Ember Spirit/Counters

Bad against...
Lion possesses two strong disables in and  and heavy magic burst with. When getting his Lion can punish Ember Spirit's overextention immediately, or initiate fight on him with disables.

and can prevent Ember Spirit from casting  to escape. also provide high pure damage not negated by. is also potent harassing tool in the laning stage as it's cooldown is faster than 's.

Storm Spirit is not only potent carrier, additionaly, his  provides additional disable and  provides great slow and paired with  can cut through  fast. not only provides great initiation upon Ember Spirit from any position anytime, but also helps dodging and getting out when rooted down with.

Faceless Void is one of the best heroes against Ember Spirit, providig a lot of ways of dealing with him. Ember Spirit becomes a lot weaker if affected by, as he can no longer spam. is also reliable lockdown for Ember Spirit, even though it can be evaded sometimes by. Additionaly, Void can easily negate damage with. And finaly, Void is a great carrier, not only  is a physical damage that's not negated by, but it also removes Ember Spirit's mana, that won't allow him to escape even if surviving.

The pure damage provided by is a great addition for killing Ember Spirit, as well as a good way of saving teammates. fully negate all magic damage of and, and  will temporary save all team from  physical damage, and Ember Spirit is not a hero that will get  to counter these skills.

Riki can not only roam to pressure Ember Spirit early, but can stay potent any stage of the game because of, preventing Ember Spirit from using.

Using Nyx Assassin can move closely to Ember Spirit when he's farming with his  and use  with  to provide reliable and long disable. is also good, as Ember Spirit relies on his limited manapool for early-/midgame.

Others
Disable and pure damage from and  can be potent skills for locking Ember Spirit down. But Ember Spirit can play around them, as his can stop, and  will keep him safe. Additionaly, is not fast enough and most of the time Ember Spirit will leave lane faster than Spirit Breaker gets there. Though, Spirit Breaker can still be extreamly effective ganker before Ember Spirit will get his, and can stay potent if getiing early.

General opinion that Doom can conter Ember Spirit with his is a misconception, as  is too slow to cast and even  initiation won't help getting  applied. Doom is still extremely effective early ganker, as his and  damage can quickly owerwhelm  magic ressistance, leaving Ember Spirit helpless. Additional skills that Doom can get from Neutral creeps can also help bullying Ember Spirit early. on Doom can also help, providing the only way to apply on Ember Spirit.

Invoker can be good against Ember Spirit, as his purges, which is the big part of Ember Spirit's early game damage and survivability. Still, Invoker is too weak to provide his team with reliable ways of killing Ember Spirit, as he has no way of stoping. Though, early paired with  or  can help him dealing with Ember Spirit.

Queen of Pain can be legit for dealing with Ember Spirit, getting, additionaly, her provides pure damage that helps bursting Ember Spirit down, and  helps slowing him. Though Queen of Pain can be punished by Ember Spirit, as his prevents her from getting  off.

Basically any hero with disables can be good against Ember Spirit, including:

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Items

 * and can be davastating for Ember Spirit, as silence prevents him from getting  off. Ember Spirit is quite fragile so additional damage from these items will be very helpful. Also it will probably force Ember Spirit to get  or  which will limit his late game damage potential.
 * and are both strong disables. Ember Spirit is probably doomed if he will make any mistakes against this items.
 * and - greatly decrease Ember Spirit's damage output from regular attacks and.
 * , and  will allow enemy heroes become more tanky against Ember Spirit because of miss chance.
 * , and  are all tank items that will allow enemies survive Ember Spirit's lategame AOE damage from . Additionaly,  will allow repeatedly breach Ember Spirit's highground, without comitting any recources.

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Works well with...

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 * Ember spirit does extremely well with heroes that mitigate his mistakes heroes like dazzle, omniknight and oracle who can save an ember spirit so he can jump back to his spirit boots of travel back or even kill his enemies.
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List of heroes that counter Ember Spirit, and list of heroes that work well with Ember Spirit.