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Snapfire

[wiki] rating: 2.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Snapfire Mortimer Kisses Mortimer Kisses can reduce Omniknight's impact in teamfights. Omniknight's Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace cannot purge multiple stacks of Mortimer Kisses. The damage is also magical, making Omniknight's ultimate, Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel, useless.

Phantom Lancer

* Snapfire's AoE abilities in general are effective in clearing Phantom Lancer's illusions.

Jakiro

[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 9%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Jakiro Dual Breath Dual Breath slows down Phantom Lancer and his illusions.
* Jakiro Liquid Fire Liquid Fire will not only deal AoE damage but also lowers Phantom Lancer's attack speed.
* An Jakiro Ice Path Ice Path and Jakiro Macropyre Macropyre combo can easily clear all of Phantom Lancer's illusions.
Additional:
* Jakiro's spells inflict AoE damage, meaning he can take down Phantom Lancer's illusion army very quickly.

Omniknight

* Heroes with large magical AoE damage will fare well against Omniknight: Lich Lich, Ancient Apparition, Jakiro Jakiro, Disruptor

Lion

[wiki] rating: 1.2 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 17%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* One of Lion's level 20 talents lets Mana Drain affect 2 secondary targets. This can make things difficult for heroes like Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight, and Terrorblade who rely on illusion armies.
* Mana Drain and Hex instantly kill any illusions. Finger of Death upgraded with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter also shreds most illusions.
* One of Lion's level 20 talents lets Mana Drain affect 2 secondary targets. This can make things difficult for heroes like Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight, and Terrorblade who rely on illusion armies.

Omniknight

* Heroes who can drain mana can make Omniknight useless after he uses one or two abilities: Lion Lion, Anti-Mage, Nyx Assassin

Enigma

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

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Heroes under Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel can be still damaged from the pure damage of Black Hole and Midnight Pulse.
* Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace will do nothing against Enigma except amplifying damage of the Midnight Pulse.

Razor

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Razor Plasma Field Plasma Field can destroy Phantom Lancer's illusions or damage them heavily.
* Razor Static Link Static Link cannot be broken even with Doppelganger, serving as a marker for the real Phantom Lancer.
* Razor Storm Surge Storm Surge gives Razor's high mobility to chase down Phantom Lancer making Spirit Lance and Diffusal Blade slow useless.
* Razor Eye of the Storm Eye of the Storm along with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter can quickly reduce Phantom Lancer's armor.
Additional:
* Plasma Field and Eye of the Storm clears most of Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Static Link is not dispelled by Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger or Manta Style which can be used to mark the real Phantom Lancer while also draining his base damage.
* Razor's high mobility with Storm Surge makes it hard for Phantom Lancer to chase down with Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush. When upgraded with Aghanim's Shard, it makes a quick work of his illusions.

Naga Siren

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 2%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Naga Siren Song of the Siren Song of the Siren can be used to time out Guardian Angel, giving Naga Siren's team an easy opportunity to counter-initiate.
Additional:
* Song of the Siren will waste Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel.
* Ensnare fully works on Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Graced targets. However, Ensnare is dispellable with any dispel, and so can be dispelled by Heavenly Grace.
* As an agility hero that relies on illusions, Naga Siren is one of the most natural Diffusal Blade carriers, the bane of every hero with a small mana pool.

Hoodwink

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 15%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Hoodwink Acorn Shot Acorn Shot combined with attack modifiers such as Maelstrom or Daedalus makes a quick work of Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Hoodwink Bushwhack Bushwhack will stun Phantom Lancer and his illusions if they're near a tree.
Additional:
* Bushwhack will stun and make a quick work of Phantom Lancer and his illusion when he's near a tree.
* Hoodwink Sharpshooter Sharpshooter breaks Phantom Lancer Juxtapose Juxtapose and deals hefty damage.

Outworld Destroyer

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 13%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Outworld Destroyer Arcane Orb Arcane Orb's pure damage penetrates Guardian Angel's defense.
* Outworld Destroyer's intelligence steal is also devastating to Omniknight's already low mana pool.

Sand King

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 10%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* All of Sand King's abilities deal AoE damage.
* Sand King Epicenter Epicenter will usually eliminate all illusions in one cast. Phantom Lancer lacks any disables to stop the channelling.

Leshrac

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

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Leshrac's AoE abilities destroy Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Leshrac Diabolic Edict Diabolic Edict and Leshrac Pulse Nova Pulse Nova require no targeting, thus hitting Phantom Lancer whenever he's nearby.
Additional:
* Leshrac can easily clear Phantom Lancer's illusions with his huge area of effect damage.

Monkey King

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 16%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Monkey King's Monkey King Jingu Mastery Jingu Mastery is undispellable and puts a big yellow Mark over his head.
* Heroes with undispellable debuffs will help identify the real Phantom Lancer through visual effects or debuff indicators, provided that it was cast on the real Phantom Lancer to begin with:
* Doom Doom's Doom Doom Doom marks Phantom Lancer with a highly visible effect, and also silences him.
* Bloodseeker's Bloodseeker Rupture Rupture shows a clear red trail effect on the real Phantom Lancer.
* Ancient Apparition's Ancient Apparition Ice Blast Ice Blast will only debuff Phantom Lancer and not his illusions.
* Grimstroke's Grimstroke Soulbind Soulbind is undispellable.
* Shadow Demon's Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge is undispellable.
* Monkey King's Monkey King Jingu Mastery Jingu Mastery is undispellable and puts a big yellow Mark over his head.

Omniknight

* Jingu Mastery will still add stacks even through Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel.
* Monkey King can join a fight whenever he chooses to, meaning he can simply go directly onto Omniknight.
* During the laning phase, Jingu Mastery with Boundless Strike will kill off Omniknight, while Omniknight Purification Purification is weak.
* Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace is useless against Monkey King's ultimate and Jingu Mastery bonuses.

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes that can destroy trees will deny Monkey King spots to jump on, or cause him to fall: Windranger, Nature Nature's Prophet, Phantom Lancer

Tidehunter

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 10%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Tidehunter Kraken Shell Kraken Shell and Tidehunter Anchor Smash Anchor Smash makes it very difficult for Phantom Lancer's illusions to damage to Tidehunter.
* Tidehunter Ravage Ravage will stun the real Phantom Lancer while clearing most of his illusions.
* Anchor Smash reduces base damage, which is the majority of Phantom Lancer's auto-attack damage.
* An Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Tidehunter Gush Gush slows down and reduces all of Phantom Lancer's illusions.
Additional:
* A dozen of Phantom Lancer's illusions with all their might can barely hurt Tidehunter at all thanks to Kraken Shell and Anchor Smash. The only way Phantom Lancer can hurt Tidehunter is through the mana burn provided by Diffusal Blade.
* Even with high chasing power from Phantom Lancer Spirit Lance Spirit Lance and Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush (and even Diffusal Blade), Tide Hunter can shrug it all off with Kraken Shell and escape by using a Town Portal Scroll or just moving away.
* The AoE nukes from Ravage, Anchor Smash, and an Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter-upgraded Gush can clear Phantom Lancer's illusions easily.

