Undying/Counters

Bad against...

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


 * enables Gyrocopter to clear the zombies easily.


 * Similar to Phantom Lancer, except Luna has and  to help her destroy, this becomes more effective if Luna is equipped with.
 * Defending with Zombies from against 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, 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

 * with can take down  within seconds.
 * 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.
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 * can destroy with his  and.

Items

 * is useful to destroy the.
 * can also help take down the.
 * 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  to deal maximum damage to her and her allies.
 * Broodmother has rather low base strength, thus she is vulnerable to in the early/mid game.


 * The damage amplification part of effectively negates.
 * The healing effect of together with  helps Undying and his teammates sustain the damage of.
 * Zombies spawned by Tombstone together with slow Spectre down significantly, making her hard to escape.
 * Zombies usually prevent Spectre from triggering her.
 * The large amount of illusions would cause huge amount of Zombies to spawn, effectively lead to chaos in battlefield and maximum effect of.


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

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Works well with...

 * Broodmother with large number of Spiderlings can easily ensure 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  and.


 * 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 . Also, makes escaping from zombies attack an impossible task.
 * Warlock's Golem can distract enemy heroes from attacking . The slow and damage amplification from Undying's also synchronize well with Warlock's Golem.


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

Others


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