Lifestealer
[wiki] rating: 2.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)Juggernaut
[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 18%)Leshrac
* Heroes with spell immunity: Juggernaut,
Pangolier,
Huskar.
Tiny
* Blade Fury protects Juggernaut from all of Tiny's magic burst damage.
Chaos Knight
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 13%)Tiny
* Chaos Bolt and
Reality Rift makes Tiny's low mobility non existent.
* Chaos Strike means Chaos Knight will most likely survive longer in a duel between the two because Tiny has much lower attack speed.
* Chaos Knight has a 3.2 strength growth, making him one of the most tanky heroes and a very difficult target for Tiny to burst.
Pugna
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 12%)Leshrac
* Leshrac needs to be close to target in order to do damage, Pugna can outrun Leshrac with ease due to his superior movement speed.
* Split Earth can also be hard to land on Pugna for the same reason.
* Leshrac uses huge amounts of mana to do damage, Nether Ward forces him to either not contribute in a fight or kill himself in the process.
Additional:
* Nether Ward punishes Leshrac's constant mana usage from spamming spells.
* Leshrac needs to be in the thick of the fight to deal damage, and so cannot escape from Nether Blast nor
Life Drain easily.
Necrophos
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 17%)Tiny
* Reaper's Scythe will turn Tiny's high health against him.
* Heartstopper Aura does substantial damage to Tiny as a result of his high max health.
* Ghost Shroud protects Necrophos from Tiny's physical damage with Tree Grab and Tree Volley.
Nyx Assassin
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)Leshrac
* Nyx Assassin's Spiked Carapace will stun Leshrac when hit by any of his AOE abilities.
* Mana Burn deals high damage due to Leshrac's high intelligence gain and burns a large amount of Leshrac's essential mana pool.
Oracle
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)Leshrac
* Oracle's Fate's Edict will protect an ally from Leshrac's nuking damage.
* Oracle's False Promise can dispel Leshrac's stun and slow from his abilities, allowing an ally to escape.
* Fortune's End can stop Leshrac from chasing opponents or running away.
Viper
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)Tiny
* Tiny has low movement speed and attack speed, making him vulnerable to Viper's slows.
* Corrosive Skin provides magic resistance to lower Tiny's magic burst damage.
Bristleback
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 3%)Tiny
* Tiny's nonexistent armor in the early game makes him very vulnerable to Quill Spray's large amounts of physical damage.
* Bristleback decreases Tiny's high burst damage against Bristleback.
* Viscous Nasal Goo can slow Tiny to a crawl and allows Bristleback to easily kite him with his high movement speed and Quill Spray's long range, as Tiny has no ability to escape.
Huskar
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 9%)Leshrac
* Heroes with spell immunity: Juggernaut,
Pangolier,
Huskar.
Ursa
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 9%)Tiny
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz,
Templar Assassin,
Ursa,
Wraith King etc).
Clinkz
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)Tiny
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz,
Templar Assassin,
Ursa,
Wraith King etc).
Wraith King
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 10%)Tiny
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz,
Templar Assassin,
Ursa,
Wraith King etc).
Tinker
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)Tiny
* Heroes with Evasion or abilities that cause Tiny to miss like Phantom Assassin and
Tinker are very affective because of Tiny's low attack speed. Additionally,
Monkey King Bar is not a good item for Tiny because of its reliance on high attack speed to proc for magical damage.
Clockwerk
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)Leshrac
* Heroes with long cast animations can be continuously interrupted by Battery Assault: Centaur Warrunner,
Jakiro,
Leshrac,
Naga Siren,
Underlord.
Additional:
* Clockwerk naturally builds Blade Mail, reflecting Leshrac's high magic damage output back at him.
* Power Cogs will prevent Leshrac from reaching Clockwerk's team and dealing large AOE damage to them.
* Power Cogs will also keep Leshrac close, wasting his Diabolic Edict on just Clockwerk.
* Battery Assault interrupts Leshrac's long cast times of Split Earth and Lightning Storm.
Drow Ranger
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 11%)Tiny
* Long ranged heroes like Sniper or
Drow Ranger can kite Tiny effectively if he doesn't get the jump on them first.
Invoker
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 17%)Tiny
* Heroes with naturally low mana can be easily shut down by EMP: Sven,
Tiny,
Wraith King,
Omniknight
Phoenix
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)Tiny
* Heroes that are able to slow Tiny's attack speed, like Tusk and
Phoenix, will greatly limit his Physical damage output.
Sniper
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 12%)Tiny
* Long ranged heroes like Sniper or
Drow Ranger can kite Tiny effectively if he doesn't get the jump on them first.
