Bad against...
- Spell Shield reduces much of Pangolier's burst damage from Shield Crash and Rolling Thunder.
- Blink allows Anti-Mage to avoid Shield Crash and Rolling Thunder, and catch up to Pangolier over cliffs and obstacles.
- Mana Break drains Pangolier's mana, preventing him from using Shield Crash repeatedly during Rolling Thunder.
- Call of the Wild Hawk can spot Pangolier initiate with Rolling Thunder, preventing him from taking allies by surprise where vision is blocked.
- Primal Roar's long stun wastes much of Rolling Thunder's duration.
- Rupture causes Pangolier to take heavy damage if he uses Swashbuckle or Rolling Thunder.
- Hoof Stomp and Double Edge are particularly easy to land when Pangolier uses Shield Crash, as it does not disable and must be performed near Centaur Warrunner.
- Stampede helps allies avoid Pangolier during Rolling Thunder, as well as neutralizing the slow debuff from Lucky Shot.
- When Swashbuckle hits Centaur Warrunner, Return will deal significant damage, as it procs off every strike made.
- Doom removes Pangolier's mobility entirely, preventing him from using Shield Crash to jump over obstacles or deal extra damage during Rolling Thunder.
- Chronosphere's large obstacle denies Pangolier the room to roll around during teamfights.
- Stone Gaze stuns Pangolier during Rolling Thunder, or forces him to roll away.
- Ensnare holds Rolling Thunder in place since it pierces spell immunity, and the root prevents Pangolier from either using it, or using Swashbuckle to get away.
- Song of the Siren can be used after Ensnare to wait for Shield Crash buff to wear off.
- Reaper's Scythe immobilizes and pierces Rolling Thunder's spell immunity.
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- Blink allows Queen of Pain to avoid Rolling Thunder.
- Charge of Darkness can be used to chase down Pangolier if he escapes with Swashbuckle or Rolling Thunder.
- Nether Strike ignores Rolling Thunder's spell immunity, and will still hit Pangolier if he rolls away.
- Ball Lightning allows Storm Spirit to avoid Shield Crash and Rolling Thunder, and ignores the slow from Lucky Shot.
- Overgrowth roots Pangolier in place during Rolling Thunder.
- Magic Missile and Nether Swap cause positioning problems for Pangolier, blunting his offensive initiations and preventing escapes.
Others
- Heroes with disables that pierce spell immunity can hold Pangolier in place during Rolling Thunder: Axe, Beastmaster, Enigma, Magnus, Pudge, Batrider, Bane
- Heroes who regularly carry Black King Bar will take little damage from Pangolier during Rolling Thunder: Sven, Dragon Knight
Items
- Black King Bar negates the damage from Shield Crash and Rolling Thunder.
- Pipe of Insight's active barrier greatly reduces damage taken from Shield Crash and Rolling Thunder during teamfights.
- Abyssal Blade's bash goes through Rolling Thunder's spell immunity.
- Eul's Scepter of Divinity helps heroes avoid Pangolier during Rolling Thunder, wasting part of its duration.
- Dragon Lance lets ranged heroes hit Pangolier from a safe distance, avoiding Rolling Thunder.
- Force Staff pushes heroes out of Rolling Thunder's path.
Good against...
- Rolling Thunder hits Arc Warden, his Tempest Double and any allies through Magnetic Field.
- Rolling Thunder also causes Pangolier to take no damage from existing stacks of Flux and Spark Wraiths on the map.
- Shield Crash and Rolling Thunder quickly destroys Broodmother's spiderlings and spiderites.
- Shield Crash and Rolling Thunder allow Pangolier to chase Broodmother over cliffs.
- Shield Crash gains its damage reduction bonus from all Meepo clones, and can be used even when rooted, allowing Pangolier to safely dive him during a team fight. If one or more other enemy heroes are in Shield Crash's radius on top of every Meepo Clones, Pangolier's Shield Crash buff will protect him from 100% of all incoming damage.
- Rolling Thunder can also push Monkey King out of the radius of Wukong's Command.
- As Rolling Thunder destroys trees in its wake, it can be very effective at chasing and stunning a fleeing Monkey King.
- Shield Crash and Rolling Thunder quickly destroy Phantom Lancer's illusions.
- Phantom Rush will cause Phantom Lancer to be stunned by Rolling Thunder, or set himself up for a Shield Crash.
- Pangolier's skills deal primarily magic damage, which is excellent against Terrorblade, particularly in the early game.
- All three of Pangolier's actives will quickly clear illusions from Terrorblade.
- Swashbuckle allows Pangolier to follow Timbersaw if he Timber Chains away.
- Lucky Shot repeatedly prevents Timbersaw from spammming his abilities.
- Swashbuckle allows Pangolier to easily dodge the stun from Visage's Familiars.
- Swashbuckle can easily burn Gravekeeper's Cloak charges.
- Shukuchi will stun Weaver if he bumps into Pangolier during Rolling Thunder, reducing his mobility and damage output.
- Shield Crash's wide radius can hit Weaver even when he is invisible.
Others
- Heroes who rely on channeling abilities can be interrupted in teamfights by Rolling Thunder: Crystal Maiden, Pugna, Witch Doctor
- Heroes who have summons, which can be quickly cleared by Shield Crash and Swashbuckle: Nature's Prophet, Enigma, Lycan
- Heroes who are illusion based, or even heroes who frequently build Manta Style: Chaos Knight, Shadow Demon
Works well with...
- Aphotic Shield gives Pangolier extra burst damage when rolling into fights.
- Flaming Lasso's forced movement can be used to drag a foe into Rolling Thunder, hitting and stunning them repeatedly.
- Sticky Napalm slows enemies turn rate, preventing them from moving out of Rolling Thunder's path.
- Flamebreak can push fleeing foes back into Rolling Thunder's path, or if careful aimed, cause a second hit.
- Rolling Thunder adds to the chaos created by Primal Split, giving Brewmaster's spirits more opportunities to cast disables.
- Any enemy caught within Power Cogs is vulnerable to several consecutive stuns of Rolling Thunder.
- Rolling Thunder's repeated stuns allow Drow Ranger to attack with impunity from the backline.
- Gust can be used to follow up on Rolling Thunder's stuns, rendering enemies helpless.
- Rolling Thunder adds to the chaos created by Earth Spirit's stuns, and knocks Magnetized enemies into Stone Remnants.
- Swashbuckle can quickly finish off Magnetized enemies.
- Rolling Thunder knocks enemies into Jakiro's linear AoE abilities.
- Rolling Thunder's stuns keep enemies within range of all of Medusa's abilities.
- Tombstone synergizes with Rolling Thunder and Shield Crash, keeping targets within range of both abilities.
- Rolling Thunder's stuns allow Weaver to safely join teamfights and pass through multiple enemies with Shukuchi.
Others
- Heroes with large AoE abilities can add to and take advantage of the chaotic fray caused by Rolling Thunder: Warlock, Death Prophet, Crystal Maiden, Spectre, Venomancer, Leshrac
- Heroes who can create barriers for Rolling Thunder to bounce against: Earthshaker, Tusk
