Silencer
[wiki] rating: 2.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)Rubick
[wiki] rating: 2.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 21%)Jakiro
* 
Fade Bolt can hinder Jakiro's early pushing power by clearing creep waves.
* All of Jakiro's spells are great for Rubick to 
Spell Steal.
* Ice Path is a great spell for Rubick so steal, since Rubick has no cast time on stolen abilities, making Rubick's version of Ice Path much more reliable than Jakiro's.
* Macropyre is a great way for Rubick to farm.
Sand King
* Burrowstrike is one of the best and easiest steals for Rubick and Sand King should be careful when playing against him - it's much better to give away Sand Storm.
Bristleback
[wiki] rating: 2.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 5%)Sand King
* Quill Spray will hit Sand King inside 
Sand Storm, damaging him and putting Sand King's 
Blink Dagger on cooldown, preventing him from escaping.
* 
Epicenter's numerous damage ticks will trigger Bristleback's passive repeatedly during teamfights.
Jakiro
* 
Macropyre's frequent damage ticks causes Bristleback to activate repeatedly, resulting in free damage as long as Bristleback faces away from Jakiro.
Zeus
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 14%)Sand King
* 
Zeus usually stays at the back in teamfight and it is hard for Sand King to find Zeus and knock him down before Zeus deals his damage.
* All Zeus abilities, especially 
Thundergod's Wrath, disables Sand King's Blink Dagger, effectively reducing Sand King's initiation and counter-initiation potential.
* 
Lightning Bolt deals damage to Sand King in Sand Storm and reveals him, also interrupts channeling of Epicenter.
Anti-Mage
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 16%)Jakiro
* 
Blink allows Anti-Mage to hunt down Jakiro, who has no way to escape.
* 
Counterspell protects Anti-Mage against all of Jakiro's magic damage.
* 
Mana Void is very effective against Jakiro because of his high mana.
Oracle
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 8%)Jakiro
* 
Fate's Edict allowed Oracle to make allies spell immune, allowing him to save allies from Jakiro's spells.
* Fate's Edict can be cast onto Jakiro to disarm him and prevent him from pushing with his Liquid Fire.
* 
False Promise allows Oracle to free allies from Jakiro's Ice Path.
Skywrath Mage
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 7%)Jakiro
* 
Ancient Seal can silence Jakiro up to 6 seconds. Also, it makes Jakiro vulnerable to magical spells.
* Skywrath Mage can burst down Jakiro with his high damage magical spells.
Tidehunter
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 6%)Sand King
* 
Ravage, being an AoE disable, cancels Epicenter's channeling from a long range, limiting his potential to counter-initiate.
* This can be remedied, however, by first using a 
Black King Bar, then channel Epicenter, then finally initiate with Blink Dagger.
Phoenix
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 13%)Sand King
* Sand King has nothing to deal with 
Supernova, as none of his spells are effective.
* The damage-over-time abilities of Phoenix disable Sand King's Blink Dagger very often.
Earth Spirit
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)Sand King
* 
Rolling Boulder and 
Geomagnetic Grip allow Earth Spirit to easily stun and silence Sand King and interrupt the channeling of Epicenter, completely ruining his initiation.
Lifestealer
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 8%)Sand King
* 
Lifestealer's Rage negates Sand King's spells which do magical damage.
Jakiro
* 
Rage grants Lifestealer immunity to all of Jakiro's spells. Note: magic resistance will not dispel the attack speed slow effects from Dual Breath and Liquid Fire.
Sand King
* Heroes that rely on slows to get kills: Lifestealer, 
Night Stalker, 
Ursa,...
Kunkka
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 6%)Sand King
* 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
Clockwerk
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 10%)Jakiro
* Heroes with long cast animations can be continuously interrupted by Battery Assault: 
Centaur Warrunner, 
Jakiro, 
Leshrac, 
Naga Siren, 
Underlord.
Additional:
* 
Battery Assault prevents Jakiro from casting spells as all his spells have very long cast times.
* Jakiro is also an easy target for Clockwerk's Hookshot + Power Cogs combo, as he has little mobility and no escape.
* Alternatively, if the enemy Clockwerk traps one of his own allies or Jakiro's allies in the cogs, it gives Jakiro an ideal setup to punish Clockwerk and his ally or to save Jakiro's ally, respectively.
Bloodseeker
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 6%)Jakiro
* Heroes with good mobility to avoid Jakiro's abilities and with good chase to punish Jakiro from pushing a tower: 
Bloodseeker, 
Ember Spirit, 
Juggernaut, 
Phantom Assassin, 
Weaver.
