Outworld Destroyer
[wiki] rating: 2.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 17%)Lion
[wiki] rating: 2.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 16%)Ember Spirit
* Lion possesses two strong disables in 
Earth Spike and 
Hex and heavy magic burst with 
Finger of Death which help lock him down and prevent him from escaping with Activate Fire Remnant. When getting his 
Blink Dagger Lion can punish Ember Spirit's overextension immediately, or initiate a fight on him with disables.
Additional:
* Ember lacks any protection against Lion's disables early in the game and often does not acquire any later, allowing Lion to Hex or Earth Spike him before he escapes through his 
Fire Remnant.
* Although 
Flame Guard can prevent magic damage, it does not stop Lion's disables, and Lion can usually break through it with Finger of Death.
Wraith King
* Wraith King has a very low mana pool and depends on it to cast 
Reincarnation. Mana Drain will render him useless.
* Wraith King has very low mobility, making it easy for Lion to disable and harass him.
Additional:
* While not being able to confront Wraith King by himself, Lion's 
Mana Drain helps in draining Wraith King's mana, preventing him from reincarnating unless he has his Aghanim's Shard.
* Lion's Earth Spike and Hex provide decent lockdown against Wraith King as well, preventing the latter from benefiting from Vampiric Spirit bonuses.
Beastmaster
[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 56% pickrate: 7%)Ember Spirit
* Heroes who rely on high mobility are especially vulnerable to Primal Roar: 
Storm Spirit, 
Ember Spirit, 
Queen of Pain.
Wraith King
* Necronomicon Warrior's 
Mana Break can deplete Wraith King's mana and prevent him from using Reincarnation.
* Wraith King's lack of area of effect spells makes him easily overwhelmed by Beastmaster's summons.
Oracle
[wiki] rating: 1.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 9%)Ember Spirit
* Oracle can shut down both of Ember's early game abilities. Fortune's End can dispel Flame Guard on Ember Spirit and 
Searing Chains on allies.
* When Ember Spirit is affected by Fortune's End, his Fire Remnants move at 0 movement speed.
* Disarming him with Fate's Edict does affect Ember's 
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.
Wraith King
* Heroes with area dispel can kill multiple skeletons at once: 
Brewmaster, 
Oracle.
Nyx Assassin
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 14%)Ember Spirit
* With 
Vendetta, Nyx Assassin can move closely to Ember Spirit when he's farming with his Flame Guard and use 
Spiked Carapace with 
Impale to provide a reliable and long disable.
* 
Mana Burn is also good, as Ember Spirit relies on his limited mana pool for the early to midgame.
Additional:
* Spiked Carapace can be easily triggered by Flame Guard or 
Battle Fury, setting up a deadly Impale.
Clinkz
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 5%)Ember Spirit
* Ember Spirit's Flame Guard provides no protection against Clinkz's physical damage output.
* Ember Spirit's low armor and health make him easy to kill quickly if a teammate can hold him down.
* If Clinkz has farmed an item that can disable, he can sneak up to and hunt down Ember Spirit while he farms or split pushes alone.
Huskar
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)Ember Spirit
* Ember Spirit does minimal damage to Huskar until the very late game.
Omniknight
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 1%)Ember Spirit
* The pure damage provided by 
Purification is a great addition for killing Ember Spirit, as well as a good way of saving teammates.
* 
Guardian Angel will temporarily save his allies from Sleight of Fist's physical damage, and Ember Spirit is not a hero that will get 
Orchid Malevolence to counter it.
Weaver
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 8%)Wraith King
* Weaver can run away after killing Wraith King once thanks to 
Shukuchi.
* Wraithfire Blast is quite predictable. If Weaver is quick, he will disjoint it with Shukuchi and proceed to chase Wraith King down.
* Shukuchi does have a fade time. They cannot disjoint it if you use it right next to them. They will be stunned and take damage; however they will still become invisible if they used Shukuchi before the stun hits.
* Weaver can easily harass Wraith King out of his lane thanks to his high base damage and 
Geminate Attack.
