Legion Commander/Counters

Bad against...

 * When Alchemist is in his he has an insane amount of regen, making it hard to kill him within a single.


 * ,, and can prevent Legion Commander from winning a  against Bane's teammate, especially when Bane has.


 * Dazzle can use to prevent Legion Commander from killing her opponents within the  time frame.


 * Dragon Knight naturally has high armor and health regeneration with his passive, making it harder to kill him.
 * A long stun or attack damage reduction from, might save his ally (or himself).


 * will delay target's death for up to 7 seconds, which causes Legion Commander not to win her and gaining bonus damage.
 * can be cast on Legion Commander to prevent her from auto attacking for a few seconds, potentially saving Oracle's ally.
 * can be cast on Legion Commander or her allies to purge off the buff and heal.


 * Omniknight's will heal his Dueled teammate and deals pure damage to Legion Commander which makes winning Duel much harder.
 * Omniknight's ultimate completely fools a  and when upgraded with, Omniknight can save his teammates anywhere on the map against a Duel.


 * Phantom Assassin's and  are useful for winning/surviving s if Legion Commander has no  or.
 * can supply Legion with extra damage, making bad news for both duelists.
 * can miss on evasion.


 * Vengeful Spirit's can reduce Legion Commander's armor, decreasing her survivability during a.
 * Vengeful Spirit can stun Legion Commander with during a.
 * Vengeful Spirit's, can disrupt the.


 * Winter Wyvern's can prevent her ally from dying during.
 * can make Legion's team attack Legion over Wyvern's ally.


 * Ursa's has a 0 seconds cast time and can easily launch it whenever he sees a threatening Legion Commander right in front of him, making him almost immune to any damage while being dueled

Others

 * can use left clone to attack Legion Commander.
 * can activate when ed.
 * 's plus  can let him win the  easily.
 * 's can turn Legion Commander's damage against herself while dueling without spell immunity purges Legion of her buffs and slows her due to.
 * 's make he has better attack speed than Legion Commander.
 * 's make he has better attack speed than Legion Commander.
 * If Wraith King dies while he has reincarnation, he can punish LC after his revive. Because LC may weaken after Duel done. If he and LC are build same item, Wraith King is more advantage from Vampiric Aura and Mortal Blow.
 * Naga Siren's Song of Siren is enough time to interrupt Duel, except LC has Scepter.
 * Chronosphere freezes Duel.
 * If LC doesn't build Monkey King Bar, Magnetic Field is useful if only Duelled stay inside.
 * Skywrath Mage's Mystic Flare is double edged. He can use this spell to LC while she is Duelling. But if she actives her Blademail, he may die first.

Items

 * and completely renders a hero immune to Physical Damage, making Legion Commander unable to do any harm to them, especially during Duels.
 * 's ability to disable the target, in a similar vein to Ghost Scepter, keeps Legion Commander from attacking, preventing her from attacking in a . Even if the disarm debuff wears off, Heaven's Halberd gives evasion to its wielder, which can still prove useful against her auto-attacks.
 * can essentially negate the ability to duel the target entirely as it's cooldown time is shorter than that of 's, and Legion Commander must be forced to either pair up with an ally or grab an item to remove the Linken's Sphere's spell block first.
 * 's additional armor and evasion to its wielder or the one it is cast to helps reduce Legion Commander's chances of winning her . If the item is cast against her, she could have difficulty fighting even a whole team, as her attacks will have a chance to miss, and her decreased armor will make her more vulnerable to a retaliation from her enemies.
 * can make Legion Commander take more damage than her target.
 * Scepter of Divinity, Scythe of Vyse interrupts Duel.
 * Satanic is useful if you really know that you're Duelled soon. Even LC has Blademail, you still gain HP. Same as Broodmother's Ultimate.

Good against...

 * is one of the most powerful spells against grouped units and summons, easily killing spiderlings en masse.
 * While Broodmother's and  gives her good ways to survive a duel, the important lockdown remains, making her split-push playstyle harder and giving Legion's team time to kill her.


 * Io has very low health and armor but he is extremely important to take out first in the teamfight which Legion Commander does great with an initiation item such as or
 * deal 500 magic damage when maxed, but a will turn it around, assuming you have one.


 * Squishy with low damage making her an easy hero to farm duel damage on.
 * purges Rylai's root and slow debuffs.
 * Very slow base walk speed at 280 against Legion Commander's 320, plus whatever she gets from her.


 * When led, Bristleback will have to face Legion head on, not allowing Bristleback's passive, to come into effect.
 * is viable on Legion, which builds into.


 * When duelled, Techies is unable to use.
 * Techies has very low base health and damage, so Legion Commander shouldn't have to worry about losing the duel given that Techies's team isn't there to support.


 * In a duel, Riki and Legion Commander face each other, making Riki's backstab passive useless for the duration.
 * A duel also guarantees that Riki stays visible for a respectable time, allowing Legion Commander's team to kill him.

Others

 * Very mobile and fragile heroes like, , , or heroes that rely on keep-away like ,.
 * Any Illusion heroes.
 * Low health heroes, especially intelligence type heroes.

Items

 * and don't affect Duel targets, wasting their cooldowns.
 * isn't really an obstacle for Legion, and assuming she is ing on her own terms, it will simply double her duel winnings.
 * Don't put Lotus on your ally that has a, or Legion will get her duel through it anyway. Disastaaah!
 * and are powerful disables against Legion Commander, but she can purge them off her allies with.

Works well with...

 * When having, Shadow Fiend can get into the body of ed opponent and cast to instantly kill him.


 * Disruptor's can help Legion Commander with winning the.
 * Disruptor also can use to keep enemies away from the.


 * Outworld Devourer can use to let his ally kill Legion Commander's er and protect Legion Commander.


 * Lifestealer can use to take advantage of Legion Commander's  or  to get closer to the enemy and deal a lot of damage helping with win a.


 * Skywrath Mage's can easily burst someone while Legion Commander locks them in place with.

Others

 * 's make enemies can't interrupt Duel, also kill Duelled enemy.
 * 's all skill is useful for helping Duel end happily.
 * has free stealing Strength from duelled enemy. also useful to make enemies get away or die to help their ally.
 * 's good for stunning enemy before or while Duel.  Shadow also good for initiating.
 * kills duelled enemy within short times which help Legion Commander gain point easier. Other invisibler too but he may not faster as.

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