Underlord
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 5%)Tiny
* In general, melee heroes without blink mechanisms or spell immunity will have a hard time positioning against Pit of Malice: Sven,
Tiny,
Wraith King,
Dragon Knight,
Meepo,
Doom,
Bounty Hunter,
Dark Seer,
Undying,
Alchemist,
Legion Commander.
Pangolier
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 11%)Leshrac
* Heroes with spell immunity: Juggernaut,
Pangolier,
Huskar.
Phantom Assassin
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 14%)Tiny
* Heroes with Evasion or abilities that cause Tiny to miss like Phantom Assassin and
Tinker are very affective because of Tiny's low attack speed. Additionally,
Monkey King Bar is not a good item for Tiny because of its reliance on high attack speed to proc for magical damage.
Tusk
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 6%)Tiny
* Heroes that are able to slow Tiny's attack speed, like Tusk and
Phoenix, will greatly limit his Physical damage output.
Anti-Mage
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 13%)Leshrac
* Anti-Mage can withstand magical burst damage much better than other carries, making him effective against nukers: Lich,
Necrophos,
Oracle, and
Leshrac.
Additional:
* Counterspell severely reduces Leshrac's magical damage.
* Leshrac already burns through his own mana with Pulse Nova, Mana Break will burn through even more.
* Leshrac's high mana pool will increase the amount of damage Mana Void does to him when his mana is low.
Beastmaster
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 2%)Tiny
* Primal Roar and the slow from Boars make kiting Tiny very easy.
Leshrac
* Heroes who summon multiple units that are not spell immune. Nature's Prophet,
Lycan,
Beastmaster
Naga Siren
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 2%)Tiny
* Avalanche and Toss combo makes short work of Mirror Image's illusions.
* Tiny's cleave with Tree Grab and area of effect damage with Tree Volley will easily wipe out illusions.
Leshrac
* All of Leshrac's abilities, especially Pulse Nova, can easily deal with Naga Siren's illusions.
Meepo
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 1%)Leshrac
* Pulse Nova deals an insane amount of damage in an area around him, which can quickly wear down Meepo clones.
* Leshrac can catch multiple Meepos in Split Earth and follow up with the rest of his area damage spells making Meepo unable to get close to Leshrac.
* Diabolic Edict is a strong ability that can wear down a lone Meepo clone quickly.
Tiny
* Avalanche and Toss prevents Meepo's from using Poof to escape.
* Tiny doesn't need to target the weakest clone while he is affected by Tree Grab.
Broodmother
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 1%)Tiny
* Tiny can quickly clear Spiderlings with his active abilities and cleave.
Leshrac
* Your AoE abilities should make quick work of her spiderlings.
Slark
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 7%)Tiny
* Toss and
Avalanche deals heavy damage to Slark in the early game, making Tiny a very dangerous target to gank.
Leshrac
* Heroes with AoE abilities will hit Slark in Shadow Dance: Lina,
Jakiro,
Underlord,
Leshrac,
Dark Seer,
Earthshaker,
Timbersaw,
Crystal Maiden
Templar Assassin
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 10%)Tiny
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz,
Templar Assassin,
Ursa,
Wraith King etc).
Leshrac
* Pulse Nova can easily burn Templar Assassin's
Refraction charges quickly, and can also hit her with her
Meld.
Tiny
* Heroes that have disposable area-targeted spells can force her to undo her Meld: Leshrac,
Puck,
Tiny,
Jakiro,. An experienced Templar Assassin could try to use Refraction before Meld so she can tank through those damage without getting her Blink disabled.
Shadow Demon
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 3%)Leshrac
* Diabolic Edict and Pulse Nova will tear apart any illusions spawned from Disruption
* Split Earth can punish improper usage of Disruption.
* Leshrac does not have any buffs that can be removed by Demonic Purge.
Additional:
* 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 Split Earth for the enemy.
* Disruption does not stop Diabolic Edict and
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's Scepter of Divinity to dispel Shadow Poison and Soul Catcher and
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.
Io
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 5%)Leshrac
* Lightning Storm will usually hit both Io and his Tethered target since both will be close enough for the lightning to jump. It can then be followed up by Split Earth.
* Diabolic Edict and Pulse Nova hit all units near Leshrac, meaning he can do colossal damage to Io and his Tethered target.
Additional:
* Io is a hero who needs to be close to it's tethered target to make it effective, and that's where Leshrac gets the advantage thanks to many of his area-of-effect abilities.
* Lightning Storm will usually hit both Io and its tethered target since both will be close enough for the lightning to jump.
* Diabolic Edict and
Pulse Nova hit all units near Leshrac, meaning he can do colossal damage to both, Io and its tethered target.
Phantom Lancer
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 5%)Leshrac
* Leshrac's AoE abilities destroy Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Diabolic Edict and
Pulse Nova require no targeting, thus hitting Phantom Lancer whenever he's nearby.
