Visage/Counters

Bad against...

 * can into a flock of Familiars, proccing  and killing them off.
 * Familiars' very fast attacks will proc, receiving full damage due to their low attack range.


 * can be used to engage Visage while removing Gravekeeper's Cloak charges.
 * will deal tremendous amounts of damage over time due to Visage's high health pool.
 * completely nullifies Gravekeeper's Cloak and prevents Visage from casting spells.


 * is effective at destroying Familiars and will remove one instance of Gravekeeper's Cloak upon each hit to Visage, leaving him susceptible to damage.


 * 's cannot be damaged by Familiars.
 * In the early and mid game, won't deal enough damage to be reduced by Gravekeeper's Cloak.
 * Once deals enough damage to protect Visage, a layer of Gravekeeper's Cloak is burnt every 0.2 seconds.


 * Visage's Familiars cannot penetrate and will do almost no damage to  even with  or.
 * 's bonus damage has the potential to kill Familiars.


 * will quickly stack up from Familiar attacks, making Timbersaw hard to kill.
 * Visage's low mobility makes it easy for to line up his abilities.


 * 's removes a significant number of layers from Gravekeeper's Cloak. When combined with  burns through all of Gravekeeper's Cloak while doing triple times Toss damage to Visage in midair.
 * Tiny's already high damage coupled with 's attack modifier will make short work of Visage's Familiars.


 * , and  deal damage over time and will chip away at Gravekeeper's Cloak in addition to slowing an already sluggish hero.
 * 's normal attacks deal and will chip away at Gravekeeper's Cloak.


 * Since Visage is a slow hero, can easily kite him with  and  while successfully chipping away at Gravekeeper's Cloak.
 * removes all layers of Gravekeeper's Cloak, leaving Visage exposed.
 * makes Viper highly resistant to Soul Assumption.

Others

 * Heroes with damage over time abilities can quickly eat through Gravekeeper's Cloak charges like, and.
 * Heroes that can overwhelm Visage by sheer number like, , and.
 * Heroes with cleave or multi-target attacks can quickly take on Familiars and reduce Visage's firepower like, , and.
 * Heroes with magic immune abilities can negate most of Visage's attacks like and.
 * Heroes with armor reducing abilities greatly hinder Visage's defense like and.
 * Heroes with long ranged attacks or abilities can harass Visage from afar like and.

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 for Clockwerk's location allowing Visage to dodge or block attempts.
 * Gravekeeper's Cloak greatly absorbs damage from.


 * Nature's Prophet has no natural method of dealing with Gravekeeper's Cloak and Familiars.
 * Familiar's low base attack time can chip away Nature Prophet's health.
 * Familiar's Stone Form destroys trees created by.
 * Familiars can scout woods and foggy areas where Nature's 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. Alternatively, Visage can also build  to prevent Puck from using his escape abilities and make him more vulnerable to damage.


 * 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.


 * Familiars can fly over the mines, rendering them safe from damage of Techies's mines. Visage can also use Familiars to check for mines on the map.
 * Techies's low attack speed and damage will give them a hard time in destroying Visage's Familiars, and that can become even worse if they are affected by.
 * allows Visage to survive Damage from Techies's mines.

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...

 * 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.


 * Familiars benefit from the attack damage and lifesteal bonuses provided by . Marci helps Visage land long duration stuns comboing Stone Form of Familiars with . Marci can further use Familars as a jump target for . The synergies allows visage stronger team fighting abilities.

Others

 * Familiars's 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.
 * Visage and his familiars can be used to help pushers clear the creep waves and take down towers faster:, , , , , , , , with  upgraded , , , , , ,.
 * 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