* Naga Siren is a natural split-pusher. With a
Radiance equipped, she will easily keep the lanes pushed out, therefore keeping backdoor protection enabled and preventing Nature's Prophet from dealing building damage.
*
Ensnare can prevent Teleportation.
Aghanim's Scepter upgraded
Ensnare can also affect Nature's Prophet even if he is spell immune. And
Reel In from
Aghanim's Scepter can also be used to separate Nature's Prophet from his treant and bring him close to Naga Siren and her team to burst him down.
*
Song of the Siren will stop Nature's Prophet from escaping even if he has hidden inside of Sprout.
Aghanim's Shard upgraded
Song of the Siren can also heal her allies and save them from Nature's Prophet.
Additional:
* Naga Siren is a natural split-pusher. With Rip Tide, she will easily out-push Nature's Prophet, farming his treants in the process.
*
Ensnare prevents
Teleportation. Even if he hides inside
Sprout, Song of the Siren lasts long enough to prevent him from escaping.
* Although Naga Siren relies mostly on physical damage,
Song of the Siren can be used to time out
Guardian Angel, giving Naga Siren's team an easy opportunity to counter-initiate.
*
Radiance allows it's owner to deal magical damage to multiple enemy heroes at once, and since Naga Siren often buys it,
Guardian Angel is not a very good ability for protection against Naga Siren.
* Likewise, Nuker build Naga Siren (which primarly consists of items such as
Radiance,
Ethereal Blade,
Dagon and
Veil of Discord) can render
Guardian Angel useless. Although Nuker is not a role Naga Siren should be playing.
Additional:
* Even though Naga Siren relies on direct attacks to deal damage for most of the time, Song of the Siren allows her to easily waste
Guardian Angel.
* Ensnare fully works on targets affected with
Heavenly Grace. However, Ensnare is dispellable with any dispel, and so can be dispelled by Heavenly Grace.
* As an agility hero that relies on illusions, Naga Siren is one of the most natural
Diffusal Blade carriers, the bane of every hero with a small mana pool. Naga Siren can also buy items that deal magical damage like
Radiance,
Dagon,
Ethereal Blade,
Revenant's Brooch,
Veil of Discord and
Gleipnir to attack Omniknight's allies protected with
Guardian Angel.
* Jakiro's
Macropyre can help him to escape from Sprout and quickly clears Treants.
* Jakiro can disrupt Nature's Prophet's escape attempt with Sprout and Teleportation by using
Ice Path.
Additional:
* Jakiro's skill arsenal can ruin Nature's Prophet's gameplay: Dual Breath and Liquid Fire can clear treants from
Nature's Call while simultaneously slowing Nature's Prophet, Ice Path can disrupt Nature's Prophet's escaping attempt with
Teleportation, and Macropyre can easily clear treants from
Nature's Call.
* Jakiro is a common
Hurricane Pike wielder, which allows him to escape from
Sprout.
* Jakiro's area-of-effect abilities that deal magical damsge make it hard for Omniknight to save multiple enemy heroes at once with
Purification and
Repel, and
Guardian Angel and to harass Omniknight on lane.
*
Aghanim's Scepter upgraded
Macropyre allows Jakiro to deal pure damage and slow enemy heroes which can pierce debuff immunity, rendering both
Repel and
Guardian Angel useless.
* Heroes with summons and illusions can find themselves easily bested by Lina, like
Broodmother,
Nature's Prophet,
Chen,
Terrorblade,
Naga Siren,
Visage,
Wraith King,
Lycan,
Phantom Lancer,
Shadow Shaman.
Additional:
* Lina can easily prevent Nature's Prophet's Teleportation escape attempts with
Light Strike Array, and can clear Sprout's trees instantly.
* Lina's
Dragon Slave and
Light Strike Array can kill Nature's Prophet's Treants.
*
Guardian Angel is generally useless against Lina as she primarily relies on magical damage. Lina can also dispel it with
Eul's Scepter of Divinity as she is a hero who often goes for it.
Eul's Scepter of Divinity can later be upgraded into
Wind Waker, which will allow Lina to escape from Omniknight.
*
Laguna Blade can often finish off Omniknight's allies before he can save them with
Purification and
Repel. This can become even worse once Lina picks
Laguna Blade damage is pure and pierces spell immunity talent, which will allow it to ignore both, any form of spell immunity and
Guardian Angel.
* Heroes who produce many summons will have a hard time against Storm's Dispel Magic during teamfight:
Broodmother,
Enigma,
Nature's Prophet.
*
Dispel Magic from {U:Storm} instantly removes Heavenly Grace and Guardian Angel from Omniknight's allies in its radius of effect.
*
Firestorm makes quick work of Treants and
Atrophy Aura gives him temporary damage for every Treant killed.
*
Pit of Malice can stop Teleportation channeling.
*
Atrophy Aura greatly reduces Nature's Prophet's damage and he has no other good way to deal damage.
*
Fiend's Gate can counter split-pushing, which is something that Nature's Prophet relies on a lot.
Fiend's Gate can also be used to either escape from Nature's Prophet or to prepare an ambush on Nature's Prophet, and outside from Nature's Wrath, Nature's Prophet has no other ways to intercept arrivals with
Fiend's Gate.
* Heroes with long cooldowns on their abilities or ultimate will struggle against the relentless pressure provided by
Fiend's Gate:
Terrorblade,
Dragon Knight,
Omniknight.
