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Phantom Lancer
19 + 2.2
26 + 2.8
21 + 1.8
| Grants the following bonuses per attribute point: | |
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+22HP and +0.1HP regeneration |
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+0.17 armor and 1 attack speed +1 Main Attack Damage |
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+12MP and +0.05MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance |
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Instant Projectile Speed
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110 (136)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.5 + 0.5
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0.6
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1800 / 800
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Default
Gib Type | ||
2012-05-03
Released | ||
2005-03-01
(v6.00) | ||
Competitive Span
2012-05-10 — 2014-09-25 2015-02-12 — Present |
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| Creates illusions of himself to trick or attack foes. | |
|---|---|
| As Azwraith drove his pike through Vorn, the Dread Magus shattered into innumerable shards of light, saturating his killer with a strange new power. Once a humble fisherman, the Phantom Lancer Spears targets from afar, spawning a fragment of the Phantom Lancer himself as they Dash ahead while cutting foes apart in a breathtaking flurry of attacks. When cornered, he vanishes briefly from the battlefield, reappearing at a nearby spot while leaving behind Doppelgangers to mislead and elude pursuers. The sheer number of his army are often Juxtaposed with his foes, overwhelming them before their eyes can scarcely distinguish the Phantom Lancer from his army of clones. | |
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| Roles: |  Carry  Escape  Pusher  Nuker |
| Complexity |   |
| Adjectives | Bearded, Blue, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Facets[edit]
Health Threshold per Bonus
Number of Bonus Illusions
Number of Bonus Illusions
Illusion Damage Increase
Search Radius
Search Radius
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Increases Spirit Lance illusion damage. Spirit Lance now bounces twice on enemies, prioritizing heroes.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Renders Phantom Lancer invisible for a duration while generating a duplicate image to confuse enemies. Increases movement speed while active.
Talents[edit]
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|---|---|---|
| +20% Critical Strike (200%) | 25 | -4s Doppelganger Cooldown |
| +10% Juxtapose Damage | 20 | +300 Phantom Rush Distance |
| -1s Spirit Lance Cooldown | 15 | +2.5s Phantom Rush Duration |
+10 Phantom Rush  Agility | 10 | +35 Spirit Lance Damage |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All / / Attributes | ||
Bio[edit]
We outnumbered you. We outnumber them all!Phantom Lancer
Aliases:
Azwraith, PL
Lore:
The remote village of Pole had no knowledge of the wars raging in the heart of the kingdom. For them, the quiet of spear fishing, and a family meal were all that a full life required. Yet war came for them nonetheless. Joining the able-bodied conscripts as they filed passed their homes, the humble lancer Azwraith vowed to bring peace to his kingdom, and in so doing, his people. Placed with his kin in the vanguard of the final assault against the Dread Magus Vorn, the cost to his fellows was absolute. As the charging force battled toward the fortress, Azwraith alone among his kind remained standing, and he alone was able to infiltrate the keep.
Focused and infuriated by the slaughter of his brothers, Azwraith bested each of the wizard's deadly traps and conjured guardians. Soon the simple fisherman arrived at Vorn's tower sanctum. The pair dueled through the night, pike to staff, as chaos raged below, and with a deafening cry Azwraith pierced his enemy. But the wizard did not simply expire; he exploded into uncountable shards of light, penetrating his killer with power. As the dust settled and the smoke of combat began to clear, Azwraith found himself standing among a throng of his kin. Each seemed to be dressed as he was, each seemed armed as he was, and he could sense that each thought as he did. Aware that his allies were approaching, he willed these phantoms to hide themselves, and one by one they began to vanish into nothingness. As the soldiers came upon the sanctum, they found the warrior that had bested the wizard. When they approached their champion, the lancer vanished. The pikeman who had stood before them was no more than another phantom.
Focused and infuriated by the slaughter of his brothers, Azwraith bested each of the wizard's deadly traps and conjured guardians. Soon the simple fisherman arrived at Vorn's tower sanctum. The pair dueled through the night, pike to staff, as chaos raged below, and with a deafening cry Azwraith pierced his enemy. But the wizard did not simply expire; he exploded into uncountable shards of light, penetrating his killer with power. As the dust settled and the smoke of combat began to clear, Azwraith found himself standing among a throng of his kin. Each seemed to be dressed as he was, each seemed armed as he was, and he could sense that each thought as he did. Aware that his allies were approaching, he willed these phantoms to hide themselves, and one by one they began to vanish into nothingness. As the soldiers came upon the sanctum, they found the warrior that had bested the wizard. When they approached their champion, the lancer vanished. The pikeman who had stood before them was no more than another phantom.
