Phantom Lancer's Guide: Our Lance Touches the Skies

Introduction

Phantom Lancer is one of the heroes that is hard to kill in late game phase. He have 3 roles which are Carry, Escape, and Pusher. Phantom Lancer is what we can call a Hard Carry hero. Hard Carry hero is very weak in early game. After they farm well and have good items, they can be really hard to kill. 

The trick to use Phantom Lancer is to farm very well until you have good items. When you cannot farm in the lane, just farm in the jungle.

Abilities

Spirit Lance Icon

1. Spirit Lance (normal ability): He throws his spear, dealing magical damage while summoning an illusion of Phantom Lancer to attack the unit targeted. This ability also slows the enemy unit.
2. Doppelganger (normal ability): Phantom Lancer vanishes from the field. After 1 second, he and his illusions reappear at the targeted location with 2 additional illusions.
3. Phantom Rush (normal ability): When targetting an enemy for attack, he and his illusions can charge toward the enemy in a range.



Juxtapose Icon

4. Juxtapose (ultimate ability): Phantom Lancer can passively creates illusions of himself after attacking enemy units. His illusions can also create another illusion. The illusions created by Phantom Lancer last for 8 seconds, while the illusions created by his illusions last for 4 seconds. 

Abilities Sequences

• Level 1: Spirit Lance
• Level 2: Doppelganger
• Level 3: Spirit Lance
• Level 4: Phantom Rush 
• Level 5: Spirit Lance 
• Level 6: Juxtapose
• Level 7: Spirit Lance
• Level 8: Phantom Rush
• Level 9: Phantom Rush
• Level 10: Doppelganger
• Level 11: Juxtapose
• Level 12: Phantom Rush
• Level 13: Doppelganger
• Level 14: Doppleganger
• Level 15: All Attributes
• Level 16: Juxtapose
• Level 17-25: All Attributes

Items To Buy

Ring of Protection

Starting Items:

• Ring of Protection
• Tangos
• 3x Iron Wood Branches  

Hand of Midas

Early Game Items:

• Ring of Basilius
• Hand of Midas
• Tranquil Boots  

Radiance

Mid Game Items:

• Radiance
• Diffisual Blade
• Ring of Aquila (upgrade the Ring of Basilius)  

Heart of Tarasque

Late Game Items:

• Heart of Tarrasque
• Boots of Travel (sell Tranquil Boots)
• Abyssal Blade (sell Ring of Aquila)
• Diffisual Blade Level 2 (upgrade the Diffisual Blade) 

Abyssal Blade

Situational Items:

• Eye of Skadi
• Divane Rapier  

Divane Rapier

Sources

-Website: http://www.dota2.com/hero/Phantom_Lancer/ 

  Date Viewed: 23 January 2015

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