* Sleight of Fist allows Ember Spirit to attack from outside of Upheaval's range, and Searing Chains lets him interrupt it. * Glaives of Wisdom also provide high pure damage that is not negated by Flame Guard. * Heroes who Sniper can kite: Sven, Wraith King, Kunkka, Doom, Tidehunter, Underlord, Troll Warlord, and etc.Additional:* Sniper's very long range allows him to stay out of Firestorm and Pit of Malice as well as Atrophy Aura range. Arqade is a question and answer site for passionate videogamers on all platforms. * Winter Wyvern is a spellcaster, and the 6 second silence from Ancient Seal can prevent her from contributing much. last updated: 2 months ago, Dazzle, Witch Doctor, Bristleback, Spectre, Riki, Crystal Maiden, Visage, Treant Protector, Crystal Maiden, Magnus, Enigma, Sven, Luna, Weaver, Invoker, Pudge, Lich, Ember Spirit, Sniper, Slark, Troll Warlord, Visage, Ursa, Ogre Magi, Ursa, Troll Warlord, Meepo, Lich, Ogre Magi, Treant Protector, Necrophos, Chaos Knight, Alchemist, Ancient Apparition, Anti-Mage, Arc Warden, Gyrocopter, Riki, Slardar, Bloodseeker, Meepo, Faceless Void, Tinker, Lion, Brewmaster, Pudge, Riki, Legion Commander, Tiny, Invoker, Spectre, Alchemist, Lina, Lycan, Luna, Nature's Prophet, Pudge, Zeus, Lich, Juggernaut, Centaur Warrunner, Clockwerk, Pudge, Invoker, Shadow Shaman, Sniper, Silencer, Zeus, Faceless Void, Sniper, Sand King, Huskar, Pudge, Alchemist, Luna, Phantom Assassin, Centaur Warrunner, Spirit Breaker, Tusk, Axe, Tiny, Drow Ranger, Sniper, Earthshaker, Bristleback, Riki, Tinker, Pudge, Earthshaker, Elder Titan, Gyrocopter, Phantom Assassin, Pudge, Riki, Invoker, Chaos Knight, Dazzle, Ogre Magi, Invoker, Rubick, Phantom Assassin, Spirit Breaker, Outworld Devourer, Axe, Warlock, Ursa, Winter Wyvern, Lich, Ember Spirit, Underlord, Leshrac, Leshrac, Shadow Shaman, Sniper, Necrophos, Terrorblade, Abaddon, Bane, Storm Spirit, Grimstroke, Phantom Lancer, Abaddon, Anti-Mage, Arc Warden, Ancient Apparition, Axe, Windranger, Storm Spirit, Ember Spirit, Riki, Alchemist, Brewmaster, Pudge, Storm Spirit, Phantom Lancer, Oracle, Alchemist, Ancient Apparition, Anti-Mage, Axe, Arc Warden, Ancient Apparition, Anti-Mage, Arc Warden, Axe, Alchemist, Luna, Vengeful Spirit, Storm Spirit, Undying, Beastmaster, Juggernaut, Zeus, Sven, Ancient Apparition, Spirit Breaker, Axe, Ancient Apparition, Bloodseeker, Clinkz, Chaos Knight, Phantom Assassin, Pudge, Huskar, Queen of Pain, Earthshaker, Axe, Drow Ranger, Vengeful Spirit, Windranger, Winter Wyvern, Juggernaut, Shadow Shaman, Windranger, Meepo, Spirit Breaker, Abaddon, Alchemist, Anti-Mage, Arc Warden, Ancient Apparition, Abaddon, Alchemist, Ancient Apparition, Anti-Mage, Arc Warden, Juggernaut, Ember Spirit, Shadow Shaman, Ogre Magi, Brewmaster, Shadow Shaman, Spirit Breaker, Sniper, Wraith King, Earthshaker, Invoker, Grimstroke, Windranger, Bounty Hunter, Phantom Assassin, Treant Protector, Puck, Vengeful Spirit, Shadow Fiend, Anti-Mage, Phantom Assassin, Wraith King, Skywrath Mage, Silencer, Shadow Fiend, Bristleback, Crystal Maiden, Invoker, Phantom Lancer, Vengeful Spirit, Results now also sorted both by rating and average hero win rate for the chosen rank (data from dotabuff). * X Marks the Spot will return Underlord or his teammate if they escape with Dark Rift. * Lycan doesn't care much about Lich's slows thanks to Shapeshift. * Heavy nukers will do well against Cold Embrace (Lina, Zeus etc). Zeus will also stay near the back of fights away from his allies, making a deadly Curse less likely. Indeed, according to Dotabuff's stats, Bristleback currently has the worst win rate against the following heroes: As an extra note, always buy a magic wand against Bristleback. When paired with Static Remnant, they can cut through Flame Guard fast. Plus it's telegraphed and Skywrath lacks a stun, so it's easy for Bristle to turn his back before each blast lands. * Searing Chains can stop Charge of Darkness if timed correctly.
* Heroes who summon multiple units that are not spell immune. * Cold Embrace is a perfect setup for Mystic Flare. * The pure damage provided by Purification is a great addition for killing Ember Spirit, as well as a good way of saving teammates. * Atrophy Aura reduces Riki's damage. Fortune's End can dispel Flame Guard on Ember Spirit and Searing Chains on allies. * Sanity's Eclipse can tear down Underlord's health by a large amount, since his mana pool is very low compare to OD's high mana pool. * Athropy Aura reduces damage of both Phantom Lancer and his illusions. It can also be used during Sleight of Fist to amplify damage done. If Rubick steals Reaper's Scythe, he can turn the powerful ultimate