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Axe

[wiki] rating: 2.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 10%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Axe Berserker Berserker's Call and Axe Counter Helix Counter Helix allow Axe to kill Shadow Fiend if he stands too close to a creep wave.
* Axe Battle Hunger Battle Hunger is very strong against Shadow Fiend in the early game because Shadow Fiend's low attack damage makes it hard for him to get last hits.
* Axe Axe's naturally high strength and health regeneration will be enough to tank a lot of Shadow Fiend's damage in the early game.

Oracle

* False Promise will not save an ally from Axe Culling Blade Culling Blade if their health is low enough.
* Fate's Edict, offensively or defensively, does little to protect Oracle's allies from the majority of Axe's damage.

Night Stalker

[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Oracle

* Heroes with long disables, like Lion Lion, Night Stalker, or Legion Commander, can prevent Oracle from using spells or items.

Shadow Fiend

* Night Stalker Void Void can be used to cancel Requiem of Souls.
* Night Stalker Crippling Fear Crippling Fear prevents Shadow Fiend from using Shadowraze or Requiem of Souls.
* With Night Stalker Dark Ascension Dark Ascension and Gem of True Sight, Night Stalker can find and kill Shadow Fiend easily. He is also a tanky hero that can fight Shadow Fiend at any stage of the game.

Templar Assassin

[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Shadow Fiend's fragility and lack of a natural escape mechanism makes him a great target for Templar Assassin's Meld.
* Shadow Fiend's burst damage, such as Shadow Fiend Shadowraze Shadowraze and Shadow Fiend Requiem of Souls Requiem of Souls, is easily nullified by her Refraction.

Oracle

* Because Oracle uses few, powerful instances of damage to kill enemies, Templar Assassin's $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction and Visage Visage's Visage Gravekeeper Gravekeeper's Cloak can absorb his burst damage.

Anti-Mage

[wiki] rating: 1.2 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 15%)

Counters these heroes:

Oracle

* Anti-Mage can withstand magical burst damage much better than other carries, making him effective against nukers: Lich Lich, Necrophos, Oracle Oracle, and Leshrac Leshrac.

Additional:
* Oracle has minimal damage potential against Anti-Mage due to Anti-Mage Counterspell Counterspell, and may even have some ability damage reflected at himself.
* Anti-Mage can easily overwhelm Oracle with Anti-Mage Mana Break Mana Break and Anti-Mage Mana Void Mana Void.
* Anti-Mage Blink Blink allows Anti-Mage to easily chase and take advantage of Oracle's low mobility.

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes who build mana boosting items but have low mana regeneration are especially vulnerable against Mana Break and Mana Void: Timbersaw, Slark Slark, Shadow Fiend, Clinkz Clinkz, Bristleback Nyx Assassin, Magnus Magnus

Spectre

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 20%)

Counters these heroes:

Oracle

* Oracle's burst damage is ineffective against Spectre Dispersion Dispersion.
* Disarm provided by Fate's Edict is not as significant debilitation for Spectre as it might be for other carries since She can do damage even without landing attacks.

Zeus

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 15%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Zeus Arc Lightning Arc Lightning allows Zeus to get farm in lane against Shadow Fiend without coming into the range of his Shadowrazes.
* Zeus Lightning Bolt Lightning Bolt can be used to heavily harass Shadow Fiend when he tries to get a last hit.
* Zeus Thundergod Thundergod's Wrath and Lightning Bolt can be used to detect Shadow Fiend if he tries to escape with Shadow Blade.

Tidehunter

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Tidehunter Kraken Shell Kraken Shell dispels both Shadowraze's damage amplification stacks and Requiem of Soul's damage reduction (provided Tidehunter has taken enough damage).
* Tidehunter Ravage Ravage cancels Requiem of Souls if Shadow Fiend isn't protected by Black King Bar.
Additional:
* Kraken Shell dispels the damage amplification stacks of Shadow Fiend Shadowraze Shadowraze as well as the damage reduction from Shadow Fiend Requiem of Souls Requiem of Souls (provided he has taken enough damage).
* Anchor Smash reduces Shadow Fiend's large attack damage, Kraken Shell makes Tidehunter the last target Shadow Fiend wants to attack.
* Ravage can easily cancel Requiem of Souls if Shadow Fiend isn't protected by Black King Bar.

