1. Phoenix is bad. It is just so finnicky to use, waiting for a licho seems much more reliable and useful. It is faster and has enough hp to not die to random things like warrior or glaives. There is so much easy-flex aa capable of dealing with these that it makes their niche really small.


2. Cloaky-spam is hard to counter. Rouges might be "good", but they are not good at killing riots. They are more akin to a mix of light artillery/assault rather than skirmisher. Also trivially distracted by a few units, such as rocko. Examine the southwest front and how a few rockos kept rouges at bay forever.