Phantom Lancer

Azwraith, the Phantom Lancer, is a melee agility hero who can fill the role of carry and pusher because of his ability to generate an army of 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. Many of his abilities help him in his creation of images, allowing him to always have a companion. He has a nuke ability in Spirit Lance, which deals moderate damage, slows the target, and creates an illusion at his target's location. His escape ability Doppelganger allows him to quickly relocate himself and any nearby illusions while creating additional ones, possibly tricking enemies into wasting their spells and time in trying to kill said illusions. His toggle Phantom Rush allows him and his illusions to close the distance toward a target when issued an attack order, giving him the ability to quickly focus single targets in battle. His ultimate Juxtapose gives him the ability to generate a large number of illusions when attacking a target, while giving said illusions the ability to replicate themselves as well. Phantom Lancer is an extremely mobile hero who is hard to pin down and can quickly overwhelm his opponents in battle.

Abilities
{{Ability
 * name = Juxtapose
 * image = File:Juxtapose icon.png
 * sound = Phantom Lancer Juxtapose
 * type = ultimate
 * description = Phantom Lancer has a chance to fracture his presence, creating an illusion of himself. Illusions also have a chance to fracture further. Illusions created from Phantom Lancer last for {{#var:Juxtapose value6}} seconds, while illusions created from other illusions last {{#var:Juxtapose value7}} seconds.
 * lore = Each of Azwraith's lance attacks feels like two from a normal warrior; or three; or four...
 * target = Passive
 * affects = Self
 * key = R
 * legacy key = X


 * bkbblock = No
 * illusionuse = Yes
 * breakable = Yes


 * buff1 = modifier_phantom_lancer_juxtapose
 * buff1text = Hidden modifier
 * buff1dispel = None
 * buff2 = modifier_phantom_lancer_juxtapose_illusion
 * buff2text = Hidden modifier
 * buff2dispel = Death
 * buff3 = modifier_illusion
 * buff3text = Illusion
 * buff3dispel = Death
 * buff4 = modifier_invulnerable
 * buff4text = Hidden modifier
 * buff4dispel = Death


 * trait1 = Hero Proc Chance
 * value1 = 40%/45%/50%
 * trait2 = Illusion Proc Chance
 * value2 = 8%
 * trait3 = Max Illusions
 * value3 = 6/8/10
 * trait4 = Illusion Damage Taken
 * value4 = 650%
 * trait5 = Illusion Damage Dealt
 * value5 = 22%
 * value5 tal = {{#expr:{{#explode:{{#var:Juxtapose value5}}|%}}+{{show|T|Phantom Lancer|talent3left value}}}}%
 * trait6 = Illusion Duration (from Hero)
 * value6 = 8
 * value6 aghs = {{calc|{{#var:Juxatapose value6}}+{{#var:Juxtapose Bonus Duration}}
 * trait7 = Illusion Duration (from Illusion)
 * value7 = 4
 * value7 aghs =


 * mana = 0
 * mana aghs = 75
 * cooldown = 0
 * cooldown aghs = 60
 * aghanimsupgrade = Upon activating, becomes active. bonus duration 18 {{#vardefine:Bonus Duration|18}}


 * notes = * The chance to spawn illusions only triggers upon attacking.


 * Juxtapose uses pseudo-random distribution.


 * Illusions created by Juxtapose attack the target that the ability was triggered upon.
 * This means that illusions created by Juxtapose use {{A|Phantom Rush|Phantom Lancer}} when their target is in correct range.


 * Illusions created by Juxtapose have a static 5 gold and experience bounty which does not scale with levels.


 * The illusions spawns 72 range away from Phantom Lancer, appearing either north, east, south or west from him.


 * Affects all illusions of Phantom Lancer, not just the ones from his abilities.
 * This includes illusions created with items ({{I|Manta Style}}) or with other abilities ({{A|Disruption|Shadow Demon}}, {{A|Reflection|Terrorblade}}).
 * This means that even enemy illusions of Phantom Lancer (created with e.g. Disruption) have a chance to spawn new ones for the owner of the illusion.

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 * Works against wards, but not buildings.

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Audio
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History
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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 Kimahri, namely the blue skin, humanoid feline appearance, and halberd weapon.
 * Phantom Lancer's model shares design similarities with, and may have been based on earlier concepts of.

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