* Weaver can burn Wraith King's mana quickly with his 
Mana Break or 
Diffusal Blade, until Wraith King purchases Aghanim's Shard to remove Reincarnation's manacost.
Additional:
* 
Wraithfire Blast is easy to disjoint with Shukuchi or Time Lapse, and it's the only way to break Weaver's Linken Sphere.
* Wraith King has no other disables and no mobility, allowing Weaver to chase or escape Wraith King as he wishes.
* With the Mana Break talent and Diffusal Blade, Weaver can prevent Reincarnation from triggering until Wraith King has selected the chosen talent.
Riki
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 15%)Wraith King
* Riki is a natural Diffusal Blade carrier, and it doesn't help that he's easily capable of sneaking up on you due to 
Cloak and Dagger.
* Riki can use 
Smoke Screen on top of you as you're reincarnating, making you a sitting duck for your second life. In addition, the blind prevents Wraith King from landing critical hits from Mortal Strike.
* Wraithfire Blast is quite predictable, and players with good reflexes will disjoint it with 
Tricks of the Trade.
* There is also a chance he will become invisible again as the projectile travels, disjointing it.
Drow Ranger
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)Ember Spirit
* Ember Spirit greatly relies on his spells to engage in battle. Drow Ranger can simply silence him with Gust and make him useless for a few seconds, which Ember Spirit cannot afford during a teamfight.
Invoker
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 16%)Wraith King
* Invoker can drain Wraith King's mana with 
EMP, preventing him from reincarnating unless Wraith King has his Aghanim's Shard.
* Even if Wraith King survives and reincarnates, Invoker still has an arsenal of spells to lockdown Wraith King, including an easily setup 
Ice Wall.
* 
Tornado applies an area dispel to clear skeletons.
Additional:
* EMP allows Invoker to burn Wraith King's mana to prevent Reincarnation from triggering (only until Wraith King gets his Aghanim's Shard).
* Ice Wall and Cold Snap are particularly crippling for Wraith King as they allow to kite him very effectively, preventing him from dealing melee attack damage.
Anti-Mage
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 14%)Wraith King
* Mana Break quickly eats away at Wraith King's small mana pool, preventing Reincarnation from triggering.
* Wraith King has no innate mobility. Even with Blink Dagger, Wraith King is easily kited by Blink.
* Anti-Mage can farm much more quickly than Wraith King, allowing Anti-Mage to overpower Wraith King once a significant farm advantage is established.
Additional:
* 
Mana Break can prevent Wraith King from reincarnating unless Wraith King has his Aghanim's Shard that removes the mana cost from Reincarnation.
* With 
Manta Style, his mana burning will triple because illusions can also use Mana Break.
Slark
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 13%)Wraith King
* 
Dark Pact, if timed correctly, can dispel Wraithfire Blast's stun and slow.
* Since Wraith King has a lot of health and multiple lives, Slark can keep gaining 
Essence Shift stacks, increasing armor, damage, and attack speed and can beat down Wraith King twice.
* Slark sometimes carries Diffusal Blade to burn mana as an attempt to shut down Reincarnation.
* Because Wraith King has no AoE abilities, 
Shadow Dance is particularly useful against Wraith King.
Shadow Fiend
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 18%)Ember Spirit
* 
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 
Necromastery.
Keeper of the Light
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 6%)Wraith King
* Wraith King's poor mobility makes him vulnerable to Illuminate.
* Blinding Light can reduce his damage output as well as his already abysmal mobility.
* Chakra Magic drains Wraith King's much-needed mana resulting in him not being able to reincarnate
Kunkka
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 4%)Ember Spirit
* Using 
X Marks the spot Kunkka can prevent Ember Spirit from escaping with Activate Fire Remnant, until he purchase 
Eul's Scepter of Divinity or 
Linken's Sphere.
Faceless Void
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 41% pickrate: 4%)Ember Spirit
* Faceless Void is one of the best heroes against Ember Spirit, providing a lot of ways of dealing with him. Ember Spirit becomes a lot weaker if affected by 
Time Dilation, as he can no longer spam Sleight of Fist.
