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 ability that deals high damage, slows the target, and creates an illusion at his target's location. His escape ability allows him to relocate onto a different spot while creating illusions, possibly tricking enemies into wasting their spells and time in trying to kill said illusions. His passive allows him and his illusions to rush themselves toward a target when issued an attack order. His ultimate gives him the ability to generate illusions when attacking, while giving said illusions the ability to replicate themselves as well.

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 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 illusions to cause unnecessary chases, wasted s, 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 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 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

 * 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 Kihmari, namely the blue skin, humanoid feline appearance, and halberd weapon.
 * Phantom Lancer used to have the highest agility gain per level and also has the highest gain of any stat in the game.