Dota Phoenix Guide | Icarus, Pheonix Strategy, Gameplay & Item build - Dota 6.70

Icarus Phoenix Dota
Icarus Phoenix is the newly introduced hero in Dota 6.70 map by Icefrog. It's a strength based hero which is added in sentinel. Icarus Pheonix is added in strength pool which is an strange act by Icefrog but anyway it's a great hero with good spells and eye candy graphics. You can read Icarus Phoenix hero details, Item builds and skill builds here.

phoenixPhoenix Introduction:
Ancient scriptures spoke of seven sacred emanations of light, and of their convergence in great conflict. The collision of these rays upon the mortal realm created a pyre of the highest purity, giving birth to the mythical Phoenix. As a manifestation of divine flames, Icarus can discharge either flames of death and destruction beam of energy that he can emit can incinerate whole armies from across the battlefield. Unafraid to utilize his own life-force in order to vanquish his enemies, Icarus can also harness the direct power of the sun to create stellar explosion.

Icarus, Phoenix Stats:
Main Attribute: Strength
Alliance: Sentinel

Agility: 12 + 1.3 per level
Intelligence: 18 + 1.8 per level
Strength: 22 + 2.9 per level.

Starting Armor: 0
Movement Speed: 290
Attack Range: 500

Icarus, Phoenix Abilities/Spells:

1. Icarus Dive (Hotkey: D):

Phoenix dives forward in an arc with a fixed distance in the targeted direction, dealing damage and disarming any units he comes into contact with, and then orbiting back to his original position. If during the 2 second duration of this spell Phoenix casts another spell, the dive ends. Phoenix gains magic immunity for this brief dive period as well. Costs 10% of current HP to cast.
Damage: 100/150/200/250
Disarm Duration: 2/2.5/3/3.5

Travel Range: 1400
Travel Width: 500
Total Travel Time: 2 seconds

Cooldown: 40
Manacost: 100
HP Cost: 10% of current HP

Note: You can also press the same hotkey anytime to end the dive
2. Fire Spirits (Hotkey: F)

Born out of his own life force, Icarus creates 4 fire spirits to fly alongside him. Each spirit slowly grows in power and can be used to damage his enemies or heal his allies. Costs 10% of your current HP to cast.

Maximum Growth Time: 10 seconds

Spirit Minimum Damage/Heal:10/15/20/25
Spirit Maximum Damage/Heal: 40/60/80/100
Spirit AOE: 400

Subability Cast Range: 1200
Manacost: 75
Cooldown: 35
HP Cost: 10% of current HP


Note: The target subability fires off each spirit one at a time. It has no cooldown. If you let them expire without ordering them, they sacrifice themselves where they are.
3. Sun Ray (Hotkey: R)

Drawing from his own inner fire, Icarus expels a huge beam of light at the cost of his own life energy. The beam slows and damages enemies for a percentage of their life. Costs 25% of current HP to activate.

Upon casting, you lose the ability to attack or move directly. Ray extends out to the first hero it finds and burns it and a very small area around it.

Can be toggled on and off.

Slow: 14/20/26/32%
Slow duration: 2 seconds
Damage per second: 10/20/30/40 + 5% of Target's Max Life

Activation Health Cost: 25% Current HP
Activation Mana Cost: 10
Overtime Mana Cost: 4% of Max


You have another sub ability that you can toggle to allow you to drift towards the direction of the ray.

Note: You control the direction of the ray using right click and the beam will move towards that angle.
Note 2: Automatically shuts off if you are silenced or stunned
4. Ultimate - Supernova (Hotkey: V)

The Phoenix willingly ends his current life for the chance to be reborn. Transforms into a burning sun that scorches enemies within 1000 range. The sun can be attacked by enemy heroes; if it is destroyed, the Phoenix dies as well. However, if the sun survives for 6 seconds all enemies in range will be stunned and the Phoenix will return to life fully regenerated.

Hero Attacks Required (to kill sun): 5/7/9
Duration: 6

Burn AOE: 1000
Damage: 60/80/100 dps
Stun: 1.5/2/2.5

Cooldown: 110
Manacost: 200
Icarus, Phoenix Abilities Build:
This guide is in beta, the skill build for Icarus, Phoenix will be available shortly.