* Nature's Prophet's
Sprout can be broken by Muerta's
Dead Shot.
*
Gunslinger will quickly dispatch of the Treants from
Nature's Call.
*
The Calling will greatly reduce the potential damage Treants can do.
* Heroes with large physical resistance do not counter Muerta's
Pierce the Veil such as
Omniknight or
Tidehunter.
*
Moon Glaives and
Lunar Blessing help Luna quickly kill Nature's Prophet's treants.
* Luna can easily cancel Teleportation with her
Lucent Beam.
* Even though Nature's Prophet can evade all of Luna's abilities with
Shadow Blade, a smart Luna will always buy
Dust of Appearance to provide vision on Shadow Fiend to her and her team.
Additional:
*
Moon Glaives and
Lunar Blessing help Luna quickly kill Nature's Prophet's treants.
Aghanim's Shard upgraded
Moon Glaives can also reduce damage Nature's Prophet will inflict on Luna while they are active.
* Luna can easily cancel Teleportation with her
Lucent Beam.
* Even though Nature's Prophet can evade all of Luna's abilities with
Shadow Blade, a smart Luna will always buy
Dust of Appearance to provide vision on Nature's Prophet to her and her team.
* Guardian Angel does not offer protection from
Eclipse, though it will negate damage from
Moon Glaives.
* Luna's high magical damage from
Lucent Beam and
Eclipse can often finish allied heroes before Omniknight can save them with
Purification.
* Likewise, Luna's high physical damage from
Moon Glaives and
Lunar Blessing is strong enough to counter debuff immunity from
Repel.
Additional:
* Guardian Angel does not offer protection from
Eclipse, though it will negate damage from
Moon Glaives.
* Luna's high magical damage from
Lucent Beam and
Eclipse can often finish allied heroes before Omniknight can save them with
Purification.
* Heroes that create illusions:
Spectre,
Shadow Demon,
Phantom Lancer,
Naga Siren,
Chaos Knight,
Terrorblade) or bring other units into the fight (such as
Nature's Prophet,
Lone Druid,
Chen,
Enchantress,
Meepo and
Arc Warden) can cause Eclipse to strike the illusions/summons unintentionally. However, in many cases Moon Glaives can resolve this issue and eliminate them before activating Eclipse, but that will require lots of farming for right-click items.
* Heroes with invisibility: (
Riki,
Clinkz,
Nyx Assassin.
* Heroes who can drain mana can make Omniknight useless after he uses one or two abilities:
Lion,
Anti-Mage,
Nyx Assassin.
* Anti-Mage's high mobility from Blink and tendency to build
Battle Fury makes him strong against split-pushing heroes:
Nature's Prophet,
Tinker, and
Arc Warden.
* Heroes who can drain mana can make Omniknight useless after he uses one or two abilities:
Lion,
Anti-Mage,
Nyx Assassin.
* Heroes with invisibility: (
Riki,
Clinkz,
Nyx Assassin.
Additional:
* Nature's Prophet is often by himself. Clinkz can use invisibility to hunt him down and kill him, although a Quelling Blade may be needed to cut through his
Sprout. Orchid Malevolence may also be needed if 3-4 seconds are not enough time to kill him, as he can teleport away.
* Clinkz can match Nature's Prophet's ability to split push.
* Heroes who can harass Omniknight out of lane will keep him weak in the mid game:
Viper,
Venomancer,
Clinkz.
*
Global Silence takes Omniknight out of the fight completely.
*
Glaives of Wisdom are a great harass vs Omniknight during the laning stages of the game, since it doesn't aggro creeps & ignores his high base armor. It deals pure damage, which means it can also go through Guardian Angel.
* Silencer's intelligence steal can also cause Omniknight to falter in the early phases as it reduces his ability to use his spells.
* Shadow Fiend can easily farm his treants and get easy Necromastery Stacks.
* If Shadow Fiend buys
Boots of Travel and
Shadow Blade, he can counteract Nature's Prophet's split-push.
* With Caustic Finale, Sand King can easily kill the treants from
Nature's Call.
* Burrowstrike allows Sand King to prevent Nature's Prophet from using
Teleportation inside of his
Sprout.
Additional:
* Sand King's
Caustic Finale combined with
Sand Storm will kill Treants easily.
* Sand King can interrupt Teleportation with
Burrowstrike, even through Sprout.
* Treants increase Echo Slam's damage.
* Earthshaker's AoE stuns can hit Nature's Prophet through
Sprout, without having direct line of sight, in order to interrupt
Teleportation.
Additional:
*
Echo Slam can do a lot of damage to Nature's Prophet and his teammates if they stand close to his Treants.
*
Astral Spirit can give Elder Titan a lot of damage and movement speed if Nature's Prophet sends all of his Treants together.
* Not only does
Echo Stomp prevent Nature's Prophet from escaping using Teleportation, but
Astral Spirit can be used to bypass Sprout and cancel Teleportation with it's own
Echo Stomp from long distances.
*
Earth Splitter can clear Nature's Prophet's Treants effectively.
* All of Omniknight's abilities are valuable for Rubick to
Spell Steal, and Omniknight has no throwaway ability to cover his last used spell.
* Enchantress's
Impetus deals pure damage instead of physical damage and ignores
Guardian Angel, thus fully negating one of Omniknight's most important abilities for teamfights.
* Similar to Doom, Enchantress can use
Enchant on Satyr Banisher, which will give her access to Satyr Banisher's
Purge, and allow her to remove Heavenly Grace and Guardian Angel.
