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Animal Courier
Ring of Protection
Healing Salve
Tango
Iron Branch
Observer Ward
Healing Salve
Tango
Ring of Protection
Iron Branch
Tranquil Boots
Urn of Shadows
Town Portal Scroll
Mekansm
Pipe of Insight
Flying Courier
Dust of Appearance
Observer Ward
Sentry Ward
Smoke of Deceit
Heart of Tarrasque
Radiance
Shiva's Guard
Scythe of Vyse
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Hello All! Welcome to my humble guide to playing Icarus, the Phoenix. Icarus is a ranged, strength support who uses powerful, mana cheap damage over time nukes, at the cost of health.
Starting items:
Animal Courier You are a support, start acting like it.
Observer Ward See above.
Ring of Protection To be built into Tranquil Boots, gives a bit of tank early on.
Healing Salve Regen is important for phoenix since most of his abilities use HP.
Tango Regen
Iron Branch No comment.
Core:
Tranquil Boots Provides about all the regen you will need for the entire game.
Urn of Shadows More regen, helpful for ganking.
Town Portal Scroll Always keep a TP scroll on you.
Extension:
Mekansm Helpful team healing in teamfights, 1 per team.
Pipe of Insight Helpful spell damage tank in teamfights, 1 per team.
Items you probably shouldn't be getting (Luxury)
You are a support, most of the gold should be going to the carry in your lane.
But these items are helpful if you do get fed.
Heart of Tarrasque One of the best tank items in the game.
Radiance Gives you more DPS whilst initiating.
Shiva's Guard More initiation power.
Scythe of Vyse Why? For the glory of the Dire's Ancient of course!
What you're going to do is be a good support, sit, wait, keep your carry alive, help in ganks, don't steal kills or farm.
Sun Ray is leveled first due to its power in ganks, pressing D after activating it can be useful for chasing. Cancel when enemy is out of range to conserve health.
Icarus Dive is very useful for both chasing enemies, escaping, and starting ganks due to the slow and damage over time it gives. IT'S FREE!
Fire Spirits Good for harass, avoid hitting creeps with it, as it pushes the lane a lot.
Supernova Is a great initiation ability if used correctly, also provides sustain in lane after you've run out of regen, and can help a bit in ganks.
If you are going to initiate, do it correctly.
You won't be needing blink dagger, since Icarus Dive works fine for that.
Start by using activating Fire Spirits then Icarus Dive Cancel it midway, then attempt to hit all enemies with Fire Spirits. This will slow their attack speed, allowing you to safely use Supernova. If everything goes right your enemies will be taken by surprise and most will run.
ACHTUNG!!! DO NOT USE THIS AGAINST A TEAM OF HIGH ATTACK SPEED ENEMIES THEY WILL CANCEL YOUR ULTIMATE AND YOU WILL DIE!
Your enemies will be like this if all goes well.
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