Rubick
[wiki] rating: 2.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 16%)Huskar
[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 3%)Lich
* Vulnerable spellcasters with no escape mechanisms are easy targets for Huskar: 
Lich, 
Crystal Maiden, 
Silencer, 
Keeper of the Light, 
Venomancer, etc.
Additional:
* Lich is going to have a hard time nuking Huskar because of his high health regeneration from 
Berserker's Blood.
* Lich is a squishy support without an escape mechanism, making Lich an easy kill thanks to 
Life Break and 
Burning Spear.
* Once Huskar has 
Armlet of Mordiggian, even a maxed out Frost Blast will struggle to finish Huskar off.
Kunkka
* Since Tidebringer has a 4 second cooldown, Kunkka has little availability to manfight Huskar.
Clinkz
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 4%)Kunkka
* Clinkz's high damage output and insane attack speed late-game can take Kunkka out of the fight before it begins.
* 
Strafe and 
Searing Arrows together can kill allies easily even under Ghostship's buff.
* 
Skeleton Walk can allow Clinkz to make a quick escape after Kunkka's combo, or even avoid it all together.
Juggernaut
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 19%)Kunkka
* 
Blade Fury negates Kunkka's X Marks the Spot.
* Kunkka has no way to dodge 
Omnislash.
* Kunkka has no way to hit 
Healing Ward directly in battle, and it mitigates Ghostship and Tidebringer's damage.
Ursa
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 16%)Kunkka
* Ursa's massive physical damage can destroy Kunkka quickly.
* 
Enrage can be activated before being hit by Ghostship to prevent most of the damage.
* 
Earthshock slows Kunkka's movement speed. With no escape abilities, Kunkka is easy prey.
Mirana
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 16%)Kunkka
* 
Leap allows Mirana to easily escape Torrent and Ghostship.
Outworld Destroyer
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 13%)Kunkka
* 
Astral Imprisonment can allow Outworld Destroyer to save himself or allies from Kunkka's full kit.
* 
Sanity's Eclipse deal a large amount of damage, as Kunkka's mana pool is much smaller than Outworld Destroyer's.
* 
Arcane Orb deals pure damage, shredding through Kunkka and his team even with Ghostship's buff.
Weaver
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 13%)Lich
* Weaver doesn't care much about Lich's slows thanks to 
Shukuchi.
* If he sees Chain Frost is targeting him, he can easily isolate himself with Shukuchi so that it stops bouncing around.
* Unless Lich bursts Weaver immediately, Lich has no hard disables or silences to prevent him from using 
Time Lapse.
Bloodseeker
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)Lich
* If 
Thirst activated, Lich doesn't slow Bloodseeker.
* If he sees Chain Frost is targeting him, he can easily isolate himself with Thirst or forces Bloodseeker to build 
Blade Mail can cause Lich to accidentally kill himself with Chain Frost.
* Even Lich builds 
Glimmer Cape or 
Force Staff are suicidal item against Bloodseeker when he is affected by 
Rupture.
Phoenix
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 9%)Kunkka
* 
Supernova negates Kunkka's combo entirely, as it can't be affected by spells while using Supernova.
* 
Icarus Dive also allows Phoenix to dodge Ghostship and Torrent.
Silencer
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)Kunkka
* Kunkka relies on his powerful AOE spells to turn the tides of teamfights. He cannot use them while silenced.
* 
Last Word can mess up Kunkka's ability synergy, silencing him in the middle of his strong combo.
* 
Global Silence can disable Kunkka's spell casting from anywhere on the map, even if Kunkka is spell immune at the time.
Sniper
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 6%)Kunkka
* With his 
Take Aim, Sniper can simply sit out of your ability range and deal massive damage if not killed first.
* 
Assassinate can target allies who are still alive with low health because of Ghostship's buff.
* 
Headshot makes it harder for Kunkka to position/escape and makes it hard for Kunkka to hit with Tidebringer.
Lifestealer
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 5%)Kunkka
* 
Rage negates Kunkka's X Marks the Spot.
