Death Prophet
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 11%)Silencer
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 15%)Sand King
* Both 
Arcane Curse and 
Last Word punishes casters with spammable spells such as Sand King.
* As a strength caster, 
Intelligence Steal reduces Sand King's mana pool even more.
* 
Global Silence silences Sand King, effectively reducing Sand King's initiation and counter-initiation potential. It can also interrupt channeling of Epicenter.
Bounty Hunter
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 7%)Void Spirit
* One hit with 
Jinada should be sufficient in removing Void Spirit's shield most of the time.
* 
Track negates much of Void Spirit's escape abilities by revealing his position and prevents him from rotating effectively.
Phoenix
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 5%)Sand King
* Sand King has nothing to deal with 
Supernova, as none of his spells are effective.
* The damage-over-time abilities of Phoenix disable Sand King's 
Blink Dagger very often.
Slardar
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)Void Spirit
* The brutal physical damage of 
Slithereen Crush and 
Bash of the Deep can quickly remove Void Spirit's shield and stun him for a while.
* 
Corrosive Haze provides vision of Void Spirit while he is running away and 
Guardian Sprint allows Slardar to quickly close the gap
Earth Spirit
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 3%)Sand King
* 
Boulder Smash will push Sand King out of Sand Storm to reveal his position or an activated Epicenter off of Earth Spirit's allies, potentially wasting his combo
* 
Rolling Boulder and 
Geomagnetic Grip allow Earth Spirit to easily stun and silence Sand King and interrupt the channeling of Epicenter, completely ruining his initiation.
Zeus
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 14%)Sand King
* 
Zeus usually stays at the back in teamfights and it is hard for Sand King to find Zeus and knock him down before Zeus deals his damage.
* All of Zeus' abilities, especially 
Thundergod's Wrath, disables Sand King's Blink Dagger, effectively reducing Sand King's initiation and counter-initiation potential.
* 
Lightning Bolt deals damage to Sand King in Sand Storm and reveals him. It also interrupts channeling of Epicenter.
Viper
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 4%)Void Spirit
* 
Poison Attack makes it hard for Void Spirit to lane against him.
* 
Corrosive Skin reduces the magical damage from Void Spirit's spells.
Bloodseeker
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 3%)Void Spirit
* 
Rupture will fully damage Void Spirit during his ultimate, removing his main escape mechanic during fights and his way to disrupt them heavily.
* 
Blood Rite will force Void Spirit to use Dissimilate or Astral Step or be silenced. In the latter's case, it can be dangerous when combined with Rupture.
Tidehunter
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)Sand King
* 
Ravage, being an AoE disable, cancels Epicenter's channeling from a long range, limiting his potential to counter-initiate.
* This can be remedied, however, by first using a 
Black King Bar, then channel Epicenter, then finally initiate with Blink Dagger.
Puck
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 9%)Void Spirit
* Void Spirit can easily be bursted down by Puck's high magic damage spells in early game.
* Wanning Rift and Dream Coil prevent him from using two of his important mobility abilities: 
Dissimilate and 
Astral Step.
Additional:
* 
Dream Coil prevents the usage of Void Spirit's escape abilities and limits his damage output in fights almost entirely.
* Killing Puck in the late game becomes difficult when they obtain a 
Eul's Scepter of Divinity, Blink Dagger, and 
Phase Shift.
Ember Spirit
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 11%)Void Spirit
* Ember Spirit has much higher mobility in 
Fire Remnant than Void Spirit.
* Ember's 
Flame Guard is effective against Void Spirit's spells, as most of them deal magical damage.
* The root from 
Searing Chains prevents Void Spirit from using Dissimilate or Astral Step.
Bane
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 2%)Void Spirit
* 
Fiend's Grip and 
Nightmare are very useful to lock down Void Spirit.
* 
Brain Sap can be difficult for Void Spirit to deal with in the laning stage.
Kunkka
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 3%)Sand King
* Ghostship helps your team soak up damage from 
Epicenter, especially if he initiates during the battle.