back against Necrophos' team. * His low survivability makes an easy kill for Shadow Strike, Scream of Pain & Sonic Wave. Ghost Shroud's slow will allow him to catch him with them, and get nuked down with his abilities, even preventing retaliation due to Reaper's Scythe's stun. * Dark Rift can save any allies of Underlord trapped in Arena Of Blood. * Cold Embrace protects Reality Rift targets. The moment shallow grave wears of he gets killed anyways from aura. * Pit of Malice will continuously disrupt many illusions, drastically reducing their damage and potency. * Heroes that have strong area-of-effect abilities and can stall pushes: Invoker, Keeper of the Light, Jakiro, Lina, Luna, Leshrac, Shadow Shaman. Nature's Prophet,Lycan,Beastmaster. * Ember Spirit's low armor and health make him easy to kill quickly if a teammate can hold him down. see on pick stage in dota), Filtering by lane: off lane/safe lane/mid lane (dotabuff most played), Tips now include icons next to the heroes/spells/item names (just like on Dota 2 wiki). * Lycan often moves around with large amount of creeps, wolves created by Summon Wolves and neutral creep dominated by Helm of the Dominator which can be easily cleared by Splinter Blast or used as a great source of damage by Winter's Curse. * Moon Glaives will not hit a hero affected by Winter's Curse, making it weak against allies, but strong versus enemies. Also unlike another hero he cannot protect himself with Linken's Sphere. Axe's initiation allows him to both catch and severely damage multiple enemies at once. Is a neuron's information processing more complex than a perceptron? * Frost Shield can single-handedly waste most of the duration of Battle Trance, due to the extreme resistance to physical damage Frost Shield provides. * Once Huskar has Armlet of Mordiggian, even a maxed out Frost Blast will struggle to finish Huskar off. * Eclipse can be devastating for Underlord's team when they're grouped up for Dark Rift, it can also be used to intercept arrivals with Dark Rift. * Splinter Blast deals decent area damage to Phantasm illusions. * 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. * Impetus will deal huge amounts of damage when he uses a Fire Remnant to escape. * Lifestealer can get in Leshrac's face with Rage and mitigate any other damage taken by Leshrac with Open Wounds. * 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. * An Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Doom can be useful against heroes with troublesome passive skills while also disabling them for a long time: Phantom Assassin, Enchantress, Huskar, Underlord.Additional:* Infernal Blade does damage based on percentage health, and is useful against high health pool hero like Underlord* Doom can prevent Underlord from spamming his abilities and most important is prevent him from using Dark Rift to escape. * Diabolic Edict and Pulse Nova also deal many instances of damage, nullifying Gravekeeper's Cloak. As such, Strength heroes like, Heroes that have escape abilities (such as, Heroes that have small health pools and little to no escape mechanisms are even easier prey for Necrophos. All Right now there is no app/overlay that will detect picks automatically (like overwolf dota plus or become the Overall, Huskar is a solid choice and an outstanding cheese pick in the pubs. * Undying can gain one or two easy Decay stacks on an ally in Cold Embrace. * Guardian Angel completely counters Winter's Curse if Omniknight is able to cast it.Additional:* Guardian Angel completely counters Winter's Curse, allowing his team to survive Winter Wyvern's initiation. * Diabolic Edict and Pulse Nova hit all units around Leshrac, making it very easy for him to kill the Summon Familiars. * Crystal Maiden is extremely fragile and she's an easy target for him. New members are welcome, but please review the. * Underlord is a slow and low mobility hero, and cannot outrun Razor's high movement speed, easily for Razor to absorb his damage with Static Link to the maximum and burst him down from the bonus damages, combine with the armor reduction from Eye of the Storm. * Heroes with escaping and disjointing abilities can be good against Juggernaut:Anti-Mage Riki, Queen of Pain, Puck, Storm Spirit, Ember Spirit, Slark etc. Ember Spirit becomes a lot weaker if affected by Time Dilation, as he can no longer spam Sleight of Fist. * Arcane Curse is also a potent harassing tool in the laning stage as its cooldown is lower than Flame Guard's. Being in the right place at the right time makes all the difference with Necro. Using Reaper's Scythe against Wraith King is a bad idea as his Reincarnation can waste it. I