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Bad against...[]

Anti-Mage icon
  • 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 Counterspell.
    • All of Lich's abilities are also targeted, which makes it much harder to disable Anti-Mage.
  • In the lategame, Anti-Mage can easily pick off Lich with Blink (Anti-Mage) icon Blink, and the high mana cost of Chain Frost along with Lich's large mana pool makes him vulnerable to Mana Void icon Mana Void.
  • Blink (Anti-Mage) icon Blink allows Anti-Mage to escape Chain Frost.
Bloodseeker icon
  • Bloodseeker is not affected by slows when he is affected by Thirst icon Thirst.
  • If he sees Chain Frost is targeting him, he can easily isolate himself with the movement speed buff from Thirst icon Thirst so that it stops bouncing around.
  • Lich heavily relies on his abilities to contribute to team fights, making Blood Rite icon Blood Rite effective against him.
Broodmother icon
  • Chain Frost can bounce to the Spiderlings that Broodmother spawns.
Huskar icon
  • Lich is going to have a hard time nuking Huskar because of his high health regeneration from Berserker's Blood icon Berserker's Blood.
  • Lich is a squishy support without an escape mechanism, making Lich an easy kill thanks to Life Break icon Life Break and Burning Spear icon Burning Spear.
  • Once Huskar has Armlet of Mordiggian icon Armlet of Mordiggian, even a maxed out Frost Blast will struggle to finish Huskar off.
Lycan icon
  • Lycan doesn't care much about Lich's slows thanks to Shapeshift icon Shapeshift.
  • Chain Frost can bounce to the wolves that Lycan summons.
Nature's Prophet icon
  • Chain Frost can bounce to the treants that Nature's Prophet summons.
  • Nature's Prophet's Sprout icon Sprout can be used to isolate and burst down the squishy Lich.
Phantom Assassin icon
  • Phantom Assassin can easily escape Lich's slows with Phantom Strike icon Phantom Strike.
  • Phantom Assassin's Coup de Grace icon Coup de Grace can be used to burst down the squishy Lich.
Queen of Pain icon
Weaver icon
  • Weaver doesn't care much about Lich's slows thanks to Shukuchi icon Shukuchi.
  • If he sees Chain Frost is targeting him, he can easily isolate himself with Shukuchi so that it stops bouncing around.
  • Unless Lich bursts Weaver immediately, Lich has no hard disables or silences to prevent him from using Time Lapse icon Time Lapse.

Others[]

Items[]

  • Glimmer Cape icon Glimmer Cape, Shadow Amulet icon Shadow Amulet, Shadow Blade icon Shadow Blade, Silver Edge icon Silver Edge allow users to escape Chain Frost.
  • Teams with multiple Blade Mail icon Blade Mails may cause Lich to accidentally kill himself with Chain Frost.
  • Pipe of Insight icon Pipe of Insight can block most of Chain Frost's damage.
  • Black King Bar icon Black King Bar will make the user immune to Lich's spell casting.
  • Manta Style icon Manta Style will reduce the effectiveness of Chain Frost. Manta Style will also dispel any slow Lich may have applied to the target.
  • Eul's Scepter of Divinity icon Eul's Scepter of Divinity will remove Frost Shield from Lich or his allies.
  • Force Staff icon Force Staff can be a good pickup versus Lich as all he does is to slow you. The push it gives can be enough to catch up to him or run away.
  • Linken's Sphere icon Linken's Sphere blocks Chain Frost upon impact.
  • Lotus Orb icon Lotus Orb reflects Frost Blast, Sinister Gaze and Chain Frost back to Lich if he impulsively uses his abilities on heroes affected by it.

Good against...[]

Meepo icon
  • Poof icon 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.
Chaos Knight icon
  • Chain Frost can eliminate Chaos Knight's Phantasm icon Phantasm army, especially after he clumped up using Reality Rift icon Reality Rift.
  • Frost Shield will heavily reduce his army's effectiveness.
Lone Druid icon
  • Chain Frost can deliver high amounts of damage to Lone Druid itself and his bear if they do not separate fast from each other.
Arc Warden icon
  • Chain Frost can deliver high amounts of damage to Arc Warden and his double if they do not separate fast from each other.

Others[]

  • The movement slows from Frost Blast and Frost Shield, along with the bonus armor from Frost Shield make Lich good at kiting melee heroes without Black King Bar icon Black King Bars.

Works well with...[]

Magnus icon
  • Magnus does not only disable the enemy with Reverse Polarity icon Reverse Polarity, he also packs them together, enabling Chain Frost to be more effective.
Warlock icon
  • Fatal Bonds icon Fatal Bonds greatly increases the damage output of Lich's AoE skills.
  • Upheaval icon Upheaval can greatly slow enemies, making it difficult to escape Chain Frost, and when paired with Fatal Bonds can bring down the enemy team effortlessly.
  • Chaotic Offering icon Chaotic Offering can be used to stop the enemies that try to disengage when Chain Frost is cast. The high regeneration and Permanent Immolation of the summoned golem makes it a good target to cast Frost Shield.
  • Shadow Word icon Shadow Word paired with Frost Shield grants great survivability to a team member.
Treant Protector icon
  • Living Armor icon Living Armor synchronizes well with Frost Shield and gives huge survivability to a target.
  • Overgrowth icon Overgrowth is also a good setup for Chain Frost.
Witch Doctor icon
  • Paralyzing Cask icon Paralyzing Cask and Chain Frost is a recipe for disaster against poorly coordinated enemies.
Faceless Void icon
  • Using Chronosphere icon Chronosphere, Faceless Void can lock down multiple enemies, making them helpless against Chain Frost.
Enigma icon
  • Using Black Hole icon Black Hole groups all of the enemies close together, making Chain Frost do lots of damage to all caught in it.
Axe icon
Grimstroke icon
  • All of Lich's abilities are targeted, which synergises very well with Soulbind icon Soulbind, effectively doubling Lich's nuking and disabling powers.
  • Frost Shield and Ink Swell icon Ink Swell cast on the same ally makes both abilities very effective.
    • Both abilities combined buffs the ally's movement speed, slows enemies down and keeps them inside Ink Swell's radius to deal more damage and ensuring an AoE stun at the end.

Others[]

  • Any AoE disable can be a good setup for Chain Frost (Ravage icon Ravage, Echo Slam icon Echo Slam...) but the spell is more effective when the enemies are clumped together
  • Dark Seer's Vacuum icon Vacuum may be of good use when combined with Chain Frost. Chain Frost provides a slow thus allowing Ion Shell icon Ion Shell to add up to the damage dealt. Not only that, enemies will have a hard time getting out of Wall of Replica icon Wall of Replica.


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