Additional:
* Impetus is not blocked by
Guardian Angel. A {U:Satyr Banisher} can also be controlled to dispel
Guardian Angel.
* Heroes under
Guardian Angel can be still damaged from the pure damage of
Black Hole and magical damage of
Midnight Pulse.
*
Arcane Orb's pure damage penetrates Guardian Angel's defense.
*
Astral Imprisonment's mana steal is devastating to Omniknight's already low mana pool.
*
Fortune's End's AoE dispel will remove Heavenly Grace and Guardian Angel.
Additional:
* Oracle can dispel
Heavenly Grace (which he can also bait out with Fate's Edict).
* With Fortune's End, Oracle can dispel
Guardian Angel in an area of effect.
*
Sprout will not protect Nature's Prophet from Huskar if he has already locked on with Life Break.
* Even a farmed Nature's Prophet is usually not durable enough to fight Huskar alone.
*
Tornado dispels Heavenly Grace and Guardian Angel from multiple targets.
* Guardian Angel is generally useless against Invoker as he primarily relies on magical damage.
*
E.M.P. depletes Omniknight's already small mana pool.
* Invoker's many disables keep Omniknight's team occupied until Guardian Angel times out.
* Undying's
Tombstone will cheerfully chew through treants, incidentally netting you some extra income during fights.
* The above interaction tends to ensure that skirmishes are heavily populated with units, thereby buffing
Soul Rip
*
Firefly can be used to clear Nature's Prophet's Treants and allows Batrider destroy Sprout's trees.
*
Flaming Lasso prevents Nature's Prophet from escaping using Teleportation.
*
Sprout will not protect Nature's Prophet from Tree Dance.
* Boundless Strike will interrupt attempts at
Teleportation, and can reach Nature's Prophet inside the tree line.
* Jingu Mastery will still add stacks even through
Guardian Angel.
* Monkey King can join a fight whenever he chooses to, meaning he can simply go directly onto Omniknight.
* During the laning phase, Jingu Mastery with Boundless Strike will kill off Omniknight, while
Purification is weak.
*
Heavenly Grace is useless against Monkey King's ultimate and Jingu Mastery bonuses.
* Nature's Prophet's Natures's Call can destroy trees while Monkey King is standing on them with
Tree Dance, which will stun him for a good deal of time.
* Meepo can net Nature's Prophet's treants with
Earthbind and then
Poof them, putting an end to his pushing.
* Skilled
Meepos can rival and even exceed Nature's Prophet's global presence by combining
Poof with
Boots of Travel, meaning that he can not only stop his push, but also can kill him if he is not careful.
*
Sprout can't stop her to Rebound.
* Treants can be used as targets for Rebound and Dispose as well.
* Once caught in Bear's Entangle, Nature's Prophet cannot escape with
Teleportation.
* Tinker has great map presence because of
Keen Conveyance and
Rearm, which means he can always teleport and defend towers whenever Nature's Prophet tries to push.
*
Laser prevents Nature's Prophet from attacking. Additionally, even with
Monkey King Bar, Nature's Prophet cannot hit towers and buildings during the effect.
* Broodmother can destroy Nature's Prophet's Treants with
Spawn Spiderlings and summon spiderlings in their place.
* Broodmother loves buying
Orchid Malevolence, which can prevent Nature's Prophet from escaping with Sprout and Teleportation.
Additional:
*
Sprout cannot protect Nature's Prophet if Broodmother puts down a web.
* Nature's Prophet's low mobility means he is defenseless against Silken Bola.
* Spiderlings can absorb much of the damage from
Wrath of Nature.
*
Aghanim's Scepter gives Broodmother access to
Spinner's Snare, which allows her to create invisible lines on her webs from
Spin Web that will root Nature's Prophet, deal damage over time to Nature's Prophet and reveal Nature's Prophet if he unwittingly steps on them, disrupting his attempts to perform surprise attacks on Broodmother's allies with
Silver Edge and also prevent him from using
Silver Edge to esacape, while also alerting Broodmother on his attempts to ambush her and her allies.
* All three of Timbersaw’s abilities give him an easy way out of Sprout, and can also destroy nearby trees so Nature's Prophet can’t spawn Treants.
* If Prophet tries to escape with a self Sprout/Teleport, Timbersaw can easily cut down all its trees to get to him and deal increased
Whirling Death damage as well.
*
Chakram heavily discourages teleports.
* Timbersaw is quite well suited to clearing massive waves of Treants almost instantly with all of his area of effect pure damage abilities, preventing Nature's Prophet from pushing.
* Treants can give Reactive Armor many charges quite quickly.
Additional:
* Timbersaw can easily cut down trees from
Sprout, making it very difficult for Nature's Prophet to teleport away or trap enemies.
* Timbersaw's abilities quickly clear out treants.
*
Reactive Armor negates most of the damage of Nature's Prophet's treants, and Timbersaw can often allow himself to be attacked in order to heal himself.
*
Ball Lightning can be used to clear Nature's Prophet's Treants and easily destroys Sprout.
*
Electric Vortex prevents Nature's Prophet's escaping using Teleportation.
* Nature's Prophet has no innate way to deal with
Gravekeeper's Cloak or kill {U:Familiar}s effectively.
* Familiars can fly over the trees created by Sprout. They can also use
Stone Form when Nature's Prophet is trying to use Teleportation.