Phoenix Item Build:
Not available.

Icarus, Phoenix Guide & Strategy:
Coming soon...

As we mentioned above the detailed version of this guide is coming very shortly. So till then wait for the quality guide. In the meantime, check the DotA Tuskarr Guide.

115 Comments yet..:

Anonymous said...

IMBA grabe....=D xD

Anonymous said...

weee :D 2nd blood :D haha daya nito pag tumaba!

Anonymous said...

Hi there, i'm tfk. This new heroes must be absolutely cool !! Thx icy :)

Anonymous said...

Phoenix first skill visual effect is great. Anyway enjoy Christmas all dota fans.

Anonymous said...

Gj

Anonymous said...

i thought he would be getting magic immunity? apparently not

Anonymous said...

cool......... :D

Anonymous said...

Kewl men .. !! MORE POWER TO ICE FROG :))

-natsss.
http:// www . facebook . com/sienbiti12

Anonymous said...

First Blood !!!!

AMAZING HERO

Anonymous said...

nice 1 icefrog...!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

IMBA
how will we use that kind of hero?

Anonymous said...

i only like the last skill

Anonymous said...

A GOOD COMBO FOR EZALOR OR PITLORD OR IO

Anonymous said...

It will be kinda hard controlling icarus, and he will need hp build right from the start.

Mortan George said...

Tuskarr is much better than Icarus :)

Anonymous said...

nice ^^

Anonymous said...

Item build :
BoT
Refresher
Shiva
Heart
Scepter
Guinsoo

Anonymous said...

very nice hero for DOTA!!! :D nyc skills.. xD

Anonymous said...

nice Hero!!

Anonymous said...

my item biuld
phase boots
vladimirs
radiance
battlefury
HoT
DAGON

Anonymous said...

weak :)

Anonymous said...

NICE!

Vincent Falentine said...

wao...It is very IMBA gan..

Anonymous said...

galing IMBA tlaga

Anonymous said...

The itEm posteD is wrOng. .u shOuld incLudE loThars eDge in reLatiOn to his uLtimAte. .9 hits is very shOrt so u shOuld be hiDing so ur dAmage fReE. .

Anonymous said...

what is the best build on phoenix

Anonymous said...

best hero...:D

Anonymous said...

ursa warrior can pawned this hero easily

Anonymous said...

very good hero, its a little powerful, but requires some support and its godly!!!

Anonymous said...

stigg xD

Anonymous said...

AMF IMBA BA HIRAP EH

Anonymous said...

hahahahaha lakas ahhhhhhhh imba 2nd skill hahahahahaha lakas ss hahahaha

Anonymous said...

hahaha! lol! does vlad really that effective? it's long range dude!

Anonymous said...

imba!!! may bug kay icarus... follow me on facebook(sentido_common08@yahoo.com) ituturo ko sa inyu

msfate said...

item is vladimir????... imba

my item
vanguard (0 armor?)
meka (skills cost hp)
BS (mana and health regen)
shiva (before supernova)
HoT (hp regen)

lotars or ghost scepter (if items can be casted during ulti)

Anonymous said...

nyc

Anonymous said...

Too Imba

Anonymous said...

lol this here is quite on a test stage yet... they should rework 3rd and last skill...
3rd... ur too slow and too vulnerable when casted
Ulti... any dps will only take less than 3-4sec to kill you ( slark/luna/jarakal/(URSA and IO combo) = less than 2 seconds)

Anonymous said...

His abilities cost % of HP so giving him lots of HP does mitigate some damage. Example at 1000hp, first kill cost 100 life, at 2000hp first skill costs 200 life. Making lots of bracers, I think Black King Bar will prevent self damage from abilities (if they are magical).

So early go for
bracerx4
PT(str)
vanguard

late you can got for HoT, armlet, BKB

He doesn't need mana, so bloodstone is useless. Pure strength build is the best.

Anonymous said...

wlang armor

Anonymous said...

mas da best tuskar : )

Anonymous said...