* As a strength hero with high strength gain and very little armor, as well as low agility gain, Kunkka is vulnerable to Lifestealer's 
Feast and 
Open Wounds.
Phantom Assassin
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 16%)Lich
* Phantom Assassin can easily escape Lich's slows with 
Phantom Strike.
* Phantom Assassin's 
Coup De Grace can be used to burst down the squishy Lich.
Bane
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 3%)Lich
* Heroes that wish to disrupt fights with spell combos or big ultimates are vulnerable to the long stun of Fiend's Grip: 
Disruptor, 
Death Prophet, 
Enigma, 
Faceless Void, 
Invoker, Lich, 
Magnus, 
Mars, 
Medusa, 
Outworld Destroyer, 
Phoenix, 
Puck, 
Queen of Pain, 
Shadow Fiend, 
Treant Protector, 
Underlord, 
Winter Wyvern, 
Witch Doctor, 
Zeus.
Night Stalker
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 5%)Lich
* Heroes with low health: Lich, Crystal Maiden, 
Lion.
Templar Assassin
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)Lich
* Heroes with powerful nuke can waste their precious abilites on her Refraction during a ganking attempt or chaos combat: Lich, 
Lina, 
Sniper, Outworld Destroyer Zeus
Treant Protector
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)Kunkka
* Treant Protector's 
Living Armor will also negate Tidebringer's damage.
Shadow Demon
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 2%)Kunkka
* Similarly, they can negate your X Marks The Spot & Torrent combo by protecting your target when you use Return. Good candidates to negate your combo include Outworld Destroyer and his Astral Imprisonment, and 
Shadow Demon and his 
Disruption.
* Heroes with hide abilities can often dodge a Ghostship just before it hits.
* Similarly, they can negate your X Marks The Spot & Torrent combo by protecting your target when you use Return. Good candidates to negate your combo include Outworld Destroyer and his Astral Imprisonment, and Shadow Demon and his Disruption.
* A 
Eul's Scepter of Divinity can also do the trick, but, unlike the previously mentioned abilities, you can only use it on yourself and not your allies.
Viper
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 6%)Kunkka
* Melee heroes with low mobility can be kited and killed by Viper: Treant Protector, 
Kunkka, 
Alchemist, 
Troll Warlord, 
Wraith King, 
Tiny, 
Sven.
Legion Commander
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 11%)Lich
* Heroes with low health will die easily during Duels, and can be farmed for damage in the early game: Crystal Maiden, Lich, 
Techies, 
Rubick
Omniknight
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 1%)Kunkka
* 
Guardian Angel makes allies immune to all physical damage, effectively causing Tidebringer to do no damage.
* 
Purification is a powerful, pure damaging heal that can save Omniknight's allies after Kunkka's large damage.
Lich
* Heroes with large magical AoE damage will fare well against Omniknight: Lich, 
Ancient Apparition, 
Jakiro, Disruptor
Zeus
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 8%)Lich
* Lich does not pose a big threat to Zeus in teamfights, as his spells don't have great cast range and Zeus should be too far back for a 
Chain Frost to bounce among him and his allies.
* Lich has a low health pool, allowing Zeus to burst him down quickly.
Kunkka
* Heroes with long range abilities are also able to touch Zeus, such as 
Clockwerk, Kunkka, Puck, 
Skywrath Mage, 
Spirit Breaker, 
Tusk and others.
Nature's Prophet
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 5%)Lich
* His treants can prevent Chain Frost from jumping to Nature's Prophet or his allies.
Additional:
* Chain Frost can bounce to the treants that Nature's Prophet summons.
* Nature's Prophet's 
Sprout can be used to isolate and burst down the squishy Lich.
Kunkka
* Similarly, heroes with low cooldown teleports can be afraid to split push against X Marks the Spot, such as 
Tinker and 
Nature's Prophet.
* In general, highly mobile heroes like 
Earth Spirit or 
Storm Spirit are at a disadvantage against X Marks the Spot.
* Similarly, heroes with low cooldown teleports can be afraid to split push against X Marks the Spot, such as Tinker and Nature's Prophet.
