Nyx Assassin/Counters

Bad against...

 * completely counters all but one of Nyx's spells, his.
 * combined with an Ancient with spell immunity makes Nyx an easy target with or a gem.


 * completely counter all but one of Nyx's spells, his.
 * cannot be reflected by, while Juggernaut is immune to spells. It does, however, negate damage from one slash/attack.


 * A non-intelligence hero with very powerful spells, damage-over-time and spell-immune s. Depending on levels and farm, any gank on can completely back-fire.


 * silences, leaving the scarab vulnerable to attacks.
 * A natural carrier once his  is completed,  is a counter to most stealth heroes, and  is no exception.


 * 's Familiars are magic immune and Nyx has few solutions to kill them. They deal many instances of damage quickly, making hard to keep from getting cancelled.
 * 's and often tanky item builds make him hard to burst down.
 * 's long range on and  make him hard to escape from and forces you to save  for, since it cannot be disjointed and is his only proper nuke. A good Visage can play chicken with you, hoping you waste your carapace in panic, then delay his  until the perfect moment.


 * Double Necronomicon will reveal him and drain out of his mana, then Zet and his Tempest Double can kill him.
 * Spiked Carapace has short duration so Zet can use other unit in control to slow him down.
 * Arc Warden can build Dagon and Ethereal Blade faster than Nyx and can use twice in short time that will give Nyx Assassin a enormous disadvantage about farming item and can't fight Zet alone and think heavily to buy Linken Sphere, it'll force him to buy Lotus Orb or Black King Bar.


 * Despite being a squishy hero, can significantly ruin 's day through .  allows 's allies to see where Nyx is, thus ruining the surprise factor of his ganks. Given the fact that Nyx has no innate dispel, unlike  of, he has to either wait until it wears off or ask a teammate to dispel.

Others

 * Any hero with Damage over Time and/or a high health pool is good in general against.
 * is vulnerable to silence, especially while ed.
 * Illusion heroes like and.
 * Spiked Carapace does not work against  and.

Items

 * Detection items can punish Nyx quite severely.
 * Nyx is defenseless against . However, does negate one damage instance without reflecting it or stunning the source.
 * can waste Nyx's, since its duration is shorter than the Cyclone's.
 * Any good strength/health item like, or even  can completely eliminate Nyx's solo ganking as a threat. Remember that he has a team, however.  serves a similar purpose.
 * pseudo-protects against Nyx Assassin, as it can make him hesistate to cast Dagon, Mana Burn, Ethereal Blade and/or Scythe of Vyse on the target. If the Nyx does it anyway, he can be punished easily if the combo was not enough to kill.

Good against...

 * Because is such a slow moving projectile, Nyx Assassin can simply walk into the orb and activate, stunning Puck and setting up an easy . This can be circumvented by using  while the orb is traveling, however, that means that Puck cannot use Phase Shift to dodge any other skill nor use it to safely blink away from a fight.
 * Puck is an intelligence hero that likes to build intelligence items such as, , and . This makes that much more deadly against Puck.
 * An ill-timed can easily set himself up to be stunned by.
 * Pucks low base armor and below average agility gain means he is always susceptible to.


 * While CM doesn't have Black King Bar, Spike Carapace interrupts Freezing Field.
 * Her low HP and high Int makes her a tasty morsel for Nyx. He can kill her even without a melee attack with Vendetta, as Ethereal Blade, Mana Burn and Dagon may be enough.


 * Sniper's is easy to dodge with, causing massive damage to Sniper in the process.
 * Sniper has uncontrollable damage from, setting up an easy stun with , which is usable in . Even cannot reliably prevent this.
 * 's good burst damage potential can kill effectively in the early game due to his generally low health pool and high intelligence.


 * is good at stopping a by simply moving  into the AoE, as long as  is not spell immune and you are not caught by its ulti first.


 * interrupts or  when it procs. The stun may ruin a possible  attempt.


 * can be easily triggered by, or even . Combined with , has to face a deadly 5.2 second stun.


