Clinkz/Counters

Bad against...

 * Among all the heroes with the ability to detect invisible unit, Bloodseeker is one of the worst to deal with. reveals Clinkz if he tries to escape with Skeleton Walk with low health. It also allows Bloodseeker to match or exceed Clinkz's speed.
 * negates the mobility provided by Skeleton Walk in any attempt to escape or reposition in fights.
 * Bloodseeker can easily build items to counter Clinkz, including upgrades,, and armor items.


 * prevents Clinkz from harassing Enchantress in lane by lowering his attack speed.
 * slows Clinkz and dispels Strafe, leaving him exposed and with less offensive capabilities.
 * helps Enchantress to sustain from Clinkz' harrass in lane, even helping her allies.


 * and can hold Clinkz down, giving him no chance to use  or Skeleton Walk.
 * quickly kills Clinkz, due to his low health.


 * Slardar can reveal Clinkz with and make him easy to kill, his  also hit very hard against Clinkz's naturally health pool.
 * Slardar's can match speed with Clinkz's Skeleton Walk.
 * The stun and slow from Slardar's can hold Clinkz in place.


 * Possibly Clinkz's worst enemy. He has many tools to utterly destroy Clinkz.
 * can be used on Clinkz if Spirit Breaker's team spots him anywhere. This charge will track his location through Skeleton Walk's invisibility and movement speed bonuses.
 * When Spirit Breaker charges onto Clinkz he can easily use to guarantee a reveal on him while stunned.
 * All three of Spirit Breaker's spells help him and his team quickly close the gap to Clinkz even at the edge of his attack range or when running away with Skeleton Walk.
 * Spirit Breaker's high strength and above average armor makes him able to endure Clinkz's onslaught, meanwhile Clinkz will be heavily threatened if Spirit Breaker procs a.


 * Clinkz will often roam the map alone, and Treant Protector's allows him to set up kills with his allies on Clinkz from invisibility.
 * Treant Protector's very high damage allowing him to trade hits or contest last hits with Clinkz, while can be used to sustain the harass.
 * protects any of Treant's allies ganked by Clinkz globally.
 * In teamfights, Treant Protector's can disarm Clinkz, prevent him from turning invisible, and hold him in place even if he has a.


 * reveals Clinkz without the need of any additional detections, allows Void to easily catch Clinkz and finish him off.
 * not only helps Void escape from Clinkz's ambush, but also reverts any taken damage, wasting Clinkz's mana and precious cooldown for nothing.

Others

 * Heroes that excel at grouping up with their team very early will be able to take advantage of a Clinkz that tries to pick off heroes that are alone:, ,.
 * Heroes that is able to stand his/her ground against the heavy harassment from Clinkz:,.
 * Heroes with high armor like, or with ability to cause attacks to miss like , and  will be an hard to deal with, as Clinkz relies almost entirely on physical attacks.
 * Heroes with the ability to shield allies from physical burst like 's or 's  will waste Clinkz's Strafe, making him much less useful.
 * Heroes with any mobility skill can safely escape any an ambush from a lone Clinkz, forcing him to build a luxury :, , , , etc...
 * ' and, although grants True Sight to reveal Clinkz on the minimap or during combat, is not really reliable to burst Clinkz down because his lack of disable and mobility.
 * ', although grants True Sight, is not really effective from Clinkz who is most likely only reveal when the team fight start, and can keep fighting from a safe distance even if he is Tracked unlike others such as.

Items

 * , and s are very effective against Clinkz's invisibility, though he still has high movement speed while invisible.
 * can deal huge damage to Clinkz, or at least making him waste his Strafe. And Clinkz has no way to heal himself in a fight or protect against this damage with . Due to his high attack speed and range, Clinkz can have 3-4 attack projectiles flying at once, which are easy to reflect with Blade Mail.
 * If a Clinkz start to build or  as a source of reliable disable:  can blocks these and allows his target to escape.  or  can dispel them.
 * After emerging from invisibility, items such as and  can be used to create distance between Clinkz and his target, preventing Clinkz from dealing damage.
 * Natural counter to physical burster like any item that provide armor, or  proved to be useful against Clinkz.
 * and, while useful to mitigate Clinkz's attack output, cannot entirely protect your team from his Skeleton Archer.
 * Necronomicon Warrior provides True Sight and deals heavy damage if killed by Clinkz, but will keep pursuing him and reveal his position if left unsolved. Necronomicon Archer's Purge can dispel Strafe and slow him down.

Good against...

 * Anti-Mage's provides no protection against Clinkz's physical damage output.
 * Clinkz can easily rush an to prevent Blinking. Though Anti-mage can easily counter it and buy a.
 * Clinkz does heavy damage to towers, and can take map control away from Anti-Mage to limit the space he has to farm early game. If Clinkz is ahead he is capable of ending the game before Anti-Mage becomes a threat. He can also match Anti-Mage's ability to split push.


 * Ember Spirit's 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 a disable item he can use invisibility to hunt down Ember Spirit while he farms or split pushes alone.


 * Huskar's provides no protection against Clinkz's physical damage output.
 * Huskar has no way to disrupt Clinkz's attacks and no way to kill Clinkz alone, as Clinkz can easily go invisible, teleport away, or even fight back.
 * Clinkz will often build the items that counter Huskar and the items he usually builds. These include or  for, or a disable item like  or  to prevent him from using  to disarm.


 * Nature's Prophet is often by himself. Clinkz can use invisibility to hunt him down and kill him, although a Quelling Blade may be needed to cut through his . Orchid Malevolence may also be needed if 3-4 seconds are not enough time to kill him, as he can teleport away.
 * Clinkz can match Nature's Prophet's ability to split push.


 * Clinkz's strafe can automatically dodge magic missile; meaning he can pick off her without using any kind of disables.

Others

 * Any hero who spends a lot of time alone and has not farmed an item like to protect themselves is easy food for a Clinkz with  or.
 * If a hero cannot quickly close a gap Clinkz can often kill them in the time it takes them to reach him in a teamfight.

Works well with...

 * Drow Ranger's Precision Aura provides a massive boost to Clinkz' damage output.
 * Her Frost Arrows also slows enemies that aid Clinkz to attack the target more easily.
 * She also has a strong silence, allowing Clinkz to save up his Orchid's ability.


 * In the laning phase, Clinkz can go invisible and stand next to enemies so that Purification's damage hits them for sure, setting up a kill this way.
 * Degen Aura's strong slow allows Clinkz to get more attacks off on enemies.


 * Vengeful Spirit can use to decrease the armor of enemies. This will amplify all of Clinkz's damage.
 * Clinkz has no crowd control. Vengeful Spirit's can keep enemies in place so Clinkz can hit them. She can also bring back escaping enemies with.
 * Vengeful Spirit's amplifies Clinkz's physical damage further.
 * If Clinkz is cornered by the enemy team Vengeful Spirit can him out to the edge of a teamfight where he can safely deal damage.

Others

 * Heroes with long duration disables to give Clinkz an opening to Strafe his target:, , etc.

List of heroes that counter Clinkz, and list of heroes that work well with Clinkz.

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