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Bad against...[]

Ancient Apparition icon
  • Ice Blast icon Ice Blast disables the healing component of Cold Embrace, making it essentially a 4 second stun on an ally and a perfect setup for Ice Blast.
  • If Cold Feet icon Cold Feet is cast on an Allied hero affected by Cold Embrace, it will almost guarantee the Ally comes out stunned.
Invoker icon
Luna icon
  • Cold Embrace is no salvation against Lucent Beam icon Lucent Beam and Eclipse icon Eclipse.
  • Moon Glaives icon Moon Glaives will not hit a hero affected by Winter's Curse, making it weak against allies, but strong versus enemies.
  • Luna has better night vision provided by Lunar Blessing icon Lunar Blessing than Winter Wyvern when affected by Arctic Burn.
Omniknight icon
  • Guardian Angel icon Guardian Angel completely counters Winter's Curse, allowing his team to survive Winter Wyvern's initiation.
  • Purification icon Purification and Repel icon Repel are very useful against Arctic Burn, Splinter Blast and Winter's Curse as well.
Outworld Destroyer icon
  • Winter Wyvern must never put her allies in Cold Embrace against Outworld Destroyer as Arcane Orb icon Arcane Orb will continue to deal damage to the defenseless hero.
  • Arcane Orb icon Arcane Orb does not hit his allies when he is taunted by Winter's Curse, making it weak against allies, but strong versus enemies.
  • Astral Imprisonment icon Astral Imprisonment can protect a target inflicted with Winter's Curse.
Pugna icon
  • Cold Embrace is a death sentence against Pugna, since its the perfect setup for all his abilities, especially Life Drain icon Life Drain.
  • Decrepify icon Decrepify can be cast to save the ally under Winter's Curse effect, wasting most of its duration.
  • Winter Wyvern's abilities require a lot of mana, allowing Nether Ward icon Nether Ward to deal lots of damage.
Skywrath Mage icon
  • Cold Embrace is the perfect setup for Mystic Flare icon Mystic Flare, and his 6-second silence is good against Winter Wyvern in general.
Slark icon
  • Arctic Burn and Splinter Blast's debuffs are can be dispelled with with Dark Pact icon Dark Pact. Arctic Burn also cannot be used to escape against Pounce icon Pounce.
  • Even though Cold Embrace can protect it's owner from Slark's direct attacks, Slark can still gain Essence Shift icon Essence Shift stacks from attacking heroes affected by it.
  • However, Essence Shift icon Essence Shift works against allies, and Slark's low health pool means that if he's the target for Winter's Curse, he will go down very quickly as Winter's Curse cannot be dispelled at all.
Timbersaw icon
  • Timbersaw relies on dealing massive amounts of pure damage, making Cold Embrace a good setup for his nukes.
  • If he has Reactive Armor icon Reactive Armor stacks, Timbersaw can tank the damage from his allies if he is targeted by Winter's Curse. If he's not the target, Timbersaw's abysmal attack damage will contribute next to nothing when he is cursed to attack an ally.
  • As Timbersaw commonly buys Lotus Orb icon Lotus Orb, he can use it to reflect Winter's Curse back to Winter Wyvern if she uses it impulsively on him or any other hero while affected by it.
Tinker icon
  • All of Tinker's damage is magical and pure, which makes Cold Embrace a good setup for his nukes.
  • Winter's Curse is very hard to cast on Tinker because he usually stays in the back-lines in team-fights. In turn, Tinker has mediocre attack damage and will contribute very little when he is cursed to attack an ally. He can also save his ally under Winter's Curse effect with Ethereal Blade icon Ethereal Blade and Defense Matrix icon Defense Matrix.
Undying icon
  • Winter Wyvern cannot handle the Zombies created by Tombstone icon Tombstone very well. In most situations, Zombies will have more movement speed than her.
  • Undying can gain one or two easy Decay icon Decay stacks on an ally in Cold Embrace. The ally will still take the damage as well, since it is magical.
Ursa icon
  • Even though Ursa is a hero who relies on direct attacks to be effective, Fury Swipes icon Fury Swipes does not work on allies if Ursa is affected by Winter's Curse, mitigating a majority of Ursa's damage. In addition, Ursa's unimpressive attack speed and attack damage without Overpower icon Overpower and Fury Swipes icon Fury Swipes means that he deals little to no damage to allies during Winter's Curse.
  • Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Enrage icon Enrage allows Ursa to survive Winter Wyvern's initiation with Winter's Curse.

Others[]

  • Heavy nukers will do well against Cold Embrace (Lina minimap icon Lina, Zeus minimap icon Zeus etc).
  • Blinkers and mana burners may also be a threat to Winter Wyvern, as she has no reliable escape.
  • Disablers are more hazardous against Winter Wyvern than to other supports, because Cold Embrace stuns allies.

