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Bad against...[]

Abaddon icon
  • Abaddon could punish Chaos Knight for using his Phantasm and Reality Rift combo on him with Aphotic Shield icon Aphotic Shield. Additionally, it provides extra protection against Chaos Knight's potential to take Abaddon down quickly.
  • Furthermore, Abaddon's Borrowed Time icon Borrowed Time makes it utterly impossible to burst Abaddon down, effectively reducing the amount of targets Chaos Knight can threaten by 1 for the entire game.
Anti-Mage icon
  • Anti-Mage commonly builds Battle Fury icon Battle Fury, which can deal with Phantasm illusions easily.
  • Counterspell icon Counterspell, if timed right, will turn Chaos Bolt against Chaos Knight, and can set up for a kill if he is not careful.
  • Even if Counterspell is on cooldown, Blink (Anti-Mage) icon Blink can almost always dodge a Chaos Bolt because of its slow projectile.
  • Mana Break icon Mana Break will quickly drain Chaos Knight's low amount mana.
  • However, beware Anti-Mage is fairly fragile and cannot withstand heavy incoming physical damage at any points in the game, which Chaos Knight excels at. A good player will bait out Counterspell icon Counterspell, and retaliate once it's over.
Axe icon
Brewmaster icon
  • Dispel Magic (Storm) icon Dispel Magic from Brewmaster Storm minimap icon Storm can instantly kill Phantasms early on, and can still deal a lot of damage to them late game, revealing the real Chaos Knight.
Dragon Knight icon
Earthshaker icon
  • Echo Slam icon Echo Slam will deal a colossal amount of damage to your Phantasms, as will Fissure icon Fissure at lower levels.
  • The area stuns from Aftershock icon Aftershock will always stun Chaos Knight's illusions, since they can't use Black King Bar icon Black King Bar.
  • However, Earthshaker should not attempt to fight a farmed Chaos Knight, since he will be completely obliterated by Chaos Knight's colossal damage output, even if he managed to land an Echo Slam icon Echo Slam
Enchantress icon
  • Untouchable icon Untouchable will significantly slow down Chaos Knight's physical damage with Phantasm.
  • Impetus icon Impetus deals double damage to illusions, making it effective against Phantasm.
Enigma icon
  • Black Hole icon Black Hole usually catches Chaos Knight with all his illusions.
  • Midnight Pulse icon Midnight Pulse deals damage based on current health, quickly killing Phantasm illusions.
Jakiro icon
  • With his AoE damage, Jakiro can easily kill Chaos Knight's Phantasm icon Phantasm illusions.
  • Chaos Knight usually doesn't buy a Black King Bar icon Black King Bar, making him vulnerable to an Ice Path into Macropyre combination.
Lich icon
  • Lich's Chain Frost icon Chain Frost, especially after obtaining its respective talent that provides unlimited bounces, can take out all of Chaos Knight's illusions quickly.
  • An Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter-upgraded Sinister Gaze icon Sinister Gaze can hypnotize Chaos Knight and his illusions while also draining his already low mana pool.
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Monkey King icon
Omniknight icon
  • Purification icon Purification heals a teammate targeted by Reality Rift and heavily damages Chaos Knight and his illusions in the process.
  • Guardian Angel icon Guardian Angel blocks all of Chaos Knight's damage for a long duration.
Phantom Lancer icon
  • Juxtapose icon Juxtapose allows Phantom Lancer to overwhelm Chaos Knight due to his single-target abilities.
  • Manta Style icon Manta Style is a natural item from Phantom Lancer's is very harder from Chaos Knight's kill him a lot from Phantom Lancer's illusion and Manta Style from Phantom Lancer's impacted Juxtapose icon Juxtapose .
  • Doppelganger icon Doppelganger can be used to dodge Chaos Bolt.
  • Since Phantom Lancer builds Diffusal Blade icon Diffusal Blade often, it can quickly drain Chaos Knight's low mana pool, leaving him unable to cast spells.
Puck icon
  • Puck's area of effect nukes in the form of Illusory Orb icon Illusory Orb and Waning Rift icon Waning Rift clears Phantasm illusions from the early game to mid game.
  • Phase Shift icon Phase Shift can be used to disjoint Chaos Bolt.
Sand King icon
  • Sand King's massive area damage output, particularly Epicenter icon Epicenter, allows him to quickly take down Chaos Knight and his illusions.
  • Sand King can also apply Caustic Finale icon Caustic Finale to illusions with attacks for extra damage when they die.
Sven icon
  • Storm Hammer icon Storm Hammer's faster projectile speed and cast time allows Sven to stun Chaos Knight and his illusions before he can cast Chaos Bolt.
  • Warcry icon Warcry's armor bonus counteracts Reality Rift's debuff and reduces Chaos Knight's damage output.
  • Great Cleave icon Great Cleave and God's Strength icon God's Strength devastates Phantasm illusions.
Tidehunter icon
  • Ravage icon Ravage damages and disables Chaos Knight and his illusions.
  • Anchor Smash icon Anchor Smash deals respectable area damage, especially to Phantasms and lowers Chaos Knight's damage.
  • Kraken Shell icon Kraken Shell dispels Chaos Bolt and Reality Rift while providing protection from damage.
Timbersaw icon
  • Strong area damage, particularly from Whirling Death icon Whirling Death and Chakram icon Chakram, lets Timbersaw clear out illusions quickly.
  • Whirling Death icon Whirling Death directly reduces Strength from both Chaos Knight and his Phantasm illusions, reducing both the damage output and raw health that the hero relies on.
  • Reactive Armor icon Reactive Armor quickly builds stacks against Phantasm illusions, making Timbersaw hard to kill.
Winter Wyvern icon
  • Cold Embrace icon Cold Embrace protects Reality Rift targets.
  • Winter's Curse icon Winter's Curse turns Phantasm illusions against Chaos Knight or a teammate.
  • Splinter Blast icon Splinter Blast deals decent area damage to Phantasm illusions.
  • Arctic Burn icon Arctic Burn's percentage-based damage quickly wears down Chaos Knight's high max health.
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Others[]

