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Phantom Dancer
Phantom Dancer
Passive
UNIQUE - Spectral Waltz: Become permanently ghosted.
Statistics

CS
25%

AS
60%
MovespeedPercent8%
Additional Information
LimitationsLimited to 1 Phantom Dancer.
Map AvailabilityALL
TierLegendary
Item Code3046
Recipe
ItemSquareDagger + ItemSquareZeal + ItemSquareDagger + 950 Goldcurrency
Total Cost: 2650 Goldcurrency
Sold For: 1855 Goldcurrency
ExternalLinks
Game Info Wikiwiki.leagueoflegends.com

Notes[]

  • OrnnSquareOrnn can upgrade this Item to a Mastwerwok Item:
    • Item icon is modified with ItemSquareOrnn Modifier
    • AttackSpeed Mini Icon AS: 60% (+33.33%) with a total of 93.33%

Trivia[]

  • Phantom Dancer's name is likely a tribute to the original DotA hero Phantom Lancer.
  • You can see Phantom Dancer right next to the Twisted Treeline shopkeeper.

Gallery[]

Phantom Dancer Old

Similar Items[]

Patch History[]

Patch 14.19

  • Total Cost: 2600 ⇒ 2650
  • Movement Speed: 12% ⇒ 8%


Patch 14.10

Phantom Dancer is getting a stat facelift focusing on attack speed and movement speed. It'll serve its purpose as a really strong way to multiple other sources of damage scaling.

  • Build Path: Zeal + Rectrix + 800 Gold ⇒ Dagger + Zeal + Dagger + 900 Gold
  • Total Gold Cost: 2800 Gold ⇒ 2600 Gold
  • Move Speed: 10% ⇒ 12%
  • Critical Strike Chance: 20% ⇒ 25%
  •  removed Attack Damage: 20 ⇒ Removed
  • Attack Speed: 30% ⇒ 60%


Patch 14.2

Reverting Phantom Dancer back to build out of Zeal again like it always used to.

  • Item Recipe: Hearthbound Axe + Cloak of Agility + 1000 gold ⇒ Zeal + Rectrix + 800 gold


Patch 14.1

  • Total Cost: 2800 gold (unchanged)
  • Item Recipe: Hearthbound Axe + Zeal + 600 gold ⇒ Hearthbound Axe + Cloak of Agility + 1000 gold
  • Attack Damage: 20 (unchanged)
  • Attack Speed: 35% ⇒ 30%
  • Critical Strike Chance: 20% (unchanged)
  • Movement Speed: 7% ⇒ 10%
  • Unique Passive - Spectral Waltz: Basic attacks on-attack grant ghosting, 7% bonus movement speed, and a stack of Spectral Waltz for 3 seconds, up to 4 stacks. While at 4 stacks, gain 30% bonus attack speed. ⇒ Attacks grant Ghosting and a stack of 7% Attack Speed up to 5 stacks (Maximum 35% Attack Speed) for 3 seconds


Patch 13.12

Phantom Dancer is underperforming compared to other mid-range crit items so it's just receiving a small buff this patch.

  • Attack Speed: 30% ⇒ 35%


Patch 13.10

In an effort to make window shopping more intuitive for crit users, Phantom Dancer has been increased to 2800 gold with a small stat increase to go alongside it.

  • Total Cost: 2600 ⇒ 2800
  • Item Recipe: Long Sword + Zeal + Long Sword + 850 gold ⇒ Hearthbound Axe + Zeal + 600 gold
  • Attack Speed: 25% ⇒ 30%


Patch 11.3

BUILD PATH : [Dagger + Dagger + Zeal + 950 gold] Zeal + Long Sword + Long Sword + 850 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE : [0] 20
ATTACK SPEED : [45%] 25%
STACKS FOR BONUS ATTACK SPEED : [5] 4
BONUS ATTACK SPEED : [40%] 30%


Patch 11.2

BUILD PATH : [Zeal + Dagger + Dagger + 850 gold] Zeal + Dagger + Dagger + 950 gold
ATTACK SPEED : [40%] 45%


Patch 10.25

TOTAL COST : [2700 gold] 2500 gold


Patch 10.24

Phantom Dancer generally underperforms, especially early on. We’re putting it on discount and throwing in a utility boost to make it a more appealing early pick-up.

TOTAL COST : [2900 gold] 2700 gold
SPECTRAL WALTZ DURATION : [2 seconds] 3 seconds


Patch 10.23
No longer has Lifeline. Grants Ghosting, movement speed, and bonus attack speed after consecutive attacks.

Phantom Dancer's defensive niche has been claimed by Immortal Shieldbow, so we're returning Phantom Dancer to its previous purpose as the highest attack and movement speed of the Zeal items. Its new passive emphasizes that Phantom Dancer is a top-tier choice when you can stand and fire in extended fights.
Base Stats

TOTAL COST : 2900 gold
BUILD PATH : Dagger + Zeal + Dagger + 1100 gold
ATTACK SPEED : 40%
CRITICAL STRIKE CHANCE : 20%
MOVE SPEED : 7%

Effects

SPECTRAL WALTZ : Basic attacks grant Ghosting and 7% movement speed for 2 seconds. In addition, attacking 5 times causes Spectral Waltz to also grant 40% attack speed for the same duration.


