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Forum » New Player Help » Phantom Lancer 19 posts - page 1 of 2
Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by manic_e » April 28, 2013 9:31am | Report
I'm hoping someone can help me as I always seem to have massive trouble against Phantom Lancer. To me he seems like the most OP hero in the game. Early game he's comparatively strong, mid game he's usually on his way to becoming a beast and by late game I just can't hit him. I play with different types of characters but can't find a good way to stop him.

Is there a particular hero/item/strategy that counters him effectively?

Also does anyone else think he deserves a nerf?

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by PeachFuzz » April 28, 2013 10:18am | Report
Gyrocopter is a common counter to him. Liquid used TA and Luna to counter him. Earthshaker if he can get a good ult.

To be honest it's not that hard to outcarry PL if you have equal farm on an AM or something; you just need to kill him before the creep wave reaches him and he gets an army of illusions.

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Raylord » April 28, 2013 10:29am | Report
Carrying a Tp scroll helps, Kunkka has a great cleave so you might want to consider him.

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Wulfstan » April 28, 2013 12:23pm | Report
Cleave and good AoE usually counters him.Consider Dark Seer as a really good counter both late and early. Doom always ****s his plans up,due to Doom.ILLUSION FACTORY SHUT DOWN FOR 15 SECONDS?YES PLEASE!

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Sp12 » April 28, 2013 12:56pm | Report
A stacked AM can do well, especially with empower.
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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Peppo_oPaccio » April 28, 2013 1:47pm | Report
Nobody talks about the poor Tiny? I mean, if he gets his Aghanim's Scepter in a short amount of time he can push towers and get into the enemy base before PL gets farmed. Always consider pairing him with Io, as they have good synergy and can win the mid game by themselves with proper warding.

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by DzikaPanda » April 28, 2013 2:50pm | Report
Faceless Void is counter to like every single hero, also PL if you have Battle Fury.
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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by SkyStormSpectre » April 30, 2013 3:28am | Report
If Phantom Lancer doesn't farm on his own the whole game, Axe can also counter him surprisingly well, especially if cancer already has all his illusions up.

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Hades4u » April 30, 2013 4:11am | Report

If Phantom Lancer doesn't farm on his own the whole game, Axe can also counter him surprisingly well, especially if cancer already has all his illusions up.

That's true.. but if Phantom Lancer is tanky enough and he has a Diffusal Blade, it's bad for Axe :P
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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by SkyStormSpectre » April 30, 2013 6:25am | Report
Yeah I agree. If you counter PL with Axe you need to finish the game by midgame. If you let him get too much farm it won't help.

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