Invoker

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 16%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Invoker Tornado Tornado dispels Guardian Angel from multiple targets.
* Guardian Angel is generally useless against Invoker as he primarily relies on magical damage.
* Invoker EMP EMP depletes Omniknight's already small mana pool.
* Invoker's many disables keep Omniknight's team occupied until Guardian Angel times out.

Void Spirit

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 13%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Void Spirit Astral Step Astral Step and Void Spirit Dissimilate Dissimilate makes a quick work of Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Void Spirit Resonant Pulse Resonant Pulse helps clear illusions and protects Void Spirit from Phantom Lancer's physical damage and with the Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter upgrade, it prevents Phantom Lancer from casting his abilities.
* Void's Spirit mobility makes it hard for him to chase down with Phantom Rush.

Phoenix

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

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Phoenix's AoE abilities can prove troublesome for Phantom Lancer.
* Phoenix Fire Spirits Fire Spirits dramatically reduces Phantom Lancer and his illusions' attack speed.
* Phoenix Icarus Dive Icarus Dive's movement speed reduction makes retreating difficult.
* Phoenix Supernova Supernova burns away illusions, and is invulnerable to attacks from illusions.

Brewmaster

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 1%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Storm Dispel Magic Dispel Magic from {U:Storm} instantly removes Guardian Angel from Omniknight's allies in its radius of effect.

Elder Titan

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 1%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer's lack of disables makes it hard for him to stop Echo Stomp's channelling.
* However, due to the long cast time of his abilities, a good Phantom Lancer can use Manta Style and/or Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger to dodge the abilities.
* Phantom Lancer's high agility and relatively low strength make him very vulnerable to Natural Order.
* Additionally, Echo Stomp and Earth Splitter can clear his wave of illusions.
* Should Phantom Lancer tries to increase his health by investing for Heart of Tarrasque, Earth Splitter does more damage to him and his illusions.

Pangolier

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 12%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Pangolier's AoE abilities especially Pangolier Shield Crash Shield Crash, is very effective against Phantom Lancer's illusions.
Additional:
* Pangolier's skill has considerable damage and area of effect, allows him to quickly destroy Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Pangolier's high mobility allows him to easily escape from Phantom Lancer, through both Phantom Rush and Diffusal Blade.
* Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush will cause Phantom Lancer to be stunned by Rolling Thunder, or set himself up for a Shield Crash.

Storm Spirit

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 12%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Ball Lightning with or without the Static Remnant talent allows Storm Spirit to destroy Phantom Lancer's illusions quickly. It is also easy to dodge Phantom Lancer Spirit Lance Spirit Lance with Ball Lightning and makes Spirit Storm very hard to catch even with Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush.
Additional:
* Storm Spirit Ball Lightning Ball Lightning destroys illusions, avoids Spirit Lance, and makes Storm Spirit very hard to catch, even with Phantom Rush.

Earthshaker

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 12%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer's many illusions increase Echo Slam's damage.
Additional:
* Earthshaker Echo Slam Echo Slam deals tremendous damage when multiplied by Phantom Lancer's illusions.

Centaur Warrunner

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

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Centaur Warrunner Hoof Stomp Hoof Stomp and Centaur Warrunner Double Edge Double Edge makes short work of Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Centaur Warrunner Retaliate Retaliate together with Blade Mail reflects Phanton Lancer's damage.
Additional:
* His illusions will kill themselves in a few hits because of Retaliate. The nukes from Hoof Stomp and Double-Edge should be enough to clear them for a large portion of the game
* Centaur Warrunner's small mana pool makes Diffusal Blade's damage much lower once Centaur doesn't have any more mana left to burn. Keep in mind that Double Edge does not cost mana.
* Be wary when chasing down Phantom Lancer. Hoof Stomp's terrible cast time makes it quite easy to dodge with Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger.

Timbersaw

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

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* All Timbersaw's abilities are AOE pure damage and can easily deal with Phantom Lancer's illusions
* Timbersaw Reactive Armor Reactive Armor highly negates Phantom Lancer's physical damage, making him having a hard time killing Timbersaw.
Additional:
* Phantom Lancer's lack of burst damage and constant attacks will increase Reactive Armor to max level immediately.
* Coupled with Timbersaw Timber Chain Timber Chain, it makes an easy escape and almost impossible for Timbersaw to be killed by Phantom Lancer.
* Timbersaw Whirling Death Whirling Death and Timbersaw Chakram Chakram can instantly destroy large groups of illusions, negating Phantom Lancer's advantage, although Phantom Lancer usually builds Diffusal Blade. It can be a problem in late game.

Bristleback

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Bristleback Bristleback Bristleback's tankiness and damage reduction from the rear makes him very hard for Phantom Lancer to chase and finish off, due to his lack of burst damage.
* Bristleback Quill Spray Quill Spray destroys Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Bristleback's passive costs no mana, meaning that it will continue to trigger even if Phantom Lancer drains Bristleback's mana with Diffusal Blade.
Additional:
* Quill Spray cleans up Phantom Lancer's illusions in no time.
* Phantom Lancer's complete lack of burst damage makes it nearly impossible for him to kill Bristleback during chases.

Enchantress

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 1%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Impetus is not blocked by Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel. A {U:Satyr Banisher} can also be controlled to dispel Guardian Angel.

Meepo

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 1%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Meepo Poof Poof from multiple Meepos will destroy illusions quickly.
* Meepo Earthbind Earthbind's area root can catch Phantom Lancer in a group of illusions and prevent him from using Doppelganger for a long time.
Additional:
* Poof will destroy Phantom Lancer's illusions within a short time.
* Earthbind prevents Phantom Lancer from using Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger.