am really tired of losing to BristleBack every time. This hero is really very tank and if he survives long enough in a gank, he call kill every one alone. * Cold Embrace mitigates Primal Roar's single-target initiation on allies. He can outrange quills, it's spammable with high enough mana pool and he can use it from level 1. * 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. * Outworld Destroyer can negate the healing from Cold Embrace using Astral Imprisonment, and steal mana while doing so. The buffs in patch 7.31 is showing its effect now, and it is time to exploit it while Meepo stays this strong. Anti-Mage has high magic resistance, which will reduce most of the damage from Ember Spirit's skill set. How can I counter that infinite healing in lane? It's intended to be used with multiple heroes. Both of their ultimates are instant kills when fallen below a certain threshold of health. * Lich has no in-built escape, which makes him a good target for Lycan. The hero saw nerfs in the 7.31b, but it had little effect on him. * All aspects of Jingu Mastery benefits ignore Atrophy Aura's base damage reduction. * Lich's Chain Frost forces Io to either give up providing buff to his ally with Tether or suffer devastating damage with his tethered ally. Try heroes like: Faceless void or Troll Warlord. However, if you know how to play this hero, it is a fantastic opportunity to score some free wins. * Ursa's extremely high attack damage output with Fury Swipes usually means certain death for anyone cursed in his vicinity. * Firestorm's percentage damage can quickly demolish the Spirit Bear's high HP* Pit of Malice will allow allies to easily kite Lone Druid due to his low mobility. To start select enemy heroes in the field above. @Zikato Skywrath can build into a high damage nuker but his slow and silence don't have the spamminess of his Q, and while it does scale with int it doesn't do pure, so Bristle will get a pipe/BKB and it won't matter so much.
* Heroes who summon multiple units that are not spell immune. * Cold Embrace is a perfect setup for Mystic Flare. * The pure damage provided by Purification is a great addition for killing Ember Spirit, as well as a good way of saving teammates. * Atrophy Aura reduces Riki's damage. Fortune's End can dispel Flame Guard on Ember Spirit and Searing Chains on allies. * Sanity's Eclipse can tear down Underlord's health by a large amount, since his mana pool is very low compare to OD's high mana pool. * Athropy Aura reduces damage of both Phantom Lancer and his illusions. It can also be used during Sleight of Fist to amplify damage done. If Rubick steals Reaper's Scythe, he can turn the powerful ultimate back against Necrophos' team. * His low survivability makes an easy kill for Shadow Strike, Scream of Pain & Sonic Wave. Ghost Shroud's slow will allow him to catch him with them, and get nuked down with his abilities, even preventing retaliation due to Reaper's Scythe's stun. * Dark Rift can save any allies of Underlord trapped in Arena Of Blood. * Cold Embrace protects Reality Rift targets. The moment shallow grave wears of he gets killed anyways from aura. * Pit of Malice will continuously disrupt many illusions, drastically reducing their damage and potency. * Heroes that have strong area-of-effect abilities and can stall pushes: Invoker, Keeper of the Light, Jakiro, Lina, Luna, Leshrac, Shadow Shaman. Nature's Prophet,Lycan,Beastmaster. * Ember Spirit's low armor and health make him easy to kill quickly if a teammate can hold him down. see on pick stage in dota), Filtering by lane: off lane/safe lane/mid lane (dotabuff most played), Tips now include icons next to the heroes/spells/item names (just like on Dota 2 wiki). * Lycan often moves around with large amount of creeps, wolves created by Summon Wolves and neutral creep dominated by Helm of the Dominator which can be easily cleared by Splinter Blast or used as a great source of damage by Winter's Curse. * Moon Glaives will not hit a hero affected by Winter's Curse, making it weak against allies, but strong versus enemies. Also unlike another hero he cannot protect himself with Linken's Sphere. Axe's initiation allows him to both catch and severely damage multiple enemies at once. Is a neuron's information processing more complex than a perceptron? * Frost Shield can single-handedly waste most of the duration of Battle Trance, due to the extreme resistance to physical damage Frost Shield provides. * Once Huskar has Armlet of Mordiggian, even a maxed out Frost Blast will struggle to finish Huskar off. * Eclipse can be devastating for Underlord's team when they're grouped up for Dark Rift, it can