Visage/Counters

Bad against...

 * can into a flock of Familiars, proccing  and killing them off.
 * Familiars' very fast attacks will proc, receiving full damage due to their low attack range.


 * can be used to engage Visage while removing Gravekeeper's Cloak charges.
 * will deal tremendous amounts of damage over time due to Visage's high health pool.
 * completely nullifies Gravekeeper's Cloak and prevents Visage from casting spells.


 * is effective at destroying Familiars and will remove one instance of Gravekeeper's Cloak upon each hit to Visage, leaving him susceptible to damage.


 * 's cannot be damaged by Familiars.
 * In the early and mid game, won't deal enough damage to be reduced by Gravekeeper's Cloak.
 * Once deals enough damage to protect Visage, a layer of Gravekeeper's Cloak is burnt every 0.2 seconds.


 * Visage's Familiars cannot penetrate and will do almost no damage to  even with  or.
 * 's bonus damage has the potential to kill Familiars.


 * will quickly stack up from Familiar attacks, making Timbersaw hard to kill.
 * Visage's low mobility makes it easy for to line up his abilities.


 * 's removes a significant number of layers from Gravekeeper's Cloak. When combined with  burns through all of Gravekeeper's Cloak while doing triple times Toss damage to Visage in midair.
 * Tiny's already high damage coupled with 's attack modifier will make short work of Visage's Familiars.


 * , and  deal damage over time and will chip away at Gravekeeper's Cloak in addition to slowing an already sluggish hero.
 * 's normal attacks deal and will chip away at Gravekeeper's Cloak.


 * Since Visage is a slow hero, can easily kite him with  and  while successfully chipping away at Gravekeeper's Cloak.
 * removes all layers of Gravekeeper's Cloak, leaving Visage exposed.
 * makes Viper highly resistant to Soul Assumption.

Others

 * Heroes with damage over time abilities can quickly eat through Gravekeeper's Cloak charges like, and.
 * Heroes that can overwhelm Visage by sheer number like, , and.
 * Heroes with cleave or multi-target attacks can quickly take on Familiars and reduce Visage's firepower like, , and.
 * Heroes with magic immune abilities can negate most of Visage's attacks like and.
 * Heroes with armor reducing abilities greatly hinder Visage's defense like and.
 * Heroes with long ranged attacks or abilities can harass Visage from afar like and.

Items

 * Items providing armor, like or, can protect enemies from a lot of Visage's damage. The only solution is through armor reduction like that of.
 * Items providing evasion, like or, can also protect enemies from a lot of Visage's damage. The only solution is to get a ;  will not help the Familiars.
 * will nullify Grave Chill, Soul Assumption, and Stone Form getting rid of some of Visage's damage and all of his control.
 * and will significantly drop familiar damage output.
 * will make quick work of Visages' Gravekeeper's Cloak.

Good against...

 * Familiars can scout for Clockwerk's location allowing Visage to dodge or block attempts.
 * Gravekeeper's Cloak greatly absorbs damage from.


 * Nature's Prophet has no natural method of dealing with Gravekeeper's Cloak and Familiars.
 * Familiar's low base attack time can chip away Nature Prophet's health.
 * Familiar's Stone Form destroys trees created by.
 * Familiars can scout woods and foggy areas where Nature's Prophet is trying to use.


 * Stone Form's long stun duration may prevent Puck from using escape abilities.
 * Visage frequently builds for the root that will make Puck unable to move and use his escape abilities.


 * Pudge has a very hard time killing Familiars due to his melee range and low attack speed.
 * Stone Form can quickly interrupt.


 * Due to their high attack speed, Visage's Summon Familiars will destroy quickly, granting Visage massive amount of gold.


 * Familiars will be able to chase Spectre through the trees when she uses, while Visage can keep blasting her with Soul Assumption.
 * will almost never proc because Visage will always have nearby Familiars.


 * Familiars can fly over the mines, rendering them safe from damage of Techies's mines. Visage can also use Familiars to check for mines on the map.
 * Techies's low attack speed and damage will give them a hard time in destroying Visage's mines, and that can become even worse if they are affected by.
 * allows Visage to survive Damage from Techies's mines.

Others

 * Familiars will easily be able to kite heroes with a short range or with low attack speed. For example, and  have a very hard time killing Familiars.
 * Stone Form can easily interrupt heroes with long channeling spells, like, , , or.
 * Heroes that deal few, powerful instances of damage, like, , or , have a hard time breaking through Gravekeeper's Cloak.
 * Visage can quickly kill heroes with low to medium base armor and no innate escape mechanism. Examples include, and.

Works well with...

 * In combination with, Visage's Familiars will do an incredible amount of damage.


 * Lifestealer can Visage's Familiars.


 * In combination with Beastmaster's summons and, Visage's Familiars can become very powerful. Also Beastmaster's ultimate is a fine lockdown for Familiars to deal damage and then stun further.


 * Stone Form of Familiars can help Titan land and  much easily. Conversely Titan can set up Visage for a chain stun.

Others

 * Familiars' extremely low base attack time makes them very potent with buffs like 's, 's , and 's.
 * 's is an effective heal on Visage when his Gravekeeper's Cloak is active.
 * Visage is great at picking off enemy heroes, so he works well with other pick-off focused heroes, like or.
 * Visage works well with heroes that tend to buy items like or  because his Familiars benefit from the aura or active component.
 * Any heroes with a significant amount of lockdown mechanism can synergise with Visage. Heroes like with,  with ,  with ,  with ,  with ,  with  and so on.
 * Familiar's Stone Form chain stun can be useful to set up hard to land spells like, , or even  combos.

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

Visage/Противостоящие