Earth Spirit
[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 9%)Lycan
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 57% pickrate: 6%)Ursa
* Lycan's ultimate makes him immune to slows from 
Ursa's 
Earthshock as well as allowing him to outmaneuver Ursa during 
Enrage. Lycan can also easily chase down Ursa while shapeshifted, should Ursa try to flee.
Beastmaster
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 4%)Ursa
* Primal Roar and the slow from Boars makes kiting Ursa very easy.
Riki
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 12%)Ursa
* Riki can detect early Roshan attempts because of Cloak and Dagger if he frequently checks the Pit.
* Ursa cannot Enrage when in Smoke Screen (Black King Bar will help though).
* Even if Ursa gets vision over him, Riki can Blink Strike away or use Tricks of the Trade after Ursa's initiation to avoid all 
Fury Swipes damage until Earthshock's slow is gone.
Additional:
* Riki can detect early Roshan attempts because of 
Cloak and Dagger if he frequently checks the Pit.
* Ursa cannot Enrage when caught in 
Smoke Screen and will miss his attacks (although Black King Bar will help with this issue).
* Even if Ursa gets vision over him and initiates with Earthshock, Riki can 
Blink Strike away or use 
Tricks of the Trade after Ursa's initiation to avoid Fury Swipes' damage until Earthshock's slow is gone.
Bane
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 5%)Ursa
* Bane's 
Enfeeble makes Ursa more susceptible to disables as it reduces Status Resistance.
* Bane can use 
Nightmare and 
Fiend's Grip to lock down Ursa early game and in team fights, forcing Ursa to buy a Black King Bar and making him very vulnerable to being kited once his Black King Bar is down to 5 seconds.
* Overall, Bane's potent disables force Ursa to build more defensive items and play more defensively in general.
Storm Spirit
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 10%)Ursa
* Storm Spirit can steal 
Aegis of the Immortal during Roshan attempts through the Pit, because of his 
Ball Lightning.
* Ursa has no way to catch a slippery Storm Spirit, as Earthshock's slow will do nothing to stop Storm Spirit from using Ball Lightning.
Weaver
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 7%)Ursa
* Ursa has no inherent way of disabling a slippery Weaver and prevent him from 
Shukuchiing or 
Time Lapseing away, as the slow from Earthshock is useless against Shukuchi's haste effect.
Additional:
* Earthshock's slow is ignored by Shukuchi.
* Ursa can be kited with Shukuchi and his burst damage will be negated with Time Lapse as long as Weaver survives it.
* The Swarm breaks Ursa's 
Blink Dagger, forcing him to deal with the beetles.
Windranger
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 16%)Ursa
* Windranger can avoid Ursa's primary source of damage, Fury Swipes, by simply using Windrun. The slow from Earthshock is also rendered irrelevant by Windrun.
* Focus Fire and Windrun can be used to kite Ursa.
Additional:
* Ursa relies on the Blink-Earthshock combo to slow enemies to burst them, but Windranger can use 
Windrun to escape through Earthshock's duration.
* Windrun and 
Focus Fire can easily allow Windranger to kite Ursa and do good amounts of damage in the process.
Brewmaster
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 2%)Ursa
* If Ursa uses Enrage Brewmaster can use Cyclone to render him harmless during his ultimate.
* Brewmaster has two spells to slow down Ursa, allowing his team to kite around him easily.
Lion
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 16%)Ursa
* Lion has two low cast point disables (
Hex and 
Earth Spike) to control Ursa before he buys a 
Black King Bar.
* Hex is one of the few abilities that cannot be dispelled even with an 
Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Enrage.
* Lion can control Ursa's low mana pool via 
Mana Drain.
Anti-Mage
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 14%)Ursa
* Ursa can be kited by 
Blink. Additionally, Anti-Mage can steal Aegis of the Immortal during Roshan attempts through the Pit.
