what ITEM (not hero) counters are there for Phantom Lancer

[Pingularity]

im not saying hero counters just items. there will be many times when your teams hero list is good but not counterpick good. so to me item counters are incredibly important. so what items are good against a Phantom Lancer bearing in mind he spams illusions so purge never works, and debuffs dont work due to doppelgangers low cooldown.
blademail seems limited in effectiveness because of how spammable his illusions are.

[The Spy is a Spy]

You could always pick up a mjolnir or some damage block items.

[West Taiwan]

Well battlefury, granted you have a carry that uses it.

[The Coal Man]

battlefury and mjolnir. Shiva not bad either

[Pingularity]

any items that cores could use to effect? would radience or crimson armour be good or just terrible?

[Gazaht]

orchid is nice, you always know wich one is him and he cant use his moves.

[Pingularity]

Originally posted by OTWGazaht:

orchid is nice, you always know wich one is him and he cant use his moves.

true but youd have to time it so perfectly otherwise you get caught in the chaos of 8 illusions in the midst of 9 players beating the **** out of each other

[iPunkBuster]

Originally posted by 3NA Gitbox:

any items that cores could use to effect? would radience or crimson armour be good or just terrible?

With heart radiance not so good cos the illusion are pretty tanky, crimsom are good if pl had good damage, best item is battlefury on any high speed attack hero ie alc, anyway its people preference :)

If i use pl, i hardly seen people get those items, people tend to use hero as counters especially es :D

[Pingularity]

Originally posted by iPunkBuster:

Originally posted by 3NA Gitbox:

any items that cores could use to effect? would radience or crimson armour be good or just terrible?

With heart radiance not so good cos the illusion are pretty tanky, crimsom are good if pl had good damage, best item is battlefury on any high speed attack hero ie alc, anyway its people preference :)

If i use pl, i hardly seen people get those items, people tend to use hero as counters :D

true it just feels like if someone gets him in all random and no-one on enemy team gets a counter hero then its instagg lose. a friend of mine gets so angry whenever we lose to pl, he admitted he needed buffing before but he felt this current rework is too stronk

[West Taiwan]

If it's all random, just make farming impossible for him and get some of the items mentioned above. The best way to counter pl is always with hero picks.

[Jonasnee]

deppends on your hero.
shivas,
BF,
mjølnir,
ghost scepter (cant hit me now sucker),
shadow blade,
force staff,
generally utlility items.

[Blind]

Dust of Appearnace, dood!

[Pingularity]

Originally posted by BBX:

Dust of Appearnace, dood!

+1 for prinnies. also would dust reveal who the illusions are? becuase i might take it.

[Qai]

To deal with his illusions the suggestion of Mjollnir is a good one, but a simple Maelstrom will essentially achieve the same effect. Coupling the Maelstrom with a Mask of Madness will help proc Maelstrom more quickly. If two people on the team both have a Maelstrom, then PL's illusions shouldn't be a problem.

[Blind]

The main PL will have the Dust beacon over their head, not sure if he's also slowed by 15% if he doesn't have a stealth.

[iPunkBuster]

Originally posted by 3NA Gitbox:

Originally posted by BBX:

Dust of Appearnace, dood!

would dust reveal who the illusions are? becuase i might take it.

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