Sven

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 43% pickrate: 1%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Great Cleave and God's Strength cuts through Phantom Lancer's illusions in no time.
* Storm Hammer's AoE stun will hit Phantom Lancer and his illusions.
Additional:
* Sven Great Cleave Great Cleave and Sven God God's Strength destroys illusions in just a few hits.
* Sven Storm Hammer Storm Hammer's AoE stun will hit Phantom Lancer when he's grouped up with illusions.
* Sven's low mana causes him to take less damage from Diffusal Blade. This is further reduced by the armor bonus from Sven Warcry Warcry.

Omniknight

* Although Sven relies often on physical damage, a Aghanim Aghanim's Shard-upgraded Sven Storm Hammer Storm Hammer can dispel Guardian Angel with its wide radius.

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Omniknight Purification Purification can heal allies while dealing pure damage to Sven.
* Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace can remove Storm Hammer's debuff immediately or make it a very mediocre stun.
* Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel negate's Sven's massive damage during God's Strength.

Nyx Assassin

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Heroes who can drain mana can make Omniknight useless after he uses one or two abilities: Lion Lion, Anti-Mage, Nyx Assassin

Alchemist

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 14%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes that require burst damage to kill will be difficult for Phantom Lancer to take down: Timbersaw, Axe Axe, Bristleback, Alchemist and Underlord

Dark Seer

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes that rely on illusions will suffer against Ion Shell, which kills them very quickly: Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight, Naga Siren, Meepo Meepo.
* Heroes that rely on illusions typically spawn very strong illusions inside your Wall of Replica that you should use against them or their team.

Underlord

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

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes that require burst damage to kill will be difficult for Phantom Lancer to take down: Timbersaw, Axe Axe, Bristleback, Alchemist and Underlord

Additional:
* Firestorm is very useful for clearing multiple illusions swiftly.
* Pit of Malice will continuously disrupt many illusions, drastically reducing their damage and potency.
* Athropy Aura reduces damage of both Phantom Lancer and his illusions.

Windranger

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 16%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* As long as Windranger is able to identify the real hero among the illusions, heroes relying on them can be easily tagged with Focus Fire: Chaos Knight, Terrorblade, Phantom Lancer, Naga Siren.

Weaver

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 13%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Heroes that rely on slows or low-duration stuns have trouble catching Weaver: Omniknight, Lich Lich.

Venomancer

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Heroes who can harass Omniknight out of lane will keep him weak in the mid game: Viper Viper, Venomancer, Clinkz Clinkz

Crystal Maiden

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 14%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* 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.

Lich

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 10%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Heroes with large magical AoE damage will fare well against Omniknight: Lich Lich, Ancient Apparition, Jakiro Jakiro, Disruptor

Zeus

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes with global nukes will target and hit Phantom Lancer regardless of his illusions: Zeus Zeus

Puck

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 17%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Puck Illusory Orb Illusory Orb and Puck Waning Rift Waning Rift are effective nukes against Phantom Lancer's illusions, especially in the early game.
* Puck Dream Coil Dream Coil limits Phantom Rush's mobility during teamfights.

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Heroes with spell immunity or pseudo-blinks which provide invulnerability: Lifestealer, Juggernaut, Omniknight, Huskar Huskar , and Tusk Tusk have spells which allow them to easily escape Dream Coil.

Oracle

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 10%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Oracle Fortune Fortune's End's AoE dispel will remove Guardian Angel.
Additional:
* With Fortune's End, Oracle can dispel Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel in an area of effect.

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes who are not easily crippled by Fate's Edict or Fortune's End, such as Timbersaw, or those who can dispel them, such as Phantom Lancer, can kill Oracle unhindered.

Dragon Knight

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

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Dragon Knight Breathe Fire Breathe Fire and Dragon Knight Elder Dragon Form Elder Dragon Form's splash damage takes out Phantom Lancer's illusions quickly.
* If Dragon Knight can Dragon Knight Dragon Tail Dragon Tail the real Phantom Lancer, he and his team can quickly kill him before he has a chance to escape.

Countered by:

Omniknight

Magnus

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Magnus Empower Empower helps Magnus' allies clear out illusions.
* Magnus Reverse Polarity Reverse Polarity and Magnus Skewer Skewer will pull Phantom Lancer along with his illusions, and reposition them together for easy nuking.

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Any hero who can counter-initiate in anticipation without getting caught in Reverse Polarity: Sven Sven, Omniknight, Enigma Enigma, Luna Luna, Naga Siren, Mars Mars, Jakiro Jakiro, Venomancer, Elder Titan, Faceless Void, Rubick Rubick, Keeper of the Light, Pugna Pugna, Invoker Invoker, Spectre Spectre, Alchemist, Treant Protector, Lina Lina, Oracle Oracle, Zeus Zeus, Shadow Shaman, Phoenix Phoenix, Razor Razor, Huskar Huskar, Batrider, Kunkka Kunkka, Tidehunter, Wraith King, Sand King.

Ancient Apparition

[wiki] rating: 0.2 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 10%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Ancient Apparition's Ancient Apparition Ice Blast Ice Blast will only debuff Phantom Lancer and not his illusions.
* Heroes with undispellable debuffs will help identify the real Phantom Lancer through visual effects or debuff indicators, provided that it was cast on the real Phantom Lancer to begin with:
* Doom Doom's Doom Doom Doom marks Phantom Lancer with a highly visible effect, and also silences him.
* Bloodseeker's Bloodseeker Rupture Rupture shows a clear red trail effect on the real Phantom Lancer.
* Ancient Apparition's Ancient Apparition Ice Blast Ice Blast will only debuff Phantom Lancer and not his illusions.
* Grimstroke's Grimstroke Soulbind Soulbind is undispellable.
* Shadow Demon's Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge is undispellable.
* Monkey King's Monkey King Jingu Mastery Jingu Mastery is undispellable and puts a big yellow Mark over his head.

Omniknight

* Heroes with large magical AoE damage will fare well against Omniknight: Lich Lich, Ancient Apparition, Jakiro Jakiro, Disruptor

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer can dispel or escape from Cold Feet with Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger and Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush, respectively. Phantom Lancer also frequently builds a Manta Style which dispels Cold Feet.
* Ancient Apparition has trouble dealing with Phantom Lancer's illusions due to a lack of Area of Effect damage other than Ice Blast.
* Phantom Lancer tends to build a Diffusal Blade, which greatly amplifies his damage against Ancient Apparition due to Ancient Apparition's high mana pool.
* Ancient Apparition has no escape/mobility mechanisms, making him an easy target for Phantom Lancer at any stage of the game.

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Drow Ranger

[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 4%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush lets Phantom Lancer get close quickly and disable Marksmanship.
* Phantom Lancer Juxtapose Juxtapose's illusions are hard for Drow Ranger to deal with as she has no AoE damage naturally.