Viper

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Viper Nethertoxin Nethertoxin breaks both Necromastery and Presence of the Dark Lord, reducing his damage massively.
* Viper Corrosive Skin Corrosive Skin gives Viper bonus Magic Resistance against Shadowraze and Requiem of Souls.
* Viper can easily take advantage of Shadow Fiend's lack of escape and mobility spells with Viper Viper Strike Viper Strike and Viper Poison Attack Poison Attack. Poison Attack also serves as a great way to harass Shadow Fiend.

Warlock

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Lacking escaping mechanisms, being dependent on fair positioning and channeling for his ultimate, its easier to Warlock with your long range crowd control abilities to lock the Shadow Fiend down to your team.

Spirit Breaker

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

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Spirit Breaker Charge of Darkness Charge of Darkness allows Spirit Breaker to gank Shadow Fiend in the early game, preventing him from getting Necromastery stacks.
* Spirit Breaker Nether Strike Nether Strike and Charge of Darkness can be used to prevent Shadow Fiend from casting Requiem of Souls.

Tinker

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* During the laning stage Laser will reduce Shadow Fiend's last hits, preventing him from getting Shadow Fiend Necromastery Necromastery souls.
* Shadow Fiend has low health and is vulnerable to Tinker's high magic burst.
Additional:
* The blind from Tinker Laser Laser prevents Shadow Fiend from attacking for its duration, potentially preventing him from getting a kill.
* Scythe of Vyse can be used to prevent Shadow Fiend from casting Requiem of Souls.
* A combination of Tinker's abilities and his items (like the Dagon 5 Dagon 5 and Ethereal Blade combo) can kill Shadow Fiend quickly.

Terrorblade

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* The Reflection of Shadow Fiend cause Shadow Fiend Presence of the Dark Lord Presence of the Dark Lord to affect Shadow Fiend, reducing his armor and making it easier for Terrorblade to kill him. Shadow Fiend also doesn't have lots of survivability or control skills in order to escape.
* If Shadow Fiend chooses to go for a right-click build, he'll have a hard time against Terrorblade's high armor.

Tusk

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Shadow Fiend's lack of mobility and low base health make him an easy target for early ganks.

Shadow Demon

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 2%)

Counters these heroes:

Oracle

* Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption can protect Shadow Demon's allies from Fortune's End, preserving healing or buffs. It can also catch Oracle's allies, allowing Shadow Demon Shadow Poison Shadow Poison and Shadow Demon Soul Catcher Soul Catcher to be used without being dispelled.
* Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge prevents over-time healing during False Promise, such as Purifying Flames and Urn of Shadows. If he has Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter, this issue can persist for longer or on multiple allies.
* It will not, however, prevent healing from instant abilities, items, or auras, making Mekansm Mekansm a good choice against him.

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes with high physical damage output but lack of reliable escape mechanisms are always a good target for a solo gank: Sniper Sniper, Shadow Fiend, Troll Warlord, Drow Ranger. Those heroes, however, are dangerous if they manage to close the gap, so take caution.

Countered by:

Oracle

* Heroes who can dispel will be able to remove Shadow Poison before Shadow Demon can build up a big stack, or remove Soul Catcher's debuff to instantly bring the health of affected heroes back to a considerable amount: Abaddon Abaddon, Slark Slark, Legion Commander, Oracle Oracle.

Doom

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Doom has several disable abilities to choose from jungle creeps (e.g. Centaur Conqueror War Stomp War Stomp, Dark Troll Summoner Ensnare Ensnare) to deal with Shadow Fiend who lacks escape abilities.
* When Doom combines creep abilities with Doom Scorched Earth Scorched Earth, Doom Infernal Blade Infernal Blade, and Doom Doom Doom, Shadow Fiend most likely will die as he cannot use Shadowraze and Requiem of Souls to protect himself, and also cannot even flee by using Shadow Blade or Blink Dagger.
* Although Shadow Fiend has a high physical damage output, Doom has a large health pool to survive it, meaning Doom's combo with high magical damage output will shutdown Shadow Fiend first.
* Doom usually buys Radiance to improve his damage, making his nuke combo more deadly to Shadow Fiend. The blind also prevents Shadow Fiend from landing his attacks often.

Oracle

* Supports with useful teamfight or contribution spells will be helpless against Doom: Dazzle Dazzle, Oracle Oracle, Warlock Warlock.

Countered by:

Oracle

* 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.

Disruptor

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 10%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Disruptor Glimpse Glimpse and Disruptor Kinetic Field Kinetic Field allows Disruptor to set up some early kills onto Shadow Fiend.
* Disruptor Static Storm Static Storm can be used to cancel the cast of Requiem of Souls.

