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Pugna

[wiki] rating: 2.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Pugna's Pugna Decrepify Decrepify can render Templar Assassin's physical attacks useless.
* Pugna can also cast Pugna Life Drain Life Drain on Templar Assassin, burning her Refraction instances.
* On the other hand, Pugna generally has low health and armor. Use this to your advantage.

Shadow Demon

* All of Pugna's abilities are active, making Demonic Purge break from Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter useless.
* Pugna Nether Ward Nether Ward punishes Shadow Demon's constant mana usage from spamming spells, especially Shadow Poison.
* An attempt to save an ally using Disruption can easily become a perfect setup for a Pugna Nether Blast Nether Blast for the enemy.
* Pugna Life Drain Life Drain can be used to heal Pugna or an ally to save them from Shadow Demon's abilities.
* However, it can be cancelled by Disruption until Pugna buys defensive items.

Phoenix

[wiki] rating: 2.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 9%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

* Icarus Dive quickly escapes from Shadow Demon abilities, especially Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge.
* Phoenix AoE abilities remove Shadow Demon's illusions created by Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption.

Templar Assassin

* Phoenix Icarus Dive Icarus Dive allows Phoenix to shrug off the slow from her trap and make an easy escape from her ambush.
* As Templar Assassin relies on her quality-over-quantity bursting attacks to make quick work on fragile target, Phoenix Fire Spirits Fire Spirits' attack speed reduction can cripple her ability to deals any damage during combat. With the debuff applied in early-mid game, a Meld-breaking hit from her is significantly slowed to the point that her target can make a safe distance before she even landed the hit.
* Phoenix Sun Ray Sun Ray has quick damage tick and will burn through her Refraction in no time.
* Phoenix Supernova Supernova deals damage over time in an incredibly large area, and again with her quality-over-quantity style, she may not be able to attack quickly enough to break through the Phoenix Sun by herself. (not to mention the debuff from Fire Spirits) This can lead to a failed ganking attempt or even a turnaround.
Additional:
* Her $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction charges can and will be easily burned away by Phoenix's damage over time abilities, and Templar Assassin Meld Meld can't protect her from Phoenix's AoE abilities, even without detection.

Leshrac

[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 2%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Heroes that have disposable area-targeted spells can force her to undo her Meld: Leshrac Leshrac, Puck Puck, Tiny Tiny. An experienced Templar Assassin could try to Refraction before Meld so she can tank through those damage without getting her Blink disabled.

Shadow Demon

* Diabolic Edict and Pulse Nova will tear apart any illusions spawned from Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption
* Split Earth can punish improper usage of Disruption.
* Leshrac does not have any buffs that can be removed by Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge.
Additional:
* Leshrac Pulse Nova Pulse Nova makes quick work of any illusions with amplified damage, and deals damage even if Leshrac is in Disruption.
* An attempt to save an ally using Disruption can easily become a perfect setup for a Leshrac Split Earth Split Earth for the enemy.
* Disruption does not stop Leshrac Diabolic Edict Diabolic Edict and Leshrac Pulse Nova Pulse Nova once they start pulsing, and even worse it provides a safe shelter for Leshrac to keep pumping up his powerful AoE damage onto the battlefield.
* Leshrac usually builds Eul Eul's Scepter of Divinity to dispel Shadow Poison and Soul Catcher and Linken Linken's Sphere to block Disruption and Demonic Purge.
* Shadow Demon doesn't have the burst damage to take Leshrac out of the fight quickly, although Demonic Purge can help his allies kill a squishy Leshrac.

Queen of Pain

[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 9%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

* All of Queen of Pain's abilities are active, making Demonic Purge break from Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter useless.
* However, Demonic Purge can help his allies kill a squishy Queen of Pain.
* Queen of Pain Blink Blink allows Queen of Pain to escape from Shadow Demon's abilities if he doesn't have disables.
* An attempt to save an ally using Disruption can easily become a perfect setup for a Queen of Pain Sonic Wave Sonic Wave for the enemy.
* Queen of Pain usually builds Eul Eul's Scepter of Divinity to dispel Shadow Poison and Soul Catcher and Linken Linken's Sphere or Spell Block talent to block Disruption and Demonic Purge.

Templar Assassin

* Weak damage but high tick rate or persist in a long time: Slark Slark, Gyrocopter, Queen of Pain, Shadow Shaman ( Shadow Shaman Shackles Shackles), Pugna Pugna
* Heroes that can quickly deal damage to her, regardless of how weak they are, can easily break through her Refraction:
* Multiple attackers thanks to summoned units or clones: Meepo Meepo, Witch Doctor, Lycan Lycan, Enigma Enigma, Shadow Shaman
* Multiple attackers thanks to illusions: Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight, Naga Siren (bonus for her Naga Siren Ensnare Ensnare). Also despite the visual effects, Templar Assassin does not spill damage against illusions or buildings, so she is not a really good hero to clean up illusions.
* Weak damage but high tick rate or persist in a long time: Slark Slark, Gyrocopter, Queen of Pain, Shadow Shaman ( Shadow Shaman Shackles Shackles), Pugna Pugna

Meepo

[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 1%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

* Poof will destroy Shadow Demon's illusions created by Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption and quickly escapes from Shadow Demon Shadow Poison Shadow Poison & Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge.