IMBA??? hahahaha....try using bkb...sure the phoenix will lose....or silence it with orchid...

Anonymous said...

vladimirs??? battlefury??? lol...dats item only 4 melee hero my fren

my item>>

phaseboots
HoD
SnY
HoT
BS
radiance

sure beyond godlike if u finish using this list of item.... ^^

Anonymous said...

... this hero is hard to use ... like her skil sun ray ...

Anonymous said...

Wow this is definitely a stack heart hero

Anonymous said...

arcane boots
vladimirs
lothar
battlefury
radiance
dagon

Anonymous said...

nyc one!

Anonymous said...

awsome 2 heroes!
can't wait to play XD

Anonymous said...

weak. not good early at the game + no good for solo + hard to manipulate + HP disadvantage. how weak. Tuskarr is way much better

Anonymous said...

weak

phinoy.mnski said...

whats the build for icarus?

Anonymous said...

imba tae haha

Anonymous said...

needs too much hp cost...
so not cool...

crimsonice36 said...

i take back what i said!
this heroe's great!

my build...

softie's enemies:
PT
Radiance(a musT!)
HoT
2x DIVINE RAPIER
(slot for aegis)

tanker enemies:
2xHoT
PT
Radiance
Ginsoo(specially if there's a naix)
Shiva

Dps:
any build above
just make sure you got a rooftrelen by ur side
ss then hide!

Anonymous said...

I guess overgrowth and supernova would work just fine :D

Anonymous said...

ICARUS DIVE FIRST!
AND SECOND SKILL SECOND!
AND ULT!
AND SO ON

Anonymous said...

@3:57 weak? wtf ur like a noob try using Sun Ray, It's much better for solo ganking because of his 3rd skill also and a regeneration , wtf there' a hotkey or you're clicking it to cast. ,it is easy to control it ur a noob if u cannot, there is a vanguard or HoT. how strong? sorry for my bad english.

Anonymous said...

tuskar is great !_! warlunch !

Anonymous said...

I like tuskar better than this but I am still trying to use it!

Anonymous said...

YUng 2nd skill ba nagheheal din sayo?

IXI.sMoRs said...

First build threads and then go already for the divine then build heart and then bkb after that cuirass and finally lifesteal.

Anonymous said...

Icarus is so balanced...dont need to be rebalance,cause if you just think this hero is weak...dont you think your brain is the weakest thing in the earth???you just dont know how to use the hero...dont play dota you know?

paulo said...

Icarus Can Defeat Tuskarr With just item

2 Bracers
HElm Of Dominator
Bottle
yasha

Skill USe : Sun Ray then Attributes After Perfecting that Get The Phoenix Dive .. very nice COmbo If U Ask Me . In JUst Lvl 7 Tuskarr is TOAST!!!!! ..

Anonymous said...

my build to icarus are:

BOT
Radiance
guinsoo
shiva
lothars edge
Hot^_^

Anonymous said...

my build to icarus are:

power treads(Strength)
sange and yasha
cuirass
tarrasque
radiance
divine

i used to make the icarus dive as dagger by using its second skill whenever he is already in the place I want....but u need to focus on the timing....^^

Anonymous said...

my build for icarus were the following:

tango
mekansm
butterfly
satanic
gloves of haste
orb of venom

Anonymous said...

my itembuild

vladimir
desolator
mask of madness
hod
phase boots
battlefury

Anonymous said...

Ulti easily countered by fast AS hero:
Troll
Ursa
Drow
Spirit Breaker

Anonymous said...

item..
HoodOfDefiance->Pipe
Linkin Sphere
S and Y
Phase Boots
BloodStone

Anonymous said...

my Icarus item build

1st. Power Treads (STRENGTH)
2nd. BLOODSTONE (for mana and life)
3rd. Heart of Tarassque (for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd skill)
4th. Radiance (to make his ultimate more powerful)
5th. Assault Cuirass (for the armor)
6th. slot for the Aegis and if the aegis expires or if u die and the aegis is lost.. ill go for a divine


-Grant

Anonymous said...