*
Aghanim's Shard upgraded
Stone Form alow allows Visage himself to stun Nature's Prophet whenever he is trying to use Teleportation.
*
Aghanim's Scepter gives Visage
Silent as the Grave ability, which allows him and his {U:Familiar}s to either escape from Nature's Prophet or give him a surprise attack.
Additional:
* 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
Sprout.
* Familiars can scout woods and foggy areas where Nature's Prophet is trying to use
Teleportation.
* Starbreaker and Celestial Hammer does high AoE damage which easily clears {U:Treant}, shutting down most of Nature's Prophets damage and pushing power.
* Dawnbreaker can teleport to deal with split-pushing Nature's Prophet and rejoin her team with Solar Guardian when they require it.
* Since Starbreaker clears trees in its path followed by a stun at the end Nature's Prophet will be unable to escape the dangerous situation by using
Sprout on himself and teleporting away with either
Teleportation or
Town Portal Scroll.
Additional:
* Starbreaker and Celestial Hammer does high AoE damage which easily clears {U:Treant}, shutting down most of Nature's Prophets damage and pushing power.
* Dawnbreaker can teleport to deal with split-pushing Nature's Prophet and rejoin her team with Solar Guardian when they require it.
* Since Starbreaker clears trees in its path followed by a stun at the end Nature's Prophet will be unable to escape the dangerous situation by using
Sprout on himself and teleporting away with either
Teleportation or
Town Portal Scroll.
*
Mortimer Kisses can reduce Omniknight's impact in teamfights. Omniknight's
Heavenly Grace cannot purge multiple stacks of
Mortimer Kisses. The damage is also magical, making Omniknight's ultimate,
Guardian Angel, useless.
* Heroes who can provide True Sight or semi-reveal enemy heroes as Nature's Prophet is prone to buying
Shadow Blade:
Bounty Hunter,
Slardar,
Spectre,
Zeus,
Spirit Breaker.
* Heroes with large magical AoE damage will fare well against Omniknight:
Lich,
Ancient Apparition,
Jakiro,
Disruptor.
* Heroes that have AoE damage:
Lina,
Keeper of the Light,
Timbersaw,
Leshrac,
Bristleback,
Axe.
* Heroes that rely on summons will suffer against Ion Shell, which kills them very quickly:
Beastmaster,
Broodmother,
Enigma,
Nature's Prophet,
Visage,
Warlock,
Wraith King.
* Heroes that have AoE damage:
Lina,
Keeper of the Light,
Timbersaw,
Leshrac,
Bristleback,
Axe.
* Heroes who summon multiple units that are not spell immune.
Nature's Prophet,
Lycan,
Beastmaster
* Heroes who can drain mana can make Omniknight useless after he uses one or two abilities:
Lion,
Anti-Mage,
Nyx Assassin.
* Heroes that have a weak laning stage:
Spectre,
Nyx Assassin,
Clockwerk,
Spirit Breaker,
Omniknight,
Pudge.
* Heroes who have summons, which can be quickly cleared by his powerful area of effect skill:
Nature's Prophet,
Enigma,
Lycan
* Heroes that can purge buffs can dispel Guardian Angel:
Invoker,
Shadow Demon,
Oracle.
Additional:
* Demonic Purge can dispel
Guardian Angel on the key target during combat, allow your allies to finish them.
* Heroes who can provide True Sight or semi-reveal enemy heroes as Nature's Prophet is prone to buying
Shadow Blade:
Bounty Hunter,
Slardar,
Spectre,
Zeus,
Spirit Breaker.
* Most summons and illusions can barely hurt Tidehunter at all, after their attacks get reduced by Anchor Smash and blocked by Kraken Shell:
Nature's Prophet,
Enigma
* Also Ravage's large area of effect and damage can easily damage all those units at once, or just straight up clear them.
* Mass Serpent Ward can kill lots of treants if played defensively.
* Mass Serpent Ward, Hex, and Shackles can catch and kill a Nature's Prophet trying to use Teleportation.
Additional:
* Shadow Shaman's
Mass Serpent Ward together with
Ether Shock can easily kill lots of Treants if played defensively.
*
Hex and
Shackles can disrupt Nature's Prophet's escape attempts with Teleportation.
*
Omniknight can dispel Hex or Shackles with
Heavenly Grace. He can also heal teammates who you disabled. The same goes for
Abaddon's
Aphotic Shield.
*
Nature's Call can be used to tank
Omnislash in the early to mid game due to their high health pool combined.
*
Sprout can trap Juggernaut, even if he is using
Blade Fury. Aghanim's Shard upgraded
Sprout can also prevent Juggernaut from escaping if he buys
Battle Fury.
* Once Nature's prophet reach lv 20 with leash talent on
Sprout, he can stop Juggernaut from escaping with
Blade Fury and TPing away.
* Nature's Prophet can farm and push much faster than Juggernaut, acquiring map control before he can do much.
*
Guardian Angel completely negates all physical damage, including
Omnislash.
Additional:
*
Omnislash (and
Swiftslash) is blocked by Guardian Angel.
* Heroes with high mobility can approach Sniper:
Anti-Mage,
Earth Spirit,
Io,
Nature's Prophet,
Pangolier,
Puck,
Queen of Pain and most notably
Riki.
* Being mostly a physical damage dealer, Sniper's effectiveness is greatly reduced by Omniknight's
Guardian Angel.