Templar Assassin

* Multiple attackers thanks to summoned units or clones: Meepo Meepo, Witch Doctor, Lycan Lycan, Enigma Enigma, Shadow Shaman
* Heroes that can quickly deal damage to her, regardless of how weak they are, can easily break through her Refraction:
* Multiple attackers thanks to summoned units or clones: Meepo Meepo, Witch Doctor, Lycan Lycan, Enigma Enigma, Shadow Shaman
* Multiple attackers thanks to illusions: Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight, Naga Siren (bonus for her Naga Siren Ensnare Ensnare). Also despite the visual effects, Templar Assassin does not spill damage against illusions or buildings, so she is not a really good hero to clean up illusions.
* Weak damage but high tick rate or persist in a long time: Slark Slark, Gyrocopter, Queen of Pain, Shadow Shaman ( Shadow Shaman Shackles Shackles), Pugna Pugna

Phantom Lancer

[wiki] rating: 1.4 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 9%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

* 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.
* If Shadow Demon buys Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter, Demonic Purge can disable Juxtapose, so check his inventory whenever possible.
* Phantom Lancer's illusions destroy Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption's illusions very quickly.

Templar Assassin

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

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* 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.

Lycan

[wiki] rating: 1.2 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

* Lycan Lycan and Weaver Weaver has abilities that allow them to move at maximum movement speed, and those abilities can't be dispelled, potentially wasting the slow from Demonic Purge.
* You can potentially kill a fragile Weaver Weaver by using disruption during Weaver Shukuchi Shukuchi with a well-placed Sentry Ward, wasting the Shukuchi. But odds are he'll wait to get low health, Weaver Time Lapse Time Lapse the damage away and Shukuchi away once more.

Templar Assassin

Chaos Knight

[wiki] rating: 1.2 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

* Chaos Knight, Lone Druid, Meepo Meepo and Arc Warden can be hard targets since Shadow Demon's spells are ill-suited to fight many enemies at once.

Templar Assassin

* Multiple attackers thanks to illusions: Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight, Naga Siren (bonus for her Naga Siren Ensnare Ensnare). Also despite the visual effects, Templar Assassin does not spill damage against illusions or buildings, so she is not a really good hero to clean up illusions.
* Heroes that can quickly deal damage to her, regardless of how weak they are, can easily break through her Refraction:
* Multiple attackers thanks to summoned units or clones: Meepo Meepo, Witch Doctor, Lycan Lycan, Enigma Enigma, Shadow Shaman
* Multiple attackers thanks to illusions: Phantom Lancer, Chaos Knight, Naga Siren (bonus for her Naga Siren Ensnare Ensnare). Also despite the visual effects, Templar Assassin does not spill damage against illusions or buildings, so she is not a really good hero to clean up illusions.
* Weak damage but high tick rate or persist in a long time: Slark Slark, Gyrocopter, Queen of Pain, Shadow Shaman ( Shadow Shaman Shackles Shackles), Pugna Pugna

Beastmaster

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 56% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Attacks from Boars and the attack speed boost from Inner Beast will quickly wear down $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction.
* Necronomicon Warrior True Sight True Sight provided by Level 3 Necronomicon can see Templar Assassin in Templar Assassin Meld Meld.

Razor

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Razor's Razor Eye of the Storm Eye of the Storm damage-over-time easily wear off Refraction charges, allowing Templar Assassin to be damaged.
* Razor Static Link Static Link empties Templar Assassin's damage output even with the bonus from Refraction, and will keep doing that even if the Razor cannot see her during Meld.
* Razor Plasma Field Plasma Field can easily strike her during Meld.

Arc Warden

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Arc Warden's Arc Warden Flux Flux tears through Refraction charges almost instantly. Should he have a Arc Warden Tempest Double Tempest Double and no creeps are around, a 75% slow means almost certain death.
* Meld is useless against Arc Warden Spark Wraith Spark Wraith.
Additional:
* Flux wastes Templar Assassin's $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction unless she has a Black King Bar or a Manta Style.
* Spark Wraith can be used to bully a Templar Assassin that used Templar Assassin Meld Meld.

Shadow Demon

* Chaos Knight, Lone Druid, Meepo Meepo and Arc Warden can be hard targets since Shadow Demon's spells are ill-suited to fight many enemies at once.

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes with summons or illusions to counter Flux, such as {Hero ID:Beastmaster} , Chen Chen, or Shadow Demon.

Shadow Shaman

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 16%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Shackles and Mass Serpent Ward instantly destroy $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction

Sand King

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

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Sand King can quickly remove her $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction with his Sand Storm.
* Once $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction is down, she is very vulnerable to Epicenter's high magic damage.

Jakiro

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

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* All of Jakiro's active skills can be targeted on an area, which is effective at forcing Templar Assassin to move should she Templar Assassin Meld Meld away.
* Many of Jakiro's spells utilize damage-over-time mechanics, which makes it easy to strip away layers of $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction.