Voice:
Innate[edit]
Illusory Armaments[edit]
Illusory Armaments 
Passive
Affects
Self
Items that grants bonus attack damage to Azwraith now grants base attack damage instead.
Attack Damage Bonus to Base Damage Factor: 1
Grants a lesser base attack damage factor to his illusions instead.
Illusion Factor: 0.7
Critical Strike[edit]
1
1
Critical Strike Passive
Affects
Self / Illusions
In time, Azwraith attacks innately has a critical strike proc chance.
Proc Chance: 20%
Crit Damage: 200%
- LEVEL 25Learning the
talent unlocks this ability.
Critical strike procs have the following properties:
- The proc is determined during Phantom Lancer's attack point.
- The proc chance of multiple sources stack.
- However, when multiple critical strike sources proc simutaneously, the higher factor takes precedence.
- However, when multiple
- Critical Strike uses
pseudo-random distribution.
- Considers the following units as heroes:
- Does not proc on the following units:
- Ally units.
Buildings
Ward-type units.
special_bonus_20_crit_15 (7045)
- Phantom Lancer uses a specific attack animation, and particle effects appear on his weapon on proc.
Abilities[edit]
Spirit Lance[edit]
Sends a magical spirit lance to a target enemy unit that damages and slows its movement speed.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.73
Cast Range: 
600/650/700/750
600/650/700/750 Damage: 70/140/210/280 (
105/175/245/315)
105/175/245/315) Move Speed Slow: 14%/21%/28%/35%
Slow Duration: 3.75
Summoning an illusory fragment with a different hue to attack the unit per lance upon impact.
Number of Illusions: 1
Damage Dealt: 
20% ( 50%)
20% ( 50%)Damage Taken: 
400%
400% Duration: 3.5/5/6.5/8
All Azwraith's illusions casts a fake lance within a certain distance of the affected enemy unit.
Enemy Distance: 675
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Increases Spirit Lance illusion damage. Spirit Lance now bounces twice on enemies, prioritizing heroes.
Increases Spirit Lance illusion damage. Spirit Lance now bounces twice on enemies, prioritizing heroes.
Bounce Distance: 
( 750)
( 750)Number of Bounces: ( 2)
2)
10/9/8/7 (
9/8/7/6)
9/8/7/6)
120
Azwraith's proficiency at spearing his family's meal of fish is proving quite useful in the battlefield.
- The ability is
blocked upon 
projectile impact, either as the primary or secondary target.
- Stop bouncing upon Spell Block proc.
- Spell Block notes fully apply.
- A total of 12 illusions and 12 damage instances are applied.
modifier_phantom_lancer_juxtapose_illusion
Hidden modifier
modifier_illusionIllusion
modifier_invulnerableHidden modifier
modifier_phantom_lancer_spirit_lance
Spirit Lance: Movement speed reduced by x%
phantom_lancer_spirit_lance (5065)
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
movement speed slow debuff. - The
magical 
spell damage.
- The
Doppelganger[edit]
Area
Affects
Self / Illusions
Briefly vanishes from the battlefield.
After a delay, Phantom Lancer and any of his nearby illusions reappear at a random position within the targeted location, along with two additional doppelgangers with different properties, while extending all current illusions' duration.
After a delay, Phantom Lancer and any of his nearby illusions reappear at a random position within the targeted location, along with two additional doppelgangers with different properties, while extending all current illusions' duration.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 0
Cast Range: 575
575 Illusion Gather Radius: 900
900 Reappear Radius: 325
325 Reappear Time: 1
Gathered Illusion Bonus Duration: 2
Nummer Eins deals no damage and does not receive additional incoming damage. This illusion's duration is not extended.
Number of Illusion One: 1
Damage Dealt: 0%
0% Damage Taken: 100%
100% Duration: 8
Nummer Zwei deals a portion of Phantom Lancer's damage and receive additional incoming damage. This illusion's duration is not extended.
Number of Illusion Two: 1
Damage Dealt: 20%
20% Damage Taken: 600%
600% Duration: 8
Convergence
Create additional Doppelgangers corresponding to Azwraith's current health missing.
