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Role: Fighter – Gold: 32000$ | 599 Diamond
Specialty: Chase/Control
Lane: EXP
Hero Tier: S
Movement SPD: 252 | Physical Attack: 132 |
Magic Power: 0 | Physical Defense: 25 |
Magical Defense: 10 | HP: 2828 |
Mana: 430 | Attack Speed: 0.82 |
Hp Regen: 10.8 | Mana Regen: 4.2 |
Phoveus Spells Build
- Execute
- Flameshot
Phoveus Items Build
Sustained DPS
- Clock of Destiny
- Tough Boots
- Concentrated Energy
- Immortality
- Athena’s Shield
- Blood Wings
Burst
- Clock of Destiny
- Tough Boots
- Concentrated Energy
- Holy Crystal
- Brute Force Breastplate
- Blood Wings
Durable
- Clock of Destiny
- Tough Boots
- Athena’s Shield
- Immortality
- Blood Wings
- Winter Truncheon
Pro Build (Recommend)
- Arcane Boots
- Clock of Destiny
- Lightning Truncheon
- Blood Wings
- Ice Queen Wand
- Holy Crystal
Phoveus Emblems Build
- Mage
Phoveus Mage emblems set:

Phoveus Skill Order
Skill Order: Skill 1 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 2.
![]() Malefic Terror | ||
![]() Demonic Force | ||
![]() Astaros Eye |
Effects from skills’s Phoveus:
Passive (Demonic Intuition): Buff.
Skill 1 (Malefic Terror): AoE, Shield | Type: Magic Skill.
Skill 2 (Astaros Eye): CC, AoE | Type: Magic Skill.
Skill 3 (Demonic Force): Blink, Burst | Type: Magic Skill/Blink.
Phoveus Combo
These are the basic combos for Phoveus, I hope you’ll do well with it.
Combo 1: Flameshot -> Skill 2 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 3 -> SKill 1.
Flameshot ->
Astaros Eye ->
Demonic Force ->
Malefic Terror
Combo 2 (Hard): Skill 2 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 1 -> Flameshot -> Skill 3 -> Skill 2 -> Skill 1 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 1.
Astaros Eye ->
Demonic Force ->
Malefic Terror ->
Flameshot ->
Demonic Force ->
Astaros Eye ->
Malefic Terror ->
Demonic Force ->
Malefic Terror
Combo 3 (Hard): Skill 2 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 1 -> Flameshot -> Skill 2 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 1 -> AA -> Skill 1 -> Skill 2 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 1.
Astaros Eye ->
Demonic Force ->
Malefic Terror ->
Flameshot ->
Astaros Eye ->
Demonic Force ->
Demonic Force ->
Malefic Terror -> AA ->
Malefic Terror
Astaros Eye
Demonic Force ->
Malefic Terror.
Note: Skill 3 (Demonic Force) -> Once Phoveus activates this effect, this skill can be cast repeatedly at the cost of Mana for up to 12 seconds before entering cooldown, as long as the required conditions are met.
Phoveus Pros & Cons
Pros | Cons |
---|---|
+ Hero with terrible blink ability. + Great damage. + Mobility equivalent to hero assassin + Short skill cooldown. + The best hero to counter agile heroes. + Has an annoying hard CC. | – Low attack speed. – Lacks escape tools. – Hard to grasp. – Quite complicated to play. – Slow attack speed. – Does not have the skill escape mechaism. |
Phoveus’s Rival & Teammates
Phoveus is strong against: Barats, Gloo, Wanwan, Vale, Yve.
Phoveus is weak against: Paquito, Brody, Granger, Benedetta, Yu Zhong.
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Phoveus must team up with: Aamon + Beatrix + Johnson + Gloo.
Phoveus Play Strategy
Phoveus is a Fighter has high damage, mobility, good crowd control and short skill cooldown. You can use Phoveus for EXP lane.