Lion

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

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

* All of Lion's abilities are active making Demonic Purge break from Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter useless.
* Lion Hex Hex and Lion Mana Drain Mana Drain can make quick work of whatever illusions you're creating, especially when he acquires his Talents at level 20 and 25.
* An attempt to save an ally using Disruption can easily become a perfect setup for a Lion Earth Spike Earth Spike or Lion Finger of Death Finger of Death with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter for the enemy.

Ogre Magi

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 15%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* The damage block instances of $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction can be burned down with Ignite.

Batrider

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

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Batrider's abilities are designed to deal damage over time, burning through Templar Assassin's layers extremely quickly. Batrider Flamebreak Flamebreak applies 7 instances of damage, burning through the entirety of Refraction, and Batrider Firefly Firefly applies damage on the place, forcing her to either get out of Meld and be attacked or stay in place or be incinerated.
Additional:
* Batrider's DoT damage quickly removes Templar Assassin's $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction and can damage her during Templar Assassin Meld Meld.

Shadow Demon

* For the same reason, he has to be slightly more cunning when playing against heroes that can scout the treeline, such as Ancient Apparition and his Ancient Apparition Ice Vortex Ice Vortex and Shadow Demon and his Shadow Demon Shadow Poison Shadow Poison.

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Shadow Demon, Outworld Destroyer and Tusk Tusk can all save a Lasso'd teammate with their defensive spells.

Viper

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* The damage over time from Viper's Viper Poison Attack Poison Attack and Viper Viper Strike Viper Strike rapidly wear down Refraction charges, allowing Templar Assassin to be damaged. Additionally, Viper Corrosive Skin Corrosive Skin causes her attacks to apply damage over time on her as well.
* Viper Nethertoxin Nethertoxin is a big threat to Templar Assassin. Her initially low range making it very hard to deal against Nethertoxin in laning phase. At any stage of the game, a Nethertoxin can always force her to undo her Meld.
Additional:
* All of Viper's abilities quickly burn through $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction charges.
* Templar Assassin's short range, aside from Templar Assassin Psi Blades Psi Blades' spill damage, makes her vulnerable to Poison Attack harassment.
* Templar Assassin traditionally forgoes health and armor items for damage. Outside of Black King Bar, Viper will almost always be able to kill her when $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction is down.

Brewmaster

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 1%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* The three Primal Split brewlings all attacking Templar Assassin at once will remove her $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction quickly, especially with Fire's Permanent Immolation.
* Templar Assassin has no way to stop Brewmaster from using Primal Split by herself, and may get unlucky and miss her Templar Assassin Meld Meld if trying to burst him during her ally's disable.

Pudge

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 19%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* His Pudge Rot Rot can force Templar Assassin out of her Meld and destroy all of her Refraction charges quickly, and her small health pool and meager defense make her very vulnerable to his Pudge Meat Hook Meat Hook without Refraction.

Witch Doctor

[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 13%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

Shadow Demon

* Witch Doctor Death Ward Death Ward with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter makes quick work of the spawned illusions from Disruption.
* However, it can be cancelled by Disruption until Witch Doctor buys Linken Linken's Sphere or Black King Bar.
* All of Witch Doctor's abilities are active, making Demonic Purge break from Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter useless.
* Witch Doctor Voodoo Restoration Voodoo Restoration can out-heal the damage from Shadow Demon's abilities.
* An attempt to save an ally using Disruption can easily become a perfect setup for a Witch Doctor Maledict Maledict or Witch Doctor Paralyzing Cask Paralyzing Cask for the enemy.

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

* Fragile supports with low armor are always a good prey, also her Psionic Trap will wear down most attempts to flee with their built-in disables: Silencer, Crystal Maiden, Warlock Warlock, Ancient Apparition, Grimstroke, Witch Doctor

Ember Spirit

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

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

* Disruption is not reliable enough to catch an Ember Spirit with a backup Ember Spirit Fire Remnant Fire Remnant.
* Ember Spirit Sleight of Fist Sleight of Fist will also make quick work of the spawned illusions.
* Ember Spirit usually builds Eul Eul's Scepter of Divinity to dispel Soul Catcher and Linken Linken's Sphere to block Disruption and Demonic Purge.
* The best you can do against an Ember Spirit is to dispel his Ember Spirit Flame Guard Flame Guard with your Demonic Purge.

Enigma

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

Bounty Hunter

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 9%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

Puck

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 18%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

* All of Puck's abilities are active making Demonic Purge break from Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter useless.
* Shadow Demon will find a hard time catching a Puck, as he can get away with Puck Illusory Orb Illusory Orb or even Puck Waning Rift Waning Rift;
* Puck can dodge Shadow Poison waves and potentially avoid the damage from Demonic Purge with Puck Phase Shift Phase Shift. Furthermore, after Disruption ended, Puck can use Phase Shift to avoid any further danger and can blink away with Blink Dagger.
* Waning Rift can be used to initiate Shadow Demon, prevent him from using any spells.
* Puck usually builds Eul Eul's Scepter of Divinity to dispel Shadow Poison and Soul Catcher and Linken Linken's Sphere to block Disruption and Demonic Purge.