* Omniknight's
Degen Aura allows him to slow sniper and catch him. Sniper has to then use some escape item.
* Omniknight can also protect an ally from being finished off by Assassinate by using
Purification and
Repel which grants a massive strength boost.
* Heroes with plenty of summons, such as
Broodmother or
Nature's Prophet can have their minions soak up most of your Paralyzing Cask.
*
Guardian Angel protects allies from Death Ward's physical damage.
*
Purification and
Heavenly Grace will most likely save teammates from dying to Maledict.
* Heroes with illusions and summons can swarm and overwhelm Bane, who has no area abilities to deal with them outside from
Aghanim's Shard upgraded
Brain Sap:
Broodmother,
Chaos Knight,
Naga Siren,
Nature's Prophet,
Phantom Lancer,
Terrorblade,
Visage,
Warlock,
Wraith King.
* Heroes with strong dispels can dispel Bane's disables from their allies:
Oracle,
Legion Commander,
Omniknight.
* Nature's Prophet's Nature's Call can destroy trees that Treant Protecter is hiding in, revealing him.
*
Guardian Angel negates most of Gyrocopter's physical АоЕ damage.
*
Heavenly Grace dispels Homing Missile stun.
*
Phantasms can be easily killed with Purification.
* Heavenly Grace dispels the stun from
Chaos Bolt and the armor reduction from
Reality Rift.
* Guardian Angel works well against Chaos Knight's overwhelming reliance on physical burst damage.
Additional:
*
Purification heals a teammate targeted by Reality Rift and heavily damages Chaos Knight and his illusions in the process.
*
Guardian Angel blocks all of Chaos Knight's damage for a long duration.
*
Guardian Angel's near invulnerability denies Bloodseeker the bonuses from Thirst, preventing him from gaining the upper hand in teamfights.
*
Purification's pure damage makes it hard for Bloodseeker to pursue enemies, and prevents him from replenishing his health by finishing off enemies.
*
Legion Commander's
Overwhelming Odds deals damage for every Treant it hits, which allows it to easily wipe out large waves of them.
* Heroes with global abilities can give Legion Commander's opponent an edge in Duels from anywhere on the map:
Nature's Prophet,
Ancient Apparition,
Zeus,
Invoker,
Treant Protector
* Both Guardian Angel and Purification are perfect counters against
Duel.
Additional:
*
Purification prevents Legion Commander from killing her target, and will always hit her during Duels.
*
Guardian Angel completely wastes Duel's duration and can save an ally across the map when upgraded with
Aghanim's Scepter.
*
Repel can be used to dispel
Gust on the allies affected by it.
* In team fights,
Guardian Angel renders Drow Ranger's physical damage useless, and Drow Ranger has no way to purge it. And to make thing worse, Drow Ranger is not a common
Nullifier wielder to counter this problem at all.
* Spirit Breaker can chase Nature's Prophet from anywhere on the map with
Charge of Darkness, making it hard for Nature's Prophet to split-push.
*
Charge of Darkness and
Nether Strike gives vision of Nature's Prophet when he tries to Sprout himself and teleport away.
Additional:
* Charge of Darkness allows Spirit Breaker to catch Nature's Prophet out when he tries to split push.
* Nature's Prophet can't hide in his
Sprout against Spirit Breaker, as his Charge of Darkness provides vision on its target.
* Spirit Breaker can easily cancel Nature's Prophet's
Teleportation.
* Heroes with summons and illusions as Spirit Breaker has no strong AoE capabilities to deal with them:
Chaos Knight,
Phantom Lancer,
Terrorblade,
Naga Siren,
Broodmother,
Warlock,
Visage,
Nature's Prophet,
Shadow Shaman,
Lycan,
Wraith King.
* In the early game, Omniknight can look like an easy target for Spirit Breaker, but with
Purification and
Hammer of Purity, what could be an opportunity could quickly turn into disaster.
*
Repel can be used to counter Charge of Darkness by minimizing the damage and lowering the stun duration with status resistance.
* Spirit Breaker's Greater Bash from all sources (Charge of Darkness or normal attacks) will deal no damage at all if Omniknight and his allies are protected with presence.
* Due to this, Spirit Breaker's damage will always be lower when targeting Omniknight.
* Sprout is good for trapping melee carries with no escape abilities:
Sven,
Alchemist,
Lifestealer etc.
* Heroes who rely strongly on melee physical damage will fare badly against Omniknight's Guardian Angel:
Phantom Assassin,
Juggernaut,
Dragon Knight,
Lycan,
Ursa,
Troll Warlord
Additional:
*
Guardian Angel completely negates all of Lycan's damage since Lycan mainly deals physical damage.
*
Purification can also be a problem for Lycan, as Purification deals damage around the target, which poses a problem for him and his summons.
* Heroes who possess abilities that can save targets from being killed by Reaper's Scythe:
Abaddon,
Bane,
Outworld Destroyer,
Shadow Demon,
Omniknight, etc.
* Heroes who rely strongly on melee physical damage will fare badly against Omniknight's Guardian Angel:
Phantom Assassin,
Juggernaut,
Dragon Knight,
Lycan,
Ursa,
Troll Warlord
* Heroes who rely strongly on melee physical damage will fare badly against Omniknight's Guardian Angel:
Phantom Assassin,
Juggernaut,
Dragon Knight,
Lycan,
Ursa,
Troll Warlord
* Nature's Prophet's low mobility and health pool allow Phantom Assassin to destroy him in the early game.