Meepo
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 1%)Lich
* 
Poof combo puts all of the Meepos very close together, making them vulnerable to Frost Blast's AoE slow and multiple bounces from Chain Frost.
Kunkka
* X Marks the Spot is good to prevent a single meepo from escaping from a deadly situation.
* Tidebringer, Torrent and Ghostship destroys Meepo's clones.
Additional:
* 
Tidebringer's cleave damage can wear down Meepo's clones quickly. It can also give Meepo problems in the lane, due to his melee range and initially low health pool.
* 
Ghostship and 
Torrent can effectively disable Meepo while dealing heavy damage.
* 
X Marks the Spot prevents attempts to escape using Poof.
Chaos Knight
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 3%)Kunkka
* Tidebringer, Torrent and Ghostship destroys Chaos Knight's 
Phantasm army all through the game.
Lich
* Chain Frost can eliminate Chaos Knight's Phantasm army, especially after he clumped up using 
Reality Rift.
* Frost Shield will heavily reduce his army's effectiveness.
Additional:
* Lich's Chain Frost, especially after obtaining its respective talent that provides unlimited bounces, can take out all of Chaos Knight's illusions quickly.
* An 
Aghanim's Scepter-upgraded 
Sinister Gaze can hypnotize Chaos Knight and his illusions while also draining his already low mana pool.
Faceless Void
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 41% pickrate: 3%)Kunkka
* Ghostship can stun Faceless Void and give damage reduction to allies during Chronosphere.
* Torrent can stun Faceless Void from outside Chronosphere.
* X Marks the Spot can bring back Faceless Void if he escape using Time Walk.
* If the timing is right and there are allies to attack, combination of X Marks the Spot, Ghostship, Torrent and Tidebringer can kill Faceless Void instantly.
Bristleback
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 8%)Lich
* Sinister Gaze forces Bristleback to face Lich, exposing him to damage.
* Lich's plethora of slows make it easy to kite Bristleback.
Lone Druid
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 1%)Lich
* Chain Frost will bounce between Lone Druid and his bear, forcing them to separate or suffer high amounts of damage.
Additional:
* Chain Frost can deliver high amounts of damage to Lone itself and his bear if they do not separate fast from each other.
Ember Spirit
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 9%)Kunkka
* Using X Marks the spot Kunkka can prevent Ember Spirit from escaping with Activate Fire Remnant, until he purchase Eul's Scepter of Divinity or 
Linken's Sphere.
Spectre
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 3%)Kunkka
* Spectre can't escape with 
Spectral Dagger under X Marks the Spot.
* Kunkka can dominate Spectre's lane using Tidebringer and gain an advantage.
* Ghostship helps your team soak up damage from 
Haunt.
Batrider
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 1%)Kunkka
* X Marks the Spot breaks Flaming Lasso when used on ally and can break if used on Batrider.
Dragon Knight
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 4%)Lich
* Lich's constant slows with 
Frost Blast and Chain Frost will slow Dragon Knight to a crawl, especially in a crowded teamfight.
Centaur Warrunner
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 3%)Kunkka
* X Marks the Spot negates Stampede.
Elder Titan
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 1%)Lich
* 
Frost Shield helps offset the armor reduction from Natural Order.
Warlock
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)Kunkka
* Ghostship helps your team soak up damage from 
Chaotic Offering and hit summons hard.
* Tidebringer clears summons later in the game.
* Most of your spells can interrupt 
Upheaval.
Invoker
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 16%)Kunkka
* Tidebringer pressures Invoker easily in lane due to Invoker's low health and armor in the early game.
Io
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 7%)Lich
* 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.
Sand King
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 10%)Kunkka
* Ghostship helps your team soak up damage from 
Epicenter, especially if he initiates during the battle.
* 
Sand King can't dodge X Marks the Spot - Torrent combo by his abilities. Torrent drags him out of his 
Sand Storm
Underlord
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 7%)Kunkka
* X Marks the Spot will return Underlord or his teammate if they escape with Dark Rift.
Phantom Lancer
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 10%)Kunkka
* Tidebringer, Torrent and Ghostship destroys Phantom Lancer's illusion army.