Spells are suitable for Phoveus:
Using spell Execute or Flameshot for Phoveus Exp lane.
Items are suitable for Phoveus:
Magic Items:
Defense Items:
Movement Items:
If you like Phoveus sustained DPS you can use combo items: Clock of Destiny, Tough Boots, Concentrated Energy, Immortality, Athena Shield, Blood Wings.
If you like Phoveus burst you can use combo items: Clock of Destiny, Tough Boots, Concentrated Energy, Holy Crystal, Brute Force Breastplate, Blood Wings.
If you like Phoveus durable you can use combo items: Clock of Destiny, Tough Boots, Athena Shield, Immortality, Blood Wings, Winter Truncheon.
If you like Phoveus pro build you can use combo items: Arcane Boots, Clock of Destiny, Lightning Truncheon, Blood Wings, Ice Queen Wand, Holy Crystal.
Emblems are suitable for Phoveus:
Mage emblems set:
- Magical PEN: +13.5.
- Magic Power: +17.
- Cooldown Reduction: 5%.
- Magical Lifesteal: +5%.
- Movement SPD: +2%.
Best lane for Phoveus:

Lane | Prioritize |
---|---|
Exp Lane | X |
Jungle | |
Mid Lane | |
Gold Lane | |
Roam |
Win/Ban/Pick Rate for Phoveus:
- Win Rate: 51.75%.
- Pick Rate: 0.13%.
- Ban Rate: 0.03%.
Phoveus best for rank:
![]() Grandmaster | ![]() Epic | ![]() Legend |
![]() Mythic | ![]() Mythical Glory |
How to play Phoveus:
You can play aggressive with skill 1 (Malefic Terror). This is skilll help Phoveus receives shield and deal damage.
After unlocking skill 3 (Demonic Force), try to invade enemy farm.
While chasing low HP enemy, keep spamming your’s skill 3 (Demonic Force).
Phoveus can be super tanky during fights if you manage to land all your skills properly.
Tactics:
Early game (Level 1-7): Try to cast your skill 1(Malefic Terror) on enemies to gain a shield. Clock of Destiny is your first must-have item.
Mid game (Level 8-12: This is the main phase for Phoveus. Learn to use skill 2 (Astaros Eye) to activate skill 3 (Demonic Force). You can roam to gank mid and help your carry to get kills.
Late game (Level 13+): Phoveus is strong in team fight. Don’t panic in a team fight, cast your spells properly.
Phoveus Skills
- Demonic Intuition
- Malefic Terror
- Astaros Eye
- Demonic Force
Passive – Deity Intuition (Buff)
Phoveus’ weapon, Astaros, holds mysterious powers and is exceptionally sensitive to fast-moving prey. When an enemy hero uses Blink or Charge skills within 10 yards of Astaros, it reduces all of Phoveus’ skill cooldown by 1s.
Skill 1 – Malefic Terror (Shield, AoE)
Phoveus smashes the ground and unleashes Astaros Dread, dealing 500 (+100% Total magic power) Magic damage to enemies hit and reducing their movement speed by 25% for 0.8s. Stack up to 3. Astaros Dread leaves enemies who are hit by it terrified, causing its effects to spread again. If Phoveus touches it, he gains 450 (+110 % Total Magic Power) Shield for 3s. (touching it again would only reset the shield and does not stack). The skill gains 1 charge every 9.0s, up to 3 charges.
Skill 2 – Astaros Eye (CC)
Phoveus summons forth the Astaros Oculus that watches enemies, reducing the movement speed of any enemies that set foot on it by 40%.
After 1s, Astarous Oculus starts shrinking and pulling all the enemies on it into its center dealing 350 (+70% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage.
Skill 3 – Deity Force (Blink, Burst)
Astaros keeps a watchful gaze over an area of 10 yards of Phoveus. If it sees an enemy hero using Blink or Charge skills, it activates to cast a mark upon them for 3s.
During this time, Phoveus can instantly blink to their location to deliver a fierce blow dealing 600 (+120% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to the target and its vicinity. Once Phoveus activates this effect, the skill is available for 10s before entering cooldown.
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