* Phantom Strike allows Phantom Assassin to jump in and out of
Sprout, provided she has vision.
* Heroes with illusions and summons can be hard for Phantom Assassin to deal with, as she lacks any AoE abilities to deal with them without items:
Broodmother,
Phantom Lancer,
Chaos Knight,
Lycan,
Naga Siren,
Shadow Shaman,
Visage,
Nature's Prophet,
Terrorblade,
Warlock,
Wraith King.
*
Purification and
Hammer of Purity can easily catch Phantom Assassin once she jumps with
Phantom Strike in to attack.
*
Heavenly Grace can be used to dispel slow from
Stifling Dagger, and disables from the items Phantom Assassin relies on.
* Phantom Assassin depends entirely on physical attacks and her damage output is 100% physical. Therefore, since she has no any sources of magical damage output and hates going for items that deal magical damage like
Dagon,
Ethereal Blade and
Revenant's Brooch,
Guardian Angel will render her completely useless.
*
Purification,
Heavenly Grace and
Guardian Angel can be used to save an allied hero before Phantom Assassin can finish them off with
Coup De Grace.
Additional:
*
Purification and
Hammer of Purity can easily catch Phantom Assassin once she jumps with
Phantom Strike in to attack.
*
Heavenly Grace can be used to dispel slow from
Stifling Dagger, and disables from the items Phantom Assassin relies on.
* Phantom Assassin depends entirely on physical attacks and her damage output is 100% physical. Therefore, since she has no any sources of magical damage output and hates going for items that deal magical damage like
Dagon,
Ethereal Blade and
Revenant's Brooch,
Guardian Angel will render her completely useless.
*
Purification,
Heavenly Grace and
Guardian Angel can be used to save an allied hero before Phantom Assassin can finish them off with
Coup De Grace.
* Heroes with many summons or illusions are much harder to catch with Meat Hook:
Nature's Prophet,
Phantom Lancer,
Chen.
* Heroes who can summon illusions and summons because Terrorblade has no abilities to deal with multiple enemies at once outside Reflection:
Shadow Shaman,
Naga Siren,
Broodmother,
Lycan,
Enigma,
Chaos Knight,
Phantom Lancer,
Shadow Demon,
Dark Seer,
Nature's Prophet,
Invoker,
Morphling,
Visage,
Grimstroke with
Aghanim's Scepter.
* Heroes with summons like
Broodmother,
Enigma,
Nature's Prophet; or illusions, like
Naga Siren,
Terrorblade are effective at keeping the choke points and rune spawns safe from Proximity Mines.
* Heroes who rely strongly on melee physical damage will fare badly against Omniknight's Guardian Angel:
Phantom Assassin,
Juggernaut,
Dragon Knight,
Lycan,
Ursa,
Troll Warlord
* Heroes with summons or illusions makes Sacred Arrow harder to land:
Shadow Demon,
Phantom Lancer,
Nature's Prophet.
* Pounce also stops
Nature's Prophet's
Teleportation.
* Slark's dependence on Pounce and close range makes him very easy to hit with
Purification and
Hammer of Purity.
* Slark's damage, even with a high count of Essence Shift stacks, is easily negated by Omniknight's heals and
Guardian Angel.
* Heroes with large magical AoE damage will fare well against Omniknight:
Lich,
Ancient Apparition,
Jakiro,
Disruptor.
*
Purification allows Omniknight to keep a hero trapped in the Static Storm alive.
*
Repel is a reliable source of immunity to the effects of Static Storm.
*
Broodmother,
Nature's Prophet,
Phantom Lancer by their nature offer very good target for Splinter Blast and Winter's Curse.
* Guardian Angel completely counters
Winter's Curse if Omniknight is able to cast it.
Additional:
*
Guardian Angel completely counters Winter's Curse, allowing his team to survive Winter Wyvern's initiation.
*
Purification and
Repel are very useful against Arctic Burn, Splinter Blast and Winter's Curse as well.
* Heroes with invisibility: (
Riki,
Clinkz,
Nyx Assassin.
* Riki takes a lot of damage from
Purification while ganking Omniknight's allies or himself.
*
Heavenly Grace instantly purges the slow from
Diffusal Blade, while also providing a large amount of survivability for his victim.
*
Degen Aura can hinder Riki's positioning tactics and put a heavy toll on Riki's already poor movement speed.
* Omniknight can easily save his allies by using
Guardian Angel in combat.
* Heroes that rely on slows or low-duration stuns have trouble catching Weaver:
Omniknight,
Lich.
* Sprout with True Sight items (
Sentry Ward or
Dust of Appearance) make it possible to trap Weaver in lane, unless he buys
Quelling Blade or until he unlocks
Time Lapse.
*
The Swarm beetles can be destroyed with Nature's Prophet's Treants.
* Similarly, heroes with low cooldown teleports can be afraid to split push against X Marks the Spot, such as
Tinker and
Nature's Prophet.
* In general, highly mobile heroes like
Earth Spirit or
Storm Spirit are at a disadvantage against X Marks the Spot.
* Similarly, heroes with low cooldown teleports can be afraid to split push against X Marks the Spot, such as
Tinker and
Nature's Prophet.
*
Guardian Angel makes allies immune to all physical damage, effectively causing Tidebringer to do no damage.
*
Purification is a powerful, pure damaging heal that can save Omniknight's allies after Kunkka's large damage.