* 
Chronosphere is also a reliable lockdown for Ember Spirit, although it can be evaded sometimes by Activate Fire Remnant. Additionally, Void can easily negate Sleight of Fist damage with 
Time Walk.
* And finally, Void is a great Diffusal Blade carrier. Not only 
Manabreak's physical damage not negated by Flame Guard, but it also burns Ember Spirit's mana. That, in turn, prevents him from escaping if he survived Chronosphere.
Enchantress
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 40% pickrate: 1%)Ember Spirit
* Impetus will deal huge amounts of damage when he uses a Fire Remnant to escape.
* Flame Guard is useless against Impetus.
* Enchant dispels Flame guard.
Pugna
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 4%)Wraith King
* Heroes who are reliant on physical damage will be nullified by Decrepify: 
Riki, 
Wraith King, 
Juggernaut.
Underlord
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 8%)Wraith King
* 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.
Bane
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)Wraith King
* Wraith King, 
Medusa, Storm Spirit and other mana dependent heroes will have diminished impact on a fight if they survive Fiend's Grip due to its mana steal.
Treant Protector
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)Wraith King
* 
Clinkz, 
Sniper, 
Lone Druid, 
Troll Warlord, Legion Commander and Wraith King are some of the Heroes that base themselves on attacks with little or no spell power, so they suffer in the grassy hands of Overgrowth.
Monkey King
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 17%)Wraith King
* Heroes that lack burst damage will have a difficult time taking down Monkey King, and fare badly against Jingu Mastery: Legion Commander, 
Lifestealer, 
Weaver, Wraith King
Additional:
* Wraith King has no ability to destroy trees from 
Tree Dance.
* Monkey King tends to get Diffusal Blade, leaving Wraith King no mana to reincarnate unless Wraith King has his Aghanim's Shard.
* A reincarnated Wraith King is an ideal target for 
Wukong's Command.
Templar Assassin
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)Wraith King
* Heroes who can delivers a big chunk of damage in few hits will find themselves struggle against Templar Assassin's Refraction: Sven, 
Phantom Assassin, 
Ursa, Wraith King, Lifestealer
Winter Wyvern
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)Wraith King
* Many physical-only single-target heroes like Lifestealer, Sven, Wraith King, Phantom Assassin etc.
Tinker
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)Wraith King
* Heroes who rely on physical damage will suffer from Laser: Phantom Assassin, Wraith King, 
Huskar.
Queen of Pain
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 9%)Ember Spirit
* Queen of Pain can be a good hero for dealing with Ember Spirit with Orchid Malevolence, her pure damage nuke in 
Sonic Wave and a slow in 
Shadow Strike. However, Queen of Pain can be punished by Ember Spirit, as his Searing Chains prevents her from getting 
Blink off.
Brewmaster
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 1%)Wraith King
* Heroes with area dispel can kill multiple skeletons at once: Brewmaster, Oracle.
Juggernaut
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 18%)Wraith King
* Wraithfire Blast is quite predictable, and players with good reflexes will disjoint it with 
Blade Fury.
* 
Omnislash with Diffusal Blade & 
Aghanim's Scepter can prevent Wraith King from reincarnating unless he has his Aghanim's Shard that removes the mana cost from Reincarnation.
Ember Spirit
* Heroes with escaping and disjointing abilities can be good against Juggernaut:
Anti-Mage Riki, Queen of Pain, 
Puck, Storm Spirit, Ember Spirit, 
Slark etc.
Silencer
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 7%)Ember Spirit
* 
Global Silence and 
Last Word can prevent Ember Spirit from casting Activate Fire Remnant to escape.
* 
Glaives of Wisdom also provide high pure damage that is not negated by Flame Guard.
* 
Arcane Curse is also a potent harassing tool in the laning stage as its cooldown is lower than Flame Guard's.
Wraith King
* Heroes who rely on passive abilities and attacks, such as 
Drow Ranger, Wraith King, and Lone Druid, can render Silencer useless. In addition, he doesn't like going for neither break nor disarm items.
