Lich/Counters

Bad against...

 * 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 Spell Shield. In the lategame, Anti-Mage can easily kill Lich with a blink abyssal combo, and the high mana cost of Chain Frost along with Lich's large mana pool makes him vulnerable to Mana Void.


 * Chain Frost can bounce to the Spiderlings that Broodmother creates


 * Chain Frost can bounce to Treants that Nature's Prophet summons.


 * Weaver doesn't care much about your slows thanks to.
 * If he sees Chain Frost is targeting him, he can easily isolate himself with Shukuchi so that it stops bouncing around.
 * Unless you burst him immediately, you have no hard disable or silence to prevent him from using.

Others

 * Lich is a very poor roamer, as Frost Blast is very expensive, Sacrifice can't be used on jungle creeps, and Ice Armor is useless offensively. One way to punish a Lich is to go jungling.
 * The 550 movement speed provided by 's or a Haste Rune renders your slows ineffective.
 * Similarly, any kind of movement spell or item can enable an enemy with good reflexes and positioning to isolate your Chain Frost to get it to stop bouncing.

Items

 * Teams with multiple s may cause Lich to accidentally kill himself with Chain Frost.
 * can block most of Chain Frost's damage.
 * will make the user immune to Lich's spell casting.
 * and will reduce the effectiveness of Chain Frost. If Lich is unlucky, the Necronomicon Warrior's Last Will may kill him. Manta Style will also dispel any slow Lich may have applied to the target.
 * or any other source of purge will remove Ice Armor from Lich or his allies.
 * can be a good pickup versus Lich as all he does is to slow you. The push it gives can be enough to catchup with him or run away.

Good against...

 * Meepo's blink 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.


 * Lich's Chain Frost can eliminate Chaos Knight's, especially after he clumped up using.
 * Ice Armor will heavily reduce his army's effectiveness.

Others

 * The movement slows from Frost Blast and Ice Armor, along with the bonus armor from Ice Armor make Lich good at kiting melee heroes without BKBs
 * Lich is particularly good at zoning and denying greedy offlaners XP and gold

Works well with...

 * Magnus does not only disable the enemy with, he also packs them together, enabling Chain Frost to be more effective.


 * synchronizes well with and gives huge survivability to a target.
 * is also a good setup for Chain Frost.


 * and Chain Frost is a recipe for disaster against poorly coordinated enemies.


 * Using, Faceless Void can lock down multiple enemies, making them helpless against.

Others

 * Any AoE disable can be a good setup for Chain Frost (, ...) but the spell is more more effective when the enemies are clumped together.

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