Ogre Magi
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 17%)Clinkz
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 6%)Io
* Strafe and
Searing Arrows allow Clinkz to quickly kill Io due to its low armor.
Ancient Apparition
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 8%)Io
* Ice Blast prevents Io from healing the target.
Additional:
* Ice Blast prevents Io from healing an ally with Tether and prevents healing from
Overcharge
* Io is a common Mekansm builder which is useless if he is affected by Ice Blast.
Treant Protector
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 6%)Io
* Living Armor can be used to save a hero from a Relocate gank.
Arc Warden
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)Gyrocopter
* Magnetic Field evades most of Gyrocopter's attacks.
* Necronomicon can kill Gyrocopter with the summons. In addition, Last Will might activate if the Necronomicon Warrior gets killed through Flak Cannon or Call Down.
Winter Wyvern
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)Io
* Cold Embrace can render the extra attack speed from Overcharge meaningless.
* Splinter Blast and
Winter's Curse are very affective against Io, as it has to stay close to its tethered hero.
Spirit Breaker
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 8%)Io
* Charge of Darkness can be used to escape or counter-initiate against a Relocate gank.
* Greater Bash and
Nether Strike is devastating due to Io's low armor, and can even knock it away from tethered target.
Bloodseeker
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 2%)Io
* Thirst allows Bloodseeker to see where Io relocated to, should either Io or the tethered hero have low health.
* Rupture forces Io to stay in place, preventing it from using the Tether bonus movement speed to escape.
Void Spirit
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 10%)Gyrocopter
* Void Spirit can easily dodge Gyrocopter's {Ability ID:Homing Missile|gyrocopter} with the help of Dissimilate.
* Void Spirit can partly dodge Call Down via Dissimilate or move out of its range with Astral Step.
* Gyrocopter has no escape abilities, which benefits Void Spirit's high mobility.
Leshrac
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)Io
* Lightning Storm will usually hit both Io and its tethered target since both will be close enough for the lightning to jump.
* Diabolic Edict and
Pulse Nova hit all units near Leshrac, meaning he can do colossal damage to Io and its tethered target.
Additional:
* Lightning Storm will usually hit both Io and his Tethered target since both will be close enough for the lightning to jump. It can then be followed up by Split Earth.
* Diabolic Edict and Pulse Nova hit all units near Leshrac, meaning he can do colossal damage to Io and his Tethered target.
Timbersaw
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 7%)Gyrocopter
* Timbersaw is often too mobile and durable for Gyrocopter to bring down with his area attacks.
Omniknight
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 3%)Gyrocopter
* Guardian Angel negates most of Gyrocopter's physical АоЕ damage.
* Heavenly Grace dispels Homing Missile stun.
Luna
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 4%)Io
* Lucent Beam can cancel Tether and Relocate.
* Moon Glaives and
Eclipse make short work of Io and its tethered ally.
Disruptor
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 8%)Io
* Glimpse directly negates Relocate.
Additional:
* Disruptor can always Glimpse back Io or his target after he Relocated nearby.
* Even better, thanks to the indicator on the ground, you can even preemptively drop Static Storm and Kinetic Field on the spot they will relocate to.
* Thunder Strike and Glimpse are also good tools to bring back an Io that Tethered away in the fog of war.
Huskar
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 2%)Gyrocopter
* Life Break and
Burning Spear usually kills Gyrocopter before he can do much damage to Huskar.
* Inner Fire applies a disarm on all enemies, which can be a hindrance to Gyrocopter.
Lich
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 12%)Io
* Lich's Chain Frost forces Io to give up providing buff to his ally with
Tether or suffer devastating damage with his tethered ally.
* Lich could easily use Sinister Gaze to disable Io from getting away with
Tether or
Relocate.
Queen of Pain
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 9%)Gyrocopter
* Blink makes it hard for Gyrocopter to pin down Queen of Pain.
* Sonic Wave is very effective at ganking Gyrocopter in the early game.
Anti-Mage
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 14%)Gyrocopter
* Mana Break makes Gyrocopter, who has low mana pool, unable to use his abilities that most of his damage output depends on.
* Counterspell negates magical damages from Gyrocopter and it can also reflect Homing Missile back to himself.
* Anti-Mage can easily escape from Gyrocopter's attack range and Call Down with Blink.
Grimstroke
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 8%)Io
* Grimstroke can catch Io and his ally easily with SoulBind as Io has a tendency to tether himself with an ally frequently.
* Io is highly vulnerable to disables. Hence, Grimstroke's Phantom's Embrace is a great ability to hinder Io's potential.