Templar Assassin

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

* None of Puck's abilities have any damage-over-time components, meaning that $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction is a valuable form of defense against Puck's lane harassment.
* Templar Assassin Psi Blades Psi Blades deals pure damage and spills over instantly. Puck cannot reliably dodge the damage with Phase Shift.

Bloodseeker

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Heroes with invisibility will be detected by Thirst when they have low enough health: Bounty Hunter, Templar Assassin, Riki Riki, Clinkz Clinkz, Weaver Weaver, Treant Protector, Nyx Assassin.

Naga Siren

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

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

Weaver

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

* You can potentially kill a fragile Weaver Weaver by using disruption during Weaver Shukuchi Shukuchi with a well-placed Sentry Ward, wasting the Shukuchi. But odds are he'll wait to get low health, Weaver Time Lapse Time Lapse the damage away and Shukuchi away once more.
* Lycan Lycan and Weaver Weaver has abilities that allow them to move at maximum movement speed, and those abilities can't be dispelled, potentially wasting the slow from Demonic Purge.
* You can potentially kill a fragile Weaver Weaver by using disruption during Weaver Shukuchi Shukuchi with a well-placed Sentry Ward, wasting the Shukuchi. But odds are he'll wait to get low health, Weaver Time Lapse Time Lapse the damage away and Shukuchi away once more.

Riki

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 15%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

Tusk

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

Earth Spirit

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

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Because Templar Assassin does not have escape potential in lane, any support hero with roaming potential and a Dust of Appearance can be great at shutting her down early game: Earth Spirit, Spirit Breaker, Tusk Tusk, Bounty Hunter, Riki Riki, Warlock Warlock.

Additional:
* Templar Assassin is dependant on $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction in teamfights. Because Magnetize deals damage per second and Earth Spirit is even able to refresh the duration of his ultimate he is suitable for wasting Refraction and allowing his team to take her down.

Slardar

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Heroes who can provide True Sight are always credible threats: Slardar Slardar, Bounty Hunter, especially Zeus Zeus since his Zeus Lightning Bolt Lightning Bolt provides True Sight without the need to detect her beforehand to apply the debuff. So even a late-coming Zeus can easily scout a large area to reveal her, and she cannot purge herself from his sight with the dispel talent.

Storm Spirit

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 11%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

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

Additional:
* Shadow Demon will have a hard time catching Storm Spirit, as he can get away with Storm Spirit Ball Lightning Ball Lightning.
* Storm Spirit Static Remnant Static Remnant will make quick work of the spawned illusions from Disruption.
* With very high mobility and usually being paired with Orchid Malevolence, he can catch Shadow Demon with ease both in ganks and in teamfights if Shadow Demon has no survivability items.

Lone Druid

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 1%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

* Chaos Knight, Lone Druid, Meepo Meepo and Arc Warden can be hard targets since Shadow Demon's spells are ill-suited to fight many enemies at once.

Gyrocopter

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 2%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

Slark

[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 13%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

Shadow Demon

* 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.

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes with Break abilities will prevent Slark to regenerate and gaining Essence Shift stacks: Viper Viper, Shadow Demon etc.

Underlord

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Firestorm will destroy $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction charges very quickly.
* Firestorm will hit Templar Assassin while Templar Assassin Meld Melded.
* Templar Assassin has a hard time maneuvering around Pit of Malice.

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

* In general, heroes that provide vision will see Dark Rift coming: Techies Techies, Templar Assassin, Treant Protector

Wraith King

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 18%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

* Shadow Demon's Demonic Purge with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter cannot break Wraith King Reincarnation Reincarnation, which could put him in a disadvantage against Wraith King if his whole team is with him.
* In addition Shadow Demon doesn't build Diffusal Blade to burn Wraith King's mana, which is the only item that can help him against Wraith King.
* Wraith King Vampiric Spirit Vampiric Spirit can out-heal the damage from Shadow Demon's abilities.
* However, Wraith King is a single-target hero, so he cannot deal with Disruption illusions.

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

Juggernaut

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 18%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Juggernaut Blade Fury Blade Fury's damage over time dispels $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction almost instantly.
* Juggernaut's high armor allows him to survive for long enough to remove $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction and threaten her with Juggernaut Omnislash Omnislash as long as he or his team carries detection.
* Templar Assassin's short attack range makes it difficult for her to target a well-placed Juggernaut Healing Ward Healing Ward. She cannot splash onto it with Templar Assassin Psi Blades Psi Blades.

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes with abilities that can save teammates 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.

Additional:
* Be ready to save an ally from Juggernaut Omnislash Omnislash with your Disruption.
* Spawning Juggernaut's illusions is a great deal, as his base attack time is low and he has a critical strike. Illusions will benefit from both.
* Demonic Purge will prevent Juggernaut's desperate attempt to flee using Juggernaut Blade Fury Blade Fury. However, it cannot stop him if he is using Town Portal Scroll.

Huskar

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Huskar's burn damage from Huskar Burning Spear Burning Spear is incredibly strong against Templar Assassin as it completely cancels out her Refraction from the burning over time which results in making her very vulnerable to being ganked or harassed, and in turn forcing her out of the lane.

