Dota 2: How to play Phoenix patch 7.27d

Phoenix has been nerfed several times in the past patches. Its base damage is reduced, strength and intelligence are also reduced, Sun Ray’s cooldown is longer, and even Fire Spirits consume more mana. Overall, this hero has been nerfed significantly, but in reality, the hero is still one of the good supports in the current slow meta. In this article, we’ll show you how to play Phoenix successfully at different points in the game and how the hero takes advantage of the slow meta.

SMALL NERF ON LANE

Even though Fire Spirits is nerfed, this skill is still extremely effective for the first three levels and after. Although manacost is increased to 120 at all levels, its effectiveness does not decrease. You still exert a lot of pressure in lane by denying range creeps while slowing enemies down to 80 attack speed at level 1. Although Fire Spirits consumes more mana, level 2 of the skill deals a total of 560 damage over 16 seconds (yet yet). magic resistance). Although Phoenix has to be more careful in using Fire Spirits compared to the previous patch, it still makes it difficult for opponents in the lane.

This skill is even stronger since hard carry melees are slowly returning to the meta. These heroes including Specter now have 4.16% increase in pick rate across all pub, Faceless Void and Sven ranks. Most of these heroes will have a hard time laning as Phoenix can harass and deny range creeps with Fire Spirit very easily.

TEAM FIGHT STILL STRONG AS EVER

In the later stages of the game, things become more and more focused on team fights. And as the game lasts longer, the duration of the team fight also increases. Such long team fights are when Phoenix’s skill set shines the most. Sun Ray can deal 6.75% health damage every second and heal allies for 2.5% health. Properly angle Sunray on the opponent and teammates when they fight, you will definitely have a huge advantage. Another plus for Sunray is that it handles well-picked tank heroes like Underlords and Slardar, which currently have 56% and 53% win rates respectively at Divine rank. Although Sun Ray is nerfed to a cooldown of 30 seconds at all levels, this skill will reset with Phoenix’s ultimate Supernova so it shouldn’t be too much of a problem.

Phoenix’s main team fight tool is his ultimate Supernova. When used at the right time, it forces the opponent to lose focus on beating eggs or retreat, and this requires the opponent to have good coordination but in pub it is not easy to do this. Depending on where the fight is going, stand in highground positions when using Supernova to make it hard for enemies to attack.

The right place for Supernova is the cliffs used to plant wards. If the opponent does not have an eye on the hill, they cannot hit the egg. Phoenix should also use the reset skill after using his ultimate to cast the spell twice in a teamfight.

Phoenix’s laning phase and overall game play can be weak, but nerfs don’t really affect team fighting. Since you’ll normally cast the skill twice in combat after using Supernova, the skill’s massive colddown isn’t really a concern. In addition, the skills have similar cooldowns, so you just need to use all the appropriate skills in combat to fulfill the role of Phoenix.

FARM DOESN’T STOP THINKING

Phoenix is ​​one of those unique heroes that can play under pressure, but also fits well in the current slow meta. Phoenix will scale stronger by level and the right item build direction is also very easy to increase according to the match. Phoenix can be seen as both a Strength general and an Intelligence general, so it is reasonable to build items in the way of a tanker or support. After the laning phase, Phoenix can take advantage of her ranged aoe skill set to safely def and push dead lane. And even combine farming in the jungle to keep up with the game progress.

Phoenix can comfortably farm in dangerous locations because the hero can quickly escape with Icarus Dive, as well as build defensive boosters like Eul’s Scepter or Lotus Orb.

EPILOGUE

The article thinks that this hero is underrated in pubs and is in the group of heroes that are not picked much: only 6.7%. Most people don’t choose to play Phoenix because it can be complicated to understand and has a special skill set in the game. However, if you are willing to learn, Phoenix will bring you success. An interesting stat shows that Phoenix’s win rate gets lower as its pick rate increases. This shows that when players are new to the hero, they often lose more. However, over time, Phoenix will help you get through the game in every rank.

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