Meepo
[wiki] rating: 0.2 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 1%)Ember Spirit
* Heroes with high mobility can be prevented from using it to their advantage with Earthbind, even if they pack a dangerous arsenal: 
Earth Spirit, Ember Spirit, Storm Spirit, 
Nature's Prophet, Phantom Assassin, Riki, Anti-Mage, Weaver.
* See items and abilities disabled by roots
Wraith King
* Meepo has a better advantage in farm with 
Divided We Stand, as well as having a higher attack speed due to his tendency to build items that give attributes. In addition, Wraithfire Blast stuns only one target, and choosing to engage one Meepo will most certainly mean engaging them all.
Ember Spirit
* Meepo is quite fragile in the early game and can be easily taken down by Flame Guard's and Searing Chains' damage. Later on, Meepo is very vulnerable to Sleight of Fist's damage due to Battle Fury's cleave on multiple Meepos.
Additional:
* Sleight of Fist boosted by Battle Fury and 
Daedalus makes quick work of Meepo if clones are crowded around each other.
* Searing Chains interrupts Meepo's initiating because Meepo's clones do not have spell immunity.
Shadow Demon
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 2%)Ember Spirit
* Disruption is not reliable enough to catch an Ember Spirit with a backup Fire Remnant.
* Sleight of Fist will also make quick work of the spawned illusions.
* Ember Spirit usually builds Eul's Scepter of Divinity to dispel Soul Catcher and Linken's Sphere to block Disruption and Demonic Purge.
* The best you can do against an Ember Spirit is to dispel his Flame Guard with your Demonic Purge.
Wraith King
* Shadow Demon's Demonic Purge with Aghanim's Scepter cannot break 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.
* 
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.
Bloodseeker
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)Wraith King
* Reincarnation makes Wraith King nearly impossible to gank with Rupture.
* 
Vampiric Aura restores Wraith King's health, reducing the effect of Thirst.
Additional:
* 
Rupture is meaningless while Reincarnation is off cooldown.
* Vampiric Spirit and Mortal Strike prevent Bloodseeker from achieving 
Thirst bonuses.
Ember Spirit
* Fire Remnant allows Ember Spirit to escape Bloodseeker while Ruptured.
Additional:
* Fire Remnant allows Ember Spirit to escape while Ruptured.
Spirit Breaker
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 8%)Ember Spirit
* Searing Chains can stop Charge of Darkness if timed correctly.
* 
Activate Fire Remnant can be used to escape an approaching Spirit Breaker, or lead Spirit Breaker into a bad situation.
* Activate Fire Remnant and Sleight of Fist allows Ember Spirit to dodge Charge of Darkness if timed correctly.
Wraith King
* Durable heroes: 
Axe, 
Bristleback, 
Tidehunter, Wraith King
Dark Willow
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 7%)Wraith King
* Heroes with high burst damage and 
Black King Bar can take down Dark Willow quickly: Phantom Assassin, Sven, Wraith King
Ember Spirit
* Flame Guard blocks Dark Willow's magical burst damage, and harms her if she tries to get close to attack with Bedlam.
* Sleight of Fist and Fire Remnant makes it hard for Dark Willow to fully disable Ember Spirit.
Void Spirit
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 12%)Wraith King
* Side lanes with disables will greatly reduce the likeliness Void Spirit will be willing to rotate: Sven, Tiny, Wraith King, 
Ogre Magi.
Ember Spirit
* Ember Spirit has much higher mobility in Fire Remnant than Void Spirit.
* Ember's Flame Guard is effective against Void Spirit's spells, as most of them deal magical damage.
* The root from Searing Chains prevents Void Spirit from using Dissimilate or Astral Step.
Sven
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 43% pickrate: 1%)Wraith King
* Reincarnation helps Wraith King outlast Sven in fights, and wastes the duration of God's Strength.
* Wraithfire Blast's low cooldown allows Wraith King to stun Sven several times in a team fight.
Nature's Prophet
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 7%)Ember Spirit
* Sleight of Fist with Battle Fury deals a lot of damage to Nature's Prophet's team if they stand close to his Treants, as well as killing all of his Treants and getting lots of gold.
* Ember Spirit with Fire Remnant and 
Boots of Travel can teleport and defend tower whenever Nature's Prophet tries to push.