I have tricks on phoenix =) love it
if u use dive you actually dive 2 a targeted area and u will return on the place u have used dive...
note:YOU CAN DIVE IN THE TARGETED PLACE AND STOP FROM COMING BACK.
like the waveform of morphling... when u use waveform u will stop on targeted place. YOU CAN ALSO USE DO IT ON ICARUS DIVE.
how?
when u use dive u can use arcane boots while diving , u will stop on the place u have activate ur arcane boots.
hahaha hope u understand =) im from mexico.
i hate using Icarus dive when catching up on an enemy. so i better use arcane b. to stop. after using dive...
- 9pain

Anonymous said...

no need for u to buy hp items in first.
dont u like to use the 2nd skill as ur healing
-phil

Anonymous said...

omg u noob u just have to press again the same hotkey to stop dive, no need to use arcane or other items -.-! and for itembuild bloodstone HoT and Travels bloodstone for mana regen because of his 3rd ability and kills...

Anonymous said...

4:05 PM - DUDE PRESS D AGAIN WHO THE FCK MAKES YOU USE ARCANE BOOTS?! you can CANCEL IT BY PRESSING D IN MIDDLE OF FLIGHT(someone who reads is > someone like you omg) so idiotic to say smth like that -.-

Anonymous said...

my build of my hero is:
20x of tango
6x of gem of true sight
6x of boots of speed
6x of ironwood
wala tong talo pre sigurado yan.

Anonymous said...

Tuskar is for noobs XD so easy to use

Chibi Sakura Donna Rich said...

the new hero is so amazing.. but they are quite " imba " :D

Chibi Sakura Donna Rich said...

super imba.. haha sakita pag makalaban >,<
wee.. i wish to be a good player in DotA though im a girl .. what should i do? :DD haha ...

- cHibi - sakura <3

Anonymous said...

neh?! shut up! bobo..

Anonymous said...

For Me My Build is
Skadi
Satanic
Travel
Linken
Heart
Aegis If you Dont have aegis or your aegis has already been used You better build another Heart Or Go for Guinsoo
Your attack will be
123-133+155 If you Use Guinsoo
123_133+185 If you Use Heart
Your Defense will be
4+13.4 If you Use Heart
4+14.8 If you Use Guinsoo
Your Hp Will Be
4944 If you Use Guinsoo
5814 If you Use Heart and a Better Regen
Your Mana Will Be
1723 If you Use Heart
2178 If you use Guinsoo and a better Regen
Your Stats will be
Str-91+135 Guinsoo
Str-91+165 Heart
Agi-43+70 Guinsoo
Agi-43+60 Heart
Int-61+95 Guinsoo
Int-61+60 Heart
Which of those two is better? Heart Or Guinsoo
Pls Leave a comment I need you Opinion

Anonymous said...

I wana see sun ray build :)

Anonymous said...

nice hero however icarus armor is too low.
anyway this hero can't be controlled by noobs that want easy kill and easy win.

and icarus can fly!!

Anonymous said...

I think tuskar is much easir to play with, althought you can give some nice kills with dive and supernova.
get to your enemies in the snowball with tuskar then ult + his frozen sigil, the enemies will hardly ever break it, specially when it's in a high level, you're most likely to get at least one kill with this.
and as for his 2nd skill i don't think it's a good thing to get it in early / mid game, if you can control sun ray it is just too good to be missed.

Anonymous said...

not really imba but if it come to gank this hero is good with treant or furion. some stunner will be nice as well.

and item build for this go for
Power thread.
vanguard.
linken.
HOT.
Radiance.
a divine is good choice, but just be carreful.
and sometimes i prefer go for a skadi..

Suichiro Kram said...

icarus is so ot like his sun ray. i prefer to build items which adds hp to him. i also suggest for anybody uses icarus to harass in early games without using skills. skills can be used for creepings. if your lanes is in the middle, courier and bottle is useful. but if ur a sidelaner, gauntlets are more useful or either more damage because u can use ur 2nd skill for healing purpose.



skill build for early games:
1st skill
2nd skill
1st skill
2nd skill
1st skill
ultimate (for regeneration purposes)
1st skill


my item build:
B o T
S & y
H o T 2x
Blood Stone
Shivas or Cuirass (optional)


speed, health , mana and armor important..

