Undying/Counters

Bad against...

 * With, Alchemist can farm Tombstone zombies and gain a significant gold advantage.


 * Zombies summoned from Tombstone will amplify the damage of due to them increasing the echo damage.


 * enables Gyrocopter to clear the zombies easily.


 * Luna has and  to help her destroy Tombstone, this becomes more effective if Luna is equipped with.
 * Defending with Zombies from Tombstone against Luna is not a good idea because will strike only Undying.


 * Necrophos is a dangerous opponent to go against with. Regardless of how many strength Undying has gained from Decay, Necrophos can finish off Undying with once Undying's HP falls below certain threshold.
 * can effectively reduce Undying's HP in a fight.


 * can effectively discourage Undying from casting his spammable spells in a team fight. Or Undying will have to suffer more damage and slow due to the penalty duration of Arcane Curse.
 * and are able to silence Undying for up to 6 seconds, preventing Undying from gaining strength and healing his ally or himself.

Others

 * is able to Undying up to 6 seconds. Besides, due to Undying high strength during a team fight,  is a powerful spell against Undying thanks to the percentage health drain.
 * can quickly destroy Tombstone thanks to.
 * can destroy Tombstone with his and.
 * 's huge damage output and attack speed can get rid of Undying and Tombstone quickly.
 * can destroy Tombstone from long range with.
 * can destroy Tombstone with his and.
 * 's huge damage output and attack speed can get rid of Undying and Tombstone quickly.
 * can destroy Tombstone from long range with.
 * 's huge damage output and attack speed can get rid of Undying and Tombstone quickly.
 * can destroy Tombstone from long range with.

Items

 * is useful to destroy the Tombstone.
 * can also help take down the Tombstone.
 * works very well against a spellcaster like Undying.
 * makes Undying vulnerable to attacks and spells, because he relies heavily on his spells to stay alive in a team fight.

Good against...

 * Broodmother with large number of Spiderlings can easily ensure Soul Rip to deal maximum damage to her and her allies.
 * Broodmother has rather low base strength, thus she is vulnerable to Decay in the early/mid game.


 * Spectre must chase for kills and relies on movement speed for mobility in fights, and has no way to counter the Tombstone zombies.
 * The potency of Soul Rip can be increased from nearby illusions, so Undying can use against Spectre.
 * Early game Decay will make Spectre easy to shut down in lane.


 * Undying saps strength from heroes with Decay. Ogre Magi's high strength gain will allow undying to steal more and more strength, becoming stronger with each use.
 * Due to the Strength steal from Decay, Undying is normally very tanky, and has high health. Making it harder for Ogre Magi to kill him.


 * Draining strength is a very dangerous trait against.
 * His zombies do not proc.


 * Winter Wyvern cannot handle the Zombies created by Undying's Tombstone very well. In most situations, Zombies will have more movement speed than her.
 * Undying can gain one or two easy Decay stacks on an ally in Cold Embrace. The ally will still take the damage as well.


 * Undying can use Decay not only to reduce Sven's maximum health, but also to reduce the damage he can output with his ultimate.
 * Zombies spawned by Tombstone together with Flesh Golem slow Sven down significantly. Landing Sven's powerful but somewhat slow right-click on Tombstone would be a waste.


 * Undying's Decay is a dangerous trait against Bristleback, as it makes him more vulnerable.
 * Undying's Tombstone together with Flesh Golem can slow Bristleback down significantly.

Works well with...

 * Broodmother with large number of Spiderlings can easily ensure Soul Rip to deal maximum heal/damage.
 * Broodmother and her Spiderlings are able to slow enemy heroes with and, enabling Undying and his zombies to catch up.


 * can solve Undying's mana problem. Undying can have sufficient mana to harass enemy heroes when laning and cast spells during team fight.
 * and provide respectable AoE movement speed and attack speed slow. This synchronizes well with Tombstone and Flesh Golem.


 * When enemy heroes are affected by Naga Siren's, Tombstone zombies will still spawn beside the enemy heroes. This effectively increases the number of zombies in a fight.
 * prevents a fleeing hero from escaping, making the hero more prone to zombie attack.


 * amplifies the damage of Undying's AoE spells.
 * is a strong AoE slow that can kite enemy heroes from approaching and damaging Undying's Tombstone. Also, makes escaping from zombies attack an impossible task.
 * Warlock's Golem can distract enemy heroes from attacking Tombstone. The slow and damage amplification from Undying's Flesh Golem also synchronize well with Warlock's Golem.


 * can group up and disable the entire enemy team, allowing undying to steal strength from all enemies at once, and allowing more Tombstone Zombies to spawn before they are killed.
 * Flesh Golem can increase the damage taken by the target of.


 * and can help undying to slow his enemies, allow him to steal strength more easily. Furthermore, these slow stacks with Tombstone and Flesh Golem.
 * Flesh Golem amplify the damage of.

Others


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

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