Juggernaut
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 19%)Jakiro
* Heroes with good mobility to avoid Jakiro's abilities and with good chase to punish Jakiro from pushing a tower: Bloodseeker, Ember Spirit, Juggernaut, Phantom Assassin, Weaver.
Windranger
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 24%)Jakiro
* Heroes with good counter-push abilities to clear creep waves can hinder Jakiro's early pushing ability: 
Death Prophet, 
Sniper, 
Tinker, 
Windranger.
Weaver
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)Jakiro
* Heroes with good mobility to avoid Jakiro's abilities and with good chase to punish Jakiro from pushing a tower: Bloodseeker, Ember Spirit, Juggernaut, Phantom Assassin, Weaver.
Death Prophet
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 2%)Jakiro
* Heroes with good counter-push abilities to clear creep waves can hinder Jakiro's early pushing ability: Death Prophet, Sniper, Tinker, Windranger.
Nyx Assassin
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 3%)Sand King
* Deals damage over time: 
Venomancer, 
Huskar, Ember Spirit, 
Dark Seer, Sand King, 
Doom
* The nature of some abilities turn them into an easy target for a turnover from Spiked Carapace:
* Slow-moving projectiles: 
Skywrath Mage, Tinker, 
Necrophos
* Large area-of-effect with delay or require channeling: 
Enigma, 
Crystal Maiden, 
Invoker, 
Shadow Fiend, 
Pugna, 
Keeper of the Light
* Deals damage over time: Venomancer, Huskar, Ember Spirit, Dark Seer, Sand King, Doom
Tinker
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 5%)Jakiro
* Heroes with good counter-push abilities to clear creep waves can hinder Jakiro's early pushing ability: Death Prophet, Sniper, Tinker, Windranger.
Ember Spirit
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 11%)Jakiro
* Heroes with good mobility to avoid Jakiro's abilities and with good chase to punish Jakiro from pushing a tower: Bloodseeker, Ember Spirit, Juggernaut, Phantom Assassin, Weaver.
Nature's Prophet
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 7%)Sand King
* Sand King has many tools to deal with Nature's Prophet's treants.
* Sand King also can interrupt Teleportation with 
Burrowstrike.
Additional:
* With Caustic Finale, Sand King can easily kill the treants from 
Nature's Call.
* Burrowstrike allows Sand King to prevent Nature's Prophet from using 
Teleportation inside of his 
Sprout.
Jakiro
* Jakiro's Macropyre can help him to escape from Sprout and can disrupt Nature's Prophet's jungling.
* Jakiro can disrupt Nature's Prophet's escape attempt with Teleportation with 
Ice Path.
Additional:
* Jakiro's skill arsenal can ruin Nature's Prophet's gameplay: Dual Breath and Liquid Fire can clear treants from Nature's Call while simultaneously slowing Nature's Prophet, Ice Path can disrupt Nature's Prophet's escaping attempt with Teleportation and Macropyre can not only clear treants from Nature's Call, but also can free Jakiro from Sprout.
Phantom Lancer
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 5%)Jakiro
* 
Dual Breath slows down Phantom Lancer and his illusions.
* 
Liquid Fire will not only deal AoE damage but also lowers Phantom Lancer's attack speed.
* An Ice Path and 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.
Sand King
* All of Sand King's abilities deal AoE damage.
* Epicenter will usually eliminate all illusions in one cast. Phantom Lancer lacks any disables to stop the channelling.
Meepo
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 1%)Sand King
* Burrowstrike can stun multiple Meepos, making them vulnerable targets.
* Epicenter and Sand Storm's AoE damage ensures all Meepo clones get damaged, making it hard for Meepo to choose which one to flee as all are taking damage at the same rate.
* Just be aware when using Sand Storm to escape, as Meepo has good AoE damage and disables, which, as explained in the "Bad Against" section, works well against an invisible Sand King.
Jakiro
* All of Jakiro's skills are Area of Effect, which can easily affect all Meepos in a targeted area.
Chen
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 1%)Sand King
* Snad King's Burrowstrike and Sand Storm will deal a large amount of damage to Chen's creeps.
* 
Caustic Finale will quickly clear Chen's creeps at low health.
Jakiro
* Jakiro's damage over time force Chen to use 
Hand of God prematurely, potentially wasting chance to save his allies during teamfight.
* Macropyre can also disrupt Chen's jungling work.
Additional:
* Liquid Fire and Dual Breath can clear Chen's creeps, and kill his allies before he uses Hand of God.
* Macropyre can quickly clear Chen's creeps and deal intense damage to his allies.