* Heroes with large magical AoE damage will fare well against Omniknight:
Lich,
Ancient Apparition,
Jakiro,
Disruptor.
* Chain Frost can bounce to the treants that Nature's Prophet summons.
* Nature's Prophet's
Sprout can be used to isolate and burst down the squishy Lich.
Additional:
* His treants can prevent
Chain Frost from jumping to Nature's Prophet or his allies.
* Heroes with cleave damage:
Sven,
Magnus,
Kunkka.
* Although Sven relies often on physical damage, an
Aghanim's Scepter upgraded
Storm Hammer can dispel Guardian Angel with its wide radius.
* Sprout is good for trapping melee carries with no escape abilities:
Sven,
Alchemist,
Lifestealer etc.
*
Purification can heal allies while dealing pure damage to Sven.
*
Heavenly Grace can remove Storm Hammer's debuff immediately or make it a very mediocre stun.
*
Guardian Angel negates Sven's massive damage during God's Strength.
* It should also be noted Sven can remove Omniknight's active spells with
Aghanim's Scepter.
* Heroes who can harass Omniknight out of lane will keep him weak in the mid game:
Viper,
Venomancer,
Clinkz.
* Heroes who do not have nor rely on passive abilities make Nethertoxin much less effective:
Clinkz,
Pugna,
Nature's Prophet,
Dark Seer,
Lycan,
Tusk
*
Sleight of Fist with
Battle Fury deals a lot of damage to Nature's Prophet's team if they stand close to his Treants, as well as killing all the Treants with ease.
* Ember Spirit with
Fire Remnant and
Boots of Travel can be very active around the map, which enables him to quickly teleport and defend the objective Nature's Prophet is attacking whenever he tries to push.
Additional:
* Ember Spirit can easily deal with
Nature's Call by using his Flame Guard and with
Battle Fury. He also has multiple ways of escaping
Sprout. Additionally, Ember Spirit can break
Sprout's trees with Activate Fire Remnant and interrupt
Teleportation with Searing Chains.
* The pure damage provided by
Purification is a great addition for killing Ember Spirit, as well as a good way of saving teammates.
*
Guardian Angel will temporarily save his allies from Sleight of Fist's physical damage, and Ember Spirit is not a hero that will get
Orchid Malevolence to counter it.
* Heroes with cleave damage:
Sven,
Magnus,
Kunkka.
* Any hero who can counter-initiate in anticipation without getting caught in Reverse Polarity:
Sven,
Omniknight,
Enigma,
Luna,
Naga Siren,
Mars,
Jakiro,
Venomancer,
Elder Titan,
Faceless Void,
Rubick,
Keeper of the Light,
Pugna,
Invoker,
Spectre,
Alchemist,
Treant Protector,
Lina,
Oracle,
Zeus,
Shadow Shaman,
Phoenix,
Razor,
Huskar,
Batrider,
Kunkka,
Tidehunter,
Wraith King,
Sand King,
Medusa,
Dawnbreaker.
*
Alchemist gets a huge amount of additional gold from killing Nature's Prophet's treants thanks to
Greevil's Greed.
Additional:
* Acid Spray and Greevil's Greed will quickly destroy pushes with treants.
* Because of his poor movement speed,Alchemist can catch up and kill him with Chemical Rage.
* Sprout is good for trapping melee carries with no escape abilities:
Sven,
Alchemist,
Lifestealer etc.
* Mass summoning heroes:
Broodmother,
Nature's Prophet and
Enigma all have summons Puck can clear with Illusory Orb and Waning Rift instantly, due to their summons having low health.
* Heroes with spell immunity or pseudo-blinks which provide invulnerability:
Lifestealer,
Juggernaut,
Omniknight,
Huskar, and
Tusk have spells which allow them to easily escape Dream Coil.
* Heroes who can provide True Sight or semi-reveal enemy heroes as Nature's Prophet is prone to buying
Shadow Blade:
Bounty Hunter,
Slardar,
Spectre,
Zeus,
Spirit Breaker.
*
Omniknight with
Heavenly Grace
* Heroes that can remove the Track debuff with their skills:
*
Abaddon with
Aphotic Shield and
Borrowed Time
*
Huskar with
Life Break
*
Juggernaut with
Blade Fury
*
Legion Commander with
Press the Attack
*
Lifestealer with
Rage and
Infest
*
Naga Siren with
Mirror Image
*
Omniknight with
Heavenly Grace
*
Oracle with
Fortune's End and
False Promise
*
Phantom Lancer with
Doppelganger
*
Slark with
Dark Pact
*
Ursa with
Enrage
*
Weaver with
Time Lapse
*
Tidehunter with
Kraken Shell when damage received reaches the threshold.
* Heroes who lack burst damage will have a hard time against Mars:
Phantom Lancer,
Nature's Prophet,
Lich.
* Heroes that can save their allies can be a big problem for Mars:
Dazzle,
Omniknight.
*
Time Walk can get out to Sprout.
*
Chronosphere will interupt his Teleportation and Faceless Void's can attack kill him within
Chronosphere.
*
Guardian Angel can negate all the physical damage output during Chronosphere.
* When Faceless Void Time Walk's on top of an enemy it becomes a perfect target for
Purification
Additional:
* Guardian Angel can negate all the physical damage output from Faceless Void during
Chronosphere.
* If Faceless Void
Time Walks on top of an ally Purification + Heavenly Grace can turn the fight around.