* 
Sand King can't dodge X Marks the Spot - Torrent combo by his abilities. Torrent drags him out of his 
Sand Storm
Rubick
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 25%)Sand King
* Burrowstrike is one of the best and easiest steals for Rubick and Sand King should be careful when playing against him - it's much better to give away Sand Storm.
Doom
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 8%)Void Spirit
* 
Doom is effective against every hero, and Void Spirit is no exception. Being unable to cast spells or items during fights for 16 seconds nullifies his impact entirely.
* Doom has a very versatile build and can consume creeps which has abilities that can stun or provide additional magic resistance.
* Doom's high strength gain and versatility in items can be effective against Void Spirit's magical damage.
Queen of Pain
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 6%)Void Spirit
* Queen of Pain can 
Blink to both escape and initiate onto Void Spirit.
* She is also a very common 
Orchid Malevolence carrier, which can prevent Void Spirit from contributing much in fights.
Lion
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 10%)Void Spirit
* Lion's instant cast point shuts down his initiation and buys time for his allies to catch up.
* Void Spirit has to be cautious when fighting,as he has no protection against 
Finger of Death.If caught out in a stun,the high magic damage could end him quickly.
Bristleback
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 43% pickrate: 1%)Sand King
* Quill Spray will hit Sand King inside Sand Storm, damaging him and putting Sand King's Blink Dagger on cooldown, preventing him from escaping.
* Epicenter's numerous damage ticks will trigger Bristleback's passive repeatedly during teamfights.
Lone Druid
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 55% pickrate: 3%)Void Spirit
* Nukers who have set amounts of damage will really struggle against Lone Druid especially in True Form: 
Puck, 
Void Spirit, 
Mars.
Oracle
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)Void Spirit
* Heroes that can purge his slow and disables are very difficult to go on and their team: 
Abaddon, 
Oracle.
Legion Commander
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 13%)Void Spirit
* Special mention to 
Legion Commander, as she can lock down Void Spirit for a long amount of time without worrying too much about being killed by him during the 
Duel.
Centaur Warrunner
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 7%)Void Spirit
* Heroes who can match Void Spirit's mobility (like the aforementioned 
Ember Spirit or 
Queen of Pain) or tank his spells (
Dragon Knight or 
Centaur Warrunner) are very problematic for him.
Abaddon
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 6%)Void Spirit
* Heroes that can purge his slow and disables are very difficult to go on and their team: Abaddon, Oracle.
Axe
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 9%)Void Spirit
* Heroes with burst damage of their own won't be afraid to go toe to toe with Void Spirit, like 
Ursa, 
Lifestealer, or 
Axe.
Lifestealer
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 5%)Sand King
* Lifestealer's Rage negates Sand King's spells which do magical damage.
Void Spirit
* Heroes with burst damage of their own won't be afraid to go toe to toe with Void Spirit, like Ursa, Lifestealer, or Axe.
Sand King
* Heroes that rely on slows to get kills: Lifestealer, 
Night Stalker, Ursa,...
Wraith King
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 4%)Void Spirit
* Side lanes with disables will greatly reduce the likeliness Void Spirit will be willing to rotate: 
Sven, 
Tiny, 
Wraith King, 
Ogre Magi.
Ogre Magi
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 7%)Void Spirit
* Side lanes with disables will greatly reduce the likeliness Void Spirit will be willing to rotate: Sven, Tiny, Wraith King, Ogre Magi.
Tiny
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 13%)Void Spirit
* Side lanes with disables will greatly reduce the likeliness Void Spirit will be willing to rotate: Sven, Tiny, Wraith King, Ogre Magi.
Sven
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 2%)Void Spirit
* Side lanes with disables will greatly reduce the likeliness Void Spirit will be willing to rotate: Sven, Tiny, Wraith King, Ogre Magi.
Phantom Lancer
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 2%)Sand King
* All of Sand King's abilities deal AoE damage.