Templar Assassin
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 6%)Jakiro
* All of Jakiro's active skills can be targeted on an area, which is effective at forcing Templar Assassin to move should she 
Meld away.
* Many of Jakiro's spells utilize damage-over-time mechanics, which makes it easy to strip away layers of 
Refraction.
Sand King
* Sand King can quickly remove her Refraction with his Sand Storm.
* Once Refraction is down, she is very vulnerable to Epicenter's high magic damage.
Broodmother
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 3%)Jakiro
* Broodmother and her Spiderlings need to be very careful during the laning stage against Jakiro, as Jakiro can take down Broodmother's Spiderlings, preventing her from pushing.
Sand King
* Caustic Finale allows Sand King to easily kill Broodmother's Spiderlings throughout the game.
* Sand King can usually catch a split pushing Broodmother with Blink Dagger and Burrowstrike.
Additional:
* Burrowstrike can be used as an escape or initiation against Broodmother.
* Sand Storm quickly kills any spiderlings caught inside if Sand King can manage to stun them.
Magnus
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 14%)Sand King
* 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.
Jakiro
* Jakiro's abilities deal damage over time, which can disrupt Magnus's attempts to initiate with Blink Dagger and Reverse Polarity.
* Macropyre not only disables Blink Dagger for a considerable duration, but can also destroy Trees, revealing Magnus's cover and position.
Earthshaker
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 12%)Sand King
* Heroes with no mobility will take some good damage from Sand King's spells: 
Dragon Knight, Jakiro, Pugna, 
Earthshaker,...
Jakiro
* Both Ice Path and Macropyre are the good setup while Earthshaker after blinking in and stay out of Echo Slam initiation radius.
* Liquid Fire damage over time potentially disable Earthshaker's Blink Dagger.
Chaos Knight
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 3%)Sand King
* Because of his massive AoE damage, Sand King is very effective against illusion heroes: 
Chaos Knight, 
Phantom Lancer, 
Terrorblade,...
Additional:
* Sand King's massive area damage output, particularly Epicenter, allows him to quickly take down Chaos Knight and his illusions.
* He can apply Caustic Finale to illusions with attacks for extra damage.
Jakiro
* With his AoE damage, Jakiro can easily kill Chaos Knight's 
Phantasm illusions.
* Chaos Knight usually doesn't buy a Black King Bar, making him vulnerable to an Ice Path into Macropyre combination.
Additional:
* Ice Path and Macropyre punish Reality Rift with a long stun and heavy damage across all illusions.
Naga Siren
[wiki] rating: -1.2 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 2%)Sand King
* Sand King and Phoenix has many tools to deal with a crowd of Heroes, which will work well against a crowd of illusions.
Jakiro
* Jakiro's early pushing ability from Liquid Fire makes Jakiro very strong against heroes, that take a long time to get online: 
Morphling, Naga Siren, Spectre.
Puck
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 6%)Jakiro
* Jakiro has 3 damage over time spells, 2 of which are from debuffs on Puck (Dual Breath and Liquid Fire) and 1 affecting an entire area (Macropyre), making it easy for him to disable the blink dagger.
* Ice Path is also strong against Puck, as he can cast it towards Puck during Phase Shift, who then gets instantly stunned once Phase Shift ends.
Slark
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 13%)Sand King
* Heroes with blink or movement abilities, which are disabled by Pounce's leash: 
Anti-Mage, 
Earth Spirit, Faceless Void, 
Magnus, 
Mirana, 
Monkey King, Morphling, 
Pangolier, Phantom Assassin, Phoenix, 
Puck, 
Queen of Pain, 
Riki, Sand King, 
Spirit Breaker, 
Timbersaw, 
Tusk.
Sand King
* He has a hard time killing Sand King because of the survivability he gets from Burrowstrike and Sand Storm.
* 
Shadow Dance, which usually allows Slark to survive fights, is ineffective against Sand King's AoE damage.
Jakiro
* Heroes with AoE abilities will hit Slark in Shadow Dance: Lina, Jakiro, Underlord, Leshrac, Dark Seer, Earthshaker, Timbersaw, Crystal Maiden
Axe
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 10%)Jakiro
* Axe is a hero that is very vulnerable against magical nuke damage and disables, Jakiro is perfect against him with all of his spells.
Additional:
* Ice Path neutralizes initiation attempts with Berserker's Call, and its long area of effect discourages follow-up from Axe's teammates.
* Ice Path serves as a large obstacle to stop Axe from chasing down fleeing stragglers to kill with Culling Blade.