Items[]

  • Items that deal magical damage like Dagon icon Dagon, Spirit Vessel icon Spirit Vessel, Wind Waker icon Wind Waker, Meteor Hammer icon Meteor Hammer, Overwhelming Blink icon Overwhelming Blink, Gleipnir icon Gleipnir, Mjollnir icon Mjollnir, Radiance icon Radiance, Revenant's Brooch icon Revenant's Brooch and Ethereal Blade icon Ethereal Blade will damage through Cold Embrace, especially when amplified with Veil of Discord icon Veil of Discord.
  • Ethereal Blade icon Ethereal Blade can be cast on ally under Winter's Curse effect wasting most of its duration.
  • Linken's Sphere icon Linken's Sphere will easily block any attempt to initiate with a Winter's Curse.
  • Revenant's Brooch icon Revenant's Brooch will allow heroes reliant on basic attacks to have their next five attacks deal magical damage, and thus, ignore Cold Embrace's protection, making Winter Wyvern weak even against heroes she naturally counters.
  • Black King Bar icon Black King Bar will cause it's wielder immune to be taunted by Winter's Curse unless if they are targeted directly by the spell, which may be useful to lock down key carries for a few critical seconds (e.g. a Sven minimap icon Sven that has just activated his ultimate and Black King Bar and is about to wreak havoc on your team). Additionally, Arctic Burn's and Splinter Blast's debuffs will not work.
  • Lotus Orb icon Lotus Orb will render Winter's Curse very useless when activated since Winter Wyvern relies on taunting enemies heroes with Winter's Curse, reflecting it back at Winter Wyvern and ruining her ganking attempts with it.

Good against...[]

Beastmaster icon
  • Beastmaster's summons and Inner Beast icon Inner Beast are very useful to attack his cursed teammate.
  • Cold Embrace effectively mitigates Primal Roar icon Primal Roar's single-target initiation on allies.
Chaos Knight icon
  • Winter Wyvern can make Chaos Knight's illusions attack the real one, provided the player knows who it is.
  • Alternatively, Winter's Curse can make Chaos Knight and all his illusions attack one of his allies.
  • Cold Embrace protects ally who is focused by Chaos Knight.
  • Splinter Blast deals decent area damage to Chaos Knight's illusions.
  • Chaos Knight's high health pool and tendency to not build magic resistance items will make Arctic Burn deal a lot of damage to him and his illusions.
Lycan icon
  • All of Lycan's damage is physical which is totally negated by Cold Embrace.
  • Lycan often moves around with large amount of creeps, wolves created by Summon Wolves icon Summon Wolves and neutral creep dominated by Helm of the Dominator icon Helm of the Dominator which can be easily cleared by Splinter Blast or used as a great source of damage by Winter's Curse. If you catch Lycan with creeps nearby and affected by Shapeshift icon Shapeshift using Winter's Curse on him will most certainly end up with his death.
Legion Commander icon
  • Cold Embrace is very effective against Duel icon Duel.
  • Also, casting Winter's Curse at Legion Commander minimap icon Legion Commander while an ally is in a Duel icon Duel will stun her for most of the duration, possibly preventing lethal damage dealt to your ally. It can also turn her high-damage against her teammate.
Meepo icon
  • Meepo's clones usually gets grouped in teamfight making any of them ideal target for Winter's Curse, forcing Meepo to literally kill himself. Also, unlike other heroes he cannot protect himself with Linken's Sphere icon Linken's Sphere.
  • While Meepo's clones are grouped up, Splinter Blast will hit almost every clone, slowing Meepo and making him easier to fight.
Troll Warlord icon
  • Cold Embrace will protect your ally from being damaged if he gets focused by Troll, although be careful as Fervor icon Fervor will keep gaining stacks even while Cold Embrace is active.
  • Fervor icon Fervor works on allies.
  • His high attack speed will help to kill his cursed ally faster.

Others[]

  • Broodmother minimap icon Broodmother, Nature's Prophet minimap icon Nature's Prophet, Phantom Lancer minimap icon Phantom Lancer by their nature offer very good target for Splinter Blast and Winter's Curse.
  • Terrorblade minimap icon Terrorblade and his illusions deal huge damage, which might used against him and his team with Winter's Curse.
  • Many physical-only single-target heroes like Lifestealer minimap icon Lifestealer, Sven minimap icon Sven, Wraith King minimap icon Wraith King, Phantom Assassin minimap icon Phantom Assassin, Templar Assassin minimap icon Templar Assassin can have their damage mitigated by Cold Embrace.
  • You can easily save any ally from physical bursts with Cold Embrace.
  • Enemies with large health pool will suffer by Arctic Burn as it burns away portion of their current health per second.

Works well with...[]

Dark Seer icon
  • When Winter Wyvern has cast Winter's Curse, Vacuum icon Vacuum can pull in nearby foes who weren't taunted already.
  • Dark Seer can followup Winter Wyvern's initiation or vice versa.
Enigma icon
Magnus icon
  • Reverse Polarity icon Reverse Polarity can bunch up a lot of enemies together. Cast Winter's Curse when the stun has ended to ensure all taunted enemy heroes kill the victim quickly enough.
Venomancer icon
  • Winter's Curse can set up for an easy Poison Nova icon Poison Nova, though keep in mind that the poison damage will not affect any enemy while they are still affected by the curse.
  • Plague Ward icon Plague Ward and Venomous Gale icon Venomous Gale, combined with Winter Wyvern's Arctic Burn and Splinter Blast can cripple enemy heroes in the laning phase. The slows from all 4 abilities can easily ensure a kill.
Invoker icon
  • Winter's Curse can set up for all of Invoker's AoE spells.

Others[]

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