Firebird and Phoenix

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Conflux creatures
Level 1
Pixie Pixie
Sprite Sprite
Level 2
Air Elemental Air Elemental
Storm Elemental Storm Elemental
Level 3
Water Elemental Water Elemental
Ice Elemental Ice Elemental
Level 4
Fire Elemental Fire Elemental
Energy Elemental Energy Elemental
Level 5
Earth Elemental Earth Elemental
Magma Elemental Magma Elemental
Level 6
Psychic Elemental Psychic Elemental
Magic Elemental Magic Elemental
Level 7
Firebird Firebird
Phoenix Phoenix
Towns
Castle Rampart Tower
Inferno Necropolis Dungeon
Stronghold Fortress Conflux
Cove Factory
Neutral
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Phoenix
Creature Phoenix.pngCreature Phoenix.png
CreatureBackground Conflux.png
21
18
30–40
200
21
Move
Flying
Size
2
Growth
Horn of the AbyssShadow of Death (+1)
6721
4929
Cost Per Troop
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3000 Horn of the Abyss2000 Shadow of Death
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1
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Firebird
Creature Firebird.pngCreature Firebird.png
CreatureBackground Conflux.png
18
18
30–40
150
15
Move
Flying
Size
2
Growth
Horn of the AbyssShadow of Death (+1)
4336 Horn of the Abyss4547 Shadow of Death
3097 Horn of the Abyss3248 Shadow of Death
Cost Per Troop
Gold symbol for text.png
2000 Horn of the Abyss1500 Shadow of Death

Firebirds and Phoenixes are the level 7 creatures of Conflux. They are recruited from the Pyre. Building the Vault of Ashes Horn of the Abyss increases Firebird and Phoenix growth by 1 per week.

"Firebirds are worldly manifestations of creatures from the elemental plane of fire. These magnificent beasts are as quick as fire itself and immune to spells of the same nature. Phoenixes, the more powerful incarnation of the Firebird, can resurrect some of its number from the ashes of its own demise." AB manual

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Pyre
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Firebird (HotA) (adventure map).gif
Phoenix (adventure map).gif
Phoenix (HotA) (adventure map).gif
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Phoenix portrait.png
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Heroes with a specialty[edit | edit source]

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Special Ability: Rebirth[edit | edit source]

Rebirth is a special ability of Phoenixes. It causes part of them to "rise from the ashes" if the whole stack is killed. The effect is similar to Resurrection spell, and it is permanent. The ability works only once per combat per stack.

Every Phoenix in the stack increases the chance to one of them to be reborn by +20%, but no more than one unit per a group of five Phoenixes may be reborn. In other words, one Phoenix will have a 20% chance to raise one unit with rebirth ability, three Phoenixes will have 60% chance to raise one unit, and 6 Phoenixes have 100% chance (always) to raise one unit with a 20% chance of raising a second.

Horn of the Abyss[edit | edit source]

  • Phoenixes are vulnerable only to the central hex of Magog's attack.

Appearance[edit | edit source]

A Phoenix appears at the beginning of the A Blade in the Back scenario from the Armageddon's Blade campaign.

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Official Renders[edit | edit source]

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Beware of breath attack which may kill your own troops as well.


Although Firebirds and Phoenixes are immune to fire magic, they are not unaffected by fire-based creature attacks. For example Magogs' fireball attack or Dragons' breath attacks are not considered to be magical, and therefore, they do harm Firebirds and Phoenixes. In the original game, they are considered to be one of the most overpowered level 7 unit because of their double growth, speed and specialty. They are useful for Dragogeddon, as they're immune to Armageddon (note that in Horn of the Abyss Horn of the Abyss, only Phoenixes are immune to it, therefore in HotA Firebirds are useless for Dragogeddon).


Though Phoenixes are not the strongest tier 7 creature, their main strength lies in their incredible speed. They are easily the fastest unit in the game and can cover the span of an entire battlefield with one movement. Even in low numbers, they are extremely handy in the ranks of a hero wielding powerful Expert spells like Slow, Haste or Prayer. An army containing Phoenixes is next to guaranteed to strike first, unless the foe has multiple speed-boosting artifacts like Cape of Velocity and/or is Sir Mullich. This gives the Phoenix controller the ability to immediately buff their entire army or cripple the opponent's.


The Phoenixes' ability to resurrect themselves, although it only works on a very small number of creatures compared to the original stack size, can be quite annoying for an opponent. For instance, it can make it harder to get rid of a stack of phoenixes forcing a shooter into melee, or to kill all of a weaker hero's army before they retreat or surrender with their artifacts.


They are creatures summoned from the Elemental Plane of Fire.


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