Additional:
* Soulbind can target both Io and its Tethered ally, allowing Grimstroke and his team to target both with single target spells. Should Io try to
Relocate, Phantom's Embrace can stop its channel to prevent escape.
Lina
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 14%)Gyrocopter
* Laguna Blade ends Gyrocopter very quickly in the early to mid game.
Bristleback
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 7%)Io
* Quill Spray is very effective against Io, as it has very low armor and has to stay close to the fight to not break its Tether.
Lifestealer
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 5%)Gyrocopter
* Rage ignores all of Gyrocopter's magical attacks.
* Feast helps Lifestealer out-damage Gyrocopter at close range.
Faceless Void
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 8%)Gyrocopter
* Time Walk makes it hard for Gyrocopter to pin down Faceless Void. With
Backtrack it also negates most of his attacks.
* Time Dilation will prevent Gyrocopter from using his cooldown spells.
Lycan
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 57% pickrate: 6%)Io
* Heroes with low armor and little mobility, like Huskar,
Io, etc. will also have an unfortunate fate.
Riki
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 10%)Io
* Heroes that can easily bypass Io's allies to get to Io: Riki,
Tusk,
Clinkz,
Sniper
Night Stalker
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 5%)Gyrocopter
* Heroes with weaker mobility will struggle to keep up with Night Stalker: Gyrocopter,
Ursa,
Drow Ranger
Bounty Hunter
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 8%)Io
* Fragile heroes: Bounty Hunter has decent nuking capabilities with Shiruken Toss and Jinada thus making fragile heroes easy picks for ganking. Few examples of such heroes are:Crystal Maiden,
Pugna,
Skywrath Mage,
Io,
Witch Doctor, etc.
Bane
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)Gyrocopter
* Low-health, normally mobile carries with a lot of damage are vulnerable to Bane's nukes and disables: Anti-Mage,
Clinkz,
Drow Ranger,
Faceless Void,
Gyrocopter,
Juggernaut,
Luna,
Meepo,
Mirana,
Monkey King,
Morphling,
Phantom Assassin,
Phantom Lancer,
Riki,
Shadow Fiend,
Slark,
Sniper,
Terrorblade,
Troll Warlord,
Weaver.
Death Prophet
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 3%)Io
* Heroes that are hard to gank: Axe,
Death Prophet,
Phantom Lancer
Storm Spirit
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 10%)Gyrocopter
* Heroes with high mobility will be able to avoid Gyrocopter's area attacks: Storm Spirit,
Morphling,
Ember Spirit
Earth Spirit
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 9%)Io
* Squishy heroes (Io,
Crystal Maiden,
Lina...), as Earth Spirit can deal tons of damage with Magnetize.
Tusk
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)Io
* Heroes that can easily bypass Io's allies to get to Io: Riki,
Tusk,
Clinkz,
Sniper
Zeus
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 11%)Gyrocopter
* Heroes with high magical burst damage will kill Gyrocopter before he gets to do much: Lina,
Lion,
Zeus
Lion
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 15%)Gyrocopter
* Heroes with high magical burst damage will kill Gyrocopter before he gets to do much: Lina,
Lion,
Zeus
Tinker
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 8%)Gyrocopter
* Any hero with a low HP pool is easy for Tinker to nuke down: Crystal Maiden,
Enchantress,
Gyrocopter,
Lion,
Riki,
Techies,
Terrorblade,
Necrophos,
Invoker.
Morphling
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 12%)Gyrocopter
* Heroes with high mobility will be able to avoid Gyrocopter's area attacks: Storm Spirit,
Morphling,
Ember Spirit
Ember Spirit
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 9%)Gyrocopter
* Heroes with high mobility will be able to avoid Gyrocopter's area attacks: Storm Spirit,
Morphling,
Ember Spirit
Snapfire
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 10%)Gyrocopter
* Heroes with summons that are destroyed by a fixed number of attacks: Undying's
Tombstone,
Gyrocopter's
Homing Missile, and
Zeus's
Nimbus.
Tiny
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 7%)Io
* Squishy heroes, usually supports, like Io,
Ancient Apparition,
Keeper of the Light etc can die instantly from Tiny's magic burst.
Juggernaut
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 20%)Gyrocopter
* Blade Fury and
Omnislash allows Juggernaut to avoid Gyrocopter's area attacks entirely.
Io
* Heroes with abilities that can save are also effective such as Shadow Demon,
Dazzle,
Oracle,
Bane,
Pugna,
Tusk,
Winter Wyvern,
Io,
Underlord,
Treant Protector and
Keeper of the Light.
Sniper
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 5%)Io
* Take Aim and
Assassinate allow Sniper to reach Io even if it stays in the backline.