Omniknight

* In team fights, Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel renders Drow Ranger's physical damage useless.

Slark

[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 13%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* 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.

Omniknight

* 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.

Sniper

[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 6%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush grants Phantom Lancer the mobility to close in the distance between Sniper.
* Phantom Lancer can dispel Sniper's Assassinate easily with Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger and causes confusion to Sniper with the latter effect of creating an additional of 2 illusions.
* Phantom Lancer's Phantom Lancer Juxtapose Juxtapose easily can overwhelm Sniper, as his damage is mostly single-targeted.

Omniknight

* Being mostly a physical damage dealer, Sniper's effectiveness is greatly reduced by Omniknight's Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel.
* Omniknight's Omniknight Degen Aura Degen Aura allows him to slow sniper and catch him. Sniper has to then use some escape item.
* Omniknight can also protect an ally from being finished off by Assassinate by using Omniknight Purification Purification.

Ogre Magi

[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 14%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Ogre Magi has no AoE damage or disables and has nothing to deal with Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger disjoints and dispels Ignite.

Omniknight

* Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace reduces Fireblast stun time and dispels Ignite.
* Omniknight Purification Purification can heal damaged hero if needed.

Chaos Knight

[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 3%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Chaos Knight's single target abilities are difficult to target against Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Chaos Knight's lack of mobility makes him an easy target for Phantom Lancer to Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush and drain his already low mana pool.
Additional:
* Phantom Lancer Juxtapose Juxtapose allows Phantom Lancer to overwhelm Chaos Knight due to his single-target abilities.
* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger can be used to dodge Chaos Bolt.
* Phantom Lancer Spirit Lance Spirit Lance can be used to harass Chaos Knight during the early game.
* Since Phantom Lancer builds Diffusal Blade often, it can quickly drain Chaos Knight of all his mana, leaving him unable to cast spells.

Omniknight

* Chaos Knight Phantasm Phantasms can be easily killed with Purification.
* Heavenly Grace dispels the stun from Chaos Knight Chaos Bolt Chaos Bolt and the armor reduction from Chaos Knight Reality Rift Reality Rift.
* Guardian Angel works well against Chaos Knight's overwhelming reliance on physical burst damage.
Additional:
* Omniknight Purification Purification heals a teammate targeted by Reality Rift and heavily damages Chaos Knight and his illusions in the process.
* Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel blocks all of Chaos Knight's damage for a duration.

Clockwerk

[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 7%)

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Omniknight Purification Purification does great damage to Clockwerk when fighting an enemy inside Power Cogs.
* For the same reasons, Omniknight also makes a powerful ally for Clockwerk when the situation is reversed.

Phantom Lancer

* Battery Assault's damage is dispersed against Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Phantom Lancer can blink out of Power Cogs with Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger.
* When chasing, a Phantom Lancer can close in with Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush and burn down Clockwerk's mana with Diffusal Blade, rendering him helpless before he has a chance to erect a defensive Power Cogs.
Additional:
* Doppelganger. lets Phantom Lancer jump in and out of Clockwerk Power Cogs Power Cogs.
* Clockwerk's low mobility makes him an easy target for Phantom Lancer to rush on, and overwhelm with clones.

Necrophos

[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 3%)

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Heroes who possess abilities that can save targets from being killed by Reaper's Scythe: Abaddon Abaddon, Bane Bane, Outworld Destroyer, Shadow Demon, Omniknight, etc.

Phantom Lancer

* Diffusal Blade is a core item on Phantom Lancer. Should it be purchased, combined with his numerous illusions, it allows him to rapidly deplete Necrophos' mana, rendering Necrophos incapable of casting anything.
* It can be difficult to single out the true Phantom Lancer among his army, giving Necrophos a hard time with aiming his ultimate.
* Even if his illusions are defeated, Phantom Lancer is capable of creating more at his disposal with almost no issues.

Juggernaut

[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 19%)

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel completely negates all physical damage, including Juggernaut Omnislash Omnislash.
Additional:
* Omnislash is blocked by Guardian Angel.

Phantom Lancer

* Illusion-based heroes are effective against Omnislash and Juggernaut's single-targeted damage: Naga Siren, Chaos Knight, Terrorblade,Phantom Lancer.

Bounty Hunter

[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 10%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Arc Warden Tempest Double Tempest Double dispels Bounty Hunter Track Track.
* Bounty Hunter also has no area of effect abilities to help with the illusions.

Omniknight

* Omniknight with Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace
* 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.

Disruptor

[wiki] rating: -1.4 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 9%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Heroes with large magical AoE damage will fare well against Omniknight: Lich Lich, Ancient Apparition, Jakiro Jakiro, Disruptor

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Omniknight Purification Purification allows Omniknight to keep a hero trapped in the Static Storm alive.

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger lets Phantom Lancer instantly escape from Disruptor Kinetic Field Kinetic Field.
* Doppelganger is one of the most reliable ways to dodge Disruptor Glimpse Glimpse, other than spell immunity.
* Doppelganger dispels Disruptor Thunder Strike Thunder Strike.
Additional:
* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger is a very reliable tool against Glimpse, enabling him to dodge it consistently.
* Doppelganger also allows Phantom Lancer to escape from Kinetic Field so long as there isn't a Static Storm on top of him.

Phantom Assassin

[wiki] rating: -1.2 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 16%)

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Heroes who rely strongly on melee physical damage will fare badly against Omniknight's Guardian Angel: Sven Sven, Phantom Assassin, Juggernaut, Dragon Knight, Lycan Lycan, Ursa Ursa, Troll Warlord

Additional:
* Omniknight Purification Purification easily catches Phantom Assassin when she jumps in to attack.
* Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel renders Phantom Assassin useless, as she depends entirely on physical attacks.

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes with no AoE abilities will struggle against Phantom Lancer: Clinkz Clinkz, Phantom Assassin, Broodmother

Ursa

[wiki] rating: -1.2 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 16%)

Countered by:

Omniknight

Phantom Lancer

* Ursa struggles against illusion heroes like Chaos Knight and Phantom Lancer.

Medusa

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 2%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer with Diffusal Blade will very quickly burn Medusa's mana, making Mana Shield significantly less effective.
* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger's 1 second invulnerability can be used to dodge Medusa's petrification from Stone Gaze, as well as Mystic Snake.
* Phantom Lancer's illusions outnumber Medusa's targets from Split Shot, likely shielding your team in the process.

