Lich/Counters

Bad against...

 * Although he can be effective against Anti-Mage in an aggro offlane, Lich has a hard time nuking down Anti-Mage in the midgame due to his Spell Shield. In the lategame, Anti-Mage can easily kill Lich with a blink abyssal combo, and the high mana cost of Chain Frost along with Lich's large mana pool makes him vulnerable to Mana Void.


 * His makes Lich helpless even if Lich casts Chain Frost on him, he can still survive because he will call his double to stop that spell.


 * Chain Frost can bounce to the Spiderlings that Broodmother creates


 * Chain Frost can bounce to Treants that Nature's Prophet summons.

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Items

 * Teams with multiple blade mails can cause Lich potentially kill himself with Chain Frost
 * Pipe of Insight can block most of Chain Frost's damage.
 * Black King Bar will make the user immune to Lich's spell casting.
 * Necronomicon and Manta Style will reduce the effectiveness of Chain Frost, and Lich is unlucky the Necronomicon Warrior's Last Will may kill him.

Good against...

 * Meepo's blink Poof combo puts all of the Meepos very close together, making them vulnerable to Frost Blast's AOE slow and multiple bounces from Chain Frost.


 * Omniknight's Guardian Angel is 100% blocked by Physical Damage, not effective against Lich's Chain Frost.


 * Lich's Chain Frost can eliminate Chaos Knight's Phantasm.


 * Lone Druid can be easily attacked, since his movement speed is fair Lich can slow him down, giving allies the significant advantage, forcing him to get Scepter.
 * Avoid attacking his Spirit Bear, makes Lone Druid in a state of panic, giving the Spirit Bear the optional counterattack at Lich.

Others

 * The movement slows from Frost Blast and Ice Armor, along with the bonus armor from Ice Armor make Lich good at kiting melee heroes without BKBs
 * Lich is particularly good at zoning and denying greedy offlaners XP and gold

Works well with...

 * Using, Faceless Void can lock down multiple enemies, making them helpless against.


 * Magnus can disable the enemy with, allowing to eliminate them with Chain Frost.


 * can stun the enemy and initiate an attack from Lich.


 * Same as the above.


 * synchronizes well with and gives a huge armor boost when together. Also his Overgrowth is good set for Chain Frost.

Enigma Black Hole + Chain Frost

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