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes with abilities that break Berserker's Blood, lowering Huskar's attack speed and health regeneration: Doom Doom, Shadow Demon, Viper Viper.

Crystal Maiden

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 14%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* As with other heroes mentioned in this section, Templar Assassin is not a hero that is fully "countered" by Crystal Maiden (the way she is against Viper Viper and Jakiro Jakiro), however, the proper combination and execution Crystal Maiden's spells, stacked with her team, can most certainly spell the end for Templar Assassin.
* Frostbite can quickly eat away $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction charges, leaving Templar Assassin vulnerable for the rest of her team to kill.
* Freezing Field will still apply damage to Templar Assassin when she is under the effect of Templar Assassin Meld Meld, making it an even less viable form of escape until a Blink Dagger is purchased.
* Blink Dagger is also cancelled by all of Crystal Maiden's spells, and the fairly short cooldowns on Frostbite and Crystal Nova make her a great asset to a chase against Templar Assassin.
* This is not to say that Templar Assassin has any difficulty killing off the low armor, low HP pool Crystal Maiden, so fighting her alone is never advised.

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

Pangolier

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 9%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Swashbuckle quickly burn away $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction charges.
* Lucky Shot can possibly disrupt Templar Assassin when she is boosted with Refraction.
* Pangolier's abilities which does not need to target and has big area of effect allows him to damage her even during Templar Assassin Meld Meld.
* Pangolier's high mobility easily shrug off the slow from Templar Assassin Psionic Trap Psionic Trap.

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

* Powerful physical hitters that can destroy Pangolier during his rolling from afar: Drow Ranger, Sniper Sniper, Templar Assassin, Arc Warden

Dragon Knight

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Despite the armor reduction from Templar Assassin Meld Meld, Templar Assassin's reliance on physical damage and medium attack speed is unlikely to harm Dragon Knight.
* Templar Assassin's Refraction charges also get quickly removed by the damage over time from Dragon Knight's ultimate.
Additional:
* The damage over time from Dragon Knight's Dragon Knight Elder Dragon Form Elder Dragon Form rapidly burns down Refraction, allowing him to attack her. Also, Dragon Knight Breathe Fire Breathe Fire reduces Templar Assassin's damage and Dragon Knight Dragon Tail Dragon Tail is a stun with a considerable duration, letting him and his team whittle her health down once her defenses wear off.

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes that lose a great amount of their tankiness and become easier to finish off: Bristleback, Spectre Spectre, Phantom Assassin, Enchantress, Dragon Knight.
* Once you have an Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter, Shadow Demon instantly reaches a new power spike and becomes a counter for a variety of heroes that have strong passives.
* Heroes that lose a great amount of their tankiness and become easier to finish off: Bristleback, Spectre Spectre, Phantom Assassin, Enchantress, Dragon Knight.
* Heroes that lose a great amount of damage output and become less threatening: Phantom Assassin, Sven Sven, Slark Slark, Phantom Lancer.
* You can always stack camps and farm the scepter with Shadow Poison.

Silencer

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 7%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

* Shadow Demon's main source of damage is his low cooldown, high damage spells - meaning Last Word and Global Silence will pretty much take him out of the game for the duration.
* Shadow Demon likes to spam his abilities, which makes him vulnerable to Arcane Curse.
* If Shadow Demon dies near Silencer, he will lose intelligence, reducing his mana pool, mana regen and attack damage. Furthermore, if the game is long and Shadow Demon dies often, the intelligence losses will also reduce his spell damage.

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

Lina

[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 10%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

* Lina Dragon Slave Dragon Slave will make quick work of the spawned illusions from Disruption.
* An attempt to save an ally using Disruption can easily become a perfect setup for a Lina Light Strike Array Light Strike Array for the enemy.
* Lina usually builds Eul Eul's Scepter of Divinity to dispel Shadow Poison and Soul Catcher and Linken Linken's Sphere to block Disruption and Demonic Purge.
* Shadow Demon doesn't have the burst damage to take Lina out of the fight quickly, although Demonic Purge can help his allies kill a squishy Lina.

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

Better not pick these:

Anti-Mage

[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 14%)

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption sets up Anti-Mage for a chain disable. The illusions will deal extra damage due to Mana Break.
* Shadow Demon Soul Catcher Soul Catcher causes Anti-Mage to take a large chunk of damage, and can hit him when he is inside from Disruption.
* Shadow Demon Shadow Poison Shadow Poison hits Anti-Mage even after he's Blinked away.
Additional:
* While it is unwise to encounter Anti-Mage alone, Disruption's considerable cast range can become a perfect setup for any hard-disable to follow up. If he is pinned down, Anti-Mage will quickly face his demise when the illusions deplete his already low mana pool. Manta Style will easily allow him to escape, however.
* The illusions can be controlled to quickly sap mana from any other target, making Anti-Mage one of the most valuable targets to disrupt.

Templar Assassin

* $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction protects against Anti-Mage's low burst damage, and allows her to win most fights against Anti-Mage during the early game.
* Templar Assassin Meld Meld's burst damage and armor reduction is often enough to finish off Anti-Mage before he Blinks away.

