Rubick Counters

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• Black King Bar   Item   Changelogs     Black King BarB A powerful staff imbued with the strength of giants. Cost3975 (1375) Bought FromArmor Active Avatar Bonus +10 Strength+24 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe prevents you from doing anything to a hero other than stealing spells, unless you have stolen a spell that can pierce Magic Immunity.
• Linken`s Sphere prevents stealing spell but Rubick may use his fail steal to break the Spellblock.

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Bristleback   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Bristleback 22 + 2.2 17 + 1.8 14 + 2.8 Level Base

• Rubick can deal little damage on his own, thus Bristleback   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Bristleback 22 + 2.2 17 + 1.8 14 + 2.8 Level Base simply shrugs off all his spells and chases you down with his spells and attacks.
• Quill Spray requires multiple casts and close range to add up stacks. Rubick doesn`t usually stay at the front line and doesn`t obtain Bristleback, making Quill Spray a useless spell for Rubick to steal.

Clinkz   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Clinkz 15 + 1.9 22 + 3.3 16 + 1.55 Level Base

• Considering Rubick`s abysmal armor, Rubick is a squishy target for Clinkz   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Clinkz 15 + 1.9 22 + 3.3 16 + 1.55 Level Base to gank. None of his spells are useful except Skeleton Walk.
• Clinkz usually builds Orchid Malevolence   Item   Changelogs     Orchid MalevolenceB A garnet rod constructed from the essence of a fire demon. Cost4075 (775) Bought FromCaster Active Soul Burn Bonus +25 Intelligence+30 Attack speed+150% Mana regeneration+30 Attack damage , which disables Rubick`s ability to retaliate.
• Vast numbers of Sentry Ward   Item   Changelogs     Sentry WardB A form of plant originally grown in the garden of a fearful king. Cost100 Bought FromConsumables Active Place Sentry Ward Charges 1 Disassemble? No Alert allies? No s are needed to deal with Clinkz   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Clinkz 15 + 1.9 22 + 3.3 16 + 1.55 Level Base because of Skeleton Walk, making it harder for Rubick to buy more expensive and more useful support items like Glimmer Cape   Item   Changelogs     Glimmer CapeB The stolen cape of a master illusionist. Cost1850 Bought FromCaster Active Glimmer Bonus +20 Attack speed+15% Magic resistance Disassemble? Yes Alert allies? No Recipe The Glimmer Cape or Mekansm   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     MekansmB A glowing jewel formed out of assorted parts that somehow fit together perfectly. Cost2375 (900) Bought FromSupport Active Restore Passive Mekansm Aura Bonus +5 Strength+5 .

Huskar   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Huskar 21 + 2.7 15 + 1.4 18 + 1.5 Level Base

• Rubick can seldom escape from Huskar`s Life Break. Even with Telekinesis, it does not stun long enough to escape effectively.
• Null Field Does reduce magic damage, be that as it may, Burning Spear does more and more damage per stack, making Null Field relatively useless.

Legion Commander   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Legion Commander 26 + 2.9 18 + 1.7 20 + 2.2 Level

• Legion Commander`s spells are relatively useless to Rubick, as Duel isn`t suitable for someone as squishy as Rubick.
  • Press the Attack can be useful, but it`s high mana cost will leave you with little mana.
  • Overwhelming Odds only does damage and gives a movement speed bonus, Rubick can`t do much with the extra move speed.
  • Generally, you will be a prime target for Legion Commander`s Duels, as Rubick is relatively frail.

Riki   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Riki 17 + 1.9 34 + 2.2 14 + 1.3 Level Base

• Riki has high damage and invisibility, meaning he can easily gank Rubick and kill him before Rubick has the chance to react.
  • Almost all of Riki`s spells are useless to Rubick.
  • Smoke Screen is the only of Riki`s spells that can be of some use to Rubick.

Silencer   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Silencer 17 + 2.5 22 + 3 27 + 2.5 Level Base

• While many of Silencer   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Silencer 17 + 2.5 22 + 3 27 + 2.5 Level Base `s spells are a great steal for Rubick, Silencer effectively neuters Rubick`s excellent counter-initiation potential thanks to Global Silence.
• Rubick`s relatively low intelligence for such a heavy caster means that losing Intelligence to Intelligence Steal will make your mana pool even smaller.

Slark   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Slark 20 + 1.9 21 + 1.5 16 + 1.7 Level Base

• Pounce and Dark Pact together with some attacks can gank Rubick down quickly. Rubick can seldom retaliate because of the strong purge of Dark Pact. What is more, Rubick is the type of squishy support that Slark exactly wants to gank.
• Though Shadow Dance is a great spell to steal, Slark`s untargetable nature and his low cooldown spells forbids Rubick to steal it.

Others

• Outworld Devourer   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Outworld Devourer 19 + 2.6 24 + 2 26 + 2.7 Level s skills are useless for Rubick except for Astral Imprisonment.

Good against...

• Everything Crystal Maiden has is great in Rubick`s kit:
  • Crystal Nova deals crowd damage and slows enemies, also helps on farming.
  • Frostbite helps Rubick locks down enemies, also is a decent farming ability.
  • Freezing Field is a channeling spell and therefore can be stolen easily. The spell is devastating to the enemy given the right circumstances.
• Rubick`s Null Field passive is also great against Crystal Maiden`s magic damage nukes.

• Fissure has no cast time on Rubick`s hand, makes it a nice spell either initiate or interrupt enemy`s gank from long distance.
• Though Echo Slam isn`t as powerful for the lack of Aftershock on Rubick, the damage can still be massive on enemies.
• Null Field helps Rubick and his teammate to survive Earthshaker`s combo.

• Black Hole requires channeling, making it easy steal for Rubick especially because he usually stays back in a teamfight and Black Hole can hardly caught him inside.
• Telekinesis can break Enigma`s Black Hole fairly easily.
• Fade Bolt counters early push strategy of Enigma`s waves of Eidolons.

• All of Invoker`s spell scales with his level, thus Rubick possesses great potential in late game by owning any of Invoker`s arsenal.
• Null Field helps Rubick and his teammate to survive Chaos Meteor - Deafening Blast combo.
• Fade Bolt counters early push from Forge Spirit.

• Reverse Polarity can turn around a team fight easily if Rubick steals the spell successfully.
• Shockwave allows Rubick to farm pretty fast together with Fade Bolt also deals decent aoe damage in teamfight.
• If Rubick steals Skewer, he can Telekinesis the enemy right on its path.

• Morphling`s skills can cause unique interactions on their own:
  • Waveform is a damaging pseudo-blink, giving Rubick mobilty which he needs;
  • Morph (Strength Gain) is a great skill for Rubick:
    • The changes done by it are permanent even after losing the spell. Pumping all the agility into strength makes him much tankier. The armor loss due to reduced agility can be mitigated by cheap items like Medallion of Courage or Solar Crest.
    • Together with Null Field, the extra strength allows Rubick to survive from Morphling`s Ethereal Blade - Adaptive Strike combo.
    • Beware not to use Morph (Agility Gain)! Unlike Morphling, Rubick does not gain damage from it, since agility is not his primary attribute.
  • Adaptive Strike is a long-ranged stun.
    • The true power of this spell reveals when Morph (Strength Gain) have been stolen previously:The strike guarantees a 4 second stun every 10 seconds, which greatly counters hero with mobility such as Morphling. Note that all of Rubick`s cast-based skills are unit target an