* However, Epicenter is usually a non-issue against Doppelganger.
Void Spirit
* Astral Step and Dissimilate makes a quick work of Phantom Lancer's illusions.
* 
Resonant Pulse helps clear illusions and protects Void Spirit from Phantom Lancer's physical damage and with the 
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade, it prevents Phantom Lancer from casting his abilities.
* Void's Spirit mobility makes it hard for him to chase down with Phantom Rush.
Broodmother
[wiki] rating: -2.0 (winrate: 54% pickrate: 3%)Sand King
* 
Burrowstrike can be used as an escape or initiation against Broodmother.
* Sand Storm quickly kills any spiderlings caught inside if Sand King can manage to stun them.
Additional:
* Caustic Finale allows Sand King to easily kill Broodmother's Spiderlings throughout the game.
* Sand King can usually catch a split pushing Broodmother with Blink Dagger and Burrowstrike.
Void Spirit
* Void Spirit's AoE damage make short work of Broodmother's spiderlings
* Broodmother cannot escape Void Spirit's mobility, even in her webs.
Additional:
* Void Spirit's AoE damage make short work of Broodmother's spiderlings
* Broodmother cannot escape Void Spirit's mobility, even in her webs.
Terrorblade
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 2%)Sand King
* Because of his massive AoE damage, Sand King is very effective against illusion heroes: 
Chaos Knight, 
Phantom Lancer, 
Terrorblade,...
Void Spirit
* Void Spirit's high mobility becomes a nuisance to Terrorblade.
* Void Spirit's arsenal of magic damage is effective against Terrorblade's low strength.
* Terrorblade has no disables to prevent Void Spirit from escaping.
Chen
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 0%)Sand King
* Burrowstrike and Sand Storm will deal a large amount of damage to Chen's creeps.
* 
Caustic Finale will quickly clear Chen's creeps at low health.
Void Spirit
* Heroes that can summon units will have their summons destroyed very quickly if badly micro-managed, like 
Chen, 
Lycan, and Phantom Lancer.
Magnus
[wiki] rating: -1.2 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 15%)Sand King
* 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.
Void Spirit
* Heroes who take a long time to become strong are in for a rough mid game, such as 
Outworld Destroyer, 
Magnus, Medusa, and 
Anti-Mage.
Morphling
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 8%)Void Spirit
* Void Spirit can greatly pressure Morphling's farm, which is very bad for a hero who needs a large amount of space.
* 
Waveform does not provide better mobility than Astral Step.
* If Morphling shifted all of his strength to agility, he can be bursted down by Void Spirit before he can react.
* Doing an Ethereal Blade combo on Void Spirit is incredibly difficult, as Dissimilate and Astral Step can allow him to escape or dodge the projectile.
Phantom Assassin
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 10%)Sand King
* Phantom Assassin relies on her 
Blur to stay alive, but is very vulnerable to Sand King's heavy magic damage.
* With Burrowstrike, Sand King can often catch Phantom Assassin before she can use her Black King Bar.
* Sand King can dodge 
Stifling Dagger with Sandstorm.
* Phantom Assassin has a hard time killing Sand King because of his high mobility.
Nature's Prophet
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 12%)Sand King
* Sand King's Caustic Finale combined with Sand Storm will kill Treants easily.
* Sand King can interrupt Teleportation with Burrowstrike, even through Sprout.
Additional:
* 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.
Monkey King
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 8%)Void Spirit
* Keeping Void Spirit inside 
Wukong's Command is a very tricky task, especially in the early and mid game. In addition, if Monkey King is in a bad position, a well placed Aether Remnant can easily pull him out of the ring.
* Getting stacks of 
Jingu Mastery can be difficult when attacking Void Spirit.
Chaos Knight
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 3%)Sand King
* Sand King's massive area damage output, particularly Epicenter, allows him to quickly take down Chaos Knight and his illusions.
* Sand King can also apply Caustic Finale to illusions with attacks for extra damage when they die.
