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Bad against...[]

Abaddon icon
  • Borrowed Time icon Borrowed Time's automatic activation will help Abaddon survive a field of Proximity Mines or a Blast Off combo. However, the damage from a single mine can kill him if his HP is low enough.
  • Aphotic Shield icon Aphotic Shield's can easily break Techies' Etheral Blade combo.
Anti-Mage icon
  • Thanks to Counterspell icon Counterspell's magic resistance, Anti-Mage has a good chance of surviving a Blast Off combo.
  • Anti-Mage is a natural Manta Style icon Manta Style carrier, meaning he can dispel the silence from Blast Off and blink away when Techies initiates on him.
Death Prophet icon
  • Exorcism icon Exorcism's ghosts will automatically clear all Proximity Mines revealed when Death Prophet walks near them, provided that the ghosts do not have a specific target at that time.
  • Death Prophet is a natural Eul's Scepter of Divinity icon Eul's Scepter of Divinity carrier, meaning she can easily escape a Blast Off initiation.
Juggernaut icon
  • Juggernaut can trigger Proximity Mines while in Blade Fury icon Blade Fury, and can walk away from a initiation with Blast Off if Blade Fury is activated before the silence.
  • Juggernaut ignores Reactive Tazer when he uses Omnislash icon Omnislash, whether Techies used it to protect an ally or themselves.
Lifestealer icon
  • Lifestealer's Rage icon Rage lets him clear Proximity Mines without taking damage, and allows him to hit heroes whom Techies has used Reactive Tazer on.
Viper icon
  • Corrosive Skin icon Corrosive Skin will protect Viper from Techies' magical damage.
  • Even though Reactive Tazer will disarm Viper if he attacks Techies with Poison Attack icon Poison Attack, he does lots of damage with his other abilities that can still kill Techies.


Night Stalker icon
  • Dark Ascension icon Dark Ascension also allows Night Stalker to fly over Proximity Mines without triggering them.
  • Crippling Fear icon Crippling Fear is effective in stopping Techies from using Blast Off and Void icon Void is effective in stopping them from running to the safety of their mines.
Oracle icon
  • Fate's Edict icon Fate's Edict gives 100% magic resistance, which prevents most of Techies' damage.
  • Oracle's Fortune's End icon Fortune's End dispels Reactive Tazer buff from Techies allowing him to be attacked. However, Reactive Tazer will instantly perform the area of effect disarm that is normally applied at the end of the duration.
  • Fortune's End will also dispel Blast Off silence, Techies' Etheral Blade, Proximity Mines' magic resistance reduction, and Sticky Bomb's slow. However beware that it will only dispel Sticky Bomb's first or second instance of slow and not the damage, which will trigger as normal.
Templar Assassin icon
  • Refraction icon Refraction can be very useful in safely neutralizing Proximity Mine fields, or absorbing Techies' Blast Off combo.
Wraith King icon
  • Wraith King's skeletons from Vampiric Spirit icon Vampiric Spirit keeps the choke points and rune spawns safe from Proximity Mines.
  • Wraith King is not afraid to go into a field of Proximity Mines, wherever he goes as long as Reincarnation icon Reincarnation is off cooldown .

Others[]

  • Heroes with summons like Broodmother minimap icon Broodmother, Enigma minimap icon Enigma, Nature's Prophet minimap icon Nature's Prophet; or illusions, like Naga Siren minimap icon Naga Siren, Terrorblade minimap icon Terrorblade are effective at keeping the choke points and rune spawns safe from Proximity Mines.
  • Ranged heroes as a whole deserve a mention since they can remove mines with basic attacks from a safe distance.
  • Heroes with forced movement abilities or non-interrupting forced movement, such as Lion minimap icon Lion, Drow Ranger minimap icon Drow Ranger, Magnus minimap icon Magnus, Mars minimap icon Mars, as they can cancel blast-off mid air, removing his ability to initiate or escape.

Items[]

Good against...[]

Monkey King icon
  • Techies can turn his tree jumping ability against him, by placing Proximity Mines that will detect him near trees, and then destroying the trees around him with Blast Off, stunning him and dealing high damage, on top of him being silenced when the stun expires.
  • Monkey King's mobility is also severely limited around Techies' mines as he will almost always trigger them due to the cooldown time between tree jumps. Monkey King will be forced to take mine damage or escape with Primal Spring icon Primal Spring.
Enchantress icon
  • Techies does huge amounts of magical damage, which will bypass Untouchable icon Untouchable.
  • Enchantress depends on abilities to do damage and heal, which Blast Off's silence prevents.
Chaos Knight icon
  • Techies has great area of effect damage to deal with Phantasm icon Phantasm illusions.
  • Blast Off silences Chaos Knight, stopping him from using his disables and allowing his teammates to walk away from his heavy damage.
  • Reactive Tazer will disarm all of Chaos Knight's illusions even if he has activated his Black King Bar icon Black King Bar.
Morphling icon
  • Morphling usually has low max health due to shifting strength into agility, which combined with Blast Off's silence will prevent him from using Waveform icon Waveform and Adaptive Strike (Strength) icon Adaptive Strike (Strength), leaving him defenseless and making him an easy target to burst down.

Others[]

Works well with...[]

Batrider icon
  • Flaming Lasso icon Flaming Lasso can pull enemy heroes through Proximity Mines.
  • Sticky Napalm icon Sticky Napalm's turn-rate debuff allows Techies' mines to trigger easily as enemies try to destroy them.
  • Batrider lacks reliable lockdown, so he benefits greatly from Blast Off's silence and Sticky Bomb's slow, which combined with Firefly icon Firefly's damage gives enemies little options to survive.
Crystal Maiden icon
  • Frostbite icon Frostbite is a great set up for Techies to place their Remote Mines and buy time for them to activate, as it disarms and roots the enemy.
  • Since Techies' abilities cost a lot of mana, having Arcane Aura icon Arcane Aura is very helpful.
  • If the enemy team lack a lot of disable for Freezing Field icon Freezing Field, Techies can ensure Crystal Maiden can get a full channel off by silencing the only enemies that can interrupt it.
Magnus icon
  • Magnus can Skewer icon Skewer a number of enemies onto Proximity Mines.
  • Reverse Polarity icon Reverse Polarity is good for setting up a deadly Blast Off. Since the enemies are stunned and bunched up, three Proximity Mines will be easy to place and devastating.
Pugna icon
  • Nether Blast icon Nether Blast used together with Proximity Mines can quickly bring down an enemy tower
  • Decrepify icon Decrepify can be used to prevent an enemy hero from attacking Techies' mines. As a plus, it amplifies their damage altogether
  • The slow of Decrepify icon Decrepify provides a good setup for Blast Off and amplifies its damage .
  • Pugna can place a Nether Ward icon Nether Ward next to a cluster of mines, making it dangerous for enemy heroes with a short attack range to get closer to it and attack it . Likewise, Techies can plant his mines next to a Nether Ward to protect it
Tusk icon
  • Putting Techies in a Snowball icon Snowball is good for setting up a Mine on top of a stunned enemy.
  • Walrus Kick icon Walrus Kick can be used to kick enemies into mines over long distances.
Undying icon
  • Techies can defend Tombstone icon Tombstone with Proximity Mines.
  • Sticky Bomb's slow can keep enemies near the Tombstone.
  • Undying lacks disables, so he benefits greatly from Blast Off's silence and Reactive Tazer's disarm.

Others[]


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