Phoveus is a fighter hero with medium difficulty. This is a live guide — win rate, pick rate and counter data refresh every 6 hours from real ranked matches.
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Tanks with good initiation like Gatotkaca, Minotaur, and Tigreal can create opportunities for Phoveus to maximize his damage while they take some of the incoming damage.
Phoveus will struggle against ranged heroes with strong CC, such as Aurora, Valir, and Vexana.
Level up in this order when playing Phoveus:
Dark Wave
Demonic Force
Demonic Impact
A former soldier from the border of the Empire who took on the chains of sin to defend his people.
Phoveus's next Basic Attack charges at the enemy, knocking them back, dealing extra Magic Damage equal to 4%-6% of the enemy's Max HP (scales with level), and gaining a Shield equal to 8%-12% (scales with level) of his own Max HP. This effect has a 26-14s cooldown (based on Infernal Pursuit's level). Astaros' Gaze: Whenever an enemy hero blinks, dashes, or is displaced within 8 units, the cooldown of Demonic Force will be reduced by 20% and other skills by 0.5s.
Phoveus slams his monolith into the ground, dealing 200 (+120% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to enemies in the area and slowing them by 70% for 0.5s. If this skill hits an enemy, Phoveus's next Demonic Impact will leave behind an Astaros Eye. Astaros Eye: Implodes after a short delay, dealing 100 (+60% Total Physical Attack) Magic Damage to the enemies.
Phoveus lowers his monolith and releases his demonic power in the target direction, knocking enemies airborne, dragging them along, and dealing 250 (+100% Extra Physical Attack) Magic Damage.
Sinner: Demonic Force, Astaros Eye, and Dark Wave can apply Sinner's Mark to the enemy hero hit. Judgment: Phoveus leaps into the air and smashes down with his monolith at the enemy hero with Sinner's Mark, dealing 250 (+100% Total Physical Attack) plus extra Physical Damage equal to 5% of the target's Max HP to enemies in the area while Phoveus recovers 50 plus 6% of his Lost HP. The HP recovered is reduced by 80% when hitting multiple enemies.
Skill Order: Prioritise skills in this order — Skill 3 → Skill 1 → Skill 2.
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In teamfights, Phoveus should use his enhanced Basic Attack to charge at the enemy while knocking them back and marking them. Then immediately follow up with his Ultimate. Next, hit the target with his 1st Skill, then use his 2nd skill and his Ultimate again. Finally, use the enhanced 1st Skill to mark the enemy once more, and use his Ultimate.
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In the laning phase, Phoveus should first use his enhanced Basic Attack to hit the enemy hero and gain a shield. Follow up with his 1st Skill to chip away their HP, then use his enhanced 1st Skill for additional damage and to slow the target, and end with his 2nd Skill for more damage.
Community-ranked Phoveus builds, sorted by popularity. Each build was uploaded by a real player and is refreshed every 6 hours.
Golden Staff
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Tough Boots
Black Ice Shield
War Axe
Oracle
Radiant Armor
Chastise Pauldron
After you built your war axe, upgrade the black Ice shield to Dominance Ice. Then use oracle if there's a healer on your side/or more shield from your passive. Then radiant armor if there are mages like Cyclops who can deal continues damage. If they are burst damage type mages then use Athena's shield. After that, you can use Chastise Pauldron if their Marksman are relying on their attack speed. But if they are the marksman who deals critical damage, it's better to use blade armor.
Tough Boots
Black Ice Shield
War Axe
Oracle
Radiant Armor
Athena's Shield
Read the title.
Vengeance · Reflect Damage
Vitality
Festival of Blood
Brave Smite
For sustainability.
Phoveus Domination.
Itemization. After you built your war axe, upgrade the black Ice shield to Dominance Ice. Then use oracle if there's a healer on your side/or more shield from your passive. Then radiant armor if there are mages like Cyclops who can deal continues damage. If they are burst damage type mages then use Athena's shield. After that, you can use Chastise Pauldron if their Marksman are relying on their attack speed. But if they are the marksman who deals critical damage, it's better to use blade armor.
If dealing with 4 magic and 1 physical enemy. Read the title.
Sustainability. For sustainability.
Battle Spell. So you'll last longer in a team fight.
Tough Boots
Thunder Belt
Dominance Ice
Athena's Shield
Blade Armor
Immortality
For handling team fights
Vengeance · Reflect Damage
Vitality
Festival of Blood
Brave Smite
For more diff and spell vamp
Phoveus exp tank
Tankbuild. For handling team fights
Diff+spellvamp. For more diff and spell vamp
Battle Spell. Good for counter mms
Warrior Boots
Thunder Belt
War Axe
Queen's Wings
Brute Force Breastplate
Oracle
This will allow him to fight actively, becoming better and better with time.
Vengeance · Reflect Damage
Agility
Festival of Blood
Brave Smite
This will allow Phoveus to be a healing machine.