Techies

[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 7%)

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Shadow Demon's spammable illusions can be used to scout Techies' Techies Proximity Mines Proximity Mines. The illusion of your carries can be even used to trick Techies into detonating his precious Techies Remote Mines Remote Mines.

Templar Assassin

* $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction can be very useful in safely navigating potentially mined choke points and rune spawns.

Sven

[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 43% pickrate: 1%)

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes that lose a great amount of damage output and become less threatening: Phantom Assassin, Sven Sven, Slark Slark, Phantom Lancer.
* Once you have an Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter, Shadow Demon instantly reaches a new power spike and becomes a counter for a variety of heroes that have strong passives.
* Heroes that lose a great amount of their tankiness and become easier to finish off: Bristleback, Spectre Spectre, Phantom Assassin, Enchantress, Dragon Knight.
* Heroes that lose a great amount of damage output and become less threatening: Phantom Assassin, Sven Sven, Slark Slark, Phantom Lancer.
* You can always stack camps and farm the scepter with Shadow Poison.

Templar Assassin

* Sven has no easy way to burn $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction charges and needs help from teammates to kill TA successfully.

Shadow Fiend

[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 18%)

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

* 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.

Shadow Demon

* 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.

Grimstroke

[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 12%)

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

Shadow Demon

* Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption instantly removes Phantom Embrace, and can potentially save allies affected by Soulbind.
* Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge dispels Ink Swell.

Phantom Assassin

[wiki] rating: -1.2 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 15%)

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

Shadow Demon

* Doom Doom, Disruptor with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter, and hex abilities all prevent item usage, which is a severe problem for Phantom Assassin as it prevents her from using Black King Bar, the one item that helps protect her against the aforementioned dangers. Doom Doom and Shadow Demon with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter also disables Phantom Assassin's Evasion and Critical Strike, removing much of her damage and survivabaility.

Sniper

[wiki] rating: -1.2 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

Shadow Demon

Lifestealer

[wiki] rating: -1.2 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 5%)

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

Shadow Demon

* Melee carries such as Sven Sven, Ursa Ursa or Lifestealer can be slowed and easily kited with Demonic Purge.

Drow Ranger

[wiki] rating: -1.2 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

Templar Assassin

* Fragile carries with no reliable escaping mechanism can be bursted down in no time: Sniper Sniper, Drow Ranger, Clinkz Clinkz

Ursa

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

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Ursa struggles against heroes with strong (and especially undispellable) disables (Disruptor, Puck Puck, Shadow Demon, Outworld Destroyer and etc).

Templar Assassin

* Heroes who can delivers a big chunk of damage in few hits will find themselves struggle against Templar Assassin's Refraction: Sven Sven, Phantom Assassin, Ursa Ursa, Wraith King, Lifestealer

Additional:
* Templar Assassin usually places Templar Assassin Psionic Trap Psionic Traps inside the Roshan Pit (and can teleport herself to the traps with an Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter), preventing Ursa from killing Roshan without getting noticed by the enemy team.

Faceless Void

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 41% pickrate: 4%)

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption can banish Faceless Void or an ally in Chronosphere, making it less effective of an ability.
* Faceless Void's illusions created by Disruption will not get stunned by Chronosphere, allowing Shadow Demon to attack Faceless Void in his Chronosphere.
* Casting Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption after releasing Shadow Demon Shadow Poison Shadow Poison charges will make Time Walk unable to backtrack the damage.
* Shadow Poison is a good way to deal damage as the initial damage and the release damage can't both be Time Walked at the same time.
* Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge is a great slow, useful to force out a Time Walk early and can break Time Lock with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter.

Spectre

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

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Her illusions with Spectre Desolate Desolate are very valuable, especially when they are usually paired with Radiance. Unlike blink or force movement, Spectre Spectral Dagger Spectral Dagger's escaping mechanic requires manual movement, and therefore Demonic Purge can hold her back really hard and allow your allies to finish her off.
* If she tries to kill you or any key ally with Spectre Haunt Haunt at any point of the game, remember to not panic and always use Disruption on the illusion, whether it is fake or the real Spectre herself. When the situation calls, Demonic Purge can save a second victim from a haunting Spectre.
* When upgraded by Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter, Demonic Purge can remove Spectre from a fight by disabling Desolate and Spectre Dispersion Dispersion, negating her damage and tankiness respectively.

Axe

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 9%)

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption will save Shadow Demon's teammates from being killed by Counter Helix or Culling Blade.
* Shadow Demon Soul Catcher Soul Catcher and Shadow Demon Shadow Poison Shadow Poison can put Axe's Blink Dagger on cooldown.
* Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge slows Axe to a crawl, making him nearly useless after initiating. If Shadow Demon has Aghanim's Scepter, it will also break Counter Helix.

Centaur Warrunner

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 4%)

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

* Centaur has nothing to deal with $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction that will negate all of his burst damage.
* Templar Assassin Psionic Trap Psionic Traps provide good vision, making for him harder to initiate.

