Clinkz/Counters

Bad against...

 * Slardar can reveal Clinkz with and make him easy to kill.
 * Slardar's can match speed with Clinkz's.
 * The stun and slow from Slardar's can hold Clinkz in place.


 * Clinkz will often roam the map alone, and Treant Protector's allows him to set up kills with his allies on Clinkz from invisibility.
 * Treant Protector is one of the only heroes with more attack damage than Clinkz in the laning phase, allowing him to trade hits with and contest Clinkz's last hits.
 * In teamfights, Treant Protector's can disarm Clinkz and hold him in place even if he has a.
 * protects any of Treant's allies ganked by Clinkz globally.


 * reveals Clinkz if he tries to escape with with low health. It also allows Bloodseeker to match or exceed Clinkz's speed.
 * If Clinkz is d he cannot use the bonus movement speed from to escape or re position in fights without being hurt.
 * Bloodseeker can easily build items to counter Clinkz, including upgrades,, and armor items.


 * Lion's great disables in and  hold Clinkz down, preventing him from escaping with.
 * will often be sufficient damage to pick Clinkz to the bone early game if he hasn't used.
 * can initiate on Clinkz instantly, giving him no chance to use his or  lategame.


 * Possibly Clinkz's worst enemy. He has many tools to utterly destroy Clinkz.
 * can be used on Clinkz if Spirit Breaker's team spots him anywhere. This charge will track his location through 's invisibility and movement speed bonuses.
 * When Spirit Breaker charges onto Clinkz he can easily use to guarantee a reveal on him while stunned.
 * All three of Spirit Breaker's spells help him and his team quickly close the gap to Clinkz even at the edge of his attack range or when running away with.
 * Spirit Breaker's high strength and above average armor makes him able to endure Clinkz's onslaught, meanwhile Clinkz will be heavily threatened if Spirit Breaker procs a.

Others

 * Heroes that can remove your mana in the lane, such as, and  will reduce Clinkz's ability to last hit with  or escape with.
 * Another hero that can destroy Clinkz early game is, as he is another ganker with burst damage who can reflect Clinkz's slow-moving attacks with . Though he can be countered with s, unlike.
 * Heroes who excel at grouping up with their team very early will be able to take advantage of a Clinkz that tries to pick off heroes who are alone. These include, , and.

Items

 * , and s are very effective against Clinkz's invisibility, thought he still has high movement speed while invisible.
 * will deal huge damage to Clinkz, as it returns the damage Clinkz deals, and Clinkz has no way to heal himself in a fight or protect against this damage with Black King Bar.
 * Clinkz lacks any kind of disable, relying most times on an or .  will block these and allows his target to escape.  can dispel them and also provides armor that protects from Clinkz's attacks. These items will prove useless if Clinkz goes for a full damage build however.
 * All of Clinkz's damage comes from his attacks. If an enemy can build high amounts of armor, such as or, Clinkz will be much less of a threat to them. Special mention goes to  which also slows Clinkz's attack speed.

Good against...

 * Huskar's provides no protection against Clinkz's physical damage output.
 * Huskar has no way to disrupt Clinkz's attacks and no way to kill Clinkz alone, as Clinkz can easily go invisible, teleport away, or even fight back.
 * Clinkz will often build the items that counter Huskar and the items he usually builds. These include or  for Huskar's or, physical damage items like  or  to go through his , or a disable item like  or  to prevent him from healing with Inner Vitality or lifesteal.


 * Anti-Mage's provides no protection against Clinkz's physical damage output.
 * Clinkz can easily rush an . If he does he can use his invisibility to infiltrate the enemy's Jungle and gank Anti-Mage for as long as he has not farmed a.
 * Clinkz does heavy damage to towers, and can take map control away from Anti-Mage to limit the space he has to farm early game. If Clinkz is ahead he is capable of ending the game before Anti-Mage becomes a threat. He can also match Anti-Mage's ability to split push.


 * Rubick's provides him and his team no protection against Clinkz's physical damage output.
 * Rubick's low armor and health make him extremely weak to Clinkz's damage output; he can easily die in just a few attacks.
 * gives Clinkz so much health and damage that reduction and burst becomes negligible after the laning phase.
 * Clinkz's spells are quite bad to, especially , the only one he usually casts near enemy heroes.


 * Nature's Prophet is often by himself. Clinkz can use invisibility to hunt him down and kill him, even without a disable item, but will still need some way to cut through his trees.
 * Clinkz can match Nature's Prophet's ability to split push.
 * Nature's Prophet does not offer any way to threaten Clinkz in teamfights. He has enough tankiness after to shrug off his attacks and the range to fight back out of a.


 * Ember Spirit's  provides no protection against Clinkz's physical damage output.
 * Ember Spirit's low armor and health make him easy to kill quickly if a teammate can hold him down.
 * If Clinkz has farmed a disable item he can use invisibility to hunt down Ember Spirit while he farms or split pushes alone.

Others

 * Any hero who spends a lot of time alone and has not farmed an item like to protect themselves is easy food for a Clinkz with  or.
 * Clinkz can instantly kill many non-hero units with . This makes him decent against anyone who relies on them, like those who use Jungle Creeps or.
 * If a hero cannot quickly close a gap Clinkz can often kill them in the time it takes them to reach him in a teamfight.

Works well with...

 * Vengeful Spirit can use to decrease the armor of enemies. This will amplify all of Clinkz's damage.
 * Clinkz has no crowd control. Vengeful Spirit's can keep enemies in place so Clinkz can hit them. She can also bring back escaping enemies with.
 * Vengeful Spirit's amplifies Clinkz's physical damage further.
 * If Clinkz is cornered by the enemy team Vengeful Spirit can him out to the edge of a teamfight where he can safely deal damage.


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