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Poor Man's Shield
Faerie Fire
Iron Branch
Boots of Speed
Ring of Basilius
Bottle
Magic Stick
Boots of Travel
Ring of Aquila
Drum of Endurance
Diffusal Blade
Manta Style
Blink Dagger
Eye of Skadi
Heart of Tarrasque
Butterfly
Linken's Sphere
Black King Bar
Assault Cuirass
Butterfly
Assault Cuirass
Abyssal Blade
Black King Bar
Eye of Skadi
Heart of Tarrasque
Linken's Sphere
Monkey King Bar
Moon Shard
Mjollnir
Satanic
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Welcome to my guide for mid Phantom lancer. This is my first guide so all the crituque is good. My main language is not English so excuse me.
Phantom lancer is agility carry who is usually played in safelane but this guide is for mid PL. PL is very good in any part of the game with good items and lvls.
Pros
- Mobile
- Good versus Invoke
- Very good at diffusal blade carrier
- Semi hard to kill
- Not that many counters
Cons
- Silences very strong until you get items
- u can harm your team if opponent have counters such as earth shaker or ember spirit
- Mid PL situational
The reason behind PL being good versus invoker is ability to spam spirit lance and high armor so the right clicks of invoker doesnt hurt as much as it does hurt many other mid heroes.
So when u are considering about picking PL remember to pick it late so opponents dont have time to pick counter for you. Here is a list when you should pick PL:
-Opponent picks invoker
-Opponents doesnt have alot of stuns/silences
-Opponents has a lot of single target damage but lacks area damage
Here is a list when you shouldnt pick PL:
-Opponent picks earth shaker or ember spirit
-Opponents have a lot of stuns/silences
-Opponents have a lot of area damage
The reason that you shouldnt pick PL versus earth shaker or ember spirit is that you can kill your team since ember gets cleave from your illusion and you dont have lockdown for him. Earth shakers echo slam destroys your and your team when you have a lot of illusion around yourself
As PL you should always max your spirit lance first because its very good in early game. After that you should max doppleganger so you become very hard to kill. After that u can deside do you want to skill Phantom rush to max or do you decide just to skill stats.You should always skill your ultimate when you can.
In early game you want to have mana regeration so you can spam spirit lance which is very good early game spell. So you want to buy bottle and get ring of aquila as soon as possible. You need poor man shield specially when playing mid PL since most likely your opponent will be ranged hero and you need that block so u can trade almost fairly. Then you get drums that is very good item in early game to push. After picking up these items you want to buy boots of travels so you can be almost every where on the map and you have extra movement speed to chase your opponents. After that u just buy diffusal blade and mantastyle so you can burn your opponents mana and you can do alot more damage. After these items you dont have much hp because your items are agility based at this point, that's why i recomend to get eye of skadi/heart which are both tanky items. Out of these to items i prefer eye of skadi since you get hp mana and stats when heart only gives u hp. You shouldnt fight too much before u have your diffusal blade but you can fight before that if your team is a head. If your opponent has hard stuns or lockdown such as duel you should consider getting linkens. But if your opponent has stuns that have travel time u dont need any item because those stuns are easily dodged by doppleganger.
So mid PL is very good versus invoker who is atm very popular mid hero, but remeber if you see opponent picking invoker dont just insta pick phantom lancer because opponents will counter pick you. PL is also good versus heroes that dont have high intellingence but need mana for spells because you can easily burn there mana(assuming you get diffusal blade). This is why you are good counter to such heroes as sven and chaos knight. PL is also good pick if opponent have stuns which have semi/long travel time such as storm hammer or chaos bolt because you can dodge them by using doppleganger. Hope you liked my guide for mid phantom lancer and have fun owning mid invokers!
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