Health Threshold per Bonus: 25%
Number of Bonus Illusions: 1
22/18/14/10 (
18/14/10/6)
18/14/10/6)50
Dread Magus Vorn's death imbued the Phantom Lancer with the ability to blend with all spectrums of light.
- The ability effects are applied as follows on Phantom Lancer and all of his
illusions:
- All affected units
hidden upon cast, this disjoint incoming projectiles. - The 1-second reappear time.
- Affected units now
cannot act, any order given is queud as the next order. - Applies a basic dispel on all affected units.
- Reappears and creates illusion eins and zwei facing the same direction as Phantom Lancer.
- All affected units
- Illusion eins is brighter and is distinguishable ally-only.
- The aformentioned ability effects cannot be interrupted, except upon Phantom Lancer's
death.
- Phantom Lancer and his illusions reappear in
+-shaped formation, with a bit of variation.
- The illusion duration extension is granted upon cast. Hence, it effectively increases all illusions' duration by 1 with the reappear time.
- Both illusion eins and zwei has a static 5
and 5XP bounty that does not scale with levels.
modifier_phantomlancer_dopplewalk_phaseHidden modifier
modifier_phantom_lancer_juxtapose_illusionHidden modifier
modifier_illusionIllusion
modifier_invulnerableHidden modifier
phantom_lancer_doppelwalk (5066)
Phantom Rush[edit]
Toggle
Affects
Self
When activated, the Lancer quickly charges into range, gaining a temporary agility boost when specifically targeting an enemy unit for an attack.
agility boost when specifically targeting an enemy unit for an attack.Cast Animation: 
0 + 0
0 + 0Min Proc Distance: 200
Max Proc Distance: 600/675/750/825 (
900/975/1050/1125)
900/975/1050/1125) Haste Speed: 800
Agi Bonus: 10/20/30/40 (
20/30/40/50)
10/20/30/40 ( 20/30/40/50) Max Haste Duration: 5
Agi Duration: 1.5 (
4)
4) Azwraith's fragments has Phantom Rush always toggled on and are ready to rush into the battle upon an order.
13/10/7/4
Azwraith knows that on the field of battle, speed can mean everything.
- Requires the following orders to proc:
- An Aattack order.
- mouseright
- An
- Phantom Rush can proc on any target, except the following:
- Ground-targeted orders of any kind.
- From auto-attacks.
- Ally units.
- The buff lasts up to either Phantom Lancer successfully hit the enemy target or until he receives another order.
- The following disable sources specifically interacts between Phantom Rush:
Root sources temporary holds Phantom Lancer in place.
Taunt sources causes Phantom Lancer to rush toward the taunting unit instead.
- Forced attacks of taunt sources do not make him loses the buff either.
- Forced attacks of
- Rushes toward the targeted enemy unit's last known location in the following conditions:
- Becomes hidden.
- Becomes
invisible. - Moves into the
Fog of War.
- Becomes
- Grants the bonus agility immediately in the following conditions:
- EXPR
| TargetDistance - PhantomLancerLocation | ≤ 200 - Phantom Lancer neither receives the rush buff not rushes to the target in this case.
modifier_phantom_lancer_phantom_edgeHidden modifier
modifier_phantom_lancer_phantom_edge_boostPhantom Rush: Charging the enemy!
modifier_phantom_lancer_phantom_edge_agilityAgility Boost: Gaining Agility from Phantom Rush.
phantom_lancer_phantom_edge (5068)
- agi math
Juxtapose[edit]
R
X
Juxtapose 
Passive / No
Affects
Self
Has a chance to create an illusion of himself per attack.
Proc Chance: 40%/45%/50%
Max Illusions: 6/8/10
Duration from Hero: 8
Illusions also have a chance to fracture further. These images last for a shorter duration.
Illusion Proc Chance: 8%
Duration from Illusions: 4
The illusory fragment has a different hue when juxtaposed with regular images of Azuwraith's self.
Damage Dealt: 15%/17%/19% (
25%/27%/29%)
15%/17%/19% ( 25%/27%/29%)Damage Taken: 625%
625% 
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Renders Phantom Lancer invisible for a duration while generating a duplicate image to confuse enemies. Increases movement speed while active.
