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Ancient Apparition

Ice Blast prevents Io from healing the target.

Bloodseeker

Thirst allows Bloodseeker to see where Io relocated to, should either Io or the tethered hero have low health.
Rupture forces Io to stay in place, preventing it from using the Tether bonus movement speed to escape.

Bristleback

Quill Spray is very effective against Io, as it has very low armor and has to stay close to the fight to not break its
Tether.

Clinkz

Strafe and Searing Arrows allow Clinkz to quickly kill Io due to its low armor.
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Disruptor

Glimpse directly negates Relocate.

Legion Commander

Duel is very effective against Io due to its low health and armor.

Leshrac

Lightning Storm will usually hit both Io and its tethered target since both will be close enough for the lightning to
jump.
Diabolic Edict and Pulse Nova hit all units near Leshrac, meaning he can do colossal damage to Io and its tethered
target.

Luna

Lucent Beam can cancel Tether and Relocate.

Moon Glaives and Eclipse make short work of Io and its tethered ally.

Phantom Assassin

Phantom Strike allows Phantom Assassin jump directly to Io.

Coup de Grace makes short work of Io's low health and armor.

Sniper

Take Aim and Assassinate allow Sniper to reach Io even if it stays in the backline.

Spirit Breaker

Charge of Darkness can be used to escape or counter-initiate against a Relocate gank.

Greater Bash and Nether Strike is devastating due to Io's low armor, and can even knock it away from tethered
target.

Treant Protector

Living Armor can be used to save a hero from a Relocate gank.

Winter Wyvern

Cold Embrace can render the extra attack speed from Overcharge meaningless.
Splinter Blast and Winter's Curse are very affective against Io, as it has to stay close to its tethered hero.

Others
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Heroes that are hard to gank: Axe, Death Prophet, Phantom Lancer
Heroes that can easily bypass Io's allies to get to Io: Riki, Tusk, Clinkz, Sniper

Items
Spirit Vessel greatly reduces the amount of healing Io can do.
Dagon takes out Io quickly in teamfights.
Blink Dagger allows players to jump on Io for quick kill.
Rod of Atos shuts down Io's mobility.

Good against...

Drow Ranger

Drow Ranger's lack of escape abilities makes her an easy target for Relocate ganks.

Meepo

Tether helps Io escape from Earthbind even if Meepo has Blink Dagger.
Io's Spirits can pressure Meepo while laning and will usually hit at least one of his clones.

Nature's Prophet

Nature's Prophet is extremely easy to gank with Relocate while he's split pushing.
Tether on a friendly unit can destroy Nature Prophet's trees should he surround himself with Sprout as a defense.

Phoenix

Phoenix's limit AoE, damage-over-time abilities give Io plenty of time to save allies with Relocate.

Pudge

Tether and Overcharge makes it much harder for Pudge to kill a target with Meat Hook, and Relocate can save the
Io's ally while Dismember is being channeled.

Underlord

Io can escape from Pit of Malice with Tether or Relocate.

Relocate can counter Dark Rift's split pushing.

Works well with...

Chaos Knight

Chaos Knight's single target disables makes him a formidable ganker when Relocated.
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Reality Rift can bring an enemy into the Spirits slow.

Gyrocopter

Tether's regeneration and movement speed buff fuel Gyrocopter's abilities and ganks in the early and mid game.
Spirits's movement speed slow keeps enemies in range of Gyrocopter's abilities and attacks.
Overcharge's attack speed buff complements Gyrocopter's attack damage items in the late game.
Io's talent that grants Aghanim's Scepter upgrade via Tether can increase Gyrocopter's damage output.

Juggernaut

Healing Ward works with Tether, healing both heroes for an enourmous amount.
When Juggernaut uses Omnislash, Io's Tether will persist, buffing Juggernaut's attack speed with Overcharge.

Legion Commander

Press the Attack's heal is very powerful when combined with Tether.
Relocate can be used to pick off lone enemies using Duel.
Overcharge helps Legion Commander win Duels more easily.

Lifestealer

With Infest, Io can Relocate two heroes at the same time (three if Lifestealer has Aghanim's Scepter) for a surprise
gank.

Phantom Assassin

Stifling Dagger's movement speed slow helps Io land Spirits.

Overcharge makes Phantom Assassin more durable and allows her to get more hits in.

Spirit Breaker

Greater Bash becomes more powerful with higher movement speed, and benefits from Overcharge's attack speed
increase.
Tethering to Spirit Breaker while he is using Charge of Darkness can pull Io along for a considerable distance.

Sven

Sven's mobility is greatly improved by Tether.

Storm Hammer and God's Strength will take down an enemy in no time after a Relocate.
Mana regeneration from Io's items allows Sven to initiate much more often with Storm Hammer.

Tiny

Tiny's burst damage with Avalanche and Toss is ideal for finishing off enemies quickly during a Relocate gank.
Tiny can also Toss Io if the enemy gets away.
Relocate helps negate Tiny's mobility issues.

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Overcharge greatly boosts Tiny's slow base attack speed.

Ursa

Ursa's burst melee damage makes him an ideal ally to bring along on Relocate ganks.
Ursa's mobility is greatly improved by Tether.
Overcharge will allow Ursa to dish out heavy damage with Fury Swipes as well as making him literally invincible
while enraged.

Others
In general, heroes that can stun and beat down an opponent quickly will work well with Relocate.
Heroes with long disables make up for Io's lack of them and can buy time for Relocate's channel: Bane,
Earthshaker, Elder Titan, Lion, Shadow Shaman
Heroes who can provide vision help scout out Relocate's destination: Beastmaster, Techies, Templar Assassin,
Treant Protector
Heroes with area healing abilities, combined with Tether, provide large amount of regeneration to Io and tethered
targets: Dazzle, Chen, Witch Doctor

Items
Armlet of Mordiggian's health drain is mitigated by Tether's healing.
Smoke of Deceit and Relocate to bring in another hero make ganking easy.

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