Shadow Shaman/Counters

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 * Rhasta's early game Shackle needs to not be disturbed, and Sand King's Burrow can make for a natural counter for Rhasta.
 * Since Rhasta does not have tons of health points, he can easily be taken out by the Epicenter at any point of the game.


 * Wraith King's stun can be absolutelly devastating for Shadow Shaman, since , as I said before , every stun hero / channel-stopper heroes can be extremely LETHAL to him.
 * allows Wraith King to survive Shadow Shaman's initial barrage of stuns and Serpent Ward attacks, which can result in Wraith King retaliating and killing Shadow Shaman.


 * Morphling can survive through the duration of Shackles with his, since he can cast it while stuned. In the same manor, Morphling can take advantage of the fact Shadow Shaman usually maxes Hex last.
 * Morphling can interupt Shadow Shaman while he is shackling an ally, since will always apply a stun regardless of which attribute is dominant at the moment.
 * With, Morphling can take advantage of Rhasta's miniature health pool and quickly burst him down before the latter even has a chance to react.


 * Riki is known for being a successfull support killer, and not just for show. He can give you one hell of a time by constantly picking you off and/or forcing you to stick close to the rest off the team and burn through the little cash you have to buy Sentries in order to counter him.
 * Riki can sneak up on Rhasta and interupt his channeling with.


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 * , and  can all sneak up and kill you, Nyx being particularly deadly.
 * can make all your spells except useless with . He can also heal teammates which you disabled.
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 * Shadow Shaman's high duration channeled stuns can make for a good combo with juggernaut's Blade Flury in the early game.


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