* Anti-Mage usually builds 
Manta Style, which can dispel Earthshock's slow.
* Anti-Mage can control Ursa's low mana pool via 
Mana Break.
* Anti-Mage can farm much more quickly than Ursa, allowing Anti-Mage to overpower Ursa once a significant farm advantage is established.
Viper
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)Ursa
* 
Nethertoxin breaks Fury Swipes, making Viper a decent counter to Ursa in a laning stage.
* 
Viper Strike is a strong, undispellable slow, making it much easier to kite Ursa for everyone.
Rubick
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 17%)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.
Doom
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 3%)Ursa
* 
Doom makes Ursa less disruptive, and it cannot be dispelled with Enrage upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter.
* Aghanim's Scepter upgraded 
Infernal Blade can break Fury Swipes, negating much of his damage output.
Nyx Assassin
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 13%)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
Puck
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 15%)Ursa
* Melee heroes that get kited easily have hard times dealing with Puck without any lockdowns, as Puck is one of the most mobile heroes. Heroes like 
Sven, 
Lifestealer, Ursa and 
Alchemist may have problems to get to Puck without proper initiation items. They also lack reliable lockdowns, as their disables are easily avoidable for Puck, or are just a soft disable.
Outworld Destroyer
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 6%)Ursa
* Ursa struggles against heroes with strong (and especially undispellable) disables (
Disruptor, 
Puck, 
Shadow Demon, 
Outworld Destroyer and etc).
Disruptor
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 8%)Ursa
* Ursa struggles against heroes with strong (and especially undispellable) disables (Disruptor, Puck, Shadow Demon, Outworld Destroyer and etc).
Omniknight
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 2%)Ursa
* Heroes who rely strongly on melee physical damage will fare badly against Omniknight's Guardian Angel: Sven, 
Phantom Assassin, 
Juggernaut, 
Dragon Knight, 
Lycan, Ursa, 
Troll Warlord
Slark
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 13%)Ursa
* Slark can detect early Roshan attempts due to 
Shadow Dance if he frequently checks the Pit.
* Enrage cannot restore attributes stolen by 
Essence Shift and will reduce his physical damage output.
* Even if Ursa initiates with Earthshock, Slark can 
Pounce away or use 
Dark Pact after Ursa's initiation to avoid Fury Swipes' damage until Earthshock's slow is gone.
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.
Shadow Demon
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 3%)Ursa
* Ursa struggles against heroes with strong (and especially undispellable) disables (Disruptor, Puck, Shadow Demon, Outworld Destroyer and etc).
Grimstroke
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 10%)Ursa
* Heroes who rely heavily on melee attacks and lack early spell immunity are easily blocked and interrupted by Ink Swell: Lycan, Ursa, Troll Warlord.
Enchantress
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 1%)Ursa
* Enchant dispels 
Overpower.
* Enchant's slow can help kite Ursa in fights and also in lane.
* Enchantress can out harass Ursa in lane by using her long attack range and Untouchable, as well as out sustaining him with Nature's Attendants.
Sand King
* Sand King is a strong ganker, allowing him to shut down squishy heroes in the early game: Phantom Assassin, 
Clinkz, 
Sniper, 
Enchantress,...
Terrorblade
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 5%)Ursa
* Ursa deals lots of damage during the laning phase before Terrorblade has Sunder available.
* Enrage's damage reduction helps Ursa survive after Terrorblade has used Sunder.
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: -1.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 2%)Ursa
* Fury swipes can tear Dragon knight down as it stacks infinitely.
Sand King
* Heroes with no mobility will take some good damage from Sand King's spells: Dragon Knight, 
Jakiro, Pugna, 
Earthshaker,...
Medusa
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 2%)Ursa
* Medusa's tankiness doesn't help her very much against Fury Swipes in long teamfights.
* With no escape mechanism and a slow movement speed, getting jumped on by Ursa usually spells a quick end for Medusa in the early game.