Vengeful Spirit

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 3%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Vengeful Spirit has no strong AoE nuke or disable against Phantom Lancer's Illusions.
* Phantom Lancer is a natural Diffusal Blade carrier, which reduces Vengeful Spirit's low mana pool very quickly, leaving her defenseless.
* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger can dodge Vengeful Spirit's abilites.
* Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush with his illusions can chase Vengeful Spirit efficiently.

Lina

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 9%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger can be used to easily dodge Light Strike Array if timed correctly.
* Phantom Lancer can quickly deplete Lina's mana pool with his illusions and deal massive damage from it simultaneously since Phantom Lancer is a natural Diffusal Blade carrier.

Lone Druid

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 1%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Lone Druid and his Spirit Bear lack mobility, and are easy overwhelmed after being slowed by Diffusal Blade.
* Lone Druid Savage Roar Savage Roar is useless since Phantom Lancer can return to fight him again with his Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush.

Witch Doctor

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

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel protects allies from Death Ward's physical damage.
* Omniknight Purification Purification and Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace will most likely save teammates from dying to Maledict.

Spectre

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 3%)

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Global Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel will protect his allies from Spectre's Spectre Haunt Haunt, both when they are alone and in teamfights.
* Omniknight Purification Purification is a major problem for melee enemies, Spectre included, since they must be next to an enemy in order to attack. The AoE damage also allows Spectre to be singled out from her illusions.
* Omniknight Degen Aura Degen Aura will prevent Spectre from chasing Omniknight, further exacerbated by her terrible mobility outside Haunt.

Dazzle

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 5%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer Juxtapose Juxtapose and Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger conjures too many illusions for Dazzle to deal with, given he has no inherent movement- or AoE-abilities.
* Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush and Phantom Lancer Spirit Lance Spirit Lance allow Phantom Lancer to trivially catch Dazzle even in the back line of a fight.
* Phantom Lancer has high base armor which counters Dazzle's physcial damage based spells in lane.

Riki

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 5%)

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Riki takes a lot of damage from Omniknight Purification Purification while ganking Omniknight's allies or himself.
* Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace instantly purges the slow from Diffusal Blade, while also providing a large amount of survivability for his victim.
* Omniknight Degen Aura Degen Aura can hinder Riki's positioning tactics and put a heavy toll on Riki's already poor movement speed.
* Omniknight can easily save his allies by using Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel in combat.

Lifestealer

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 5%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Aside from his ultimate, Lifestealer has no AoE abilities to deal with Phantom Lancer's illusions, nor does he have the mobility to escape Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush.
* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger dispels Lifestealer Open Wounds Open Wounds.
* Phantom Lancer usually builds Diffusal Blade, which a problem for a low already mana hero like Lifestealer.
Additional:
* Doppelganger dispels Open Wounds.
* Lifestealer has no way of dealing with Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Phantom Lancer also commonly builds Diffusal Blade, which poses a large problem to Lifestealer and his low mana pool.

Treant Protector

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger can dispel Leech Seed. It can also destroy large amounts of trees, counteracting Nature's Guise and Eyes in the Forest.

Tusk

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 13%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger allows Phantom Lancer to dodge an incoming snowball.
* Phantom Lancer usually buys a Diffusal Blade, which is very effective against Tusk's low mana pool.
* Phantom Lancer usually buys Manta Style which can also dodge an incoming snowball, much like Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger.

Slardar

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 5%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer's Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger has a low cooldown and applies a basic dispel on PL, making it hard to keep Corrosive Haze on him.
* Phantom Lancer usually purchases Manta Style which provides another basic dispel to remove Corrosive Haze with.
* Besides Slithereen Crush, Slardar does not have another way to deal with illusions and has a low mana pool, which allows Phantom Lancer with Diffusal Blade to quickly build up illusions while draining Slardar's mana.
* Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush outruns Guardian Sprint, forcing Slardar to Blink away or use Slithereen Crush defensively to avoid being killed.

Undying

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer's many illusions will easily destroy Undying Tombstone Tombstone, provided he has sufficient farm.

Templar Assassin

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

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer's illusions destroy $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction charges very quickly.

Bloodseeker

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Bloodseeker's Bloodseeker Rupture Rupture shows a clear red trail effect on the real Phantom Lancer.
* Heroes with undispellable debuffs will help identify the real Phantom Lancer through visual effects or debuff indicators, provided that it was cast on the real Phantom Lancer to begin with:
* Doom Doom's Doom Doom Doom marks Phantom Lancer with a highly visible effect, and also silences him.
* Bloodseeker's Bloodseeker Rupture Rupture shows a clear red trail effect on the real Phantom Lancer.
* Ancient Apparition's Ancient Apparition Ice Blast Ice Blast will only debuff Phantom Lancer and not his illusions.
* Grimstroke's Grimstroke Soulbind Soulbind is undispellable.
* Shadow Demon's Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge is undispellable.
* Monkey King's Monkey King Jingu Mastery Jingu Mastery is undispellable and puts a big yellow Mark over his head.

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes with illusion and clone abilities may confuse Bloodseeker, causing him to waste time in fights: Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight, Arc Warden

Omniknight

* Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel's near invulnerability denies Bloodseeker the bonuses from Thirst, preventing him from gaining the upper hand in teamfights.
* Omniknight Purification Purification's pure damage makes it hard for Bloodseeker to pursue enemies, and prevents him from replenishing his health by finishing off enemies.

Wraith King

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 17%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Diffusal Blade lets Phantom Lancer drain Wraith King's mana, preventing Wraith King Reincarnation Reincarnation from triggering until he buys an Aghanim Aghanim's Shard.
* Wraith King is bad against illusions-based heroes, as Wraith King Wraithfire Blast Wraithfire Blast is his only single-target disable and can get overwhelmed easily.
* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger can disjoint Wraithfire Blast.
Additional:
* Doppelganger disjoints Wraithfire Blast.
* Wraith King is not good at handling illusion-based heroes, as his only disable is single-target.
* Phantom Lancer tends to get Diffusal Blade, leaving Wraith King no mana to reincarnate.

Death Prophet

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 10%)

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Death Prophet Exorcism Exorcism's damage is blocked by Guardian Angel.
Additional:
* Omniknight Degen Aura Degen Aura reduces Death Prophet's movement speed, keeping her in range.
* Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel nullifies the physical damage from Exorcism.