Monkey King

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Shadow Fiend Requiem of Souls Requiem of Souls is easily interrupted by Boundless Strike, due to its long cast time.
* Shadow Fiend's lack of mobility and escape makes him an easy target to ambush with Primal Spring, especially during laning stage.
* Being close means he cannot use all three razes on you before you get your Jingu Mastery stacks.

Bristleback

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Oracle

* Fortune's End cannot dispel Bristleback Warpath Warpath stacks on Bristleback or Bristleback Quill Spray Quill Spray stacks on allies.
* Bristleback Bristleback Bristleback can heavily reduce Oracle's damage output. With it, Oracle may accidentally heal Bristleback with Purifying Flames, especially if Bristleback has bonus magic resistance.

Clinkz

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 56% pickrate: 9%)

Counters these heroes:

Oracle

* Heroes who can take advantage of Oracle's low mobility or catch him out of position, such as Clinkz Clinkz and Anti-Mage, can easily pick him off.

Enigma

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

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes with channeling spells because Shadow Fiend has nothing to cancel channeling: Bane Bane, Enigma Enigma, Pudge Pudge, Shadow Shaman.

Visage

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 1%)

Counters these heroes:

Oracle

Elder Titan

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 2%)

Counters these heroes:

Oracle

* Elder Titan's Elder Titan Echo Stomp Echo Stomp can turn into a 5 second stun on an ally under the effect of False Promise, as it delays all damage and makes it impossible to break the damage threshold of Echo Stomp.

Nyx Assassin

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

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes with high burst damage: Lina Lina, Lion Lion, Luna Luna, Nyx Assassin, Queen of Pain.

Riki

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

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes that can gank Shadow Fiend in the early game: Earth Spirit, Nyx Assassin, Riki Riki, Spirit Breaker.

Luna

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes with high burst damage: Lina Lina, Lion Lion, Luna Luna, Nyx Assassin, Queen of Pain.

Shadow Shaman

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes with channeling spells because Shadow Fiend has nothing to cancel channeling: Bane Bane, Enigma Enigma, Pudge Pudge, Shadow Shaman.

Lina

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 18%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes with high burst damage: Lina Lina, Lion Lion, Luna Luna, Nyx Assassin, Queen of Pain.

Invoker

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 20%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes with long animations can be frequently interrupted with Cold Snap: Earthshaker, Monkey King, Shadow Fiend Lina Lina

Earth Spirit

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes that can gank Shadow Fiend in the early game: Earth Spirit, Nyx Assassin, Riki Riki, Spirit Breaker.

Storm Spirit

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 11%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Squishy heroes or heroes without hard disables or silences: Shadow Demon, Shadow Fiend, Venomancer, Ancient Apparition etc.

Timbersaw

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Oracle

* 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.

Queen of Pain

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

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes with high burst damage: Lina Lina, Lion Lion, Luna Luna, Nyx Assassin, Queen of Pain.

Weaver

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes that are hard to kill without lockdown: Puck Puck, Weaver Weaver.

Pudge

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 22%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes with channeling spells because Shadow Fiend has nothing to cancel channeling: Bane Bane, Enigma Enigma, Pudge Pudge, Shadow Shaman.

Puck

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes that are hard to kill without lockdown: Puck Puck, Weaver Weaver.

Ursa

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes without escape mechanism: Shadow Fiend, Alchemist

Additional:
* Ursa Earthshock Earthshock prevents Shadow Fiend from escaping after Ursa used his Blink Dagger to get on top of him.
* Ursa Overpower Overpower and Ursa Fury Swipes Fury Swipes allow Ursa to quickly kill Shadow Fiend.
* Ursa Enrage Enrage keeps Ursa alive in a manfight with Shadow Fiend and allows him to stay close, even if Shadow Fiend uses Requiem of Souls.

Lion

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 14%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes with high burst damage: Lina Lina, Lion Lion, Luna Luna, Nyx Assassin, Queen of Pain.

Oracle

* Heroes with long disables, like Lion Lion, Night Stalker, or Legion Commander, can prevent Oracle from using spells or items.

Countered by:

Oracle

* Lion is extremely dependent on his abilities. Silences like Silencer's Silencer Last Word Last Word, magic resistance like Oracle Oracle's Oracle Fate Fate's Edict, and dispels like Legion Commander's Legion Commander Press the Attack Press the Attack all make his abilities less effective.

