Lich Dota 2 build 2025: Items, combo and Counter

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BestLich build guides for Dota 2 2025. Learn more about Lich’s abilities, items, combo, skill order and counter.

Attack Type: Ranged

Strength: 20 + 2.1 | Agility: 17 + 2 | Intelligence: 26 + 3.8

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1 Lich Items build

2 Lich’s Skill Order

3 Combo Lich

4 How To Counter Lich ?

5 How To Play Lich ?

6 Lich’s Ability

Lich Items build

Meta build:

: Blink Dagger

: Arcane Boots

: Aghanim’s Scepter

: Aether Lens

: Refresher Orb

: Glimmer Cape

Pro Build:

: Force Staff

: Boots of Trave

: Octarine Core

: Glimmer Cape

: Shiva’s Guard

: Scythe of Vyse

Lich’s Skill Order

Skill Order: Frost Blast -> Frost Shield -> Sinister Gaze -> Chain Frost.

Combo Lich

Heroes combo: Lich + Magnus

: Magnus

: Lich

How To Counter Lich ?

Pros

Great laner
Strong team fight.
Makes teammates tanky.

Cons

Low defense.
No escape.
Not great at ganking.

Bad against:

Hero

: Anti-Mage

: Bloodseeker

: Broodmother

: Huskar

Good against:

Hero

: Meepo

: Chaos Knight

: Lone Druid

: Arc Warden

How To Play Lich ?

Best items for Lich

Start items for Lich in dota 2 are: Enchanted Mango, Sentry Ward, Observer Ward, Wind Lace, Tango.

Meta items for Lich in dota 2 are: Blink Dagger, Arcane Boots, Aghanim’s Scepter, Aether Lens, Refresher Orb, Glimmer Cape.

Pro items for Lich in dota 2 are: Force Staff, Boots of Trave, Octarine Core, Glimmer Cape, Shiva’s Guard, Scythe of Vyse.

Tips and Tricks

The support hero Lich has great nuking power and the ability to immobilize opponents thanks to his numerous slows.

Due to his lack of strength and agility, Lich is vulnerable to opposing assaults and abilities should he ever find himself in an awkward situation.

Due to his skill set, Lich can be played successfully in every lane. However, this simply affects the amount of farmland he receives, not necessarily his position.

Lich must be strategically positioned based on the circumstances and cast his spells on the appropriate targets without drawing the enemy’s attention.

Lich’s Ability

FROST BLAST

Frost damage is blasted towards the targeted opponent unit, slowing mobility and attack rates for 4.0 seconds and causing area damage. Base and area damage are dealt to the main target.

FROST SHIELD

Reduces damage from assaults on the target by erecting a magical frost shield around it. Every 1.0 seconds while the shield is in effect, ice magic will target adjacent enemy units, delivering small damage and slowing them.

SINISTER GAZE

CHANNELED – Drains a portion of an opponent unit’s current mana while hypnotizing it, leading it to go in your direction. It lasts 2.0 times longer and deals 250.0 damage per second when thrown on a creep.

ICE SPIRE

Creates an Ice Spire at the specified location, delaying nearby opponents. It can withstand five hero attacks or ten creep attacks, and if it is destroyed, a frost blast will surround it.

If there are no other adversaries in the area, Chain Frost can bounce to the Spire.

On the Spire, Lich can cast Frost Shield. The spire will gain 1 hero attack of healing with each Frost Shield tick.

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