Invoker

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 16%)

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

* Templar Assassin can easily counter Invoker's last hitting process in the early game with $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction. $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction also negates the stun from Cold Snap, since it will need to deal damage in order to apply its stun.
* Additionally, Refraction completely blocks damage from Sun Strike should Invoker try to finish her off, provided she activate Refraction beforehand.

Oracle

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

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* 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.

Templar Assassin

* 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.

Earthshaker

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 15%)

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

* Her Templar Assassin Psionic Trap Psionic Traps will usually disable Earthshaker's Blink Dagger prior to a teamfight, preventing him from initiating.
* $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction blocks all of Earthshaker's abilities.

Necrophos

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

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption can save an ally from a fatal Reaper's Scythe.
* Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge can remove Ghost Shroud, making Necrophos vulnerable to physical damage and preventing him from regenerating health.

Void Spirit

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 12%)

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

* $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction negates all of Void Spirit's burst damage.
* Templar Assassin Meld Meld quickly burns through Void Spirit Resonant Pulse Resonant Pulse.

Alchemist

[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 7%)

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Alchemist is a well-known Radiance carrier among other auras your illusions will benefit from. They also get the extra move speed and reduced base attack time from his Alchemist Chemical Rage Chemical Rage, and it's even better if you can catch him as his own rage is about to expire.
* Disruption will buy enough time for all allies to retreat when Alchemist starts to activate Alchemist Unstable Concoction Unstable Concoction.

Enchantress

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 40% pickrate: 1%)

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes with break can disable Untouchable for a while: Doom Doom and Shadow Demon (via Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter), Viper Viper

Kunkka

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

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Similarly, they can negate your X Marks The Spot & Torrent combo by protecting your target when you use Return. Good candidates to negate your combo include Outworld Destroyer and his Outworld Destroyer Astral Imprisonment Astral Imprisonment, and Shadow Demon and his Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption.
* Heroes with hide abilities can often dodge a Ghostship just before it hits.
* Similarly, they can negate your X Marks The Spot & Torrent combo by protecting your target when you use Return. Good candidates to negate your combo include Outworld Destroyer and his Outworld Destroyer Astral Imprisonment Astral Imprisonment, and Shadow Demon and his Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption.
* A Eul Eul's Scepter of Divinity can also do the trick, but, unlike the previously mentioned abilities, you can only use it on yourself and not your allies.

Keeper of the Light

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 6%)

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

* Heroes that can jump and kill him: Meepo Meepo, Clinkz Clinkz, Templar Assassin

Bristleback

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 9%)

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Shadow Demon's Shadow Demon Soul Catcher Soul Catcher hinders Bristleback's tanking capabilities. Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter disables Bristleback's passive.

Mars

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 15%)

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes with break abilities: Nyx Assassin, Shadow Demon (with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter), Viper Viper.

Tinker

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes that can gain vision over trees to catch Tinker: Invoker Invoker, Shadow Demon, Batrider

Lich

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

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

Luna

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

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes that create illusions (such as Spectre Spectre, Shadow Demon, Phantom Lancer, Naga Siren, Chaos Knight, Terrorblade) or bring other units into the fight (such as Nature Nature's Prophet, Lone Druid, Chen Chen, Enchantress and the aforementioned Meepo Meepo and Arc Warden) can cause Eclipse to strike the illusions/summons unintentionally. (However, in many cases Moon Glaives can resolve this issue and eliminate them before activating Eclipse).

Additional:
* Demonic Purge takes off Luna's superior mobility, removing the need for chasing her and allowing your team to reposition in team fights or escape when at low HP. If Shadow Demon has Aghanim's Sceptre it will also take away glaive bounces and extra damage from Luna's passive.
* Luna's illusions created by Disruption are very valuable with their Luna Moon Glaives Moon Glaives. These will effectively counter her pushing attempts and are painfully effective in team fights.
* Disruption can be used to save an ally from Luna Eclipse Eclipse.

Bane

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

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes with hiding abilities can protect disabled allies: Outworld Destroyer, Shadow Demon, Tusk Tusk, Phoenix Phoenix with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter

Mirana

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

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

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

Troll Warlord

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 9%)

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

Ancient Apparition

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 9%)

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

Clinkz

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 5%)

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

* Fragile carries with no reliable escaping mechanism can be bursted down in no time: Sniper Sniper, Drow Ranger, Clinkz Clinkz

Night Stalker

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 5%)

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes that can punish aggressive heroes, such as: Leshrac Leshrac, Shadow Demon, Pugna Pugna, Death Prophet.

Outworld Destroyer

[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 17%)

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

* Heroes with powerful nuke can waste their precious abilites on her Refraction during a ganking attempt or chaos combat: Lich Lich, Lina Lina, Sniper Sniper, Outworld Destroyer Zeus Zeus

Additional:
* $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction blocks most of the damage dealt with Arcane Orb and Sanity's Eclipse if used correctly, and is difficult for Outworld Devourer to deal with.
* If Astral Imprisonment is on cooldown, then an Outworld Devourer slowed by Templar Assassin Psionic Trap Psionic Trap is an easy kill for Templar Assassin, especially during the laning stage.