Renders Phantom Lancer invisible for a duration while generating a duplicate image to confuse enemies. Increases movement speed while active.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
0 + 0Fade Time: ( 0)
0)Number of Illusions: ( 1)
1)Self Move Speed Bonus: ( 15%)
15%)Duration: ( 8)
8) Divergence
Juxtapose illusions spawn on random nearby units and deal more damage but can't be controlled.
Illusion Damage Increase: 2%
Search Radius: 700
( 15)
15)( 75)
75) Each of Azwraith's lance attacks feels like two from a normal warrior; or three; or four...
- mech
- Adds an active component to Juxtapose.
- Upon cast, the created illusion automatically walks foward in the direction Phantom Lancer was facing for ≈4 seconds.
- Both the invisibility buff and illusion buff duration are independent of each other.
- Upon cast, the created
- Grants
phase movement when Phantom Lancer is fully invisible.
- Does not break invisibility in the following conditions:
Missed attacks.- Items being picked up, dropped, or attacked.
- The buff disappears in the following conditions:
- Upon reaching cast point of abilities, including item abilities.
- Upon Phantom Lancer's attack point.
- Recasting the ability refreshes the buff duration.
- The Vengeance Illusion uses the hero proc chance, instead of the illusion proc chance.
modifier_phantom_lancer_juxtaposeHidden modifier
modifier_phantom_lancer_juxtapose_illusionHidden modifier
modifier_illusionIllusion
modifier_invulnerableHidden modifier
modifier_phantom_lancer_juxtapose_cacheHidden modifier
modifier_phantom_lancer_juxtapose_invisibilityJuxtapose: Invisible, movement speed increased.
phantom_lancer_juxtapose (5067)
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Phantom Lancer/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2024 - 13:50 UTC | Qualifier |  | GEG Women: Africa |      |  | 0 : 1 |  |      |
| Aug 30, 2024 - 11:10 UTC | Qualifier | | GEG Open: Middle East |    |  | 0 : 1 |  |      |
| Aug 29, 2024 - 19:10 UTC | Tier 3 |  | True Fighters 2024 |     |  | 0 : 1 |  |      |
| Aug 25, 2024 - 18:30 CEST | Qualifier | | GEG Open: Africa |    |  | 0 : 1 | |    |
| Aug 24, 2024 - 16:10 CEST | Qualifier | | GEG Open: Africa |    | | 0 : 1 |  |  |
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Illusory Armaments
- Now affected by percentage-based
base attack damage bonus sources. - Increased illusion factor from 0.65 to 0.7.
- Now affected by percentage-based
- Increased Spirit Lance illusion duration from 2/4/6/8 to 3.5/5/6.5/8.
- Phantom Rush
- The bonus agility buff is now applied during the rush.
- The bonus agility buff is now applied after the ability ends.
- The bonus
- Juxtapose
- Increased Convergence illusion damage dealt from 13%/15%/17% to 15%/17%/19%.
- U Reduced Divergence illusion damage dealt from 20%/22%/24% to 17%/19%/21%.
- Increased
- Illusory Armaments
- Has a 1 bonus attack damage to base attack damage bonus factor for Phantom Lancer .
- Phantom Lancer no longer utilizes bonus attack damage.
- Reduced Juxtapose illusion damage taken from 650% to 625%.
Dota Plus Progress[edit]
Main Article: Hero Challenges
Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.
| Phantom Lancer's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
 Mega Kill Streaks Kill Assists Kills |
 Bronze |
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 Silver |
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 Gold |
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 Platinum |
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 Master |
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 Grandmaster |
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Equipment[edit]
| Sets | |
|---|---|
| Weapon | |
| Head | |
| Shoulder | |
| Kinetic Gems | |
Trivia[edit]
- Despite being first created at 6.00 patch, Phantom Lancer is one of the oldest heroes from the original DotA in Reign of Chaos DotA. His name used to known as "Zuljin Andorhall".
- In DotA, Phantom Lancer's in-game model was a fan interpretation of Kimahri Ronso, a playable character in the RPG game "Final Fantasy X". As such, the Phantom Lancer of Dota 2 gained many similarities with Kimahri, namely the blue skin, humanoid feline appearance, and halberd weapon.
- Phantom Lancer's model shares design similarities with Monkey King, and may have been based on earlier concepts.
Gallery[edit]
Splash artwork
Trading card art
Ability icon progress
Hero icon progress
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead
