Beastmaster
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 56% pickrate: 7%)Lycan
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 4%)Lich
* Lycan doesn't care much about Lich's slows thanks to Shapeshift.
* Chain Frost can bounce to the wolves that Lycan summons.
Additional:
* Lich possesses a lot of slows, which Lycan doesn't care about when he Shapeshifts.
* Lich has no in-built escape, which makes him a good target for Lycan.
Bloodseeker
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)Lich
* If Thirst activated, Lich doesn't slow Bloodseeker.
* If he sees Chain Frost is targeting him, he can easily isolate himself with Thirst or forces Bloodseeker to build Blade Mail can cause Lich to accidentally kill himself with Chain Frost.
* Even Lich builds Glimmer Cape or
Force Staff are suicidal item against Bloodseeker when he is affected by
Rupture.
Necrophos
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)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.
Lion
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 16%)Tiny
* Lion will continuously Mana Drain Tiny, depleting his small mana pool for his abilities.
* Hex will keep Tiny from using his high damage spells and attack damage.
Weaver
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 8%)Lich
* Weaver doesn't care much about Lich's slows thanks to Shukuchi.
* If he sees Chain Frost is targeting him, he can easily isolate himself with Shukuchi so that it stops bouncing around.
* Unless Lich bursts Weaver immediately, Lich has no hard disables or silences to prevent him from using Time Lapse.
Slardar
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)Tiny
* Corrosive Haze helps counteract Tiny's bonus armor from Grow, as well as giving true sight, countering Shadow Blade as a common item on Tiny.
Lifestealer
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 5%)Tiny
* Feast will deal a large amount of damage to Tiny's large health pool.
* Rage protects Lifestealer from Tiny's magical burst damage.
Zeus
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 9%)Lich
* Lich does not pose a big threat to Zeus in teamfights, as his spells don't have great cast range and Zeus should be too far back for a Chain Frost to bounce among him and his allies.
* Lich has a low health pool, allowing Zeus to burst him down quickly.
Queen of Pain
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 9%)Lich
* Queen of Pain can easily escape Chain Frost thanks to Blink.
* His low survivability makes an easy kill for Shadow Strike,
Scream of Pain &
Sonic Wave.
Viper
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 5%)Tiny
* Tiny has low movespeed and attack speed, making him vulnerable to Viper's slows.
* Corrosive Skin provides magic resistance to lower Tiny's magic burst damage.
Rubick
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 17%)Lich
* All his abilities is decent in Rubick's kit:
* Frost Blast allows Rubick to harass and constantly slow down enemies.
* Frost Shield increases Rubick's as well as his allies' and tower's survivability to physical attacks.
* A well-timed Chain Frost can be devastating to the enemy team.
Phantom Assassin
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 15%)Tiny
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz,
Phantom Assassin,
Templar Assassin,
Ursa,
Wraith King etc).
Lich
* Phantom Assassin can easily escape Lich's slows with Phantom Strike.
* Phantom Assassin's Coup De Grace can be used to burst down the squishy Lich.
Tiny
* Melee carries will have a hard time against Tiny's Craggy Exterior: Phantom Assassin,
Chaos Knight,
Juggernaut.
Nature's Prophet
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 7%)Lich
* His treants can prevent Chain Frost from jumping to Nature's Prophet or his allies.
Additional:
* Chain Frost can bounce to the treants that Nature's Prophet summons.
* Nature's Prophet's Sprout can be used to isolate and burst down the squishy Lich.
Night Stalker
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 5%)Lich
* Heroes with low health: Lich,
Crystal Maiden,
Lion.
Underlord
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 8%)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.
Clinkz
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 5%)Tiny
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz,
Phantom Assassin,
Templar Assassin,
Ursa,
Wraith King etc).
Wraith King
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 18%)Tiny
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz,
Phantom Assassin,
Templar Assassin,
Ursa,
Wraith King etc).