Additional:
* Ursa's status resistance from Enrage will ignore Medusa's gaze.
* Ursa can stack damage with Fury Swipes easily against her Mana Shield in a prolonged team match.
Lifestealer
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 5%)Sand King
* Lifestealer's Rage negates Sand King's spells which do magical damage.
Ursa
* Lifestealer's 
Feast will most likely not out-heal the damage from Fury Swipes and Overpower in the early to mid game.
Additional:
* Lifestealer can't fight Ursa in any stage of the game because of his high physical damage with Fury Swipes and Overpower.
Sand King
* Heroes that rely on slows to get kills: Lifestealer, 
Night Stalker, Ursa,...
Lina
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 13%)Ursa
* 
Light Strike Array has a long delay, making her vulnerable for Ursa's burst.
* Enrage can protect Ursa against Lina's high magical burst.
Pudge
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 21%)Ursa
* Low armor and lack of escape makes Pudge vulnerable to Ursa, specially when he gets his Blink Dagger.
* If Pudge lands a 
Meat Hook on Ursa, Ursa can simply face Pudge head on provided he can burst him down before any follow up disables.
* Enrage's Aghanim's Scepter upgrade allows Ursa to dispel Pudge's 
Dismember.
Meepo
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (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.
Batrider
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 5%)Ursa
* Enrage with Aghanim's Scepter can dispel Flaming Lasso.
Chen
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 0%)Sand King
* 
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.
Axe
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 10%)Ursa
* Enrage reduces the damage from 
Blade Mail and Counter Helix to a minimum, forcing Axe to play around Ursa's ultimate ability.
* Enrage and Fury Swipes tear through Axe's low armor, even if he has relatively high health.
Huskar
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 2%)Ursa
* Jumping on Ursa with Life Break is often suicide for Huskar, as he will be immediately bursted down with Fury Swipes.
Additional:
* Huskar likes fights with a long duration and is usually at low health, making him vulnerable against Ursa's physical damage.
* Jumping in with Life Break against Ursa is suicide, as Enrage, Overpower, and Fury Swipes will easily shred Huskar.
Timbersaw
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 7%)Ursa
* Timbersaw's physical survivability revolves around 
Reactive Armor, which is largely ignored by Fury Swipes due to the potentially large damage.
* Timbersaw's magical burst damage will not do much against Enrage, although he could easily use 
Timber Chain to escape, wasting the duration of it.
Juggernaut
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 19%)Ursa
* Fury Swipes is not protected by Blade Fury and allows Ursa to harass Juggernaut anytime.
* Enrage reduces the damage taken from Omnislash.
Alchemist
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 4%)Ursa
* Chemical Rage will rarely save Alchemist against Ursa's Fury Swipes.
* Enrage allows Ursa to both be a threat to Alchemist and avoid his over time damage.
Underlord
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 8%)Ursa
* Provided Ursa can stack Fury Swipes reliably, Atrophy Aura won't do much against it.
* With Overpower, Fury Swipes, and Enrage Ursa could kill Underlord before the latter escapes with 
Dark Rift.
Additional:
* Fury Swipes damage is not reduced by Atrophy Aura, essentially bypassing Underlord's only natural defense.
* Enrage can quickly dispel the root of Pit of Malice.
Broodmother
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 2%)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.
Tiny
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 7%)Ursa
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz, Phantom Assassin, 
Templar Assassin, Ursa, 
Wraith King etc).
Magnus
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 6%)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.
Shadow Fiend
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 18%)Ursa
* Heroes without escape mechanism: Shadow Fiend, Alchemist
Additional:
* Earthshock prevents Shadow Fiend from escaping after Ursa used his Blink Dagger to get on top of him.
* Overpower and Fury Swipes allow Ursa to quickly kill Shadow Fiend.
* Enrage keeps Ursa alive in a manfight with Shadow Fiend and allows him to stay close, even if Shadow Fiend uses Requiem of Souls.
