DotA Guide: Azwraith - The Phantom Lancer Introduction

Defense of the Ancients is a popular custom-made map for Warcraft III. To offer players a better comprehension of this complex and sometimes complicated game, here is a hero guide.

Master at duplicating himself, Azwraith is not a very picked hero, even though his potential is huge. Well farmed, this hero can drag a slower team and turn the game around in the end. You can recruit him from the Sentinel Agility Tavern.

Learn more about the Phantom Lacer by reading this story: "Although his true name is unknown to his allies, Azwraith's assigned name tells you enough. Like the Angel of Death, Azrael, he fights to rid the world of those who choose to embrace undeath. 

He is able to appear and disappear at will like a wraith, often appearing in many places at once. Azwraith is more than capable of dispatching the undead using his lance, each blow sending them closer to the spirit-realm. 

This lance is the source of his astounding ability to duplicate himself, whenever it draws blood he can use their life to create weaker copies of himself". 

With two passive skills and two active ones, the Phantom Lancer's abilities give him the title of Master of Illusions:

Spirit Lance (T) - Azwraith throws his mighty lance imbued with a magic spirit. When reaching the destination, the weapon damages (100/150/200/250) the opponent, cripples him (10/20/30/40%) and creates an illusion that lasts 2/4/6/8 seconds. You can't dodge this projectile and, what most people don't know, it also has a mini-stun.

Doppelwalk (W) - Makes the hero invisible for a short period of time (8 seconds) while his place is taken by an illusion. To allow swifter passage, the movement speed is also increased by 10%. With each level, the mana cost and the cooldown are decreased: 150/120/90/60 mana and 30/25/20/15 seconds.

Juxtapose (X) - This is a passive skill that allows the Phantom Lancer to duplicate himself with ease. It will give a 12% chance to create 2/3/4/5 images. The replicas will take 450% damage and will only deal 25%.

Phantom Edge (D) - Azwraith's ultimatum is also passive, and increases magic resistance as well as his illusion generation skill. It gives: 2/4/6% more Juxtapose, 3/5/7% chance that an illusion duplicates and 10/15/20 magic resistance.

Some of the best items you can choose are: Power Treads, Diffusal Blade, Manta Style, Vladimir's Offering and Butterfly.

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