Phantom Lancer

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Oracle

* 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.

Bane

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Bane Enfeeble Enfeeble can be used to decrease Shadow Fiend's already abysmal level one damage even further, preventing him from getting farm and Necromastery stacks.
* Bane Brain Sap Brain Sap allows Bane to heavily harass Shadow Fiend.
* Bane Nightmare Nightmare allows Bane to set up some early ganks onto Shadow Fiend.
* Bane Fiend Fiend's Grip enables Bane to completely take Shadow Fiend out of a fight and potentially even kill him, even through Black King Bar.

Countered by:

Oracle

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

Faceless Void

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 18%)

Counters these heroes:

Oracle

* Faceless Void Time Walk Time Walk and Faceless Void Backtrack Backtrack allow Faceless Void to easily negate Oracle's burst damage.
* Faceless Void Time Dilation Time Dilation is effective against Oracle's low-cooldown spells. Although dispellable with Fortune's End, it can still catch Oracle off guard if Fortune's End is on cooldown.

Countered by:

Oracle

* 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 Devourer, 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.

Bounty Hunter

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Bounty Hunter can absolutely destroy a Shadow Fiend's game by ganking his midlane with Shadow Walk, Jinada and Shuriken Toss.
* If his lane goes bad, a Shadow Fiend usually goes to the jungle. Follow him with Shadow Walk and take half of his experience.
* Shuriken Toss is a good way to interrupt Shadow Fiend's long cast animation on Shadow Fiend Requiem of Souls Requiem of Souls.
Additional:
* Bounty Hunter Shuriken Toss Shuriken Toss can be used to cancel Requiem of Souls.
* Bounty Hunter Shadow Walk Shadow Walk and Bounty Hunter Jinada Jinada allow Bounty Hunter to gank Shadow Fiend early on
* Bounty Hunter Track Track prevents Shadow Fiend from escaping with Shadow Blade.

Countered by:

Oracle

* Oracle Oracle with Oracle Fortune Fortune's End and Oracle False Promise False Promise
* 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.

Dragon Knight

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 2%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Dragon Knight Dragon Tail Dragon Tail can be used to cancel Requiem of Souls.
* Dragon Knight Breathe Fire Breathe Fire reduces Shadow Fiend's damage even further.
* Dragon Knight's high strength and Dragon Knight Dragon Blood Dragon Blood means that he'll be able to tank Shadow Fiend's right clicks.

Countered by:

Shadow Fiend

* Shadow Fiend's Shadow Fiend Presence of the Dark Lord Presence of the Dark Lord reduces Dragon Knight's armor considerably, and his strong base attacks are augmented by his Shadow Fiend Necromastery Necromastery.

Sniper

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 43% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Shrapnel can be used to cancel Shadow Fiend's Blink Dagger from a huge range.
* Take Aim and Headshot allow Sniper to harass Shadow Fiend in lane without getting into the range of his Shadow Fiend Shadowraze Shadowraze.
* Assassinate can be used to cancel Shadow Fiend's Shadow Fiend Requiem of Souls Requiem of Souls if he is not a target.
Additional:
* Sniper Shrapnel Shrapnel can be used to cancel Shadow Fiend's Blink Dagger from a huge range.
* Sniper Take Aim Take Aim and Sniper Headshot Headshot allow Sniper to harass Shadow Fiend in lane without getting into the range of his Shadowrazes.

Countered by:

Oracle

* Fortune's End can catch out or impair position-based heroes with low mobility, such as Sniper Sniper or Razor Razor.

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Rubick

[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 19%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Oracle's high magic damage output can easily take down Rubick's low health pool.
* Because Oracle likes to combine his spells together, the only good Rubick Spell Steal Spell Steal target he gives is False Promise. This scenario can be avoided by shift queueing Fortune's End and casting it immediately, as it has no cast point, or by staying in the back line of fights if out of mana.
* As a position based hero, Rubick will have a very hard time against Fortune's End due to its absurd range and very long root duration.

Shadow Fiend

* On his own, Rubick can't do much to Shadow Fiend. However, Shadow Fiend can easily run Rubick over with his right-clicks and multiple Shadow Fiend Shadowraze Shadowrazes.
* Shadow Fiend Presence of the Dark Lord Presence of the Dark Lord lowers Rubick's already low armor even further.
* Shadowraze can be somewhat risky to use if stolen, as two of them require Rubick to get up close, which is something Rubick doesn't like doing.