Patch 10.11

The marksman class has major durability problems, especially in the early laning phase where their power feels heavily reliant on their supports. This has been causing issues in gameplay satisfaction since a marksman's strength relies on the length of time they're alive. By increasing their mobility (via items) and base health, we feel that ADCs won't be punished so aggressively when they fail and will still have a chance to bounce back and unlock their power in fights. That being said, we've heard your concerns about the bot lane marksman champions that can also solo lane like Lucian and Vayne. We're giving them a separate set of changes which you can find more details on below. We’ve also omitted Corki, Kindred, Quinn, Senna, and Graves due to having their primary playrate in other lanes, with the understanding that Senna may be considered for similar changes in the coming patches.

MOVEMENT SPEED : [5%] 7%


Patch 9.3
Now grants a shield at low health but no longer decreases damage from the last champion you hit. Spectral Waltz now triggers on attack rather than proximity to an enemy champion.

Existing defensive options for crit marksmen (Maw of Malmortius, Guardian Angel, Mercurial Scimitar) set users far enough behind on core damage builds that they can't contribute carry-level damage in fights even though they're living longer. We're making Phantom Dancer a defensive option that fits more smoothly into crit builds.

TOTAL COST : [2700] 2600 gold
BUILD PATH : Dagger + Zeal + [Dagger + 800 gold]
Brawler's Gloves + 700 gold (Zeal's cost has decreased by 100 gold)
ATTACK SPEED : [45%] 30%
CRITICAL STRIKE CHANCE : [30%] 25%
LIFELINE If you would take damage that would reduce your health below 30%, gain a shield that absorbs up to 240-600 (scaling starts at level 9, ends at level 18) damage for 2 seconds (90 second cooldown)
LAMENT No longer decreases damage taken from the last champion you basic attacked by 12%
SPECTRAL WALTZ : Grants unit passthrough and 7% movement speed [while within 550 range of a visible enemy champion]
for 2 sec after basic attacking a champion


v8.15
Gold cost decreased


Phantom Dancer

GOLD COST : [2800 gold] 2700 gold


v8.11

TOTAL COST : [2600 gold] 2800 gold
Combine Cost : [800 gold] 900 gold


v7.9

Phantom Dancer’s already doing its own thing pretty well, so we’re adjusting costs to match the other Zeal upgrades and calling it a day.

TOTAL COST : [2550 gold] 2600 gold
COMBINE COST : [650 gold] 800 gold


v6.3
Cost down.

Phantom Dancer was supposed to be more expensive relative to the other Zeal upgrades because of its extreme dueling/damage potential. As it turns out, having to do the extra work to access that damage potential (unlike Statikk or RFC) on top of being harder to build ended being a pretty big miss. In light of this, we're pulling back on the cost so would-be duelists of all shapes and sizes can buy their item and use it too.

COMBINE COST : [900 gold] 650 gold
TOTAL COST : [2800 gold] 2550 gold
NOT TODAY Now tracks how many times Spectral Waltz's damage reduction saves your life in a fight in the tooltip


v6.1
Shifted movement speed from Spectral Waltz to base movement speed.

Phantom Dancer's intended niche as an item that enables you to seek out and duel champions is betrayed by losing Zeal's movement speed upon upgrading it. We'd still like it to stay on the lower end when not hunting down dance partners, but giving back some strategic movement speed should keep it more than just a phantom.

MOVEMENT SPEED : [0%] 5%
BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED NEAR ENEMIES : [12%] 7%


v5.24
More attack speed.

Compared to its Zeal brethren, Phantom Dancer’s danced its way out of inventories in favor of newer, shinier Zeal items ever since preseason. While PD could stand to get more power, this is just a love tap - we’ve got more in store for the once-great crit item, but we’re waiting to see the effect of the Energized items not stacking damage before we get too hasty.

ATTACK SPEED : [40%] 45%

Zeal and all of its items cost more.

We don’t want to delay marksmen from participating in the game for too long, but their ‘1.5 item power spike’ is presently pushing them over the edge. Zeal’s newfound cost-efficiency is one of the culprits of this early-midgame bump, so we’re taking a little off the top to keep the pacing and power-growth of marksmen one that all can keep up with.

ALL THE WAY DOWN : Total costs of all items building out of Zeal are also increased by 100

Damage from Kircheis Shard, Statikk Shiv and Rapid Firecannon no longer stack (effects still do).

As sweet as it is to chain-lightning from a million range, it’s clear that the damage from that combination is too high for the safety. We’re keeping the ability for you to stack the effects (because long-range lightning is awesome), but it’ll only take the highest damage of your combined effects to reduce their surprise burst potential.

CHOOSE IT OR LOSE IT : Now chooses the greatest damage of your Energized attacks for the first target hit, rather than all the damage.


v5.1

"Your required reading for Phantom Dancer context is to read the Infinity Edge context (above) before starting here.
We can wait.
There isn't much else to add beyond the Infinity Edge context (shifting crit multipliers to mid-game items), except that we're hoping to solidify PD as a single-target focused item versus Shiv's area-of-effect power strengths. "
  • CRITICAL STRIKE CHANCE : 30% 35%

v1.0.0.152

  • Attack Speed reduced from 55% to 50%
  • Movement Speed reduced from 12% to 5%
  • New Unique Passive Added - Your Champion ignores unit collision
  • Cost reduced from 2,845 (400) to 2,800 (495)


v1.0.0.140

  • Movement speed reduced to 12% from 15%


v1.0.0.108

  • Attack speed increased to 55% from 50%


v1.0.0.107

  • Upgrade cost reduced to 400 from 900
  • No longer provides dodge chance


v1.0.0.82

  • Movement speed increased to 15% from 12%


May 15, 2009 Patch

  • Reduced attack speed from 50% to 45%
  • Reduced critical strike chance from 32% to 30%


April 18, 2009 Patch

  • Added tooltip


April 11, 2009 Patch

  • Cost increased from 850 to 900


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