* Jakiro's many damage-per-second skills prevent Axe from initiating with his Blink Dagger.
Crystal Maiden
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 13%)Jakiro
* Ice Path allows Jakiro to easily cancel Freezing Field.
* Freezing Field makes Crystal Maiden an easy target for all of his abilities without a Black King Bar.
* With the talent for Macropyre dealing Pure Damage and ignoring spell immunity, Black King Bar becomes nearly useless for Crystal Maiden, as its high damage over time and long duration will force Crystal Maiden to forcefully cancel Freezing Field.
Treant Protector
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 7%)Jakiro
* With Dual Breath, Liquid Fire and Macropyre Jakiro can quickly remove all 
Living Armor from a target.
* Ice Path allows Jakiro to prevent Treant Protector from using 
Overgrowth while staying at a safe distance.
Riki
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 5%)Jakiro
* Riki can easily be caught in an Ice Path and Macropyre combo as he finishes 
Tricks of the Trade.
Enchantress
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 3%)Sand King
* Sand King is a strong ganker, allowing him to shut down squishy heroes in the early game: Phantom Assassin, 
Clinkz, Sniper, 
Enchantress,...
Morphling
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 11%)Jakiro
* Jakiro's early pushing ability from Liquid Fire makes Jakiro very strong against heroes, that take a long time to get online: Morphling, Naga Siren, Spectre.
Terrorblade
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 8%)Sand King
* Because of his massive AoE damage, Sand King is very effective against illusion heroes: Chaos Knight, Phantom Lancer, Terrorblade,...
Dragon Knight
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 2%)Sand King
* Heroes with no mobility will take some good damage from Sand King's spells: Dragon Knight, Jakiro, Pugna, Earthshaker,...
Ursa
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)Sand King
* Heroes that rely on slows to get kills: Lifestealer, Night Stalker, Ursa,...
Omniknight
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 1%)Jakiro
* Heroes with large magical AoE damage will fare well against Omniknight: 
Lich, 
Ancient Apparition, Jakiro, 
Disruptor
Visage
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 1%)Jakiro
* Heroes with damage over time abilities can quickly eat through Gravekeeper's Cloak charges like Huskar, Jakiro and Queen of Pain.
Night Stalker
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 6%)Sand King
* Heroes that rely on slows to get kills: Lifestealer, Night Stalker, Ursa,...
Spectre
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 17%)Jakiro
* Jakiro's early pushing ability from Liquid Fire makes Jakiro very strong against heroes, that take a long time to get online: Morphling, Naga Siren, Spectre.
Clinkz
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 57% pickrate: 10%)Sand King
* Sand King is a strong ganker, allowing him to shut down squishy heroes in the early game: Phantom Assassin, Clinkz, Sniper, Enchantress,...
Phantom Assassin
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 13%)Jakiro
* Heroes with good mobility to avoid Jakiro's abilities and with good chase to punish Jakiro from pushing a tower: Bloodseeker, Ember Spirit, Juggernaut, Phantom Assassin, Weaver.
Sand King
* Phantom Assassin relies on her 
Blur to stay alive, but is very vulnerable to Sand King's heavy magic damage.
* With Burrowstrike, Sand King can often catch Phantom Assassin before she can use her Black King Bar.
* Sand King can dodge 
Stifling Dagger with Sandstorm.
* Phantom Assassin has a hard time killing Sand King because of his high mobility.
Sniper
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 6%)Jakiro
* Heroes with good counter-push abilities to clear creep waves can hinder Jakiro's early pushing ability: Death Prophet, Sniper, Tinker, Windranger.
Sand King
* Sand King is a strong ganker, allowing him to shut down squishy heroes in the early game: Phantom Assassin, Clinkz, Sniper, Enchantress,...
Pugna
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 6%)Sand King
* Pugna's 
Nether Ward damages Sand King when he channels Epicenter, preventing him from using Blink Dagger afterward.
Sand King
* Heroes with no mobility will take some good damage from Sand King's spells: Dragon Knight, Jakiro, Pugna, Earthshaker,...
Jakiro
* Silencer's
Last Word and 
Global Silence prevents Jakiro from casting any spell.
Glaives of Wisdom.
* A carry Silencer can easily take down a support Jakiro with his
Sand King
* Both
Arcane Curse and 
Last Word punishes casters with spammable spells such as Sand King.
Intelligence Steal reduces Sand King's mana pool even more.
Global Silence silences Sand King, effectively reducing Sand King's initiation and counter-initiation potential. It can also interrupt channeling of Epicenter.
* As a strength caster,
*