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## Bad against...

 **Axe**
* Axe can force Alchemist to attack him with  Berserker's Call. High attack speed from  Chemical Rage will cause  Counter Helix to proc multiple times.
	+ This can get worse if axe has  Blade Mail, which then returns all damage to Alchemist himself.
* Axe's abilities can pierce through  Black King Bar, which is a common item for Alchemist.
* Berserker's Call grants Axe a huge bonus armor, which greatly counters Alchemist's physical damage for the most part.

 **Ancient Apparition**
* Ice Blast cancels out Chemical Rage's rapid health regeneration. It can also take advantage of Alchemist's  Armlet of Mordiggian toggling, as it will make HP drain insanely fast, essentially killing the bearer in no time.

 **Enchantress**
* Untouchable greatly reduces Chemical Rage's attack speed advantage.

 **Invoker**
* Quas- Exort Invoker can win the mid lane easily against Alchemist because  Quas regeneration will nullify Acid Spray's damage over time and  Exort damage bonus will allow Invoker to out last hit Alchemist.

 **Kunkka**
* Tidebringer will deal lots of damage to Alchemist before he builds physical survivability items.
* Torrent and  X Marks the Spot can control Alchemist at all stages of the game before he has Black King Bar.
* Ghostship's rum buff will greatly reduce the Alchemist's damage output in teamfights including his Radiance.

 **Lifestealer**
* Feast is good against high health strength heroes such as Alchemist.
* Rage allows Lifestealer to not be targetable by Unstable Concoction, possibly making Alchemist stun himself.

 **Necrophos**
* Reaper's Scythe can kill Alchemist before Chemical Rage has the time to heal him.
* Ghost Shroud can prevent Alchemist from attacking Necrophos, as well as make him immune to Acid Spray and Unstable Concoction damage.
* 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**
* Corrosive Haze followed by  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 will deal lots of damage during the laning phase.

 **Slark**
* Shadow Dance allows Slark to not be targeted by Unstable Concoction, making Alchemist stun himself and making himself vulnerable to the enemy.
* Dark Pact also allows him to just purge off the stun if timed correctly.
* Essence Shift will steal stats over long durations at a time should Alchemist lack the damage to kill Slark.

 **Ursa**
* Chemical Rage will rarely save Alchemist against Ursa's  Fury Swipes.
* Enrage allows Ursa to both be a threat to Alchemist and avoid his over time damage.

 **Ember Spirit**
* 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**
* Alchemist's reliance on fast attack speed to do single-target damage makes him vulnerable to  Static Link. It also goes through  Black King Bar, which is a standard item on Alchemist.
* 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.

### Others

* 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 which prevents Alchemist to earn his amazing amounts of money.
* Clinkz can use  Burning Army in teamfights which will cause a problem for Alchemist.
* Pugna's  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 reduces Alchemist's physical survivability and his teammates.
* 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 applies an undispellable disarm so Alchemist cannot attack during Chemical Rage, forcing him to activate Black King Bar beforehand.
* 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 reduces Alchemist's health regeneration.
* Ghost Scepter,  Ethereal Blade,  Glimmer Cape,  Force Staff,  Eul's Scepter of Divinity preventing him from attacking or attacking you.
* Aeon Disk, removes the debuff from his disables.
* Lotus Orb as strong reflects Unstable Concoction. Reflects from throw Unstable Cocoction enemy target can affected throw back to Alchemist.

## Good against...

 **Doom**
* Doom's low armor makes him weak against Alchemist's high physical damage output.

 **Broodmother**
* Alchemist can easily farm Spiderlings with Acid Spray and Greevil's Greed.
* Alchemist's Chemical Rage nullifies Broodmother's  Insatiable Hunger

 **Nature's Prophet**
* 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**
* Chemical Rage kills Phoenix very quickly in  Supernova.

 **Undying**
* Chemical Rage will take down  Tombstone in no time.

 **Huskar**
* Chemical Rage mitigates damage from  Burning Spear.

### Others

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

## Works well with...

 **Oracle**
* False Promise and  Fortune's End will dispel debuffs away.
* False Promise combined with Chemical Rage may give you some serious sustainability.
* Fortune's End is an AoE dispel, which will remove from enemies buffs like  Guardian Angel and also root them.

 **Magnus**
* Empower greatly improves farming potential when coupled with Chemical Rage.
* 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, Vengeful Spirit etc.) makes Unstable Concoction easier to land.
* Alchemist works well with any hero that benefits from  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.