Additional:
* Leshrac can easily clear Phantom Lancer's illusions with his huge area of effect damage.
Visage
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 5%)Tiny
* Familiars will easily be able to kite heroes with a short range or with low attack speed. For example, Tiny and
Undying have a very hard time killing Familiars.
Leshrac
* Diabolic Edict and Pulse Nova hit all units around Leshrac, making it very easy for him to kill the Summon Familiars.
* Diabolic Edict and Pulse Nova also deal many instances of damage, nullifying Gravekeeper's Cloak.
* Split Earth and Lightning Storm makes it difficult for Visage to kite Leshrac, even while under the effects of
Grave Chill.
Tiny
* Tiny can deal with Visage's
Gravekeeper's Cloak quickly, as Avalanche deals damage in enough instances to completely remove all 4 layers of the passive. With Visage's lower than average Armor, a well positioned stun can allow Tiny to kill Visage easily.
Additional:
* Tiny's
Avalanche removes a significant number of layers from Gravekeeper's Cloak. When combined with
Toss burns through all of Gravekeeper's Cloak while doing triple times Toss damage to Visage in midair.
* Tiny's already high damage coupled with Tree Grab's attack modifier will make short work of Visage's Familiars.
Chen
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 56% pickrate: 1%)Leshrac
* Leshrac's AoE abilities make quick work of Chen's creep army.
Nature's Prophet
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 8%)Leshrac
* Heroes who summon multiple units that are not spell immune. Nature's Prophet,
Lycan,
Beastmaster
Timbersaw
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 5%)Leshrac
* Timbersaw has a difficult time against magical and pure damage: Lina,
Leshrac,
Enchantress,
Queen of Pain
Monkey King
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 8%)Leshrac
* Heroes with wide AoE abilities will reveal Monkey King through Mischief: Necrophos,
Phoenix,
Alchemist,
Earthshaker,
Razor,
Tinker,
Leshrac,
Queen of Pain
Spirit Breaker
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)Leshrac
* Heroes who continue dealing damage while being stunned: Luna,
Razor,
Axe,
Bristleback,
Leshrac,
Void Spirit
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 10%)Tiny
* Side lanes with disables will greatly reduce the likeliness Void Spirit will be willing to rotate: Sven,
Tiny,
Wraith King,
Ogre Magi.
Windranger
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 11%)Leshrac
* Since Windranger is bad against magical damage, heroes with continuous magical damage or magical nukes can blast her: Zeus,
Tinker,
Leshrac,
Viper,
Skywrath Mage,
Lion,
Lina,
Venomancer.
Ancient Apparition
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 7%)Tiny
* Squishy heroes, usually supports, like Lion,
Ancient Apparition,
Keeper of the Light etc can die quickly to Tiny's magic burst.
Keeper of the Light
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 12%)Tiny
* Squishy heroes, usually supports, like Lion,
Ancient Apparition,
Keeper of the Light etc can die quickly to Tiny's magic burst.
Night Stalker
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 6%)Leshrac
* Heroes that can punish aggressive heroes, such as: Leshrac,
Shadow Demon,
Pugna,
Death Prophet.
Lycan
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 1%)Leshrac
* Heroes who summon multiple units that are not spell immune. Nature's Prophet,
Lycan,
Beastmaster
Lion
[wiki] rating: -0.2 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 14%)Tiny
* Lion can continuously Mana Drain Tiny in the early game, depleting his small mana pool for his abilities.
Tiny
* Squishy heroes, usually supports, like Lion,
Ancient Apparition,
Keeper of the Light etc can die quickly to Tiny's magic burst.
Leshrac
* Lion lacks mobility or escape mechanisms, making him an easy target for abilities like Mirana's
Sacred Arrow or
Leshrac's
Split Earth, or combos like
Kunkka's
X Marks the Spot into
Torrent.
Terrorblade
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 3%)Tiny
* Heroes with high base damage (Morphling,
Tiny,
Drow Ranger), heroes with mana burning abilities (
Anti-Mage), and
Diffusal Blade users (
Juggernaut or
Riki) will suffer from Reflection's illusions.
Leshrac
* Heroes that have strong area-of-effect abilities and can stall pushes: Invoker,
Keeper of the Light,
Jakiro,
Lina,
Luna,
Leshrac,
Shadow Shaman.
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Tiny
*
Feast will deal a enormous amount of damage because of Tiny's huge health pool.
Rage protects Lifestealer from Tiny's magical burst damage.
*
Leshrac
* Leshrac's high magic damage is ignored by
Rage.
Rage and mitigate any other damage taken by Leshrac with
Open Wounds.
* Lifestealer can get in Leshrac's face with