Ember Spirit

[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 9%)

Countered by:

Shadow Fiend

* Shadow Fiend Shadowraze Shadowraze can easily remove the protection from Flame Guard and kill Ember Spirit due to his low health.
* Ember Spirit is very vulnerable to physical damage from Shadow Fiend Necromastery Necromastery.

Oracle

* Oracle can shut down both of Ember's early game abilities. Fortune's End can dispel Ember Spirit Flame Guard Flame Guard on Ember Spirit and Ember Spirit Searing Chains Searing Chains on allies.
* When Ember Spirit is affected by Fortune's End, his Ember Spirit Fire Remnant Fire Remnants move at 0 movement speed.
* Disarming him with Fate's Edict does affect Ember's Ember Spirit Sleight of Fist Sleight of Fist ability, possibly making him useless for a few seconds in the late game without a dispel or spell immunity. This is especially good if he has a rapier or two. However, positioning for this is difficult when Ember plays far back.

Mars

[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 19%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Heroes with high magical or pure damage will bypass Bulwark: Timbersaw, Dark Willow, Enigma Enigma, Invoker Invoker, Pugna Pugna, Skywrath Mage, Tinker Tinker, Zeus Zeus, Oracle Oracle.

Shadow Fiend

* If Mars lanes middle, Shadow Fiend can keep the lane pushed against him.
* Shadow Fiend can go an entirely magical based build, which is very effective against Mars.

Skywrath Mage

[wiki] rating: -1.2 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 7%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Heroes with little health or magic resistance are easily picked off with Oracle's magic burst, such as Skywrath Mage, Crystal Maiden, or Enchantress.

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes with a low health pool (Crystal Maiden, Skywrath Mage etc)

Crystal Maiden

[wiki] rating: -1.2 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 13%)

Countered by:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes with a low health pool (Crystal Maiden, Skywrath Mage etc)

Oracle

* Heroes with little health or magic resistance are easily picked off with Oracle's magic burst, such as Skywrath Mage, Crystal Maiden, or Enchantress.

Nature's Prophet

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 4%)

Countered by:

Shadow Fiend

* Shadow Fiend can easily farm his treants and get easy Necromastery Stacks.
* If Shadow Fiend buys Boots of Travel and Shadow Blade, he can counteract Nature's Prophet's split-push.

Slark

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 10%)

Countered by:

Shadow Fiend

* Slark Shadow Dance Shadow Dance does not protect Slark from Shadow Fiend's AoE spells.

Troll Warlord

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 4%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Oracle Fate Fate's Edict can disarm Troll, rendering him useless in a teamfight, especially if he has already used Battle Trance.
* Oracle Fortune Fortune's End and Oracle Purifying Flames Purifying Flames can provide ample magic damage to help burst down Troll Warlord quickly in the early to mid game.
* Oracle False Promise False Promise can save an ally from Troll Warlord's initiation, forcing him to switch targets and lose his Fervor stacks, or waste time during Battle Trance.

Techies

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Since Techies' skills are all magical damage, casting Fate's Edict immediately upon hearing the warning sound from Techies Proximity Mines Proximity Mines and Techies Blast Off! Blast Off! can render Oracle or an ally immune to the burst damage from these skills.
* If timed correctly, Techies Remote Mines Remote Mines can also be countered using the same technique.
Additional:
* Oracle Fate Fate's Edict gives 100% magic resistance, which prevents most of Techies' damage and his Oracle Fortune Fortune's End dispels Stasis Trap root.

Witch Doctor

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 12%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* It is especially easy for Oracle to negate the damage from Maledict, and even heal through it with Oracle Fate Fate's Edict and Oracle Purifying Flames Purifying Flames.
* If by some miracle an enemy is still about to die because of Maledict, he can still save him with Oracle False Promise False Promise.

Death Prophet

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 2%)

Countered by:

Shadow Fiend

* Shadow Fiend Shadowraze (Near) Shadowraze (Near), Shadow Fiend Shadowraze (Medium) Shadowraze (Medium), and Shadow Fiend Shadowraze (Far) Shadowraze (Far) can hit hard in the early stages of the game, and due to Shadow Fiend's high attack damage, most of Death Prophet's last hits will be denied in the laning phase. Additionally, Shadow Fiend Requiem of Souls Requiem of Souls can deal massive damage or kill Death Prophet at the start of team fights in combination with Eul Eul's Scepter of Divinity or Shadow Blade.