* 
Phantom Lancer can't escape with 
Doppelganger under your X Marks the Spot, but can use it to dodge it.
Additional:
* Tidebringer and Kunkka's AoE abilities in general are effective in clearing Phantom Lancer's illusions.
Troll Warlord
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 12%)Lich
* Frost Blast and Chain Frost can kite Troll Warlord effectively.
* Frost Shield can single-handedly waste most of the duration of Battle Trance, due to the extreme resistance to physical damage Frost Shield provides. In addition, Troll Warlord is incapable of switching targets during Battle Trance, so he cannot pick an easier target.
* Troll Warlord has little to no ability to regenerate HP, so Frost Blast together with Frost Shield can harass him effectively.
Alchemist
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 14%)Kunkka
* Tidebringer will deal lots of damage to Alchemist before he builds physical survivability items.
* Torrent and X Marks the Spot can control Alchemist at all stages of the game before he has Black King Bar.
* Ghostship's rum buff will greatly reduce the Alchemist's damage output in teamfights including his Radiance.
Magnus
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 4%)Kunkka
* Any hero who can counter-initiate in anticipation without getting caught in Reverse Polarity: Sven, 
Omniknight, Enigma, 
Luna, 
Naga Siren, Mars, Jakiro, Venomancer, 
Elder Titan, Faceless Void, Rubick, Keeper of the Light, 
Pugna, Invoker, 
Spectre, Alchemist, Treant Protector, Lina, 
Oracle, Zeus, 
Shadow Shaman, Phoenix, 
Razor, 
Huskar, 
Batrider, Kunkka, 
Tidehunter, Wraith King, Sand King.
Enchantress
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 1%)Lich
* Heroes with nukes: 
Bane, Lich, Lion, Skywrath Mage
Witch Doctor
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 13%)Kunkka
* Heroes with long channeling abilities like Witch Doctor are easy targets for Kunkka to interrupt in team fights.
Additional:
* Torrent can cancel Death Ward from a far distance.
Earth Spirit
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 10%)Kunkka
* In general, highly mobile heroes like Earth Spirit or Storm Spirit are at a disadvantage against X Marks the Spot.
* Similarly, heroes with low cooldown teleports can be afraid to split push against X Marks the Spot, such as Tinker and Nature's Prophet.
Storm Spirit
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 12%)Kunkka
* In general, highly mobile heroes like Earth Spirit or Storm Spirit are at a disadvantage against X Marks the Spot.
* Similarly, heroes with low cooldown teleports can be afraid to split push against X Marks the Spot, such as Tinker and Nature's Prophet.
Disruptor
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 9%)Kunkka
* X Marks the Spot is a counter to Disruptor's 
Glimpse, but you need quick reactions to pull it off.
Additional:
* X Marks The Spot allows Kunkka or his teammates to fight back under effect of Glimpse.
Lion
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 17%)Kunkka
* Lion lacks mobility or escape mechanisms, making him an easy target for abilities like 
Mirana's 
Sacred Arrow or 
Leshrac's 
Split Earth, or combos like Kunkka's X Marks the Spot into Torrent.
Hoodwink
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 15%)Kunkka
* Heroes that can negate Hoodwink's mobility: Kunkka, Disruptor, Mars.
Chen
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 0%)Kunkka
* Heroes with cleave abilities and area of effect damage can make quick work of Chen's converted creeps and at same time gain farm: Magnus, Jakiro, Shadow Fiend, Kunkka, Luna, 
Dragon Knight, Medusa, Alchemist.
Tinker
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 12%)Kunkka
* Similarly, heroes with low cooldown teleports can be afraid to split push against X Marks the Spot, such as Tinker and Nature's Prophet.
* In general, highly mobile heroes like Earth Spirit or Storm Spirit are at a disadvantage against X Marks the Spot.
* Similarly, heroes with low cooldown teleports can be afraid to split push against X Marks the Spot, such as Tinker and Nature's Prophet.