Arc Warden

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 4%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Arc Warden Flux Flux is paused if even one illusion remains near Phantom Lancer. It can also be dispelled with Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger.
* Phantom Lancer can also easily dodge an activated Arc Warden Spark Wraith Spark Wraith, or use his illusions to trigger it safely.
* Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush allows Lancer to quickly close gap to get inside of Arc Warden's Arc Warden Magnetic Field Magnetic Field.
* Phantom Lancer and his clones are able to quickly drain Arc Warden of his mana with a Diffusal Blade. This means Warden's Arc Warden Tempest Double Tempest Double will also be summoned without mana.
Additional:
* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger dispels Flux.
* Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush closes the distance between Phantom Lancer and Arc Warden.
* Phantom Lancer Juxtapose Juxtapose overwhelms Arc Warden and nullifies his kit which is only effective against isolated opponents.

Visage

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 1%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer's illusions will quickly destroy multiple layers of Visage Gravekeeper Gravekeeper's Cloak.
* Visage has no mobility mechanisms, making him a prime target for Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush

Faceless Void

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 41% pickrate: 3%)

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Any hero that can nullify effects of Chronosphere: (Omniknight, Keeper of the Light with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter during daytime, Winter Wyvern), banishing him or Faceless Void (Outworld Destroyer, Shadow Demon, Earth Spirit with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter) or protecting him in other ways ( Dazzle Dazzle, Oracle Oracle, Abaddon Abaddon) can greatly limit Chronosphere's potential.

Terrorblade

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 4%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes with single-target abilities and low-mobility are all an exceptionally easy targets for Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush: Terrorblade, Chaos Knight, Wraith King

Pudge

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 19%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes with many summons or illusions are much harder to catch with Meat Hook: Nature Nature's Prophet, Phantom Lancer, Chen Chen.

Techies

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

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Illusions can be sent out to destroy Techies Techies mines.

Skywrath Mage

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 6%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Skywrath mage also has a terrible time fighting against anything that isn't a hero. As Mystic Flare only affects heroes, his skills are mostly target-based and he has terrible strength and agility, he can easily be kited or harassed by illusion-based heroes like Chaos Knight and Phantom Lancer, or by Heroes that summon other units like Lone Druid, Lycan Lycan and Beastmaster.

Io

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

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes that are hard to gank: Axe Axe, Death Prophet, Phantom Lancer

Mirana

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 16%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes with summons or illusions makes Sacred Arrow harder to land: Shadow Demon, Phantom Lancer, Nature Nature's Prophet.

Shadow Shaman

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 16%)

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Omniknight can dispel Hex or Shackles with Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace. He can also heal teammates which you disabled. The same goes to Abaddon Abaddon's Abaddon Aphotic Shield Aphotic Shield .

Troll Warlord

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

Countered by:

Omniknight

Chen

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 0%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Illusion and heroes with summons are difficult to kill with Chen's single-target offensive spells: Terrorblade, Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight, Broodmother, Naga Siren, Lycan Lycan, Visage Visage. However, Chen can convert enemy summons with Holy Persuasion, as long as they don't bunch up.

Huskar

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 3%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes with illusions can overwhelm Huskar, as he has no AoE abilities: Phantom Lancer, Anti-Mage, Arc Warden, Chaos Knight.

Broodmother

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 2%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes with no AoE abilities will struggle against Phantom Lancer: Clinkz Clinkz, Phantom Assassin, Broodmother

Tinker

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 12%)

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Illusion heroes, such as Naga Siren, Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight, Terrorblade will become strong against Tinker in the late game when Tinker's only area of effect damage, March of the Machines, ceases to kill illusions quickly. Without Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter Tinker is forced to defensively disarm heroes with Laser, leaving illusions free to deal physical damage which Tinker's low armor makes highly effective. In addition, Mjollnir or Battle Fury, two common pickups against illusion heroes, don't work well on Tinker at all.

Bane

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* 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:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes with illusions and summons can swarm Bane, who has no area abilities: Broodmother, Chaos Knight, Nature Nature's Prophet, Phantom Lancer, Terrorblade

Omniknight

* Heroes with dispels can dispel Bane's disables from their allies: Oracle Oracle, Legion Commander, Omniknight

Lycan

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 3%)

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Heroes who rely strongly on melee physical damage will fare badly against Omniknight's Guardian Angel: Sven Sven, Phantom Assassin, Juggernaut, Dragon Knight, Lycan Lycan, Ursa Ursa, Troll Warlord

Additional:
* Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel completely negates all of Lycan's damage since Lycan mainly deals physical damage.
* Omniknight Purification Purification can also be a problem for Lycan, as Purification deals damage around the target, which poses a problem for him and his summons.

Viper

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Heroes who can harass Omniknight out of lane will keep him weak in the mid game: Viper Viper, Venomancer, Clinkz Clinkz

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Although Viper Viper Strike Viper Strike cannot be dispelled by Doppelganger, Viper's lack of mobility and AoE damage makes him an easy target for Phantom Lancer.
* Viper's various slows do not work against Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush
* Although Phantom Lancer should be wary due to Viper Nethertoxin Nethertoxin applying a break.
Additional:
* Phantom Lancer can overwhelm Viper with spawned illusions from Phantom Lancer Spirit Lance Spirit Lance and Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger.
* Viper's various slows do not work against Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush. Additionally, it is almost impossible to keep Lancer inside Nethertoxin's radius in order to disable the passive.

Shadow Demon

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 2%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Shadow Demon's Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge is undispellable.
* Heroes with undispellable debuffs will help identify the real Phantom Lancer through visual effects or debuff indicators, provided that it was cast on the real Phantom Lancer to begin with:
* Doom Doom's Doom Doom Doom marks Phantom Lancer with a highly visible effect, and also silences him.
* Bloodseeker's Bloodseeker Rupture Rupture shows a clear red trail effect on the real Phantom Lancer.
* Ancient Apparition's Ancient Apparition Ice Blast Ice Blast will only debuff Phantom Lancer and not his illusions.
* Grimstroke's Grimstroke Soulbind Soulbind is undispellable.
* Shadow Demon's Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge is undispellable.
* Monkey King's Monkey King Jingu Mastery Jingu Mastery is undispellable and puts a big yellow Mark over his head.

Omniknight

* Heroes that can purge buffs can dispel Guardian Angel: Invoker Invoker, Shadow Demon, Oracle Oracle.

Additional:
* Demonic Purge can dispel Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel on the key target during combat, allow your allies to finish them.