Jakiro

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 11%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Oracle Fate 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.
* Oracle False Promise False Promise allows Oracle to free allies from Jakiro's Ice Path.

Batrider

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 2%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Oracle False Promise False Promise dispels Flaming Lasso.
* Oracle Fortune Fortune's End can root Batrider after he uses Flaming Lasso. It can also dispel Sticky Napalm and Flamebreak.
* Oracle Fate Fate's Edict when used on a Lasso'd target will leave them immune to magical damage, making it difficult to burst them quickly before the Lasso ends.

Silencer

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Oracle

* Oracle's reliance on spamming his spells can be easily hindered by Silencer's Arcane Curse.
* Last Word and Global Silence negates Oracle's attempt to save his allies with his spells.
* Oracle Fate Fate's Edict is useless against Glaives of Wisdom's pure damage.

Countered by:

Shadow Fiend

* Shadow Fiend is mostly played as right-click carry and natural Black King Bar carrier, making Silencer's spells very ineffective against him.

Oracle

* Fortune's End can nullify Silencer Arcane Curse Arcane Curse, Silencer Last Word Last Word, and Silencer Global Silence Global Silence, if cast at the right time with the right targets.
* Fate's Edict can prevent Silencer from attacking, which he relies on with Silencer Glaives of Wisdom Glaives of Wisdom, for a lot of his damage.

Dark Willow

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 6%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Fortune's End can easily dispel Dark Willow Cursed Crown Cursed Crown before it times out and stuns. He can also save a stunned ally with False Promise.
* Fate's Edict can easily negate Dark Willow Bedlam Bedlam's over-time damage, since the spell provides no form of control. Similarly, he can also negate the magic burst from Dark Willow Shadow Realm Shadow Realm.
* Fortune's End can dispel the fear effect from Dark Willow Terrorize Terrorize, and it can remove the root from Dark Willow Bramble Maze Bramble Maze if you're quick enough. Be mindful that Fortune's End only dispels your allies' debuffs on the primary target.
Additional:
* Oracle Fortune Fortune's End not being disjointable is almost an ensured disable if Dark Willow tries to escape with Shadow Realm. Dispels Cursed Crown and Terrorize.
* Oracle Fate Fate's Edict negates all her magic damage in case she catches a single hero.
* Oracle False Promise False Promise's strong dispel removes Dark Willow's disables.

Meepo

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

Countered by:

Shadow Fiend

* Shadow Fiend can easily focus down and kill one of the Meepos.
* The amount of damage from Shadow Fiend's AoE spells makes Meepo vulnerable in every aspect.

Dark Seer

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 2%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Fortune's End can dispel Dark Seer Ion Shell Ion Shell, which cripples Dark Seer economy since it's his most efficient tool for farming.
* Fortune's End can dispel Dark Seer Surge Surge, effectively slowing his movement speed making him vulnerable to ganks or skirmishes.
Additional:
* Oracle Fortune Fortune's End dispels Ion Shell and Surge, making any gank attempt on Dark Seer in the laning phase likely to succeed.
* Oracle Fate Fate's Edict prevents all magical damage that comes from Dark Seer's abilities.
* Fortune's End dispels Ion Shell on creeps, which Dark Seer relies on to farm and zone.

Ancient Apparition

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 6%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* False Promise can prevent the shatter from Ancient Apparition Ice Blast Ice Blast and Fate's Edict can protect an ally from the magical damage over time for a while.
* Oracle can deny allies who are frostbitten. If he uses Purifying Flames to reach the shatter threshold, it will count as a deny.
* Fortune's End can dispel Ancient Apparition Cold Feet Cold Feet on affected allies, preventing them from getting frozen.
Additional:
* Oracle False Promise False Promise can dispel the stun from Cold Feet and can save an ally that's about to shatter from Ice Blast, even allowing healing with Oracle Purifying Flames Purifying Flames because of the delayed effect.
* Purifying Flames also allows Oracle to deny his allies if they're affected by Ice Blast. If he brings his allies' health to or below the shatter threshold, it will count as him denying the ally.
* Oracle Fate Fate's Edict is good against all of Ancient Apparition's abilities at all stages of the game.
* Oracle Fortune Fortune's End can dispel Cold Feet from allies.

Beastmaster

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 3%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Oracle False Promise False Promise effectively nullifies Primal Roar's single-target initiation on allies.
* Oracle Purifying Flames Purifying Flames kills Beastmaster's Hawk instantly and Boar with two casts.