Anonymous said...

what about skadi, S and Y, Radiance, Cuirass, HoT, and Buriza?? is that good??

Anonymous said...

magic stick
soul ring
bracer
power tread (STR)
then go for radiance.

use dive and heal early on, take 1 sun ray before lvl 6. Sun ray hurts more and more later on, but is a hazard to use early on (it's doable, but kinda pressing it unless you have a stunning/slowing friend focusing on the same target)

dive is still somewhat imba imho because at lvl 4 it disarms for 4s...


-w-

Anonymous said...

Treads
bracer
Bot
cuirass
magic stick
Linken !

Anonymous said...

my item build start with 1 bracer and some branches and tango
(this hero could play on any line but I prefer to play mid , because it could easly capture rune while your enemy runing for that)

build power thread and second bracer(all you need is just strength)
just upgrade first and second skill
and my combo is attack your enemy and get attacked
get back and attack creeps while you're activating dragons
just before your dragons are blinkg get hidden and at the time you think they going to blow up dive on your enemy and stop there you will nuke him with a 600 dmg ;)
he will totaly fucked up(this combo is complete aoe damage so if U master this U can make a 600 AOE damage at level 7)

get ultimate as soon as U can

your next item should be vanguar or HOD(depend on your enemy)
(guess why not linken;) couse U are strength newbies and U dont need mana on this hero killer)
U can build a ring of bassilus on early game if U need some mana and armor ;)

now U can farm for heart or assault(I prefer heart)

if U need to play dps role go and buy a helm of dominator after vanguard

he's not a good dps or ultimate tank , but his a incredible support and disabler reacher and finisher :D and even battle timer
(he can do anything if U play this hero well)

Anonymous said...

meepo can kill this bird just for a few hit.
:p

trent protector said...

that is my best pick
because you are all weak!

Anonymous said...

Icarus looks like a fish bird :D
anyway.
my Item Build :))

1.PowerThreads(STR)
2.Satanic
3.Shivas
4.monkey king bar
5.HoT
6.BKB/BDK

Anonymous said...

perfect build up for icarus:
*heart of tarassque ( pra makunat)
*cuirass
*skadi/deso (slow/corruption)
*buriza (for critical)
*BKB
*power threads

skill build up:
-1st skill (icarus dive)
-3rd skill (sun ray)
-1st skill (icarus dive)
-3rd skill (sun ray)
-1st skill (icarus dive)
-4th skill (super nova)
-1st skill (icarus dive)
-3rd skill (sun ray)
-2nd skill (fire spirits)
-3rd skill (sun ray)
-stats/2nd skill (stats/fire spirits)
-stats/4th skill (stats/super nova)
-2nd skill (fire spirits)
-stats
-4nd skill (super nova)
-2nd skill (fire spirits)
-stats
-4th skill (super nova)
lvl 19-25-stats

perfect team:
heroes: traxex,mirana,nevermore,vengeful,furion,centaur

Anonymous said...

build of icarus:

bracer(2x)
arcane boots(for ultimate and 3rd skill which drains too many mana)
bloodstone(regeneration)
HoT
vanguard

this is working perfectly for me. skill build is 3rd 1st. then ulti. spam with 3rd skill and finish with 1st skill(if you still have mana. this is the use of bloodstone and arcane boots) IMBA!

Anonymous said...

try 2x bracers
BOT
vanguard
linken or bloodstone
tarrasque
cuirass

Anonymous said...

TRY THIS!

-skadi(+slow)
-BoT(TP/ms)
-Radiance(damage and leech life)
-Cuirass(atk speed/armor)
-HoD(hood of defiance)regen
-HoT(HP)

Anonymous said...

Imba!!

Anonymous said...

aha

Anonymous said...

