Visage/Counters

Bad against...

 * Familiars' very fast attacks will proc repeatedly, which will quickly kill them off.


 * Familiars' very fast attacks will trigger repeatedly, which will quickly kill them off.


 * are effective at destroying familiars and will remove one instance of Gravekeeper's Cloak each hit, leaving Visage susceptible to damage.


 * will stun Visage and all his units.
 * will stun visage even longer.
 * will make Visage unable to react reliably because of the status resistance.


 * lets Rubick potentially obtain his own Familiars, which can make quick work of Visage.
 * drastically reduces damage output from Familiars


 * will quickly stack up from Familiar attacks, making Timbersaw hard to kill.
 * Visage is a slow hero with no innate escape mechanisms. This makes it easier for to line up his abilities.


 * Visage's Familiars have a very low attack range. combined with  do almost no damage to Tidehunter even with  or.

Others

 * Heroes that specialize in damage over time can quickly eat through Gravekeeper's Cloak charges or ignore it completely:, , ,.
 * Visage is overwhelmed by swarms of enemies, with Stone Form being the only innate area damage available to him. This makes him vulnerable to heroes like, , ,
 * Heroes with multi-target attacks can quickly take down Familiars:, ,
 * Visage is a slow hero with no innate escape mechanisms. Heroes with good slows and damage, like and, can kill him quickly.

Items

 * Items providing armor, like or, can protect enemies from a lot of Visage's damage. The only solution is through armor reduction like that of.
 * Items providing evasion, like or, can also protect enemies from a lot of Visage's damage. The only solution is to get a ;  will not help the Familiars.
 * will nullify Grave Chill, Soul Assumption, and Stone Form getting rid of some of Visage's damage and all of his control.
 * and will significantly drop familiar damage output.
 * will make quick work of Visages' Gravekeeper's Cloak.

Good against...

 * Familiars can scout Clockwerk, allowing to dodge or block attempts.


 * Gravekeeper's Cloak will always defend Visage from Invoker's deadly nukes, making him extremely hard to burst down.
 * Invoker naturally low health and armor will make an easy prey for Visage and his Familiars.


 * Nature's Prophet has no innate way to deal with Gravekeeper's Cloak or kill Familiars effectively.
 * Familiars can fly over the trees created by . They can also use Stone Form when the Prophet is trying to use.


 * Stone Form's long stun duration may prevent Puck from using escape abilities.
 * Visage frequently builds for the root that will make Puck unable to move and use his escape abilities.


 * Pudge has a very hard time killing Familiars due to his melee range and low attack speed.
 * Stone Form can quickly interrupt.


 * Due to their high attack speed, Visage's Summon Familiars will destroy quickly, granting Visage massive amount of gold.


 * Familiars will be able to chase Spectre through the trees when she uses, while Visage can keep blasting her with Soul Assumption.
 * will almost never proc because Visage will always have nearby Familiars.

Others

 * Familiars will easily be able to kite heroes with a short range or with low attack speed. For example, and  have a very hard time killing Familiars.
 * Stone Form can easily interrupt heroes with long channeling spells, like, , , or.
 * Heroes that deal few, powerful instances of damage, like, , or , have a hard time breaking through Gravekeeper's Cloak.
 * Visage can quickly kill heroes with low to medium base armor and no innate escape mechanism. Examples include, and.

Works well with...

 * The active component of gives Visage's Familiars a huge attack speed boost that scales well.


 * In combination with, Visage's Familiars will do an incredible amount of damage.


 * Lifestealer can Visage's Familiars.


 * In combination with Beastmaster's summons and, Visage's Familiars can become very powerful. Also Beastmaster's ultimate is a fine lockdown for Familiars to deal damage and then stun further.


 * Stone Form of Familiars can help Titan land and  much easily. Conversely Titan can set up Visage for a chain stun.

Others

 * Familiars' extremely low base attack time makes them very potent with buffs like 's, 's , and 's.
 * 's is an effective heal on Visage when his Gravekeeper's Cloak is active.
 * Visage is great at picking off enemy heroes, so he works well with other pick-off focused heroes, like or.
 * Visage works well with heroes that tend to buy items like or  because his Familiars benefit from the aura or active component.
 * Any heroes with a significant amount of lockdown mechanism can synergise with Visage. Heroes like with,  with ,  with ,  with ,  with ,  with  and so on.
 * Familiar's Stone Form chain stun can be useful to set up hard to land spells like, , or even  combos.

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

Visage/Противостоящие