also be used to intercept arrivals with Dark Rift. * Splinter Blast deals decent area damage to Phantasm illusions. * 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. * Impetus will deal huge amounts of damage when he uses a Fire Remnant to escape. * Lifestealer can get in Leshrac's face with Rage and mitigate any other damage taken by Leshrac with Open Wounds. * 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. * An Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Doom can be useful against heroes with troublesome passive skills while also disabling them for a long time: Phantom Assassin, Enchantress, Huskar, Underlord.Additional:* Infernal Blade does damage based on percentage health, and is useful against high health pool hero like Underlord* Doom can prevent Underlord from spamming his abilities and most important is prevent him from using Dark Rift to escape. * Diabolic Edict and Pulse Nova also deal many instances of damage, nullifying Gravekeeper's Cloak. As such, Strength heroes like, Heroes that have escape abilities (such as, Heroes that have small health pools and little to no escape mechanisms are even easier prey for Necrophos. All Right now there is no app/overlay that will detect picks automatically (like overwolf dota plus or become the Overall, Huskar is a solid choice and an outstanding cheese pick in the pubs. * Undying can gain one or two easy Decay stacks on an ally in Cold Embrace. * Guardian Angel completely counters Winter's Curse if Omniknight is able to cast it.Additional:* Guardian Angel completely counters Winter's Curse, allowing his team to survive Winter Wyvern's initiation. * Diabolic Edict and Pulse Nova hit all units around Leshrac, making it very easy for him to kill the Summon Familiars. * Crystal Maiden is extremely fragile and she's an easy target for him. New members are welcome, but please review the. * Underlord is a slow and low mobility hero, and cannot outrun Razor's high movement speed, easily for Razor to absorb his damage with Static Link to the maximum and burst him down from the bonus damages, combine with the armor reduction from Eye of the Storm. * Heroes with escaping and disjointing abilities can be good against Juggernaut:Anti-Mage Riki, Queen of Pain, Puck, Storm Spirit, Ember Spirit, Slark etc. Ember Spirit becomes a lot weaker if affected by Time Dilation, as he can no longer spam Sleight of Fist. * Arcane Curse is also a potent harassing tool in the laning stage as its cooldown is lower than Flame Guard's. Being in the right place at the right time makes all the difference with Necro. Using Reaper's Scythe against Wraith King is a bad idea as his Reincarnation can waste it. I am really tired of losing to BristleBack every time. This hero is really very tank and if he survives long enough in a gank, he call kill every one alone. * Cold Embrace mitigates Primal Roar's single-target initiation on allies. He can outrange quills, it's spammable with high enough mana pool and he can use it from level 1. * 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. * Outworld Destroyer can negate the healing from Cold Embrace using Astral Imprisonment, and steal mana while doing so. The buffs in patch 7.31 is showing its effect now, and it is time to exploit it while Meepo stays this strong. Anti-Mage has high magic resistance, which will reduce most of the damage from Ember Spirit's skill set. How can I counter that infinite healing in lane? It's intended to be used with multiple heroes. Both of their ultimates are instant kills when fallen below a certain threshold of health. * Lich has no in-built escape, which makes him a good target for Lycan. The hero saw nerfs in the 7.31b, but it had little effect on him. * All aspects of Jingu Mastery benefits ignore Atrophy Aura's base damage reduction. * Lich's Chain Frost forces Io to either give up providing buff to his ally with Tether or suffer devastating damage with his tethered ally. Try heroes like: Faceless void or Troll Warlord. However, if you know how to play this hero, it is a fantastic opportunity to score some free wins. * Ursa's extremely high attack damage output with Fury Swipes usually means certain death for anyone cursed in his vicinity. * Firestorm's percentage damage can quickly demolish the Spirit Bear's high HP* Pit of Malice will allow allies to easily kite Lone Druid due to his low mobility. To start select enemy heroes in the field above. @Zikato Skywrath can build into a high damage nuker but his slow and silence don't have the spamminess of his Q, and while it does scale with int it doesn't do pure, so Bristle will get a pipe/BKB and it won't matter so much.