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Bad against...
- Outworld Devourer's high mana pool, high intelligence, and low health makes him a prime target for Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Mana Burn"..
- If timed correctly, Spiked Carapace will return the full damage from Sanity's Eclipse back to Outworld Devourer. Even a reflected Arcane Orb can deal significant damage and make him vulnerable to a follow-up from Nyx Assassin.
- Spiked Carapace is also the perfect tool against Astral Imprisonment: if used on Nyx, he can reflect the damage back as he comes out of the prison by casting the ability while imprisoned; if used on any other target, Nyx can come and stand close to it and use it to reflect the damage.
- Rubick can use Spell Steal to steal Astral Imprisonment, and if Rubick gets Aghanim's Scepter he gets 2 charges of it. This can overpower Outworld Devourer in team fights.
- Silencer's Intelligence Steal will heavily reduce Outworld Devourer's damage output, particularly from Sanity's Eclipse.
- Last Word and Global Silence will take Outworld Devourer out of the fight unless he has built Black King Bar.
- As Outworld Devourer has short cast ranges, a short attack range, and no gap-closing abilities, Sniper can kite and harass Outworld Devourer in lane with his long range and zone him out in fights. The continuous area damage from Shrapnel also prevents Astral-Blink escapes.
- Refraction blocks most of the damage dealt with Arcane Orb and Sanity's Eclipse if used correctly, and is difficult for Outworld Devourer to deal with.
- If Astral Imprisonment is on cooldown, then an Outworld Devourer slowed by Psionic Trap is an easy kill for Templar Assassin, especially during the laning stage.
Others
- Any heroes with silences can negate the majority of Outworld Devourer's damage output: Death Prophet, Night Stalker, Drow Ranger, Doom .
- Tinker's Laser is useful against Outworld Devourer, as the blind prevents him from landing Arcane Orbs.
- Similarly, heroes with built-in evasion mechanisms, or who naturally build Butterfly, can become a nuisance to Outworld Devourer as it reduces his ability to deal damage and build charges through Arcane Orb.
- Any heroes with high intelligence, such as Invoker and Pugna.
- Heroes with built-in spell immunity can become immune to all of Outworld Devourer's spells: Lifestealer's Rage and Juggernaut's Blade Fury.
Items
- Instant healing items, such as Mekansm, Magic Stick, and Faerie Fire, can be used inside Astral Imprisonment and the healing will take effect before the damage from the prison, potentially saving the target.
- Pipe of Insight significantly reduces Sanity's Eclipse's damage.
- Black King Bar makes the user immune to all of Outworld Devourer's spells.
- When using Helm of the Dominator, an Ogre Frostmage's Ice Armor decreases Outworld Devourer's attack speed, making it hard for him to build charges and deal damage with Arcane Orb.
Good against...
- Counterspell doesn't work versus Arcane Orb because it does pure damage.
- Anti-Mage cannot burn all of Outworld Devourer's mana without disables due to Essence Flux.
- Anti-Mage's Manta Style illusions are quickly destroyed by Arcane Orb.
- However, if the enemy has multiple means of removing mana, Mana Void becomes a threat to Outworld Devourer, Anti-Mage has better mobility than Outworld Devourer with Blink, and Counterspell blocks a large portion of the damage from Sanity's Eclipse.
- Outworld Devourer can dodge Life Break with Astral Imprisonment, leaving him unharmed while Huskar loses HP.
- Sanity's Eclipse can deal massive damage to Huskar before he builds up his Berserker's Blood stacks due to Huskar's low mana pool.
- Outworld Devourer can save an ally hero caught by Duel with Astral Imprisonment, and he can inflict heavy damage on Legion Commander with Arcane Orb to aid his ally. However, if he gets caught, he is unlikely to survive the duel, due to his lack of durability.
- Outworld Devourer's pure damage from Arcane Orb can go through Cold Embrace. He can also build charges from the embraced enemy using the same spell.
- Outworld Devourer can negate the healing from Cold Embrace using Astral Imprisonment.
- Outworld Devourer's damage during Winter's Curse is reduced due to Arcane Orb being unable to target allies.
- Arcane Orb deals high damage regardless of Morphling's high armor from Attribute Shift (Agility Gain).
- Because of Morphling's very low intelligence gain and base intelligence, Sanity's Eclipse will almost always be effective against Morphling.
- Arcane Orb's pure damage ignores Timbersaw's Reactive Armor.
- Astral Imprisonment, if timed correctly, can interrupt Timber Chain, preventing him from escaping.
- Sanity's Eclipse does massive damage to Wraith King who naturally has a low mana pool and typically doesn't build items to increase it.
- Wraithfire Blast's slow projectile speed makes it easy to avoid using Astral Imprisonment.
Others
- Any heroes with low mana pools will die quickly or even instantly to Sanity's Eclipse: Doom, Phantom Assassin, Troll Warlord.
- Tanky melee heroes that can easily be kited, which allows Outworld Devourer to build charges with Arcane Orb from a distance: Sven, Underlord, Bristleback.
- Illusion based heroes (like Chaos Knight and Terrorblade) can't use their illusion beneficially against Sanity's Eclipse's high AoE burst damage.
- Heroes that must kill others in a short duration of time or need to combo their abilities suffer heavily against Outworld Devourer, as a simple Astral Imprisonment can instantly throw off key abilities like Void's Chronosphere, Ursa's Enrage or Kunkka's X-Torrent combo.
- Heroes that rely heavily on armor like Dragon Knight or magic resistance like Visage can usually be dismantled by Outworld Devourer as Arcane Orb is a pure damage source.
Works well with...
- Bloodlust greatly increases Outworld Devourer's damage output and allows him to build charges more quickly.
- Ignite and Fireblast can pin down an enemy for Outworld Devourer to attack.
- Silencer's passive and active Intelligence Steal will increase the mana pool difference between Outworld Devourer and his enemies, making them take more damage from Sanity's Eclipse.
- Global Silence will prevent enemies from disabling Outworld Devourer, allowing him to land easy attacks.
- During Winter's Curse, Outworld Devourer is able to build charges through Arcane Orb.
- Vengeance Aura provides Outworld Devourer with bonus intelligence, amplifying the damage dealt with Arcane Orb and Sanity's Eclipse, as well as bonus attack range.
Others
- Heroes that benefit from Astral Imprisonment's setup: Elder Titan, Kunkka, Mirana, Pudge.
Items
- Blink Dagger users enjoy protection of Astral Imprisonment from enemy damage, letting them escape when the duration ends.
