Morphling/Counters

Bad against...

 * Ancient Apparition's stops  from recovering additional health, and using it will bring Morphling closer to the shatter threshold. In lane, Ancient Apparition's  slows Morphling's already poor movement speed to a crawl; this, coupled with the amplification of magic damage, can set up an early kill on Morphling if Ancient Apparition has a suitable lane partner.


 * Anti-Mage's causes Morphling's  into  combo to deal significantly less damage. Additionally, his  ability allows him to quickly reduce Morphling's mana to a low value, either removing him from a fight, or forcing him to  to survive.


 * Arc Warden can counter Morphling's strong pushing capabilities by using to protect buildings. Arc Warden also often builds an  or, which can prove dangerous for Morphling. Arc Warden can easily break  with  and then slow him with , making Arc Warden's  a legitimate threat as well.


 * Earth Spirit's can silence Morphling for up to four seconds, preventing Morphling from using  or  to escape from ganks. In addition,  and  provide solid lockdown for up to over four seconds if used together.


 * prevent Morphling from using Waveform.
 * blocks Morphling's nuke combo plus Adaptive Strike.
 * can be used to dodge Ethereal Blade, Adaptive Strike or even Waveform.
 * Searing Chains, Flame Guard and deal heavy magical damage, which Morphling is exceptionally vulnerable to, and are not blocked by.


 * Meepo's and  can control Morphling for extended periods in a teamfight, which cannot be removed by, allowing Meepo to deals lots of additional damage with.


 * Lion's rapidly crushes Morphling's mana reserves. Without this resource, he is unable to  or  to save himself. Additionally,  prevents these abilities as well. Finally,  can catch an unwary Morphling off guard, as many Morphling players tend to keep their health low to benefit from the bonus attack speed and damage.


 * deals much damage regardless of Morphling's high armor from Morph (Agility Gain).
 * can quickly get Morphling into trouble as he needs mana for Morph (Strength Gain).
 * Replicate illusions of Outworld Devourer will not deal much damage as most of that comes from his spells. Also, Replicate illusions of OD's allies fall fast to Arcane Orb.


 * Rubick's ability to steal makes him extremely annoying to deal with because the stat changes remain even if he steals a new spell. If Rubick moves enough points to strength and then steals, he will have a powerful 4-second stun in his arsenal as well.
 * makes Rubick resistant to the heavy magic damage from the popular into  combo.


 * He can easily remove Linken's Sphere with to then silence Morphling with, slow him with  and follow up with , heavily abusing Morphling's weakness to magical burst damage.

Others

 * Heroes with silencing abilities that are not blocked by Linken's Sphere, like Puck, Death Prophet or Silencer
 * Underlord
 * Elder Titan
 * Winter Wyvern
 * Necrophos

Good against...

 * Morphling's high armor serves as a direct counter to Phantom Assassin, causing her attacks to do far less damage. She is also very vulnerable to burst damage, and can be brought down quickly using Morphling's and  combo.


 * Morphling's high mobility means that he can easily get close to Sniper, who likes to keep his distance from enemies. Sniper's low health also makes him extremely vulnerable to getting quickly bursted down by Morphling.


 * Morphling can easily kill Bloodseeker with his and  combo if either hero is under the effects of . Morphling can also escape from  using  and .  can also be used by Morphling to dispel the silence from.


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Works well with...

 * Io's and  give  high mobility with his  and.


 * Morphling can use to create a clone of Pugna, which can disrupt fights with an additional . Pugna's  also allows Morphling to deal significantly more damage with  and.


 * Morphling can Underlord and move it towards enemy creeps, allowing Underlord to utilize adtional  damage from the  Illusion.


 * Morphling can use to create a clone of Undying, which can disrupt fights with an additional  and Reduce enemy health pools with.


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