Additional:
* Ember Spirit can easily deal with 
Nature's Call by using his Flame Guard and with Battle Fury. He also has multiple ways of escaping 
Sprout. Additionally, Ember Spirit can break Sprout's trees with Activate Fire Remnant and interrupt 
Teleportation with Searing Chains.
Magnus
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 4%)Wraith King
* Even if Wraith King dies after Magnus disables him, Magnus' entire team will be slowed and vulnerable for counter-initiation.
Witch Doctor
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 13%)Wraith King
* Wraithfire Blast cancels 
Death Ward in decent range.
* Death Ward is meaningless while Reincarnation is off cooldown.
* Vampiric Aura can out-heal the {tooltip:DoT|Damage over Time} from 
Maledict.
Rubick
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 17%)Wraith King
* Wraith King's abilities are mostly passive (with regards to Spell Steal), so Rubick cannot steal most of them.
* Wraithfire Blast together with some attacks can gank Rubick down quickly.
Additional:
* Wraith King abilities are mostly passive making 
Spell Steal meaningless.
* This can also mean that Rubick's Spell Steal used on Wraith King guarantees him a stun spell.
* Rubick's lack of mobility & low health pool is easily tear down by Wraith King physical attacks.
Timbersaw
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 7%)Ember Spirit
* Searing Chains prevents usage of Timber Chain.
* Timbersaw is vulnerable to magical burst damage, which Ember Spirit provides with Fire Remnant and Flame Guard.
* Timbersaw's abilities deal pure damage, thus they cannot remove Flame Guard.
Crystal Maiden
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 14%)Ember Spirit
* Crystal Maiden is extremely fragile and she's an easy target for him. She has no real disables that can lock Ember Spirit down, and all of her skill damage can be negated with Flame Guard. The damage from Searing Chains, Flame Guard, and Sleigh of Fist can easily take her down.
Skywrath Mage
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 6%)Wraith King
* In the early-mid game, Skywrath consistently needs to use his entire mana pool to kill a hero, but Wraith King's Reincarnation allows him to finish off Skywrath after the first death, as Skywrath Mage will have likely expended all his mana.
Windranger
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 16%)Ember Spirit
* The high mobility provided by Fire Remnant makes it hard for Windranger to find a good position to land Shackleshot or a full duration of Focus Fire.
* Flame Guard deals considerable magical damage to Windranger.
Venomancer
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 5%)Wraith King
* While Reincarnation is off cooldown, Venomancer abilities can't kill Wraith King easier.
* Vampiric Aura can out-heal the slow {tooltip:DoT|Damage over Time} from Poison Sting.
Clockwerk
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 7%)Ember Spirit
* Ember Spirit's Fire Remnant is an easy way to escape from Clockwerk's Power Cogs.
* Flame Guard blocks most of the magical damage Clockwerk does.
Dark Seer
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)Ember Spirit
* Flame Guard makes Dark Seer not deal any damage with his skills to Ember Spirit.
Warlock
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)Ember Spirit
* A pre-placed Fire Remnant allows Ember Spirit to escape 
Upheaval.
* Flame Guard blocks 
Shadow Word's damage.
* Sleight of Fist allows Ember Spirit to attack from range, ignoring Upheaval, and Searing Chains lets him interrupt it.
Shadow Shaman
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 16%)Wraith King
* Reincarnation allows Wraith King to survive Shadow Shaman's initial chain of disables and Serpent Ward attacks.
* Short cooldown of Wraithfire Blast is ideal for interrupting Shackles.
Alchemist
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 7%)Ember Spirit
* Ember's magic damage build is able to burst down Alchemist due to his low strength gain and Alchemist's normal item pick up.
Enigma
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 6%)Wraith King
* Like Abbadon's Borrowed Time, Reincarnation can bring Wraith King back to life, giving him a second chance to counter initiate or escape after a Black Hole combo.
* Enigma's Eidolons adds to Wraith King's 
Mortal Strike, increasing his Skeleton charges.
Tiny
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 6%)Wraith King
* 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).
