Wraith King/Counters

Bad against...

 * can prevent Wraith King from reincarnating unless Wraith King picks the level 20 talent that removes mana cost from reincarnation.
 * With, his mana burning will increase to 3 times because illusions can also use.


 * Wraith King has no form of AoE to clear Chaos Knight illusions.
 * Wraith King is very vulnerable if he reincarnates in the middle of his illusions.


 * Invoker can drain Wraith King's mana with, preventing him from reincarnating.
 * Even if Wraith King survives and reincarnates, Invoker still has an arsenal of spells to lockdown Wraith King.
 * applies area dispel to clear skeletons.


 * While not being able to confront Wraith King by himself, Lion's helps in draining Wraith King's mana, preventing him from reincarnating.
 * Lion's and  provide decent lockdown against Wraith King as well, preventing the latter from benefiting from Vampiric Aura bonuses


 * Wraith King is not good at handling illusion-based heroes, as his only disable is single-target.
 * Phantom Lancer tends to get, leaving Wraith King no mana to reincarnate.


 * Riki is a natural carrier.
 * Riki can use on top of you as you're reincarnating, making you a sitting duck for your second life
 * Wraithfire Blast is quite predictable. Players with good reflexes will disjoint it with.
 * There is also a chance he will become invisible again as the projectile travels, disjointing it.


 * Since Wraith King has a lot of health and multiple lives, Slark can keep gaining stacks, increasing armor, damage, and attack speed and can beat down Wraith King twice.
 * Slark sometimes carries to burn mana as an attempt to shut down Reincarnation.


 * Wraith King has no form of AoE to clear Terrorblade's illusions.
 * Terrorblade is a common and  carrier.
 * Terrorblade has very high armor which helps against Wraith King's physical-only damage.
 * Fresh reincarnated Wraith King can be ideal target for if he is low-health.


 * Weaver can run away after killing Wraith King once thanks to.
 * Wraithfire Blast is quite predictable. If Weaver is quick, he will disjoint it with Shukuchi and proceed to chase Wraith King down.
 * Shukuchi does have a fade time. They cannot disjoint it if you use it right next to them. They will be stunned and take damage; however they will still become invisible if they used Shukuchi before the stun hits.
 * Weaver can easily harass Wraith King out of his lane thanks to his high base damage and.
 * Weaver can burn Wraith Kings mana quickly with his Mana Break talent.

Others

 * can farm faster and has advantage in attack speed. Wraith King has only single target stun and can't handle all Meepos.
 * Heroes with summons and illusions such as and, are ill-suited for Wraith King to fight, as he has no source of waveclear.
 * Heroes with area dispel can kill skeletons at once: ,

Items

 * defends against Wraith King's physical attacks.
 * can burn Wraith King's mana quickly, preventing him from Reincarnating.
 * summons can burn Wraith King's mana as well, preventing him from Reincarnating.
 * and deal area damage to wipe out skeletons.
 * allows the user to dodge and disarm Wraith King's physical attacks.

Good against...

 * While Wraith King still has Reincarnation, He can payback Axe who hardly build single target immune item with his Wraithfire's Blast.
 * His Vampiric Aura and Mortal Strike save him from Berserker's Call though Axe launch his Blade Mail, but make sure you have enough physical defense.
 * Though he is killed by Culling's Blade, if he has Reincarnation. Axe's buff from Culling's Blade is meaningless.


 * is meaningless while Reincarnation is off cooldown.
 * Vampiric Aura and Mortal Strike prevent Bloodseeker from achieving bonuses.


 * Even when Doomed, Wraith King can tear down Doom with physical attacks, and can still reincarnate as long as it is off-cooldown.
 * However, Wraith King players should be careful when facing against Doom players who farmed Aghanim's Scepter, since the Aghanim upgrade disable his two passive abilities, weakening his right-click attacks.


 * Wraith King makes a poor target, as he can be already quite hard to bring down once, and then you have to worry about his second life.


 * can't kill Wraith King while Reincarnation is off cooldown
 * In the laning stage Vampiric Aura can out-heal the slow DoT from.


 * Wraith King is not afraid to walk wherever he goes with his Reincarnation ready.

Works well with...

 * Vampiric Aura allows Ursa to do early Roshan without the need to buy any lifesteal items first.
 * Wraithfire Blast stun and slow allows Ursa to easily prey on enemy heroes.


 * The combination of Vampiric Aura and Troll Warlord's high DPS makes Troll Warlord almost unkillable.


 * significantly increases the damage of Wraith king's attacks (Especially with Mortal Strike crits). Since Wraith King is really tanky and can afford death thanks to his ultimate; this spell works really well with him.

Others

 * Heroes with auras that buff attack speed and attack damage can increase damage output of many skeletons as well as of Wraith King: ,

Items

 * provides attack speed aura that benefits swarms of skeletons.
 * also provides attack speed for skeletons, and for improving Wraith King's chance to crit, and his crit will deal even more damage thanks to armor reduction.

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

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