Clockwerk

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 10%)

Countered by:

Shadow Fiend

* Shadow Fiend usually buys a Hurricane Pike allowing him to easily escape from Clockwerk Power Cogs Power Cogs.
* Shadow Fiend can farm Clockwerk's Power Cogs to gain Necromastery stacks.

Ogre Magi

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 18%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Oracle Fate Fate's Edict gives full immunity from Ogre Magi's mostly magical damage.
* Oracle Fortune Fortune's End can dispel Ignite (when used on allies) and Bloodlust (when used on enemies).
* Oracle False Promise False Promise can dispel Ignite and Fireblast.

Leshrac

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 6%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Oracle's Oracle Fate Fate's Edict will protect an ally from Leshrac's nuking damage.
* Oracle's Oracle False Promise False Promise can dispel Leshrac's stun and slow from his abilities, allowing an ally to escape.
* Oracle Fortune Fortune's End can stop Leshrac from chasing opponents or running away.

Omniknight

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 2%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* 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.

Underlord

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 10%)

Countered by:

Shadow Fiend

* Shadow Fiend can still dish out heavy damage with Shadow Fiend Requiem of Souls Requiem of Souls and Shadow Fiend Shadowraze Shadowraze while caught in Pit of Malice.

Keeper of the Light

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 2%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Heroes with dispels: Legion Commander, Oracle Oracle, Slark Slark

Enchantress

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 2%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Heroes with little health or magic resistance are easily picked off with Oracle's magic burst, such as Skywrath Mage, Crystal Maiden, or Enchantress.

Wraith King

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 4%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Heroes with area dispel can kill multiple skeletons at once: Brewmaster, Oracle Oracle.

Lifestealer

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 11%)

Countered by:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes with high physical damage can damage Lifestealer more than he can heal: Bristleback, Clinkz Clinkz, Luna Luna,Shadow Fiend, Slardar Slardar

Void Spirit

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 12%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Heroes that can purge his slow and disables are very difficult to go on and their team: Abaddon Abaddon, Oracle Oracle.

Juggernaut

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 19%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Heroes with abilities that can save are also effective such as Shadow Demon, Dazzle Dazzle, Oracle Oracle, Bane Bane, Pugna Pugna, Tusk Tusk, Winter Wyvern, Io, Underlord, Treant Protector and Keeper of the Light.

Venomancer

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

Countered by:

Oracle

* Fortune's End and False Promise easily dispel many crippling debuffs, such as Venomancer's Venomancer Venomous Gale Venomous Gale, or Skywrath Mage's Skywrath Mage Ancient Seal Ancient Seal.

Additional:
* Oracle Fortune Fortune's End can dispel Venomous Gale and Poison Sting from allies.
* Oracle Fate Fate's Edict grants 100% magic resistance to target, inhibiting the damage from Venomancer abilities.

Chen

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 1%)

Countered by:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes with damage burst can often kill Chen or his allies before he can use Hand of God: Lina Lina, Techies Techies, Shadow Fiend, Pugna Pugna, Nyx Assassin.

Sven

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 14%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Fate's Edict cripples many heroes who rely on attacks, such as Phantom Assassin, Sven Sven, or Enchantress, without a dispel or a Black King Bar.

Mirana

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 14%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Heroes that can protect or dispel stunned allies such as Legion Commander, Outworld Devourer, Shadow Demon and Oracle Oracle can reduce the effectiveness of Sacred Arrow.

Razor

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 1%)

Countered by:

Oracle

* Fortune's End can catch out or impair position-based heroes with low mobility, such as Sniper Sniper or Razor Razor.

Legion Commander

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 14%)

Counters these heroes:

Oracle

* Heroes with long disables, like Lion Lion, Night Stalker, or Legion Commander, can prevent Oracle from using spells or items.

Countered by:

Oracle

* Oracle Fate Fate's Edict prevents Legion Commander from attacking for a few seconds, potentially saving Oracle's ally.
* Oracle Fortune Fortune's End dispels Press the Attack's healing and attack speed buff, as well as the movement speed bonus from Overwhelming Odds.
* Oracle False Promise False Promise protects allies and prevents Legion Commander from winning Duels and gaining bonus damage.
Additional:
* Provided that the enemy team does not have an Axe Axe, Oracle can guarantee that his ally survives for the duration of the Duel with False Promise and has decent nuke potential to help ally to win a Duel. He can also disarm Legion Commander with Fate's Edict.
* Oracle can dispel enemy buffs like Legion Commander Overwhelming Odds Overwhelming Odds and Legion Commander Press the Attack Press the Attack with Fortune's End.