Pudge
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 19%)Ember Spirit
* Heroes with a high degree of mobility and invisibility are hard to catch with Meat Hook: Ember Spirit, Riki, Clinkz, Queen of Pain.
Gyrocopter
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 2%)Ember Spirit
* Heroes with high mobility will be able to avoid Gyrocopter's area attacks: Storm Spirit, 
Morphling, Ember Spirit
Legion Commander
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 12%)Wraith King
* Wraith King's Reincarnation allows him to severely punish Legion Commander after he revives, as her abilities are on cooldown. Legion Commander is still awarded a Duel win if Wraith King reincarnates.
Additional:
* Wraith King makes a poor 
Duel target, as he can be already quite hard to bring down once, and then you have to worry about his second life.
* However, even if Legion Commander does win the duel when Reincarnation is off cooldown, she still receives the permanent victory damage bonus because taking down Wraith King's first life still counts as a "kill".
Pangolier
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 9%)Ember Spirit
* Heroes with considerable mobility can easily escape from a rolling Pangolier: Anti-Mage, Queen of Pain, 
Void Spirit, Storm Spirit, Ember Spirit, Earth Spirit, moreover, if a player is familiar with how Rolling Thunder work, they can adjust their movement to avoid it entirely and of course outplay the Pangolier player.
Earth Spirit
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 8%)Ember Spirit
* Heroes who can dodge Earth Spirit's abilities: Ember Spirit, Puck, Weaver
Disruptor
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 9%)Ember Spirit
* Ember Spirit with Sleight of Fist and Activate Fire Remnant
* Heroes that can dodge Glimpse:
* Puck with 
Phase Shift
* Riki with Tricks of the Trade
* 
Phantom Lancer with 
Doppelganger
* Ember Spirit with Sleight of Fist and Activate Fire Remnant
* 
Chaos Knight with 
Phantasm
* 
Naga Siren with 
Mirror Image
* 
Tusk with 
Snowball
* Juggernaut with Omnislash
* Brewmaster with 
Primal Split
* Lifestealer with 
Infest
* 
Phoenix with 
Supernova
Tusk
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)Wraith King
* Durable heroes can fight with stand against Tusk during 1v1: Axe, Dragon Knight, 
Night Stalker, 
Centaur Warrunner, Wraith King and more.
Jakiro
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 10%)Ember Spirit
* Heroes with good mobility to avoid Jakiro's abilities and with good chase to punish Jakiro from pushing a tower: 
Bloodseeker, Ember Spirit, Juggernaut, Phantom Assassin, Weaver.
Bounty Hunter
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 9%)Wraith King
* Heroes that are naturally hard to gank, ranging from beefy tanks like 
Abaddon and Wraith King to heroes with quick escape mechanisms like Anti-Mage and Storm Spirit are also undesirable targets for a lone, roaming Bounty Hunter to scout out and initiate on.
Razor
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 4%)Ember Spirit
* Any hero with teleport abilities (e.g. Ember Spirit, Storm Spirit) can easily break Static Link.
Doom
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 3%)Ember Spirit
* The general opinion that Doom can counter Ember Spirit with his 
Doom is a misconception, as Doom has a long cast animation, so an attentive Ember Spirit can easily dodge it if he has a Fire Remnant nearby. Doom is still an extremely effective early ganker however, as his 
Scorched Earth and 
Infernal Blade damage can quickly overwhelm Flame Guard's magic damage absorption, leaving Ember Spirit with no protection against them. Additional skills that Doom can get from Neutral creeps can also help bully Ember Spirit early. 
Shadow Blade or Blink Dagger on Doom can also help, providing a good way to apply Doom on Ember Spirit.
Additional:
* Ember Spirit cannot use his Activate Fire Remnant while Doomed to escape from Doom.
Wraith King
* Even if he is Doomed, Wraith King can tear down Doom with physical attacks, and can still reincarnate as long as it is off-cooldown.
Additional:
* Wraith King has three passive abilities and only a single active ability, so Doom does not hinder him significantly.
* Doom expires upon death, so it is effectively removed after Reincarnation activates.