Zeus

[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 9%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Heroes that avoid damage by coming in and out of invisibility in teamfights such as Weaver Weaver, Templar Assassin, and Riki Riki will be easy for Zeus to reveal with Lightning Bolt and Thundergod's Wrath, but these heroes usually have other ways to avoid his damage or kill him, so he is not a perfect counter alone.

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

* $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction blocks all of Zeus' damage and Zeus has no innate way of removing the instances quickly.
* Templar Assassin Meld Meld helps burst down Zeus' small health pool while he's still working through the Refraction instances.
* Templar Assassin Psi Blades Psi Blades allow her to harass and zone Zeus in lane.
* Templar Assassin usually buys Blink Dagger, enabling her to quickly close the gap to Zeus' defensive positioning.
Additional:
* Although Zeus Lightning Bolt Lightning Bolt and Zeus Thundergod Thundergod's Wrath can reveal Templar Assassin during Meld, Zeus nonetheless has no way to deal with Refraction.
* Zeus is a rather squishy hero, falling easily to Templar Assassin's high burst damage.

Abaddon

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

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Shadow Demon with an Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter will use Shadow Demon Demonic Purge Demonic Purge to disable Curse of Avernus and the passive component of Borrowed Time. If this is combined with a silence, Borrowed Time will not trigger at all.
* Even without Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter, he can still waste Borrowed Time with Shadow Demon Disruption Disruption. Curse of Avernus fully works on illusions, turning the passive ability against him.

Tiny

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 6%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

Countered by:

Templar Assassin

* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him ( Clinkz Clinkz, Phantom Assassin, Templar Assassin, Ursa Ursa, Wraith King etc).

Legion Commander

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

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes who can hide the Dueled target (Outworld Destroyer, Shadow Demon, Tusk Tusk, Phoenix Phoenix with Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter etc).

Additional:
* Disruption can save allies and mess up an initiation from an enemy Legion Commander. Using Disruption on your ally that is affected by Legion Commander Duel Duel will leave her totally exposed without the benefit of the life steal from Legion Commander Moment of Courage Moment of Courage. A precise decision to Disrupt Legion Commander or her victim is crucial to waste Duel's potential.
* Demonic Purge cannot be dispelled by a hard dispel from Legion Commander Press the Attack Press the Attack, which in turn can be dispelled by your ultimate.

Terrorblade

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 4%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Terrorblade is one of the strongest carries in the late game, due to his resilience against physical damage, which can be a problem for almost every strong burst physical damage carries, such as Phantom Assassin and Templar Assassin.

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes that can dominate his illusions or create their own illusions of him: Dark Seer, Morphling, Enchantress, Shadow Demon.

Windranger

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 16%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Shadow Demon can waste precious seconds of Windranger Windrun Windrun with Disruption.
* Alternatively, Demonic Purge can be used to dispel it altogether, leaving her completely defenseless for 7 seconds.
* Disruption can be used to save an ally if they get stunned by Windranger Shackleshot Shackleshot.

Venomancer

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

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Windranger's Windranger Focus Fire Focus Fire tears apart Templar Assassin's refraction very quickly and easily bursts her down due to her low health pool against Windranger's immense attack speed
* Templar Assassin's "Psionic Trap" doesn't slow down Windranger due to her skill Windranger Windrun Windrun
* Templar Assassin's high damage can also be easily evaded thanks to Windrun's 100% evasion
Additional:
* Venomous Gale and Plague Wards allow to quickly melt through $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction charges.
* Both Poison Nova and Venomous Gale hit invisible units, so Templar Assassin Meld Meld cannot be used defensively.

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* In the laning stage, making illusions of Venomancer will turn his Venomancer Poison Sting Poison Sting back at him, making for an easy gank at level one, and for later when your mid comes for ganks.

Spirit Breaker

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 8%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* Heroes with ways to protect themselves or allies from Spirit Breaker's initiation: Shadow Demon

Omniknight

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 1%)

Counters these heroes:

Shadow Demon

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

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* 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.

Dark Seer

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Ion Shell destroys $Templar Assassin Refraction$ Refraction's protection stacks in short time.
* Surge ignores the massive slow from Templar Assassin Psionic Trap Psionic Trap.

Countered by:

Shadow Demon

* The constant dispel from Demonic Purge will make any attempt to save the victim or himself by Dark Seer Surge Surge become futile. For what it's worth, Demonic Purge will also dispel Dark Seer Ion Shell Ion Shell.

Warlock

[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)

Counters these heroes:

Templar Assassin

* Because Templar Assassin does not have escape potential in lane, any support hero with roaming potential and a Dust of Appearance can be great at shutting her down early game: Earth Spirit, Spirit Breaker, Tusk Tusk, Bounty Hunter, Riki Riki, Warlock Warlock.

Additional:
* Warlock can cast Warlock Upheaval Upheaval when Templar Assassin uses Templar Assassin Meld Meld, preventing escape.
* Warlock can also send his {U:Warlock Golem} near where she used Meld, preventing escape by Blink Dagger due to the {U:Warlock Golem} Warlock Golem Permanent Immolation Permanent Immolation.

Countered by:

Templar Assassin