Windranger
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 10%)Void Spirit
* Void Spirit deals entirely magical damage in the early game, ignoring her evasion from 
Windrun.
* A Void Spirit with fast reaction time can use Dissimilate or Astral Step to dodge 
Powershot.
Additional:
* Void Spirit deals entirely magical damage in the early game, ignoring her evasion from Windrun.
* A Void Spirit with fast reaction time can use Dissimilate or Astral Step to dodge Powershot.
Ancient Apparition
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 5%)Void Spirit
* Dissimilate and Astral Step allow Void Spirit to quickly escape from Cold Feet.
* Void Spirit deals both magical and physical damage, which makes Ancient Apparition an easy target to ambush.
* If Void Spirit purchases Aghanim's Scepter, the silence provided by Resonant Pulse can disrupt Ancient Apparition during fights, as he is entirely reliant upon spells to contribute.
Gyrocopter
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 7%)Void Spirit
* Void Spirit can easily dodge Gyrocopter's {Ability ID:Homing Missile|gyrocopter} with the help of Dissimilate.
* Void Spirit can partly dodge 
Call Down via Dissimilate or move out of its range with Astral Step.
* Gyrocopter has no escape abilities, which benefits Void Spirit's high mobility.
Sniper
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 44% pickrate: 11%)Sand King
* Sand King is a strong ganker, allowing him to shut down squishy heroes in the early game: 
Phantom Assassin, 
Clinkz, 
Sniper, 
Enchantress,...
Medusa
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 1%)Void Spirit
* Heroes who take a long time to become strong are in for a rough mid game, such as Outworld Destroyer, Magnus, Medusa, and Anti-Mage.
Enchantress
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 2%)Sand King
* Sand King is a strong ganker, allowing him to shut down squishy heroes in the early game: Phantom Assassin, Clinkz, Sniper, Enchantress,...
Pangolier
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 9%)Void Spirit
* Heroes with considerable mobility can easily escape from a rolling Pangolier: Anti-Mage, Queen of Pain, Void Spirit, 
Storm Spirit, Ember Spirit, 
Earth Spirit, moreover, if a player is familiar with how Rolling Thunder works, they can adjust their movement to avoid it entirely and of course outplay the Pangolier player.
Marci
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 7%)Void Spirit
* Heroes that can reliably kite out Dispose, Unleash and dodge Rebound, like Ember Spirit, Void Spirit, Storm Spirit, Anti-Mage, Faceless Void, Puck or always build items like Blink Dagger and 
Force Staff.
Nyx Assassin
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 4%)Sand King
* Heroes who rely on damage over time as Spiked Carapace can block and reflect only one instance of damage: Venomancer, Huskar, Ember Spirit, 
Dark Seer, Sand King, 
Doom, Dawnbreaker.
Jakiro
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 12%)Sand King
* Heroes with no mobility will take some good damage from Sand King's spells: Dragon Knight, Jakiro, Pugna, 
Earthshaker,...
Outworld Destroyer
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 10%)Void Spirit
* Heroes who take a long time to become strong are in for a rough mid game, such as Outworld Destroyer, Magnus, Medusa, and Anti-Mage.
Earthshaker
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 10%)Sand King
* Heroes with no mobility will take some good damage from Sand King's spells: Dragon Knight, Jakiro, Pugna, Earthshaker,...
Naga Siren
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)Sand King
* Since Naga Siren is not a hero that likes to go for Black King Bar, she is vulnerable to nukers with strong magical damage and big area-of-effect spells in every game more than any other carry heroes: Sand King, Jakiro, 
Leshrac, Lina, Earthshaker, Zeus.
Io
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)Void Spirit
* Heroes with either magical, physical or pure damage burst: 
Bane, Ember Spirit, Leshrac, Lina, Luna, 
Nyx Assassin, Phantom Assassin, 
Skywrath Mage, 
Tinker, Ursa, Void Spirit.
Spectre
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 11%)Void Spirit
* Void Spirit is strong against heroes who cannot deal with his rotations due to his mobility. Such heroes include Spectre, 
Gyrocopter, 
Morphling, and Chen.