Early game double perseverance
then, pipe
then, make the first perse into bloodstone
then the other into linken
then BoT
radiance next
lastly heart

Anonymous said...

very nice ;)

Anonymous said...

i like Ur build tol.....
but my build is beter..
phase boots
defiance
bloodstone
HoT
SnY
and...
dvine/raidiance

Anonymous said...

wew...
my build
BoT
HoT
SnY
Dvine
defiance
skadi

Anonymous said...

sa totoo lang paps, kaya nya nevermore to sa mid! alamin nyo lang kung paano gamitin. pti kahit isang dive okay lang pang habol lang yan. palakasin mo lang 3rd at 2nd skill mo para heal. 3rd skill: slow + damage. pakunatin mo lang para masakit 3rd skill mo! malakas 'tong hero na 'to! tapos, ulti, sa clah lang, para 'di focus sayo ung atack. promise malakas 'to!

Anonymous said...

Patay ka sa 1v1, kahit anu hero, early game, down kay phoenix, kahit tuskar. . Ung firespirits, may damage un mga dre, 400 un, aoe, coupled with dive, 240 damage, itigil mo ung dive sa mukha nung hero.

Bale 640 na nabawas, eh ang mga agi, mga one-k lang hp sa level 11, so red kagad un, eh may dagon ka pa. Gg na. Di ka pa naguulti nun.

Malakas ang Phoenix sa 1v1, kahit sf lamug dto. Pero down phoenix sa mga hero na nag sisilence.

Note: ten seconds ung fire spirits,you should wait til the birds are mature, para pag dive-in mo, sasabog na ung mga ibon. Tapos, pag di pa sumabog, phaseboots, chase tapos hampas. .

Item build: three gauntlets, one ring of protection (gagawin mo tong basillus, para sa mana, ung dalawang gauntlets, urn of shadows, to make for the mana-drain ma gagawin mu everytime na papatay ka ng agi). Ang end game ng phoenix: Dagon + Phase Boots + Blood Stone + Tarrasque + Cuirrass. (possible yan, contrary to what people say over here, phoenix has good attack, poor attackspeed lang, but really good attack damage. So it's really easy to go creepings.)

sa skill, wag nyo dagdagan ung sunray pag 1v1, worthless un, instead, add on bonus point. Fire spirits lang dagdagan nyo tsaka dive.

Anonymous said...

dis is the perfect build for icarus
early game
HoD
Perseverance
threads
l8 game
2 vanguard
threads
tarrasque
radiance
BkB

Anonymous said...

perfect team:
URSA,URSA,URSA,URSA,URSA
THAT'S GOOD IMBA!!!!!!!!
WAHAHAHAHAHAHAH?!?!?!!!
BAYAG,ITLOG

Anonymous said...

weak item build nyo!!!!

my build!<_>

power treads!!!
bracer 2x!!!
vanguard!!!
linken sphere!!!
shiva's guard
sell bracer
butterfly
and domi


try this and you will have godlike in 10 mins


EHYAPHETS!!!

Dota Guide said...

This is really great!!! Yehey!!! :)

Phoenix might be the ultimate hero after all! Hahaha!!!!

Anonymous said...

icarus is weak than Tuscar

Anonymous said...

my item build on icarus are
HoD
vanguard
HoT
BS
lothars/ghost

borey2010 said...

i like Phoenix and i like all skill .this hero is easy to play because all skill are easy kill and run. first skill is easy back off and kill and second skill support health and around u....and can damage your enemies and third skill is slow but your health and your enemies are destroy (enemies are destroy health than u) and fourth...last skill is wonderful cuz it can reborn.i think this hero afraid of Silent skill ...:)

Anonymous said...

my build:
urn of shadows (mana regen + heal/damage)
guinsoo(mana regen + stats + extra disable)
phase boots(pnix has sluggish movespeed of 290)
medallion of courage (cheap desolator w/ mana regen)
shivas guard(armor + slow aura + additional aoe spell for ur combo)
HoT(hp regen + additional hp)

Anonymous said...

that awesome phoenix is great^_^ o

Anonymous said...

yeah

Anonymous said...

Aw. Lotars is useless, use ethereal so heroes will not hit you in 3 sec. My build for Icarus is BoT, satanic, butterfly, ethereal, linken, mjolnir. I use Icarus as a hitter and support. Add me on facebook for more strategies on other heroes.

JEPDICHOSO

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