 * takes away the precious mana for, and greatly hinders the mobility of.
 * procs on enemy's.


 * 's on level 4 burns 38,5% of 's mana every 4 seconds if Medusa only increases her mana pool with Intelligence Icon Int.png. Additionally, 60% of the  damage gets mitigated by, burning even more mana.
 * and is uncontrollable damage, possibly proccing . However, they do not target an invisible Nyx.
 * lacks single target damage, making Nyx with extremely hard to deal with if Medusa is your main damage.


 * He can reflect PA critical and stun her. When she stunned, you can kill her easily cause she can't avoid magical damage without BKB.
 * PA has low HP so he can kill her with Vendetta, Impale, Dagon within short times.


 * All of Nyx Assassin's skills can penetrate Windrun ( hits through evasion. Though Vendetta is Physical damage).
 * Impale does not trigger Linken's Sphere, so he can stun an escaping Windranger and kill her short after.
 * Linken's Sphere on Nyx Assassin will block Shackleshot or Focus Fire.


 * Tinker's and  both lets Nyx Assassin get an easy stun with, this allows for an easy followup with  on an otherwise annoying and mobile hero.
 * Tinker relies on mana and intelligence items, while not having a big health pool, which means that is very effective against this hero. If Nyx Assassin gets ahead and Tinker isn't able to farm Blink Dagger in time, he ends up being easy prey to Nyx Assassin's combo. This reason also makes an Aghanim's Scepter a good item to pick up during the game.

Others

 * Any hero with slow moving high-burst projectiles or big AoE spells or cleave are susceptible to Nyx's 's disruptive effects.
 * Similarly, damage over time effects (like or ) can also be capitalized to disrupt enemies with Spiked Carapace.
 * Heroes with high intelligence gain will take massive amounts of damage from Nyx's, which scales with their intelligence.
 * A special mention goes to, who has the highest intelligence gain and low strength. But it is also very easy to initiate on him by reflecting his own while he farms creeps, which should guarantee a successful.
 * Similarly, it is very simple to reflect a charged, allowing Nyx to easily finish off the stunned and heavily damaged Keeper.
 * 's can also be reflected by using Spiked Carapace during it, which causes Nyx to use it instantly upon landing even before it deals its damage. Most of Invoker's other spells are also simple to reflect, and he has has the second highest intelligence gain.
 * is a valuable scouting/ganking tool, which also may make enemies waste gold on detection. Especially good against heroes who rely on good positioning (like and ).

Works well with...

 * deals up to 475 (537.5 with ) pure damage and almost assured to hit with Nyx's long stuns. The extra nuking power makes Nyx a mid-game and even late-game ganking threat.
 * Invoker's  combo can set up an easy  or vice versa. Stunning into EMP is also very possible. 's effect delay but high damage in a line could also combo together.


 * This hero can gank together with to gain  damage. Due to the high burst damage Nyx has to offer, winning Duels becomes much easier.
 * Nyx Assassin heavily relies on his spells, Legion Commander can free him from most silences with her.


 * is also a great initiator with and, making him an ideal  target.


 * is very useful for roaming gankers, who like to pick off low health enemies who are, for example, farming in the woods.


 * allows Nyx Assassin to easily deal with enemies who rely on invisibility. Due to its long duration, Bounty Hunter can concentrate on another target while Nyx Assassin hunts down the tracked enemy.
 * It also allows Nyx Assassin to chase off enemies which managed to escape a team fight. The speed bonus of Vendetta and Track combined make it easy for Nyx to catch up on them and finish them off.

Others

 * Heroes with global or super long range spells can help striking those who cannot be killed by  alone, without having to roam with him.
 * Tanky heroes who can lure enemies to use their AoE nukes, allowing to counter-initiate with.
 * Underlord Pit of Malice help Nyx kill someone who has stuck.
 * Mirana with Moonlight Shadow
 * Heroes that mostly build Boots of Travel 2 like Arc Warden, Meepo, Anti-Mage and Tinker.

List of heroes that counter Nyx Assassin, and list of heroes that work well with Nyx Assassin.