Phantom Lancer build & guide (7.41)

Spirit Lance

Sends a magical spirit lance to a target enemy unit that damages and slows, while summoning an illusory phantom to attack the unit.

Aghanim's Scepter: Spirit Lance bounces once on enemies, prioritizing Heroes. Increases Spirit Lance illusion damage.

Doppelganger

Phantom Lancer briefly vanishes from the battlefield. After 1 second, Phantom Lancer and any of his nearby illusions reappear at a random position within the targeted location, along with two additional doppelgangers. Extends duration of all illusions. The two added doppelgangers have different properties: one takes normal damage and deals none, while the other takes 500% bonus damage and deals -80% less damage. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel

Phantom Rush

When targeting an enemy for an attack, Phantom Lancer quickly charges into range, gaining increased movement speed and evasion.

Aghanim's Scepter: Increases Range. Whenever Phantom Lancer Rushes through enemies, he creates Juxtapose illusions that attack them. Additionally, every 600 units rushed creates a Juxtapose illusion that rushes to the target alongside Phantom Lancer.

Illusory Armaments

Whenever an illusion of Phantom Lancer is created, its outgoing damage cannot go below a fixed value for 3 seconds.

Juxtapose

Phantom Lancer has a chance to fracture his presence on an attack, creating an illusion of himself. Illusions also have a chance to fracture further. Illusions created from Phantom Lancer last for 8 seconds, while illusions created from other illusions last 4 seconds.

Aghanim's Shard: Adds an active ability to Juxtapose. Renders Phantom Lancer invisible for up to 8 seconds while generating a duplicate image to confuse enemies. His movement speed is increased by 15% during this invisibility.