Bane
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)Lich
* Heroes that wish to disrupt fights with spell combos or big ultimates are vulnerable to the long stun of Fiend's Grip: Disruptor,
Death Prophet,
Enigma,
Faceless Void,
Invoker,
Lich,
Magnus,
Mars,
Medusa,
Outworld Destroyer,
Phoenix,
Puck,
Queen of Pain,
Shadow Fiend,
Treant Protector,
Underlord,
Winter Wyvern,
Witch Doctor,
Zeus.
Ursa
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 16%)Tiny
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz,
Phantom Assassin,
Templar Assassin,
Ursa,
Wraith King etc).
Dark Seer
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)Lich
* The haste provided by Dark Seer's
Surge or a {Rune:Haste} renders your slows ineffective.
Huskar
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)Lich
* Vulnerable spellcasters with no escape mechanisms are easy targets for Huskar: Lich,
Crystal Maiden,
Silencer,
Keeper of the Light,
Venomancer, etc.
Additional:
* Lich is going to have a hard time nuking Huskar because of his high health regeneration from Berserker's Blood.
* Lich is a squishy support without an escape mechanism, making Lich an easy kill thanks to Life Break and
Burning Spear.
* Once Huskar has Armlet of Mordiggian, even a maxed out Frost Blast will struggle to finish Huskar off.
Templar Assassin
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)Lich
* Heroes with powerful nuke can waste their precious abilites on her Refraction during a ganking attempt or chaos combat: Lich,
Lina,
Sniper,
Outworld Destroyer
Zeus
Tiny
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz,
Phantom Assassin,
Templar Assassin,
Ursa,
Wraith King etc).
Tiny
* Heroes that have disposable area-targeted spells can force her to undo her Meld: Leshrac,
Puck,
Tiny. An experienced Templar Assassin could try to Refraction before Meld so she can tank through those damage without getting her Blink disabled.
Phoenix
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 9%)Tiny
* Heroes that are able to slow Tiny's attack speed, like Tusk and
Phoenix, will greatly limit his Physical damage output.
Tusk
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)Tiny
* Heroes that are able to slow Tiny's attack speed, like Tusk and
Phoenix, will greatly limit his Physical damage output.
Drow Ranger
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)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: 16%)Tiny
* Heroes with naturally low mana can be easily shut down by EMP: Sven,
Tiny,
Wraith King,
Omniknight
Terrorblade
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 4%)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.
Sniper
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)Tiny
* Long ranged heroes like Sniper or
Drow Ranger can kite Tiny effectively if he doesn't get the jump on them first.
Mars
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 15%)Lich
* Heroes who lack burst damage will have a hard time against Mars: Phantom Lancer,
Nature's Prophet,
Lich.
Legion Commander
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 12%)Lich
* Heroes with low health will die easily during Duels, and can be farmed for damage in the early game: Crystal Maiden,
Lich,
Techies,
Rubick
Anti-Mage
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 14%)Lich
* Anti-Mage can withstand magical burst damage much better than other carries, making him effective against nukers: Lich,
Necrophos,
Oracle, and
Leshrac.
Additional:
* Although he can be effective against Anti-Mage in an aggro offlane, Lich has a hard time nuking down Anti-Mage in the midgame due to his Counterspell.
* All of Lich's abilities are also targeted, which makes it much harder to disable Anti-Mage.
* In the lategame, Anti-Mage can easily pick off Lich with Blink, and the high mana cost of Chain Frost along with Lich's large mana pool makes him vulnerable to
Mana Void.
* Blink allows Anti-Mage to escape Chain Frost.
Juggernaut
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 18%)Tiny
* Blade Fury protects Juggernaut from all of Tiny's magic burst damage, as well as dealing magic damage that bypasses the armor from Grow.
Tiny
* Melee carries will have a hard time against Tiny's Craggy Exterior: Phantom Assassin,
Chaos Knight,
Juggernaut.
Meepo
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 1%)Lich
* Poof combo puts all of the Meepos very close together, making them vulnerable to Frost Blast's AoE slow and multiple bounces from Chain Frost.
Tiny
* Avalanche and Toss prevents Meepo's Poof escape or using town portal scroll.
