Bloodseeker
[wiki] rating: 2.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)Phantom Assassin
[wiki] rating: 2.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 15%)Io
* Phantom Strike allows Phantom Assassin jump directly to Io.
* Coup de Grace makes short work of Io's low health and armor.
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.
Lycan
[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 4%)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.
Io
* Heroes with low armor and little mobility, like Huskar,
Io, etc. will also have an unfortunate fate.
Broodmother
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 56% pickrate: 2%)Lich
* Chain Frost can bounce to the Spiderlings that Broodmother spawns.
Clinkz
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 5%)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: 9%)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: 51% pickrate: 5%)Io
* Living Armor can be used to save a hero from a Relocate gank.
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: 50% 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.
Ogre Magi
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 15%)Io
* Ignite has long duration damage-over-time and prevents Io from healing his Tethered ally.
Weaver
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 8%)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.
Luna
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% 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: 9%)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.
Leshrac
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 2%)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.
Zeus
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 9%)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.
Queen of Pain
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% 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.
Grimstroke
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 12%)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.
Rubick
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 17%)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.
* A well-timed Chain Frost can be devastating to the enemy team.
Bounty Hunter
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 9%)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.
Night Stalker
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 5%)Lich
* Heroes with low health: Lich,
Crystal Maiden,
Lion.
Bane
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% 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.
Dark Seer
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)Lich
* The haste provided by Dark Seer's
Surge or a {Rune:Haste} renders your slows ineffective.
Death Prophet
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)Io
* Heroes that are hard to gank: Axe,
Death Prophet,
Phantom Lancer
Huskar
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% 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.
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
Riki
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 15%)Io
* Heroes that can easily bypass Io's allies to get to Io: Riki,
Tusk,
Clinkz,
Sniper
Phantom Lancer
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 9%)Io
* Heroes that are hard to gank: Axe,
Death Prophet,
Phantom Lancer
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
Earth Spirit
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 8%)Io
* Squishy heroes (Io,
Crystal Maiden,
Lina...), as Earth Spirit can deal tons of damage with Magnetize.
Mars
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 15%)Lich
* Heroes who lack burst damage will have a hard time against Mars: Phantom Lancer,
Nature's Prophet,
Lich.
Legion Commander
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 12%)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
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: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 9%)Io
* Heroes that are hard to gank: Axe,
Death Prophet,
Phantom Lancer
Anti-Mage
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 14%)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.
Tiny
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 6%)Io
* Squishy heroes, usually supports, like Io,
Ancient Apparition,
Keeper of the Light etc can die instantly from Tiny's magic burst.
Sniper
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)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.
Nature's Prophet
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 7%)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.
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.
Meepo
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 46% 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.
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.
Pudge
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 19%)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.
Lone Druid
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% 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.
Dragon Knight
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 3%)Lich
* Lich's constant slows with Frost Blast and
Chain Frost will slow Dragon Knight to a crawl, especially in a crowded teamfight.
Drow Ranger
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)Io
* Drow Ranger's lack of escape abilities makes her an easy target for Relocate ganks.
Chaos Knight
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 3%)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.
Phoenix
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 9%)Io
* Phoenix's limit AoE, damage-over-time abilities give Io plenty of time to save allies with Relocate.
Elder Titan
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 1%)Lich
* Frost Shield helps offset the armor reduction from Natural Order.
Troll Warlord
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 9%)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.
Underlord
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 8%)Io
* Io can escape from Pit of Malice with Tether or Relocate.
* Relocate can counter Dark Rift's split pushing.
Enchantress
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 40% pickrate: 1%)Lich
* Heroes with nukes: Bane,
Lich,
Lion,
Skywrath Mage
Doom
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 46% 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.
Omniknight
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 1%)Lich
* Heroes with large magical AoE damage will fare well against Omniknight: Lich,
Ancient Apparition,
Jakiro,
Disruptor
Juggernaut
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 18%)Io
* Heroes with abilities that can save teammates are also effective such as Shadow Demon,
Dazzle,
Oracle,
Bane,
Pugna,
Tusk,
Winter Wyvern,
Io,
Underlord,
Treant Protector and
Keeper of the Light.
Bristleback
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 9%)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.
Lich
* Sinister Gaze forces Bristleback to face Lich, exposing him to damage.
* Lich's plethora of slows make it easy to kite Bristleback.
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* If
Thirst activated, Lich doesn't slow Bloodseeker.
Blade Mail can cause Lich to accidentally kill himself with Chain Frost.
Glimmer Cape or
Force Staff are suicidal item against Bloodseeker when he is affected by
Rupture.
* If he sees Chain Frost is targeting him, he can easily isolate himself with Thirst or forces Bloodseeker to build
* Even Lich builds
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.
*