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Doppelganger dispels Shadow Demon Soul Catcher Soul Catcher and Shadow Demon Shadow Poison Shadow Poison.
* Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge slow is very ineffective against Phantom Rush.
* Beware that if Shadow Demon buys Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter, Demonic Purge can disable Phantom Lancer Juxtapose Juxtapose, so check his inventory whenever possible.
* Phantom Lancer's illusions destroy Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption's illusions very quickly.

Omniknight

* Omniknight: An undispellable Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace can easily save a victim of Shadow Demon.

Anti-Mage

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 13%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Heroes who can drain mana can make Omniknight useless after he uses one or two abilities: Lion Lion, Anti-Mage, Nyx Assassin

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* While Anti-Mage does build a {Item ID:Battle Fury}, he cannot manfight Phantom Lancer due to Phantom Lancer Juxtapose Juxtapose.
* Phantom Lancer commonly builds {Item ID:Diffusal Blade} which can drain Anti-Mage's mana coupled with Juxtapose's illusions, making him unable to Anti-Mage Blink Blink away.
* Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush can be used to chase Anti-Mage after he Blinks away.

Winter Wyvern

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Broodmother, Nature Nature's Prophet, Phantom Lancer by their nature offer very good target for Splinter Blast and Winter's Curse.

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Guardian Angel completely counters Winter Wyvern Winter Winter's Curse if he is able to cast it.
Additional:
* Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel completely counters Winter's Curse, allowing his team to survive Winter Wyvern's initiation.
* Omniknight Purification Purification and Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace are very useful against Arctic Burn and Splinter Blast as well.

Spirit Breaker

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Charge of Darkness provides shared vision over its target, keeping track of heroes who rely on invisibility, mobility, or illusions: Riki Riki, Broodmother, Phantom Lancer

Countered by:

Omniknight

* In the early game, Omniknight can look like an easy target for Spirit Breaker, but with Omniknight Purification Purification and Omniknight Degen Aura Degen Aura, what could be an opportunity could quickly turn into disaster.
* Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace can be used to counter Charge of Darkness by minimizing the damage and lowering the stun duration with status resistance.
* Spirit Breaker's Greater Bash from all sources (Charge of Darkness or normal attacks) deals lesser damage if he is within the radius of Omniknight Degen Aura Degen Aura.
* Due to this, Spirit Breaker's damage will always be lower when targeting Omniknight.

Night Stalker

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Heroes that have a weak laning stage: Spectre Spectre, Nyx Assassin, Clockwerk, Spirit Breaker, Omniknight, Pudge Pudge.

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Void's slow is dispelled by Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger or counteracted by Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush.
* Phantom Lancer Spirit Lance Spirit Lance's and Diffusal Blade's slow reduces Night Stalker's mobility and helps him or his ally escape if they're inflicted by Void or Crippling Fear.
* Night Stalker has no AoE abilites to take out Phantom Lancer's illusions. Even if Night Stalker gets an Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter, there will be way too many illusions for Night Stalker to handle.

Pugna

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Since Life drain takes out illusions instantly, Pugna with a scepter is decent versus plenty of illusion heroes, most notably Naga Siren and Terrorblade and the aforementioned Chaos Knight. Phantom Lancer is an exception.

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer creates way too many illusion for Pugna's Pugna Life Drain Life Drain to destroy, overwhelming him easily.
* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger can dodge Pugna Nether Blast Nether Blast or dispel Pugna Decrepify Decrepify.
* Diffusal Blade is a common item for Phantom Lancer to burn Pugna's large mana pool and deals a large amount of damage in the process.
Additional:
* Though Life Drain instantly destroys illusions, Phantom Lancer creates way too many for Pugna to handle.
* A good Phantom Lancer will also dodge your Nether Blast with Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger.
* Phantom Lancer is the most natural Diffusal Blade carrier to burn Pugna's very large pool of mana away and deal a large amount of damage in the process.

Kunkka

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Tidebringer, Torrent and Ghostship destroys Phantom Lancer's illusion army.
* Phantom Lancer can't escape with Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger under your X Marks the Spot, but can use it to dodge it.
Additional:
* Kunkka Tidebringer Tidebringer and Kunkka's AoE abilities in general are effective in clearing Phantom Lancer's illusions.

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel makes allies immune to all physical damage, effectively causing Tidebringer to do no damage.
* Omniknight Purification Purification is a powerful, pure damaging heal that can save Omniknight's allies after Kunkka's large damage.

Doom

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 2%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Doom Doom's Doom Doom Doom marks Phantom Lancer with a highly visible effect, and also silences him.
* Heroes with undispellable debuffs will help identify the real Phantom Lancer through visual effects or debuff indicators, provided that it was cast on the real Phantom Lancer to begin with:
* Doom Doom's Doom Doom Doom marks Phantom Lancer with a highly visible effect, and also silences him.
* Bloodseeker's Bloodseeker Rupture Rupture shows a clear red trail effect on the real Phantom Lancer.
* Ancient Apparition's Ancient Apparition Ice Blast Ice Blast will only debuff Phantom Lancer and not his illusions.
* Grimstroke's Grimstroke Soulbind Soulbind is undispellable.
* Shadow Demon's Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge is undispellable.
* Monkey King's Monkey King Jingu Mastery Jingu Mastery is undispellable and puts a big yellow Mark over his head.

Omniknight

* Doom Doom Doom turns Omniknight into a walking creep, or completely takes out his buffed cores, also removing Guardian Angel in the process.
* Doom has access to Satyr Banisher's Satyr Banisher Purge Purge, which allows him to remove Guardian Angel.
Additional:
* Doom applies a basic dispel upon cast, so it can remove Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel.
* Casting Doom Doom Doom on Omniknight will also prevent him from healing allies with Omniknight Purification Purification, or casting buffs like Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace and Guardian Angel, basically turning him into a harmless creep.

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer's illusions can make it difficult to Doom the original. Should Doom figure out the original hero, the illusions can make it difficult to cast any abilities, as their hitboxes can be used to body-block the Phantom Lancer.
* Phantom Lancer is an ideal Diffusal Blade carrier. With it, he can quite easily deplete Doom's already poor mana pool, potentially making him unable to cast his abilities to escape, retaliate or heal.
* Doom lacks any effective ability to clear waves of creeps and illusions, as the vast majority of his abilities are single-target. Without an answer, Doom may find it difficult to deal with Phantom Lancer's presence.

Omniknight

* Heroes with the ability to heal allies, or those with good defensive abilities: Chen Chen, Dazzle Dazzle, Io, Oracle Oracle, Omniknight, Witch Doctor, Winter Wyvern, Abaddon Abaddon, etc.