* He doesn't need to aim the weakest clone while he is grabbing tree.
Io
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 4%)Tiny
* Squishy heroes, usually supports, like Io,
Ancient Apparition,
Keeper of the Light etc can die instantly from Tiny's magic burst.
Lich
* Lich's Chain Frost forces Io to give up providing buff to his ally with
Tether or suffer devastating damage with his tethered ally.
* Lich could easily use Sinister Gaze to disable Io from getting away with
Tether or
Relocate.
Chaos Knight
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 3%)Lich
* Chain Frost can eliminate Chaos Knight's Phantasm army, especially after he clumped up using
Reality Rift.
* Frost Shield will heavily reduce his army's effectiveness.
Additional:
* Lich's Chain Frost, especially after obtaining its respective talent that provides unlimited bounces, can take out all of Chaos Knight's illusions quickly.
* An Aghanim's Scepter-upgraded
Sinister Gaze can hypnotize Chaos Knight and his illusions while also draining his already low mana pool.
Tiny
* Melee carries will have a hard time against Tiny's Craggy Exterior: Phantom Assassin,
Chaos Knight,
Juggernaut.
Slark
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 13%)Tiny
* A Toss plus
Avalanche combination deals heavy damage to Slark in the early game, making Tiny a very dangerous target to gank.
Lone Druid
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 1%)Lich
* Chain Frost will bounce between Lone Druid and his bear, forcing them to separate or suffer high amounts of damage.
Additional:
* Chain Frost can deliver high amounts of damage to Lone itself and his bear if they do not separate fast from each other.
Dragon Knight
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 3%)Lich
* Lich's constant slows with Frost Blast and
Chain Frost will slow Dragon Knight to a crawl, especially in a crowded teamfight.
Naga Siren
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 2%)Tiny
* Avalanche, Toss, and Grab Tree combo makes a short work of Naga Siren's illusions.
Elder Titan
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 1%)Lich
* Frost Shield helps offset the armor reduction from Natural Order.
Troll Warlord
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 9%)Lich
* Frost Blast and
Chain Frost can kite Troll Warlord effectively.
* Frost Shield can single-handedly waste most of the duration of Battle Trance, due to the extreme resistance to physical damage Frost Shield provides. In addition, Troll Warlord is incapable of switching targets during Battle Trance, so he cannot pick an easier target.
* Troll Warlord has little to no ability to regenerate HP, so Frost Blast together with
Frost Shield can harass him effectively.
Enchantress
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 40% pickrate: 1%)Lich
* Heroes with nukes: Bane,
Lich,
Lion,
Skywrath Mage
Keeper of the Light
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 6%)Tiny
* Squishy heroes, usually supports, like Io,
Ancient Apparition,
Keeper of the Light etc can die instantly from Tiny's magic burst.
Omniknight
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 1%)Lich
* Heroes with large magical AoE damage will fare well against Omniknight: Lich,
Ancient Apparition,
Jakiro,
Disruptor
Void Spirit
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 12%)Tiny
* Side lanes with disables will greatly reduce the likeliness Void Spirit will be willing to rotate: Sven,
Tiny,
Wraith King,
Ogre Magi.
Ancient Apparition
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 9%)Tiny
* Squishy heroes, usually supports, like Io,
Ancient Apparition,
Keeper of the Light etc can die instantly from Tiny's magic burst.
Bristleback
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 9%)Tiny
* Bristleback decreases Tiny's high burst damage against Bristleback.
* Tiny's high damage will also proc Bristleback multiple times.
* Viscous Nasal Goo can help counteract the bonus armor granted by Grow.
Lich
* Sinister Gaze forces Bristleback to face Lich, exposing him to damage.
* Lich's plethora of slows make it easy to kite Bristleback.
Visage
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 1%)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.
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.
Broodmother
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 56% pickrate: 2%)Lich
* Chain Frost can bounce to the Spiderlings that Broodmother spawns.
Tiny
* Tiny can quickly clear Spiderlings with his active abilities and cleave.
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