Mars
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 16%)Ursa
* Ursa is a special mention because despite his high physical damage attacking from the front won't achieve much against Mars but isn't a great target for Mars either since Ursa is very resistant to damage with Enrage so there isn't much that can be done to stop Ursa from going on your team.
Sniper
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 5%)Sand King
* Sand King is a strong ganker, allowing him to shut down squishy heroes in the early game: Phantom Assassin, Clinkz, Sniper, Enchantress,...
Earthshaker
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 10%)Sand King
* Heroes with no mobility will take some good damage from Sand King's spells: Dragon Knight, Jakiro, Pugna, Earthshaker,...
Legion Commander
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 13%)Ursa
* 
Legion Commander is unlikely to win a 
Duel against Ursa.
Additional:
* Enrage's instant cast time allows it to be used before Legion Commander initiates a Duel, causing Ursa to take almost no damage for a brief period of time.
* Fury Swipes can give Ursa the edge in Duels.
Necrophos
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 4%)Ursa
* Enemies that possess high defenses through magic resistance, damage reduction, or high regeneration will make it difficult to whittle their health down to get to Reaper's Scythe's threshold. Such heroes include 
Bristleback (although only from behind), Spectre, Ursa, and Dragon Knight.
Luna
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 4%)Ursa
* All assassin-type carries in a one against one situation: 
Meepo, Phantom Assassin, Riki, Ursa.
Jakiro
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 11%)Sand King
* Heroes with no mobility will take some good damage from Sand King's spells: Dragon Knight, Jakiro, Pugna, Earthshaker,...
Void Spirit
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 10%)Ursa
* Heroes with burst damage of their own won't be afraid to go toe to toe with Void Spirit, like Ursa, Lifestealer, or 
Axe.
Naga Siren
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% 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.
Warlock
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)Ursa
* Ursa can shred {U:Warlock Golem}s in a few seconds with Fury Swipes and Overpower.
Clinkz
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 5%)Sand King
* Sand King is a strong ganker, allowing him to shut down squishy heroes in the early game: Phantom Assassin, Clinkz, Sniper, Enchantress,...
Night Stalker
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 5%)Ursa
* Heroes with weaker mobility will struggle to keep up with Night Stalker: 
Gyrocopter, Ursa, 
Drow Ranger
Sand King
* Heroes that rely on slows to get kills: Lifestealer, Night Stalker, Ursa,...
Ursa
* Heroes with stronger lane presence that can threaten to kill him: Batrider, Juggernaut, Ursa, Monkey King, Razor.
Nature's Prophet
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 5%)Ursa
* Sprout is good for trapping melee carries with no escape abilities: Sven, Ursa, Alchemist, Lifestealer etc.
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.
Phantom Assassin
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 16%)Ursa
* Assuming they have not bought anti-evasion items, attack dependent heroes such as 
Viper, Ursa or Clinkz can be a minor threat for Phantom Assassin early in the game, and may even be completely dominated by her thanks to her evasion.
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.
Phantom Lancer
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)Ursa
* Ursa struggles against illusion heroes like Chaos Knight and Phantom Lancer.
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.
Templar Assassin
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 5%)Ursa
* Heroes who can delivers a big chunk of damage in few hits will find themselves struggle against Templar Assassin's Refraction: Sven, Phantom Assassin, Ursa, Wraith King, Lifestealer
Additional:
* Templar Assassin usually places 
Psionic Traps inside the Roshan Pit (and can teleport herself to the traps with an Aghanim's Scepter), preventing Ursa from killing Roshan without getting noticed by the enemy team.
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.
Clockwerk
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 7%)Ursa
* Heroes who can provide constant vision inside the Roshan Pit can negate one of the strongest advantages of Ursa, which is the possibility of quickly killing Roshan at the early game, with minimum itemization needed (
Clockwerk, 
Beastmaster, etc).