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Optimized set. This will allow him to fight actively, becoming better and better with time.
Battle vamp. This will allow Phoveus to be a healing machine.
Battle Spell. Since he has good sustainability, it is a good choice to go for Vengeance.
Tough Boots
War Axe
Queen's Wings
Oracle
Blade Armor
Immortality
Build for sustainability.
Vengeance · Reflect Damage
Firmness
Festival of Blood
Brave Smite
Best for regen and sustain.
Read this to be a professional Phoveus player!
Build for Phoveus. Build for sustainability.
Fighter emblem for Phoveus. Best for regen and sustain.
Battle Spell. Use vengeance when highest damage per second enemies attack or poke damage us.
Warrior Boots
Thunder Belt
Dominance Ice
Athena's Shield
Queen's Wings
Immortality
This will give more sustain on the battlefield
Revitalize · Large AOE Heal
Rupture
Festival of Blood
Brave Smite
This emblem will give you not only sustain but also damage
If you are using Phoveus then this is for you
Atk & Def. This will give more sustain on the battlefield
Atk & Def. This emblem will give you not only sustain but also damage
Battle Spell. This Revitalize will help you to be more sustain on the battlefield
War Axe
Antique Cuirass
Thunder Belt
Dominance Ice
Blade Armor
Warrior Boots
Can sustain high physical damage
Vengeance · Reflect Damage
Rupture
Festival of Blood
Brave Smite
Can deal damage and himself
Sustain . Can sustain high physical damage
Sustain . Can deal damage and himself
Battle Spell. Can reflect damage to enemy heroes
Tough Boots
War Axe
Dominance Ice
Malefic Roar
Blade Armor
Radiant Armor
Very cheap and very nice
Vengeance · Reflect Damage
Inspire
Festival of Blood
Brave Smite
Fighter emblem for sustain
Inspire
Festival of Blood
Brave Smite
Very effective and efficient
Phoveus, The Exp Laner Ruler.
Strongest. Very cheap and very nice
Fighter emblem for fighter hero. Fighter emblem for sustain
Phoveus best build. Very effective and efficient
Battle Spell. Counter Marksman in enemy team
Rapid Boots- Conceal
Antique Cuirass
Dominance Ice
Athena's Shield
Guardian Helmet
Immortality
Defense
Revitalize · Large AOE Heal
Inspire
Tenacity
Brave Smite
Cooldown skill and spell vamp
Use if emergency in draft pick
CC cooldown reduction. Defense
Tank. Cooldown skill and spell vamp
Battle Spell. Fast HP regen
Tough Boots - Dire Hit
War Axe
Dominance Ice
Queen's Wings
Antique Cuirass
Blade Armor
Good against physical damage
Vengeance · Reflect Damage
Agility
Festival of Blood
Brave Smite
It's perfect for life steal and chasing enemys
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Phoveus. Good against physical damage
Life steal. It's perfect for life steal and chasing enemys
Battle Spell. I personally use vengeance bc it's good in late game against marksman damage
Each counter is classified by how hard the matchup tilts: Hard kit-level suppression (+3% WR or more), Soft playable tilt (+1-3% WR), Minor slight edge only. 3 hard counters in Phoveus's top matchups this patch.
Answers to the most common Phoveus questions from the Singapore MLBB community.
Phoveus is currently reliable (solid performer) with a 50.70% win rate in ranked play over the last 7 days. Our tier list is refreshed every 6 hours from real match data across all ranks from Epic to Mythic Glory — see the live number at the top of this page for the latest status.
Phoveus is a fighter hero exp lane lane. Stick to the role the hero is designed for — forcing a fighter into an off-role almost always drops their win rate by 3-5%. Check the Overview tab on this page for the recommended lane layout.
The strongest counters to Phoveus right now are Wanwan, Harith, Freya. Wanwan alone can flip a Phoveus matchup by several percent — if you see any of these picked, adjust your build or lane assignment. Full counter list with live win-rate impact is in the Counters tab.
Hard counters to Phoveus: Wanwan, Harith, Freya. These heroes' kits fundamentally suppress Phoveus — expect a +3% or larger win-rate swing in the opponent's favour.
Phoveus pairs best with Badang, Lukas, Moskov. Badang synergy is particularly strong this patch — combo-drafting them together boosts your win rate in ranked. Full synergy list with partner win-rate deltas is on the Synergy tab.
Phoveus has a medium difficulty rating. Beginners should practise the combo sequence in custom mode for at least 20 games before taking Phoveus into ranked. The Skills and Tips tabs on this page walk through the exact combo order used by Mythic-rank SGS players.
The Builds tab on this page shows the highest-voted community builds for Phoveus, sorted by popularity and refreshed every 6 hours. Each build lists the exact item order, emblem talent path and battle spell — pick the build that matches your current patch version.
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