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 and Necrophos have Aghanim's Scepter both and steal Reaper's Scythe, he can make Necrophos or his death teammates can't buyback. Especially if dying guy is core heroes. Rubick and his team get advantage.


 * 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 Vladimir'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.


 * Smokescreen is good for initiate while war with him.
 * Even Necrophos has Blink Dagger, Riki can shutdown his mobility various way.


 * 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.