Phoenix

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 11%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes who depend on attacks (such as Shadow Fiend or Drow Ranger) can be nullified by Fire Spirits' attack speed slow.

Countered by:

Oracle

* Phoenix does significant magic damage over time which can either be dispelled or negated by Fate's Edict.
* Since Phoenix sacrifices some of his health to cast abilities it makes him very vulnerable to Oracle's burst potential

Necrophos

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes that have small health pools and little to no escape mechanisms are even easier prey for Necrophos. Ghost Shroud's slow will allow him to catch him with them, and get nuked down with his abilities, even preventing retaliation due to Reaper's Scythe's stun. Such heroes include Crystal Maiden, Witch Doctor, Warlock Warlock or Shadow Fiend.

Countered by:

Oracle

* Fortune's End can dispel Necrophos Ghost Shroud Ghost Shroud, rending Necrophos vulnerable to physical damage. Also it's worth noting that Necrophos takes additional magic damage when in Ethereal state, which makes Purifying Flames a powerful nuke against him.
* Fate's Edict fully negates the damage from Necrophos Reaper Reaper's Scythe, which its own delayed animation makes it relatively easy to predict and nullify.
Additional:
* During the laning stage, Oracle's Oracle Purifying Flames Purifying Flames nullifies any damage that Heartstopper Aura might inflict.
* Oracle Fate Fate's Edict and Oracle False Promise False Promise can protect an ally from Reaper's Scythe.
* Oracle can dispel Ghost Shroud with Oracle Fortune Fortune's End.

Broodmother

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 57% pickrate: 2%)

Counters these heroes:

Oracle

* Oracle cannot easily deal with swarms of units, making him weak against heroes like Phantom Lancer or Broodmother.

Countered by:

Shadow Fiend

* Spiderlings are a good source of souls for Shadow Fiend Necromastery Necromastery and can be quickly killed with Shadow Fiend Shadowraze Shadowraze.
* Shadow Fiend is a natural Black King Bar carrier, protecting him from Incapacitating Bite.
* Shadow Fiend Requiem of Souls Requiem of Souls combined with Eul Eul's Scepter of Divinity can potentially kill Broodmother before she gets a Black King Bar

Phantom Assassin

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 22%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Heroes who lack escape mechanisms or disables are all easy targets for Phantom Assassin if they are not careful. Look for Luna Luna, Venomancer and Shadow Fiend and try to catch them off guard.

Countered by:

Oracle

* Fate's Edict cripples many heroes who rely on attacks, such as Phantom Assassin, Sven Sven, or Enchantress, without a dispel or a Black King Bar.

Magnus

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 14%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Squishy core heroes (Shadow Fiend, Sniper Sniper, etc)

Countered by:

Oracle

* 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.

Pugna

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Pugna Decrepify Decrepify prevents Shadow Fiend from attacking for its duration, potentially preventing him from getting a kill.
* Pugna Nether Ward Nether Ward can do heavy damage to Shadow Fiend if he tries to cast his Requiem of Souls and spamming Shadowraze.
Additional:
* Decrepify prevents Shadow Fiend from attacking for its duration, potentially preventing him from getting a kill.
* Nether Ward can do heavy damage to Shadow Fiend if he tries to cast his Shadow Fiend Requiem of Souls Requiem of Souls and his Shadow Fiend Shadowraze Shadowraze.

Countered by:

Oracle

* Most of Pugna's damage is magical, which can get blocked by Oracle Fate Fate's Edict's 100% magic resistance.
* Oracle has two abilities that apply a dispel, which can easily remove Decrepify on his ally or Oracle.
* Oracle has a very long Attack Range and a very low Base Attack Time, which enables him to take down Nether Ward swiftly from long distance.

Slardar

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 13%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Fiend

* Shadow Fiend, a normal Shadow Blade builder often relies on its invisibility to escape fights. Corrosive Haze reveals Shadow Fiend and also weakens his already low armor.

Countered by:

Oracle

* Oracle Fortune Fortune's End applies a basic dispel which can be used to dispel Corrosive Haze, or even Slardar's own Guardian Sprint.
* Oracle False Promise False Promise is able to dispel Corrosive Haze and Slithereen Crush stun/slow from any allies Oracle chooses to cast it on.
* Oracle Fate Fate's Edict can also be cast on Slardar to prevent him from proccing his Bash of the Deep.