Items[]

  • Shiva's Guard icon Shiva's Guard provides armor and a negative attack speed aura, reducing the damage output of Chaos Knight and his illusions, and can slow and damage them with Arctic Blast.
  • Blade Mail icon Blade Mail is a great item when timed right to destroy all the illusions and it does a great job in countering Chaos Knight's high damage output in general.
  • Butterfly icon Butterfly allows heroes to evade Chaos Knight's attacks, reducing his damage output.
  • Ghost Scepter icon Ghost Scepter and Ethereal Blade icon Ethereal Blade prevent Chaos Knight from focusing down a target by turning it ethereal.
  • Manta Style icon Manta Style creates illusions that can make it difficult for Chaos Knight to initiate on the real hero.
  • Linken's Sphere icon Linken's Sphere prevents Chaos Knight from using his targeted skills effectively.
  • Battle Fury icon Battle Fury provides cleave damage, which is especially helpful to destroy Chaos Knight's illusions for melee heroes relying on attack damage.
  • Lotus Orb icon Lotus Orb can easily reflect to Chaos Bolt and Reality Rift.

Good against...[]

Bane icon
Bounty Hunter icon
  • Phantasm dispels Track icon Track, and the illusions make it difficult to Track the real Chaos Knight.
  • Bounty Hunter is fragile and can easily be killed by Chaos Knight and Phantasm's illusions.
Disruptor icon
  • Phantasm removes Glimpse icon Glimpse and dispels Thunder Strike icon Thunder Strike. Additionally, the Phantasm illusions make it difficult to use Glimpse and Thunder Strike on the real Chaos Knight.
  • Disruptor's lack of mobility, combined with his lack of innate defense, sets him up for a Reality Rift and a beatdown by Chaos Knight and his illusions.
Huskar icon
  • Huskar's low armor and movement speed make an easy target for Chaos Knight to initiate on with Reality Rift icon Reality Rift and Chaos Bolt icon Chaos Bolt.
  • Beside Inner Fire icon Inner Fire, Huskar has no reliable area of effect ability to clear Phantasm illusions.
  • Huskar likes to fight at low health to benefit from his Berserker's Blood icon Berserker's Blood, thus vulnerable to Chaos Knight's high burst physical damage.
Lifestealer icon
  • Level 20 talent allows Reality Rift to bypass spell immunity provided by Rage icon Rage, thus negating the advantage Lifestealer has in his kit.
  • The fact that Lifestealer lacks wave clearing and reliable lockdown makes it difficult to fight Chaos Knight's illusions.
  • Feast icon Feast is largely negated by Chaos Knight's high burst damage from Chaos Strike.
Lone Druid icon
  • Reality Rift lets Chaos Knight bypass the Spirit Bear and jump onto Lone Druid.
  • The Spirit Bear's lack of scaling means it dies quickly to Chaos Knight during the late-game.
Pudge icon
  • Phantasm's illusions make it difficult to land Meat Hook icon Meat Hook and Dismember icon Dismember.
  • Chaos Bolt is a comparatively low cooldown tool to interrupt Dismember icon Dismember.
  • Chaos Strike's lifesteal offsets Rot icon Rot's damage.
Slark icon
  • Dark Pact icon Dark Pact is minimally effective against Phantasm illusions, and Slark lacks area damage otherwise.
  • Pounce icon Pounce can be counteracted by Reality Rift.
  • Slark is naturally frail and dies quickly to Chaos Knight's burst damage before he can build Essence Shift icon Essence Shift stacks.
  • Be aware, however, that Shadow Dance icon Shadow Dance can make Slark hard to kill as he can't be targeted during its duration.
Sniper icon
  • Sniper is very fragile, along with his low movement speed, make an exceptionally easy target for Chaos Knight to initiate on.
  • Sniper has no innate ability to deal with Phantasm icon Phantasm or escape a Reality Rift icon Reality Rift and Chaos Bolt icon Chaos Bolt combo.
  • In most cases, Sniper likes to stay far in the backline to deal damage, thus he is vulnerable if Chaos Knight manages to jump in the back line, which will usually spell a quick end for Sniper.
Ursa icon
  • Ursa cannot effectively fight against Phantasm's illusions with his single-target damage.
  • Chaos Bolt's potentially long stun with Chaos Bolt gives Ursa little opportunity to Enrage icon Enrage.
Viper icon
  • As Viper focuses on single-target damage, he has trouble fighting off Phantasm illusions.
  • Reality Rift counteracts Viper's slows and reduces his already low durability against physical damage.


Others[]

Works well with...[]

Crystal Maiden icon
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Phantom Lancer icon
  • An Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Phantasm can create an illusion of Phantom Lancer, which also benefits from Juxtapose icon Juxtapose and Phantom Rush icon Phantom Rush.
  • Reality Rift icon Reality Rift can completely trap a target with illusions. This is especially deadly against heroes that do not have any mobility skills to escape the onslaught.
Shadow Demon icon
  • Disruption icon Disruption can create two extra Chaos Knight illusions to inflict more damage on the enemy with Chaos Strike.
  • Disruption icon Disruption and Demonic Purge icon Demonic Purge make Chaos Knight's attempts to approach enemies with good escape methods easier.

Others[]


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