Viper
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 5%)Wraith King
* Melee heroes with low mobility can be kited and killed by Viper: 
Treant Protector, 
Kunkka, Alchemist, Troll Warlord, Wraith King, Tiny, Sven.
Wraith King
* Viper's Nethertoxin cannot disable Reincarnation, which could put him in disadvantage against Wraith King if his whole team is with him.
* In addition, Viper doesn't like buying Diffusal Blade, which is the only item that can help him against Wraith King.
* Wraith King's high burst damage allows him to kill Viper before being killed.
Sniper
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)Wraith King
* Heroes who Sniper can kite: Sven, Wraith King, Kunkka, Doom, Tidehunter, 
Underlord, Troll Warlord, and etc.
Ember Spirit
* Ember Spirit can close the distance between Sniper easily with his Activate Fire Remnant and further keep Sniper in place with Searing Chains.
* With the help of Aghanim's Scepter, Sniper cannot outrun Ember Spirit or chase him, even if Sniper builds mobility items.
Necrophos
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)Wraith King
* Heroes who rely on physical damage are easily negated by Ghost Shroud: Phantom Assassin, Wraith King, Juggernaut.
Wraith King
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Reaper's Scythe can't kill Wraith King while Reincarnation is off cooldown
* In the laning stage Vampiric Spirit can out-heal the slow {tooltip:DoT|Damage over Time} from 
Heartstopper Aura.
Additional:
* Using Reaper's Scythe against Wraith King is a bad idea as his Reincarnation can waste it.
* When upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter it can delay the deaths of allies.
Puck
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 18%)Ember Spirit
* Any Hero with high mobility will be neutralized by dream coil: Queen of Pain, Storm Spirit, Ember Spirit, 
Lycan, Bloodseeker, Anti-Mage, 
Timbersaw
Wraith King
* Waning Rift's silence is almost completely worthless against Wraith King, due to him having only 1 active ability.
* Wraith King's only active ability, Wraithfire Blast, is strong against Puck if it hits, because it applies a damage over time on top of stunning and doing impact damage, disabling Puck for a while, and Blink Dagger for even longer. It is very important to avoid getting hit by this spell when playing against Wraith King.
Techies
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 7%)Ember Spirit
* Ember Spirit relies on his Fire Remnant to keep a steady push and then retreat to a safe distance. Keeping two or three patches of Remote Mines on a lane will severely impair him from pushing that lane without risking his life.
Wraith King
* Due to Reincarnation and his general tankiness he can live through at least one major Remote Mines stack or Blast Off!.
* Special mention for a bug with his Aghanim's Scepter. If enemies get killed from your mines under the effect of "Wraith Delay", they get denied instead of crediting the kill to you.
Additional:
* Wraith King is not afraid to walk into mines, whenever he goes with his Reincarnation ready.
Terrorblade
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 4%)Wraith King
* Wraith King has no form of AoE to clear Terrorblade's illusions.
* Terrorblade is a common Manta Style and Diffusal Blade carrier.
* Terrorblade has very high armor, which helps against Wraith King's physical-only damage.
* A reincarnated Wraith King is an ideal target for 
Sunder if Terrorblade's health is low.
Ember Spirit
* Ember Spirit can deal devastating damage to illusion heroes like Terrorblade with Sleight of Fist. Terrorblade also has no way of preventing Ember Spirit from getting Activate Fire Remnant off. Additionally, Ember Spirit's ability to fight from long range as well as his wide skill set won't give many opportunities for Terrorblade to get Sunder off.
Additional:
* Ember Spirit can deal devastating damage to Terrorblade and his illusions with Sleight of Fist.
* Terrorblade has no disable to lock down Ember Spirit and prevent him from escaping with Fire Remnant. In addition, he doesn't like purchasing disabling items, which are the only solutions to deal with Ember Spirit.
Storm Spirit
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 11%)Ember Spirit
* Storm Spirit is not only a potent Orchid Malevolence carrier, his 
Electric Vortex provides an additional disable and 
Overload provides a great slow. When paired with 
Static Remnant, they can cut through Flame Guard fast.
