Phantom Lancer

Azwraith the Phantom Lancer is a melee agility hard carry and pusher because of his capability of constantly generating multiple illusions in a matter of seconds. He requires deep cunning, positioning, and most importantly, great micromanagement as his illusions might just get in the way rather than help the situation if not utilized correctly. All of his abilities help him in his creation of images, allowing him to always have a companion. He has a nuke skill that deals high damage, slows the target, and creates an illusion at his target's location. His escape skill allows him to turn invisible while creating an illusion to take his place, possibly tricking enemies into wasting their spells and time in trying to kill said illusion. His passive allows him to generate an illusion of himself which procs during an attack. His ultimate gives him magic resistance, an improvement to his skill Juxtapose, but most importantly allows his illusions to generate their own illusions. His need to manage his illusions deftly makes him something of a challenge and so Phantom Lancer is recommended for Intermediate to Advanced players.

Tips

 * It is good to get a lot of attack speed later on when your Juxtapose clones become viable so that you have a higher chance of creating a mirror image.
 * Don't neglect Strength. It is easy to build all Agility. However, that leaves him open to easy ganks.
 * Taking Juxtapose too early will leave Phantom Lancer at a great disadvantage, especially since his attack speed is too low for it to proc at a reliable rate.
 * Phantom Lancer's early game mana pool is very low, so it is recommended for him to take multiple levels of Doppelwalk early in the game unless using a soul ring build.
 * Phantom Edge gives Phantom Lancer some magic resistance. Because of this, it's considered a better choice to take it over Juxtapose when possible.
 * Illusions are counted as Heroes in a target check. However, they receive effects intended for units. An example is Witch Doctor's Paralyzing Cask, which will stun Phantom Lancer's illusions by 5 seconds. Even with this fact, Hero-only spells like Doombringer's LVL? Death can be casted on images.
 * Watch out for Earthshaker! His Echo Slam also generates an echo for every illusion.
 * Creating confusion for your enemies is what the Phantom Lancer is all about! Use Doppelganger clones to cause unnecessary chases, wasted Meat Hooks, pointless ultimates, and frustration for your enemy! Be careful to pay attention to the real Phantom Lancer for whatever he's doing while your clones run around, however!
 * Illusions can have Shallow Grave cast on them if a Dazzle is on your team; you can further fool your enemy by making them chase the wrong Phantom Lancer
 * Often times, you're better off using your Dopplewalk illusion to scout for enemy heroes lurking around in the forests early game instead of trying to use it to farm creeps.
 * When choosing an item build, remember that not all passive abilities are shared with illusions.

Trivia

 * Phantom Lancer has the most agility gain (+4.2 agility per level) and total stat gain(+7.9 per level).
 * In DotA, Phantom Lancer's appearance was heavily based on Kihmari Ronso, a playable character in the RPG game Final Fantasy X. As such, the Phantom Lancer of Dota 2 gained many similarities with Kihmari, namely the blue skin, humanoid feline appearance, and halberd weapon.