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Bad against...[]

Axe icon
  • Axe can force Alchemist to attack him with Berserker's Call icon Berserker's Call. High attack speed from Chemical Rage icon Chemical Rage will cause Counter Helix icon Counter Helix to proc multiple times.
    • This can get worse if axe has Blade Mail icon Blade Mail, which then returns all damage to Alchemist himself.
  • Axe's abilities can pierce through Black King Bar icon Black King Bar, which is a common item for Alchemist.
  • Berserker's Call icon Berserker's Call grants Axe a huge bonus armor, which greatly counters Alchemist's physical damage for the most part.
Ancient Apparition icon
  • Ice Blast icon Ice Blast cancels out Chemical Rage's rapid health regeneration. It can also take advantage of Alchemist's Armlet of Mordiggian icon Armlet of Mordiggian toggling, as it will make HP drain insanely fast, essentially killing the bearer in no time.
Enchantress icon
  • Untouchable icon Untouchable greatly reduces Chemical Rage's attack speed advantage.
Invoker icon
  • Quas icon Quas-Exort icon Exort Invoker can win the mid lane easily against Alchemist because Quas icon Quas regeneration will nullify Acid Spray's damage over time and Exort icon Exort damage bonus will allow Invoker to out last hit Alchemist.
Kunkka icon
  • Tidebringer icon Tidebringer will deal lots of damage to Alchemist before he builds physical survivability items.
  • Torrent icon Torrent and X Marks the Spot icon X Marks the Spot can control Alchemist at all stages of the game before he has Black King Bar.
  • Ghostship icon Ghostship's rum buff will greatly reduce the Alchemist's damage output in teamfights including his Radiance.
Lifestealer icon
  • Feast icon Feast is good against high health strength heroes such as Alchemist.
  • Rage icon Rage allows Lifestealer to not be targetable by Unstable Concoction, possibly making Alchemist stun himself.
Necrophos icon
  • Reaper's Scythe icon Reaper's Scythe can kill Alchemist before Chemical Rage has the time to heal him.
  • Ghost Shroud icon Ghost Shroud can prevent Alchemist from attacking Necrophos, as well as make him immune to Acid Spray and Unstable Concoction damage.
  • Heartstopper Aura icon Heartstopper Aura will do damage as long as Necrophos is alive based on health percentage, which is a problem for a strength hero such as Alchemist.
Slardar icon
  • Corrosive Haze icon Corrosive Haze followed by Slithereen Crush icon Slithereen Crush takes advantage of Alchemist's main weakness, being physical damage before he has the change to improve his surviability with items.
  • Bash of the Deep icon Bash of the Deep will deal lots of damage during the laning phase.
Slark icon
  • Shadow Dance icon Shadow Dance allows Slark to not be targeted by Unstable Concoction, making Alchemist stun himself and making himself vulnerable to the enemy.
  • Dark Pact icon Dark Pact also allows him to just purge off the stun if timed correctly.
  • Essence Shift icon Essence Shift will steal stats over long durations at a time should Alchemist lack the damage to kill Slark.
Ursa icon
  • Chemical Rage will rarely save Alchemist against Ursa's Fury Swipes icon Fury Swipes.
  • Enrage icon Enrage allows Ursa to both be a threat to Alchemist and avoid his over time damage.
Ember Spirit icon
  • Ember's magic damage build is able to burst down Alchemist due to his low strength gain and Alchemist's normal item pick up.
Razor icon
  • Alchemist's reliance on fast attack speed to do single-target damage makes him vulnerable to Static Link icon Static Link. It also goes through Black King Bar icon Black King Bar, which is a standard item on Alchemist.
  • Eye of the Storm icon Eye of the Storm is great against high health strength heroes as it reduces their survivability to physical damage.
  • Razor has early lane push to counter Acid Spray icon Acid Spray.

Others[]

  • Viper minimap icon Viper can bully Alchemist out of mid lane quite easily, forcing him to either retreat into jungle, or stay harassed in lane, and get very few last hits. Vipers break also completely disables Greevil's Greed icon Greevil's Greed which prevents Alchemist to earn his amazing amounts of money.
  • Clinkz minimap icon Clinkz can use Burning Army icon Burning Army in teamfights which will cause a problem for Alchemist.
  • Pugna minimap icon Pugna's Decrepify icon Decrepify makes sure that either Alchemist is unable to hit anyone while also being slowed and susceptible to magical damage, or can protect an ally from physical attacks. Besides, Pugna can push early on, when Alchemist is not strong enough to repel it, so by the time Alchemist comes online, he might be forced to sit in base.

Items[]

  • Assault Cuirass icon Assault Cuirass reduces Alchemist's physical survivability and his teammates.
  • Shiva's Guard icon Shiva's Guard does the same thing as Assault Cuirass but it also reduces the attack speed, reducing the effectiveness of Chemical Rage.
  • Heaven's Halberd icon Heaven's Halberd applies an undispellable disarm so Alchemist cannot attack during Chemical Rage, forcing him to activate Black King Bar beforehand.
  • Scythe of Vyse icon Scythe of Vyse disables Alchemist, making sure he won't be able to use his Chemical Rage to heal up, and allows heroes to burst him down fast.
  • Spirit Vessel icon Spirit Vessel reduces Alchemist's health regeneration.
  • Ghost Scepter icon Ghost Scepter, Ethereal Blade icon Ethereal Blade, Glimmer Cape icon Glimmer Cape, Force Staff icon Force Staff, Eul's Scepter of Divinity icon Eul's Scepter of Divinity preventing him from attacking or attacking you.
  • Aeon Disk icon Aeon Disk, removes the debuff from his disables.
  • Lotus Orb icon Lotus Orb as strong reflects Unstable Concoction. Reflects from throw Unstable Cocoction enemy target can affected throw back to Alchemist.

Good against...[]

Doom icon
  • Doom's low armor makes him weak against Alchemist's high physical damage output.
Broodmother icon
  • Alchemist can easily farm Spiderlings with Acid Spray and Greevil's Greed.
  • Alchemist's Chemical Rage nullifies Broodmother's Insatiable Hunger icon Insatiable Hunger
Nature's Prophet icon
  • 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.
Phoenix icon
  • Chemical Rage kills Phoenix very quickly in Supernova icon Supernova.
Undying icon
  • Chemical Rage will take down Tombstone icon Tombstone in no time.
Huskar icon

Others[]

  • Any hero with damage over time abilities will struggle against Alchemist.
  • He can quickly take out heroes with low armor (Tiny minimap icon Tiny) with his great physical damage.

Works well with...[]

Oracle icon
Magnus icon
  • Empower icon Empower greatly improves farming potential when coupled with Chemical Rage.
  • Reverse Polarity icon Reverse Polarity can set up a multi-stun with Unstable Concoction, and provide enough time for a buffed Alchemist to take out multiple heroes.

Others[]

  • Any support hero with disables (Shadow Shaman minimap icon Shadow Shaman,Vengeful Spirit minimap icon Vengeful Spirit etc.) makes Unstable Concoction easier to land.
  • Alchemist works well with any hero that benefits from Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter, as he can farm it for them (most likely far more quickly if he has radiance combined with his passive) and also free up an inventory slot.


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