Wraith King/Counters

Bad against...

 * can prevent Wraith King from reincarnating unless Wraith King picks the level 20 talent that removes the mana cost from Reincarnation.
 * With, his mana burning will triple because illusions can also use.


 * Broodmother can easily clear Wraith King's skeletons with and summon spiderlings in their place.
 * With, Broodmother can prevent Wraith King from reincarnating unless the level 20 talent is chosen.


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


 * Wraithfire Blast is quite predictable, and players with good reflexes will disjoint it with.
 * with &  can prevent Wraith King from reincarnating unless he picks the level 20 talent that removes the mana cost from Reincarnation.


 * 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, including an easily setup.
 * applies an 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 has no ability to destroy trees from.
 * Monkey King tends to get, leaving Wraith King no mana to reincarnate.
 * A reincarnated Wraith King is an ideal target for.


 * disjoints Wraithfire Blast.
 * 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, and it doesn't help that he's easily capable of sneaking up on you due to.
 * Riki can use on top of you as you're reincarnating, making you a sitting duck for your second life. In addition, the blind prevents Wraith King from landing critical hits from Mortal Strike.
 * Wraithfire Blast is quite predictable, and players with good reflexes will disjoint it with.
 * There is also a chance he will become invisible again as the projectile travels, disjointing it.


 * , if timed correctly, can dispel Wraithfire Blast's stun and slow.
 * 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.
 * Because Wraith King has no AoE abilities, is particularly useful against Wraith King.


 * 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.
 * A reincarnated Wraith King is an ideal target for if Terrorblade's health is low.


 * 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 King's mana quickly with his or, until Wraith King picks "No Reincarnation Manacost" talent.

Others

 * has a better advantage in farm with, as well as having a higher attack speed due to his tendency to build items that give attributes. In addition, Wraithfire Blast stuns only one target, and choosing to engage one Meepo will most certainly mean engaging them all.
 * 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 multiple skeletons at once:,.

Items

 * can burn Wraith King's mana quickly, preventing him from Reincarnating, until Wraith King picks "No Reincarnation Manacost" talent.
 * summons can burn Wraith King's mana as well, preventing him from Reincarnating.
 * disables Wraith King for a good 3 seconds for him to get focus fired when defending.
 * reduces the effectiveness of his self sustaining life steal making it harder for him to tank area damage.
 * keeps him distant when acquired by a ranged capable hero and reduces his lifesteal abilities.
 * and deal area damage to wipe out skeletons.
 * allows the user to dodge and disarm Wraith King's physical attacks when he commit a chase.
 * defends against Wraith King's physical attacks but not entirely safe from magical damage Wraithfire Blasts. Must be used as a counter attack instead of last resort.

Good against...

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


 * Even if he is ed, Wraith King can tear down Doom with physical attacks, and can still reincarnate as long as it is off-cooldown.


 * 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 abilities are mostly passive making meaningless.
 * Rubick's lack of mobility & low health pool is easily tear down by Wraith King physical attacks.


 * Wraith King is not afraid to walk into mines, whenever he goes with his Reincarnation ready.


 * Wraithfire Blast cancels  in decent range.
 * is meaningless while Reincarnation is off cooldown.
 * Vampiric Aura can out-heal the DoT from.

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:,.
 * Melee heroes that have a high attack speed will benefit greatly from Vampiric Aura:,.

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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