Necrophos/Counters

Bad against...

 * Oracle possesses strong healing abilities to nullify any damage that Heartstopper Aura might inflict during the laning stage.
 * Oracle can use both Fate's Edict and False Promise to protect an ally from Reaper's Scythe.


 * Ice Blast completely nullifies all healing done via Death Pulse or Sadist, as well as from Mekansm/Guardian Greaves, which is frequently bought on Necrophos.


 * Spell Shield makes it very hard for Necrophos to kill Anti-Mage with Reaper's Scythe. Additionally, Blink allows Anti-Mage to easily engage or disengage, since Necrophos has no form of crowd control outside of his ultimate.
 * As with most low-mobility intelligence heroes, Anti-Mage can kill Necrophos easily with Mana Break and Mana Void.


 * If Rubick gets Aghanim's Scepter and steals Reaper's Scythe, he can make Necrophos or his dead teammates unable to buyback.


 * Blade Fury prevents death from Reaper's Scythe.


 * Primal Roar can sweep of allies, and stunning Necrophos: Giving his team a chance to take him down.
 * Beastmaster's Boar can poison Necrophos overtime.


 * Clinkz is very fast and aggressive, Searing Arrows and Strafe can really mow Necrophos' sloppy health pool in seconds.
 * Skeleton Walk can really track down Necrophos. His sluggish movement speed has no chance to escape his hunter-like prowess.


 * Heartstopper Aura has little effect towards her and her Spiderlings, Necrophos' sloppy health pool and low armor can be a threat to her abilities.
 * Incapacitating Bite can slow Necrophos, giving her and her Spiderlings to attack him.


 * Bounty Hunter can easily take down Necrophos with lots of risk trying to cast Reaper's Scythe.
 * Jinada can slow Necrophos' sluggish movement speed.
 * Track can watch his current wereabouts and movements. Bounty Hunter and his allies have a chance to take him down. Thanks to the bonus movement speed.


 * Earthbind catches Necrophos and Meepo can kill him even Reaper's Scythe is casted. Because Meepo can heal himself with Mekansm or Vladmir's Offering.


 * Flux is good for catching low mobility int like Necrophos.
 * Necrophos can't stand against multiple units so Heartstop Aura is useless.
 * Necronomicon send Last Will and Mana Break to Necrophos who rarely build Black King Bar.


 * Duel prevents Necrophos casting and guarantee get victory points.


 * Low mobility Necrophos always caught by her.
 * Mostly PA build Black King Bar which make her take no damage from Reaper's Scythe.


 * Diffusal Blade as core item will make him useless.
 * His Doppelganger and Juxtapose makes Necrophos aim Reaper's Scythe hard.


 * His Presence of the Dark Lord can reduce Necrophos' low armor (Armor Reduction Amplifies 2x with Desolator and Assault Cuirass)


 * Necrophos has worse speed attack so he disadvantage Slark 1v1.
 * Slark's Silver Edge build removes Sadist passive.


 * Smoke Screen is good for initiation when targeting him.
 * Even if Necrophos has Blink Dagger, Riki can shutdown his mobility in various ways.


 * Linken's Sphere make Necrophos can't Reaper's Scythe easily.
 * Even Weaver doesn't build Tanker item, Shukuchi is enough for make Necrophos panic.
 * Time Lapse is useful for escape Reaper's Scythe if he casts right time.

Others

 * Heroes like Shadow Demon and Outworld Devourer, aswell as Dazzle can protect their allies from being killed by Reaper's Scythe.
 * Sven's Storm Hammer is long enough to kill Necrophos mixed with his God's Strength.
 * Abaddon's Borrowed Time change damage from Reaper's Scythe to heal himself to full health.
 * Chaos Knight's Phatasm makes Necrophos aim Reaper's Scythe hard. Reality Rift can crush him in 1 hit.
 * Silence abilities like Night Stalker's long silence at night remove Necrophos from fighting.
 * Any Illusion heroes except Terrorblade who has unique Conjure Image which has different with the real identity. Because they can make Necrophos confused to Reaper's Scythe.

Items

 * The high magic resistance given by can easily foil a  kill, and the 1.5 second delay makes it easy for an alert player to cast Glimmer Cape on an ally that is about to be Scythed.
 * Lotus Orb reflects Reaper's Scythe back to Necrophos, but Necrophos hasn't take effect from longer revive time and disable buyback.
 * Black King Bar for ignores damage from Reaper's Scythe.
 * Unless Necrophos purchases other single-target items like or,  will make it impossible to cast Reaper's Scythe on his own.
 * Orchid Malevolence, Bloodthorn prevents casting.
 * Scythe of Vyse not only prevents casting. It's also shutdown escaping.
 * Rod of Atos makes him who already has low mobility can't escaped.
 * Silver Edge shutdown Sadism.

Good against...

 * Necrophos can counter Huskar's Ultimate and most of Huskar's abilities because most of them require low health for them being effective thus opening himself to Necrophos's ultimate.


 * Even he has Linken's Sphere as core item, if his Linken's has cooldown. Necrophos will cast Reaper's Scythe before he escapes with Waveform or Strength gain.


 * His Flesh Heap and overgrowth HP rate will useless because few Pudge build Black King Bar or Linken's Sphere.


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Others

 * The guy who can't use Armlet well.
 * Naga Siren
 * Spectre
 * Non-Stunner Tanker: Bristleback, Brewmaster, Ursa, Axe.

Works well with...

 * high burst damage combined with Necrophos ultimate will take down most of heroes.


 * same reason with Zeus


 * The sustain and stun removal helps keep Necrophos alive longer in fights allowing a huge damage swing from heals, damage, and massive health removal from Heartstopper Aura.


 * Not only helps Duel end faster, They get both benefit from victory. LC get victory points and Necrophos cut out enemy hero from battle for long time.


 * Reason

Others

 * Any Nuker
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List of heroes that counter Necrophos, and list of heroes that work well with Necrophos.