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Ball Lightning not only provides great initiation upon Ember Spirit from any position anytime, but also helps dodge Sleight of Fist.
Ember Spirit
* Flame Guard absorbs up to 500 magical damage (700 with Level 10 talents), which helps Ember Spirit survive and react to Storm Spirit's high magical damage.
* Searing Chains can root enemies up to 3 seconds, making Storm Spirit unable to escape with Ball Lightning.
* Fire Remnant deals high magical damage when casting multiple instances at once, granting Ember Spirit the damage to burst Storm Spirit down in the early to mid game.
Chaos Knight
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 3%)Wraith King
* Wraith King has no form of AoE to clear Chaos Knight's illusions from Phantasm.
* Wraith King is very vulnerable if he reincarnates in the middle of his illusions.
Ember Spirit
* Ember Spirit is evasive and can dodge close encounters with melee heroes like Chaos Knight. Ember Spirit can't be caught with the slow from 
Reality Rift, and Flame Guard and Sleight of Fist can bring Phantasm's illusions down quickly.
Phantom Lancer
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 9%)Wraith King
* Diffusal Blade lets Phantom Lancer drain Wraith King's mana, preventing Reincarnation from triggering until he buys an aghanim shard.
Additional:
* Doppelganger disjoints Wraithfire Blast.
* Wraith King is not good at handling illusion-based heroes, as his only disable is single-target.
* Phantom Lancer tends to get Diffusal Blade, leaving Wraith King no mana to reincarnate.
Ember Spirit
* Sleight of Fist, allows Ember Spirit to destroy all of Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* Flame Guard also deals significant damage to illusions, and protects against Spirit Lance.
* Phantom Rush is unable to catch Ember Spirit when he teleports to his Fire Remnants.
Additional:
* Sleight of Fist is the natural counter to Phantom Lancer's army of illusions, especially when combined with Battle Fury.
Naga Siren
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 2%)Wraith King
* Heroes with summons and illusions such as 
Broodmother and Naga Siren, are ill-suited for Wraith King to fight, as he has no source of waveclear.
Ember Spirit
* Cleave heroes will clear her illusions. Such heroes include Sven, 
Magnus, Dragon Knight in Elder Dragon Form, Ember Spirit (via item), Phantom Assassin (via talent or item), etc.
Lycan
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 4%)Wraith King
* Heroes with single-target abilities will be overwhelmed by Lycan and his summons: Wraith King, 
Bane, Phantom Assassin.
Ember Spirit
* Heroes that heavily depend on illusions or summons, (Naga Siren, 
Terrorblade, Phantom Lancer, Lycan,...) are vulnerable to Sleight of Fist and even more so if Ember Spirit has Battle Fury.
Broodmother
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 56% pickrate: 2%)Wraith King
* Broodmother can easily clear Wraith King's skeletons with 
Spawn Spiderlings and summon spiderlings in their place.
* With Diffusal Blade, Broodmother can prevent Wraith King from reincarnating unless Wraith King has his Aghanim's Shard.
Ember Spirit
* Sleight of Fist keeps Ember Spirit invulnerable until he hits every unit in its area of effect allowing him to stall for large amounts of time against Broodmother and her large amounts of spiderlings, or potentially damaging them enough if equipped with an item to improve wave clearing such as Battle Fury or 
Maelstrom to prevent her pushes entirely.
* Flame Guard will damage any of Broodmother's spiders in an area, deterring her from attempting to kill him. It can also be used during Sleight of Fist to amplify damage done.
* Fire Remnant allows Ember Spirit an escape from Broodmother that is unaffected by her Incapacitating Bite.
Ember Spirit
* The pure damage provided by
Arcane Orb is a great addition for killing Ember Spirit.
Astral Imprisonment fully negates all magic damage of Flame Guard and Searing Chains and will temporarily save himself from Sleight of Fist's physical damage, and Ember Spirit is not a hero that can counter these skills.
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Wraith King
* Sanity's Eclipse does massive damage to Wraith King who naturally has a low mana pool and typically doesn't build items to increase it.
Wraithfire Blast's slow projectile speed makes it easy to avoid using Astral Imprisonment.
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