Night Stalker
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 4%)Sand King
* Heroes that rely on slows to get kills: Lifestealer, Night Stalker, Ursa,...
Clinkz
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 7%)Sand King
* Sand King is a strong ganker, allowing him to shut down squishy heroes in the early game: Phantom Assassin, Clinkz, Sniper, Enchantress,...
Anti-Mage
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 11%)Void Spirit
* Heroes who take a long time to become strong are in for a rough mid game, such as Outworld Destroyer, Magnus, Medusa, and Anti-Mage.
Lycan
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 57% pickrate: 3%)Void Spirit
* Heroes that can summon units will have their summons destroyed very quickly if badly micro-managed, like Chen, Lycan, and Phantom Lancer.
Slark
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 17%)Sand King
* Heroes with blink or movement abilities, which are disabled by Pounce's leash: Anti-Mage, Earth Spirit, Faceless Void, Magnus, 
Mirana, 
Monkey King, Morphling, 
Pangolier, Phantom Assassin, Phoenix, Puck, Queen of Pain, 
Riki, Sand King, 
Spirit Breaker, 
Timbersaw, 
Tusk.
Sand King
* He has a hard time killing Sand King because of the survivability he gets from Burrowstrike and Sand Storm.
* 
Shadow Dance, which usually allows Slark to survive fights, is ineffective against Sand King's AoE damage.
Meepo
[wiki] rating: -0.2 (winrate: 56% pickrate: 1%)Void Spirit
* Meepo's 
Earthbind can easily lockdown Void Spirit.
* Meepo and his clones can easily burst Void Spirit's Resonant Pulse.
Sand King
* Heroes with powerful area-of-effect disables can initiate on Meepo and his clones and shut him down, such as Enigma, Invoker, Magnus, Puck, and Sand King.
Additional:
* Burrowstrike can stun multiple Meepos, making them vulnerable targets.
* Epicenter and Sand Storm's AoE damage ensures all Meepo clones get damaged, making it hard for Meepo to choose which one to flee as all are taking damage at the same rate.
* Just be aware when using Sand Storm to escape, as Meepo has good AoE damage and disables, which, as explained in the "Bad Against" section, works well against an invisible Sand King.
Void Spirit
* Void Spirit can dodge Earthbind with Dissimilate and Astral Step, giving him a good chance to escape. If he gets caught anyways, Resonant Pulse allows him to retaliate.
Dragon Knight
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 5%)Void Spirit
* Heroes who can match Void Spirit's mobility (like the aforementioned Ember Spirit or Queen of Pain) or tank his spells (Dragon Knight or Centaur Warrunner) are very problematic for him.
Sand King
* Heroes with no mobility will take some good damage from Sand King's spells: Dragon Knight, Jakiro, Pugna, Earthshaker,...
Pugna
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 3%)Sand King
* Pugna's 
Nether Ward damages Sand King when he channels Epicenter, preventing him from using Blink Dagger afterward.
Sand King
* Heroes with no mobility will take some good damage from Sand King's spells: Dragon Knight, Jakiro, Pugna, Earthshaker,...
Templar Assassin
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 4%)Void Spirit
* 
Refraction negates all of Void Spirit's burst damage.
* 
Meld quickly burns through Resonant Pulse.
Sand King
* Sand King can quickly remove her Refraction with his Sand Storm.
* Once Refraction is down, she is very vulnerable to Epicenter's high magic damage.
Ursa
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 15%)Void Spirit
* Heroes with burst damage of their own won't be afraid to go toe to toe with Void Spirit, like Ursa, Lifestealer, or Axe.
Sand King
* Heroes that rely on slows to get kills: Lifestealer, Night Stalker, Ursa,...
Void Spirit
*
Spirit Siphon and 
Exorcism can damage through his 
Resonant Pulse shields.
Silence can prevent Void Spirit escape or contributing much in fights.
*