Phoenix Support

Key Strategy

Key strategic elements to consider when playing Phoenix

• Icarus Dive, Sun Ray while moving and Supernova destroy trees.
• Make sure to land most of the Fire Spirit and get extra right-clicks in or deny a creep here and there.
• You can attack once during Icarus Dive.
• Fire Spirits provide short lasting vision so you can scout pillars for wards or Roshan pit.
• You can use Sun Ray to escape over cliffs and pillars.
• Supernova always turns night into day which can be great against Night Stalker for example.
• Your allies can deny you in Supernova when one hit is left.
• Avoid placing Supernova close to opponents` counters. Use terrain features to allow Supernova to go off.
• Phoenix is great at defending towers with his long range damaging spells and escape.
• When not much is happening, push out the sidelines with Fire Spirits and Sun Ray without even showing yourself.
• With Aghanim`s Shard, use Sun Ray before Supernova as it will persist and will be refreshed upon explosion.
• With Aghanims Shard, use Sun Ray during Supernova on enemy heroes hitting your egg to have more chances of survival with the miss chance.

Main Combo

Main item and ability combo

Sun Ray => Fire Spirits => Icarus Dive => Supernova => Sun Ray

Further Information

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This guide was written by Hammad: View Gamer Profile