* Heroes who can harass Omniknight out of lane will keep him weak in the mid game:
Viper,
Venomancer,
Clinkz.
* Any hero that can outrange Plague Ward can neutralize them without putting themselves at risk of receiving Poison Sting:
Arc Warden,
Chen,
Clinkz,
Drow Ranger,
Lina,
Mirana,
Nature's Prophet,
Pugna and
Sniper.
* Special mention to heroes that outrange Plague Ward after obtaining talents that increase attack range.
Additional:
* Teleportation allows Natures Prophet to save himself from the damage over time of
Venomous Gale,
Poison Sting and
Poison Nova.
*
Plague Wards can be destroyed with Nature's Prophet's Treants.
* Nature's Prophet treants can be cleared by Ignite or Multicast
Hand of Midas
* Fireblast and Unrefined Fireblast prevents Nature's Prophet from using
Teleportation.
*
Heavenly Grace reduces Fireblast stun time and dispels Ignite.
*
Purification can heal damaged heroes if needed.
*
Crypt Swarm helps clear waves of Treants.
*
Silence prevents Nature's Prophet from using Sprout or Teleportation.
*
Exorcism kills Treants with ease.
Additional:
*
Crypt Swarm helps clear waves of Treants.
*
Silence prevents Nature's Prophet from using Sprout or Teleportation.
*
Exorcism kills Treants with ease.
*
Guardian Angel nullifies the physical damage from Exorcism during teamfights. And when upgraded with
Aghanim's Scepter, it also prevents Death Prophet from pushing towers. However, Death Prophet can partially counter this issue with
Eul's Scepter of Divinity, a common item on Death Prophet.
*
Heavenly Grace dispels
Silence.
Additional:
*
Exorcism's damage is blocked by Guardian Angel.
*
Heavenly Grace can dispel
Silence allies if Omniknight is able to cast it.
*
Io can use
Relocate with an ally to gank Nature's Prophet whenever he tries to push.
Additional:
* Nature's Prophet is extremely easy to gank with Relocate while he's split pushing.
* Tether on a friendly unit can destroy Nature Prophet's trees should he surround himself with
Sprout as a defense.
* Heroes with both illusions and summons, for Io has nothing to deal with multiple enemies at once outside from Spirits's weak area-of-effect:
Beastmaster,
Broodmother,
Chaos Knight,
Lycan,
Naga Siren,
Nature's Prophet,
Phantom Lancer,
Shadow Shaman,
Terrorblade,
Visage,
Warlock,
Wraith King.
*
Shadow Step's low cooldown allows Spectre to teleport to him whenever he decides to push.
*
Spectral Dagger allows Spectre to go through Sprout's trees and stun Nature's Prophet if she has a
Skull Basher or
Abyssal Blade.
* Spectre loves buying
Radiance, which can kill Nature's Prophet's Treants easily.
Additional:
* Spectre can get to him anywhere on the map with
Haunt.
* Spectre can pass through his trees with
Spectral Dagger.
*
Desolate's damage will melt him quickly, as he's alone most of the time.
* Global
Guardian Angel will protect his allies from Spectre's
Haunt, both when they are alone and in teamfights.
*
Purification is a major problem for melee enemies, Spectre included, since they must be next to an enemy in order to attack. The AoE damage also allows Spectre to be singled out from her illusions.
*
Degen Aura will prevent Spectre from chasing Omniknight, further exacerbated by her terrible mobility outside Haunt.
* Berserker's Call and Counter Helix will still hit targets inside of a defensive
Sprout.
* Counter Helix clears treants in no time.
* Nature's Prophet's low damage is unlikely to hurt Axe until the very late game.
* Nature's Prophet's low mobility makes him very easy for Axe to chase down or initiate, especially when affected by Battle Hunger.
* Omniknight's healing prevents allies from dropping low enough for
Culling Blade
*
Heavenly Grace dispels
Battle Hunger.
* Axe also tends to get close to allied heroes in order to damage them with his
Counter Helix, which can easily be punished by Purification.
* Clockwerk's long range initiation and catch makes it incredibly difficult for Nature's Prophet to split push and show on the map alone.
*
Rocket Flare can be used to scout Nature's Prophet if he is hiding in the forest, and can provide vision inside of Sprout.
*
Purification does great damage to Clockwerk when fighting an enemy inside Power Cogs.
* Due to Clockwerk's very low damage output, Omniknight will have more than enough time to
Purification and
Heavenly Grace any enemy hero Clockwerk initiates on.
* For the same reasons, Omniknight also makes a powerful ally for Clockwerk when the situation is reversed.
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Nature's Prophet
* Doom can eats Nature's Prophet's treants with
Devour and gains lots of gold.
Radiance or use his
Scorched Earth to quickly wipe out a swarm of Treants.
Doom and a ministun from
Infernal Blade's prevents Nature's Prophet from escaping with Sprout and Teleportation.
* Doom can buy
*
Omniknight
*
Doom turns Omniknight into a walking creep, or completely takes out his buffed cores, also removing Heavenly Grace and Guardian Angel in the process.
Devour used on Satyr Banisher, Doom will have access to Satyr Banisher's
Purge, which will allow him to remove Heavenly Grace and Guardian Angel.
Doom applies a basic dispel upon cast, so it can remove
Guardian Angel.
Doom on Omniknight will also prevent him from healing allies with
Purification, or casting buffs like
Repel and
Guardian Angel, basically turning him into a harmless creep.
* With
Additional:
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* Casting