Ursa
* Ursa's high physical burst damage makes him a very bad target for Power Cogs.
* Even with Blade Mail, Ursa's Enrage will negate most of the reflected damage.
Kunkka
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 4%)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
Ursa
* Ursa's massive physical damage can destroy Kunkka quickly.
* Enrage can be activated before being hit by Ghostship to prevent most of the damage.
* Earthshock slows Kunkka's movement speed. With no escape abilities, Kunkka is easy prey.
Bristleback
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 8%)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.
Ursa
* Bristleback's tankiness doesn't help him very much against Fury Swipes in long teamfights.
* With no escape mechanism and a slow movement speed, getting jumped on by Ursa usually spell a quick end for Bristleback in the early game.
Zeus
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 11%)Sand King
* Zeus usually stays at the back in teamfights and it is hard for Sand King to find Zeus and knock him down before Zeus deals his damage.
* All of 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. It also interrupts channeling of Epicenter.
Ursa
* Enrage will make it very difficult to burst him down.
* Zeus has little armor, HP and mobility; Ursa's favorite kind of target.
Silencer
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 8%)Sand King
* Both 
Arcane Curse and 
Last Word punishes casters with spammable spells such as Sand King.
* As a strength caster, 
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.
Ursa
* Silencer relies on preventing enemies from using abilities in teamfights with Arcane Curse, Last Word, and Global Silence. However, they are ineffective against Ursa since he relies more on items and attacks than abilities.
* Enrage reduces all damage taken, even Glaives of Wisdom's pure damage.
Pugna
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)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,...
Phoenix
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 10%)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.
Ursa
* Ursa can easily unleash a number of attacks in an incredibly short amount of time, easily destroying the Supernova in a couple of seconds regardless of Fire Spirits' debuff. His Enrage also dampens any damage Phoenix might toss at his direction, as well as remove any debuffs Phoenix may place on him.
Chaos Knight
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)Ursa
* Ursa struggles against illusion heroes like Chaos Knight and Phantom Lancer.
Additional:
* Ursa cannot effectively fight against Phantasm's illusions with his single-target damage.
* Chaos Bolt's potentially long stun with Chaos Bolt gives Ursa little opportunity to Enrage.
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.
Bounty Hunter
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 9%)Ursa
* Low mobility heroes: Heroes with no/little means of traveling fast have difficulty getting to/away from Bounty Hunter due to his slowing Jinada and hastening Track. Few examples of such heroes are: Crystal Maiden, Sniper, Ursa, 
Witch Doctor, etc.
Ursa
* Ursa with Enrage
* Heroes that can remove the Track debuff with their skills:
* 
Abaddon with 
Aphotic Shield and 
Borrowed Time
* Huskar with 
Life Break
* Juggernaut with 
Blade Fury
* Legion Commander with 
Press the Attack
* Lifestealer with 
Rage and 
Infest
* Naga Siren with 
Mirror Image
* Omniknight with 
Heavenly Grace
* Oracle with 
Fortune's End and 
False Promise
* Phantom Lancer with 
Doppelganger
* 
Slark with Dark Pact
* Ursa with Enrage
* 
Weaver with Time Lapse
* Tidehunter with 
Kraken Shell when damage received reaches the threshold.
Tidehunter
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 8%)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.
Ursa
* Fury Swipes will keep stacking on Tidehunter since it cannot be dispelled by Kraken Shell and its bonus damage cannot be reduced by Anchor Smash.
* Enrage dispels the slow from Gush, and if upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter, can even dispel Ravage's stun.
Ursa
* Positioning-reliant heroes (
Windranger, 
Tidehunter, 
Ursa...), since Earth Spirit can disrupt positioning with his Boulder Smash.
Sand King
*
Boulder Smash will push Sand King out of Sand Storm to reveal his position or an activated Epicenter off of Earth Spirit's allies, potentially wasting his combo
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.
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