damage (eventually causing Zeus's downfall). Such Heroes include: Lycan Lycan, Slark Slark, Storm Spirit, Spectre Spectre and others.

Phoenix

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes with slow movement speeds and small health pools (supports like Crystal Maiden or Witch Doctor) are easy targets for Phoenix. Should they be inflicted by its DOT debuffs, they will be very quickly killed without even getting a chance to fight back.

Countered by:

Slark

Shadow Demon

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Slark

* Heroes that lose a great amount of damage output and become less threatening: Phantom Assassin, Sven Sven, Slark Slark, Phantom Lancer.
* Once you have an Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter, Shadow Demon instantly reaches a new power spike and becomes a counter for a variety of heroes that have strong passives.
* Heroes that lose a great amount of their tankiness and become easier to finish off: Bristleback, Spectre Spectre, Phantom Assassin, Enchantress, Dragon Knight.
* Heroes that lose a great amount of damage output and become less threatening: Phantom Assassin, Sven Sven, Slark Slark, Phantom Lancer.
* You can always stack camps and farm the scepter with Shadow Poison.

Countered by:

Slark

* Heroes who can dispel will be able to remove remove Soul Catcher's debuff to instantly bring the health of affected heroes back to a considerable amount: Abaddon Abaddon, Slark Slark, Legion Commander, Oracle Oracle.

Mirana

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 11%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Sacred Arrow can be used to interrupt Freezing Field from a safe distance, forcing her to cancel it to dodge or get hit.
* Crystal Maiden has very slow movement speed, making her an easy Sacred Arrow target.
* Crystal Maiden has low health and can easily be killed with an Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter combo or just when hit with an arrow.
* If Crystal Maiden Frostbite Frostbite has already been used, Mirana can Leap away even when slowed by Crystal Maiden Crystal Nova Crystal Nova or Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field.

Countered by:

Slark

* If Slark sees the Sacred Arrow before it hits him, he can use Slark Dark Pact Dark Pact to remove it a moment later.
* Slark Pounce Pounce prevents Mirana from escaping with Leap.
* Slark can survive Mirana's Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter combo with Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance.

Vengeful Spirit

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

* Heroes with strong channeling spells like Crystal Maiden's Crystal Maiden Freezing Field Freezing Field, Bane Bane's Bane Fiend Fiend's Grip, and Enigma Enigma's Enigma Black Hole Black Hole can easily be interrupted from a long range by Nether Swap, assuming they don't have a Linken Linken's Sphere.

Countered by:

Slark

* Heroes who have a high mobility (Queen of Pain, Storm Spirit, Slark Slark, etc.).

Clinkz

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

Countered by:

Crystal Maiden

Juggernaut

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 18%)

Counters these heroes:

Crystal Maiden

Countered by:

Slark

* Heroes with escaping and disjointing abilities can be good against Juggernaut:Anti-Mage Riki Riki, Queen of Pain, Puck Puck, Storm Spirit, Ember Spirit, Slark Slark etc.