Additional:
* X Marks the Spot can be used to prevent Tinker from escape with 
Blink Dagger or 
Boots of Travel, discourage him from snapping farm and snapping gank. However, in later game, it'll be much more difficult because Tinker can buy 
Black King Bar or Linken's Sphere to prevent Kunkka from placing X on him, or Eul's Scepter of Divinity to prevent the recall
Visage
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 1%)Kunkka
* Heroes with cleave or multi-target attacks can quickly take on Familiars and reduce Visage's firepower like 
Gyrocopter, Kunkka, Magnus and Medusa.
Dark Seer
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)Lich
* The haste provided by 
Dark Seer's 
Surge or a {Rune:Haste} renders your slows ineffective.
Kunkka
* X Marks the Spot prevents Dark Seer or his allies from escaping with Surge.
Queen of Pain
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 9%)Lich
* Queen of Pain can easily escape Chain Frost thanks to 
Blink.
* His low survivability makes an easy kill for 
Shadow Strike, 
Scream of Pain & 
Sonic Wave.
Kunkka
* Ghostship helps your team soak up damage from Sonic Wave and Scream of Pain.
* Queen of Pain can't escape easily from X Marks the Spot - Torrent combo.
Mars
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 16%)Lich
* Heroes who lack burst damage will have a hard time against Mars: Phantom Lancer, Nature's Prophet, Lich.
Kunkka
* Kunkka's Ghostship and Torrent disrupt fights in Arena Of Blood.
Anti-Mage
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 13%)Lich
* Anti-Mage can withstand magical burst damage much better than other carries, making him effective against nukers: Lich, 
Necrophos, Oracle, and Leshrac.
Additional:
* Although he can be effective against Anti-Mage in an aggro offlane, Lich has a hard time nuking down Anti-Mage in the midgame due to his Counterspell.
* All of Lich's abilities are also targeted, which makes it much harder to disable Anti-Mage.
* In the lategame, Anti-Mage can easily pick off Lich with 
Blink, and the high mana cost of Chain Frost along with Lich's large mana pool makes him vulnerable to 
Mana Void.
* Blink allows Anti-Mage to escape Chain Frost.
Kunkka
* Kunkka can bring Anti-Mage back with X Marks the Spot, effectively negating Blink or forcing him to wait out the debuff before Blinking.
Broodmother
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 2%)Lich
* Chain Frost can bounce to the Spiderlings that Broodmother spawns.
Kunkka
* Kunkka's entire kit is great for taking out multiple units at once.
* Tidebringer's cleave will split through a wave of spiderlings.
* X Marks the Spot is great for dragging Broodmother back out of her web for Kunkka's team to set up on her.
* Torrent and Ghostship will demolish any spiderlings within the radius.
Additional:
* X Marks the Spot prevents Broodmother from escaping.
* Tidebringer can clear Broodmother's spiders if they get in range.
Lycan
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 3%)Lich
* Lycan doesn't care much about Lich's slows thanks to 
Shapeshift.
* Chain Frost can bounce to the wolves that Lycan summons.
Additional:
* Lich possesses a lot of slows, which Lycan doesn't care about when he Shapeshifts.
* Lich has no in-built escape, which makes him a good target for Lycan.
Kunkka
* Tidebringer's cleave will cripple any of his summons.
* Could potentially build Heaven's Halberd to cripple Lycan even more.
Additional:
* Tidebringer can be used to kill Lycan's summons.
* can also build into 
Heaven's Halberd which will disable Lycan's auto attacks crippling him even more.
Kunkka
* Despite most Kunkka players depending on their immense physical damage, his spells provide a lot of utility for Rubick:
Torrent is very easy to land when paired with Telekinesis.
X Marks the Spot can potentially be more effective in Rubick's hands due to his tendency to increase his cast range with his talents and items.
Ghostship, paired with Telekinesis, allows Rubick to land it very easily without requiring 
Torrent or 
X Marks the Spot.
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Lich
* All his abilities is decent in Rubick's kit:
Frost Blast allows Rubick to harass and constantly slow down enemies.
Frost Shield increases Rubick's as well as his allies' and tower's survivability to physical attacks.
Chain Frost can be devastating to the enemy team.
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* A well-timed