Io
* Heroes with high mobility can approach Sniper: Anti-Mage,
Earth Spirit,
Io,
Nature's Prophet,
Pangolier,
Puck,
Queen of Pain and most notably
Riki.
Phantom Assassin
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 17%)Io
* Phantom Strike allows Phantom Assassin jump directly to Io.
* Coup de Grace makes short work of Io's low health and armor.
Gyrocopter
* Heroes with magical burst damage can often kill Phantom Assassin before she gets to do much: Necrophos,
Nyx Assassin,
Gyrocopter.
Meepo
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 1%)Gyrocopter
* Flak Cannon and Call Down will shred Meepo's clones.
* Homing Missile can catch and single out retreating Meepos, making them an easy kill.
Io
* Tether helps Io escape from Earthbind even if Meepo has Blink Dagger.
* Io's Spirits can pressure Meepo while laning and will usually hit at least one of his clones.
Terrorblade
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 6%)Gyrocopter
* Flak Cannon destroys Terrorblade's illusions very quickly.
Pudge
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 22%)Io
* Tether and Overcharge makes it much harder for Pudge to kill a target with Meat Hook, and Relocate can save the Io's ally while
Dismember is being channeled.
Drow Ranger
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 8%)Io
* Drow Ranger's lack of escape abilities makes her an easy target for Relocate ganks.
Undying
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 7%)Gyrocopter
* Flak Cannon rips through Tombstone's zombies.
Additional:
* Flak Cannon enables Gyrocopter to clear the zombies easily.
Phoenix
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 10%)Io
* Phoenix's limit AoE, damage-over-time abilities give Io plenty of time to save allies with Relocate.
Naga Siren
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 2%)Gyrocopter
* Flak Cannon and
Call Down can easily clear Naga Siren's illusions.
Chaos Knight
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)Gyrocopter
* Flak Cannon destroys Chaos Knight's illusions very quickly.
Underlord
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 8%)Io
* Io can escape from Pit of Malice with Tether or Relocate.
* Relocate can counter Dark Rift's split pushing.
Sven
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 42% pickrate: 2%)Gyrocopter
* Heroes that relies on armor or other type of physical damage negation are easy for Gyrocopter to take down during the early game with his magical damage: Axe,
Dragon Knight,
Sven.
Doom
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 3%)Io
* Heroes with the ability to heal allies, or those with good defensive abilities: (Chen,
Dazzle,
Io,
Oracle,
Omniknight,
Witch Doctor,
Winter Wyvern, (
Abaddon, etc.
Nature's Prophet
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 4%)Io
* Io can
Relocate with an ally to gank Nature's Prophet when he tries to push. Underlord can use his
Dark Rift as well.
Additional:
* Nature's Prophet is extremely easy to gank with Relocate while he's split pushing.
* Tether on a friendly unit can destroy Nature Prophet's trees should he surround himself with Sprout as a defense.
Templar Assassin
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)Gyrocopter
* Weak damage but high tick rate or persist in a long time: Slark,
Gyrocopter,
Queen of Pain,
Shadow Shaman (
Shackles),
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,
Witch Doctor,
Lycan,
Enigma,
Shadow Shaman
* Multiple attackers thanks to illusions: Phantom Lancer,
Chaos Knight,
Naga Siren (bonus for her
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,
Gyrocopter,
Queen of Pain,
Shadow Shaman (
Shackles),
Pugna
Dragon Knight
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 2%)Gyrocopter
* Heroes that relies on armor or other type of physical damage negation are easy for Gyrocopter to take down during the early game with his magical damage: Axe,
Dragon Knight,
Sven.
Visage
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)Gyrocopter
* Heroes with cleave or multi-target attacks can quickly take on Familiars and reduce Visage's firepower like Gyrocopter,
Kunkka,
Magnus and
Medusa.
Phantom Lancer
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)Io
* Heroes that are hard to gank: Axe,
Death Prophet,
Phantom Lancer
Gyrocopter
* Flak Cannon and
Call Down destroy Phantom Lancer's illusions very quickly.
Additional:
* Flak Cannon destroys Phantom Lancer's illusions very quickly.
Legion Commander
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 13%)Io
* Duel is very effective against Io due to its low health and armor.
Io
* Tethered heroes are much harder for Legion Commander to kill in Duels.
* Relocate can cancel Duels and save allies.
Axe
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 10%)Io
* Heroes that are hard to gank: Axe,
Death Prophet,
Phantom Lancer
Gyrocopter
* Heroes that relies on armor or other type of physical damage negation are easy for Gyrocopter to take down during the early game with his magical damage: Axe,
Dragon Knight,
Sven.
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