Rubick

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 16%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* All of Omniknight's abilities are valuable for Rubick to Rubick Spell Steal Spell Steal, and Omniknight has no throwaway ability to cover his last used spell.
Additional:
* All Omniknight's abilities are perfect to steal:
* Omniknight Purification Purification can heal allies as well as damage enemies under the right circumstances. It is extremely useful since Rubick has no heal of his own.
* Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace gives a strength bonus, status resistance, and health regeneration, which can help an ally or Rubick survive longer.
* Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel can turn the tide of battle by negating all physical damage, which is especially useful if the opposing team has physical attackers.

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger allows Phantom Lancer to dodge and dispel Fade Bolt's damage reduction debuff.
* Doppelganger allows Phantom Lancer to dodge the stun from an incoming Telekenesis when he is not the primary target.
* Phantom Lancer is a common Diffusal Blade carrier leaving Rubick no mana to spam abilities from Spell Steal.

Ember Spirit

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 9%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Ember Spirit Sleight of Fist Sleight of Fist, allows Ember Spirit to destroy all of Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Ember Spirit Flame Guard Flame Guard also deals significant damage to illusions, and protects against Spirit Lance.
* Phantom Rush is unable to catch Ember Spirit when he teleports to his Ember Spirit Fire Remnant Fire Remnants.
Additional:
* Sleight of Fist is the natural counter to Phantom Lancer's army of illusions, especially when combined with Battle Fury.

Countered by:

Omniknight

* The pure damage provided by Omniknight Purification Purification is a great addition for killing Ember Spirit, as well as a good way of saving teammates.
* Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel will temporarily save his allies from Sleight of Fist's physical damage, and Ember Spirit is not a hero that will get Orchid Malevolence to counter it.

Grimstroke

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 12%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Grimstroke Stroke of Fate Stroke of Fate clears Phantom Lancer's illusion easily as it deals bonus damage to more targets.
* Grimstroke Ink Swell Ink Swell can be used on an allied hero or Grimstoke himself to stun Phantom Lancer and his illusions.
* Grimstroke Phantom Phantom's Embrace and Grimstroke Soulbind Soulbind have an undispellable debuff that can be used to mark the real Phantom Lancer.
Additional:
* Stroke of Fate's damage increases the more units are hit by it, making it effective against Phantom Lancer's army of illusions.
* Phantom's Embrace and Ink Swell's stun can prevent Phantom Lancer from escaping with Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger if properly timed.
* If he has already used Doppelganger, Soulbind can tie Phantom Lancer to one of his own illusions to keep him in place, or to ensure a kill if Grimstroke's team is unsure which one is the real hero.

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace dispels the stun from Ink Swell, and greatly reduces Soulbind's duration.
* Omniknight Purification Purification can turn the tables on enemies trying to get close to stun with Ink Swell.

Legion Commander

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 11%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Legion Commander Overwhelming Odds Overwhelming Odds deals high damage to Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Legion Commander Duel Duel's long duration prevents Phantom Lancer from using Doppelganger.

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Both Guardian Angel and Purification are perfect counters against Legion Commander Duel Duel.
Additional:
* Omniknight Purification Purification prevents Legion Commander from killing her target, and will always hit her during Duels.
* Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel completely wastes Duel's duration, and can save an ally across the map when upgraded with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter.

Axe

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Axe Berserker Berserker's Call helps locks down Phantom Lancer in a group of illusions.
* Axe Counter Helix Counter Helix combined with Blade Mail clears Phantom Lancer's illusions quickly.
* Phantom Lancer's low health in the early game makes him a frequent target for Axe Culling Blade Culling Blade.
Additional:
* Berserker's Call catches Phantom Lancer when he is hidden among his illusions.
* Counter Helix quickly destroys Phantom Lancer's illusion army. The more illusions there are, the more often Counter Helix is triggered.
* Phantom Lancer's low early game health makes him an easy target for Culling Blade.

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Omniknight's healing prevents allies from dropping low enough for Axe Culling Blade Culling Blade. However, it can still go through all his buffs.
* Axe also enjoys getting close to allied heroes in order to damage them with his Axe Counter Helix Counter Helix, which can easily be punished by Purification.

Mars

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 16%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes who lack burst damage will have a hard time against Mars: Phantom Lancer, Nature Nature's Prophet, Lich Lich.

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Heroes that can save their allies can be a big problem for Mars: Dazzle Dazzle, Omniknight.

Silencer

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Silencer Global Silence Global Silence takes Omniknight out of the fight completely.
* Silencer Glaives of Wisdom Glaives of Wisdom are a great harass vs Omniknight during the laning stages of the game, since it doesn't aggro creeps & ignores his high base armor. It deals pure damage, which means it can also go through Guardian Angel.
* Silencer's intelligence steal can also cause Omniknight to falter in the early phases as it reduces his ability to use his spells.

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Due to Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush and Phantom Lancer Juxtapose Juxtapose being passives and not affected by silence, a Phantom Lancer with a Diffusal Blade can easily kill Silencer.

Gyrocopter

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Phantom Lancer

* Gyrocopter Flak Cannon Flak Cannon and Gyrocopter Call Down Call Down destroy Phantom Lancer's illusions very quickly.
Additional:
* Flak Cannon destroys Phantom Lancer's illusions very quickly.

Countered by:

Omniknight

* Omniknight Guardian Angel Guardian Angel negates most of Gyrocopter's physical АоЕ damage.
* Omniknight Heavenly Grace Heavenly Grace dispels Homing Missile stun.

Luna

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Guardian Angel does not offer protection from Luna Eclipse Eclipse, though it will negate damage from Luna Moon Glaives Moon Glaives.

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Phantom Lancer creates many illusions to tank Luna's Eclipse.
* Phantom Lancer Doppelganger Doppelganger can be used to dodge a number of Lucent Beams during Eclipse.
* Phantom Lancer can chase Luna effectively regardless of her high movement speed thanks to Phantom Lancer Phantom Rush Phantom Rush and Phantom Lancer Spirit Lance Spirit Lance.
* Although her Moon Glaives kill his illusions quickly, Luna's low health pool is easily exploited by the sheer damage output from his illusions.

Clinkz

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Omniknight

* Heroes who can harass Omniknight out of lane will keep him weak in the mid game: Viper Viper, Venomancer, Clinkz Clinkz

Countered by:

Phantom Lancer

* Heroes with no AoE abilities will struggle against Phantom Lancer: Clinkz Clinkz, Phantom Assassin, Broodmother