Introduction

Introduction

Welcome to the Phoenix 2 guide! This guide is for the Japanese style shoot-em-up game Phoenix 2, the successor to Phoenix HD (and Phoenix, the former being the HD remastered version).

Some basics will be briefly covered in this guide. The focus of this guide is on technical details, in-depth strategies and less known information which are difficult to discover by playing casually.

A very detailed Tier List, which will be updated at best effort if there are new ships added or balance changes, is included for players who are here looking for the best ships to use.

A lot of general strategies will be covered under Auras, Zens, Invader Turrets & Invader Weaponry sections, but may not be covered in the Tier List. It would be nice to read through these to get insights on how to play the game better as a beginner or as someone who intends to further their skillset.

Here's a quick list of all ships that you can jump to, sorted by Aura/Zen, Main Weapon Affinity or alphabetically.

• You can also refer to other lists that sort according to various main weapon attributes here.

This guide aims to be as comprehensive as possible, both in the survivability and speedrunning aspects.

• It is organized in the best way I can, but you may need to jump around the guide sections to get the complete picture you require (E.g. You are looking how to use a specific ship in a specific mission type).
• Many sections have links to other relevant sections so you may find these to be sufficient.
• Otherwise, the brief description & the main sub-section headers at the start of each section tell you what it is about.
• If you are looking for fun, you might wish to explore it on your own instead.
  • This guide's Tier List attempts to identify fun ships you can use, but fun is very subjective to an individual.
  • Use the Tier List as a rough gauge, but most importantly, explore on your own.
  • You can decide whether a ship is fun for you based on gameplay videos included in the Tier List instead of what I have to say about its fun value.
• The guide also attempts to identify unique ships that is likely to feel very different from other ships. However, again, this can be subjective.

If you just want to look for a specific piece of information within this massive guide, GameFAQs includes a search feature that shows you all instances where your search term appears in the guide.

• Simply scroll down from any page in this guide to trigger a search bar at the top bar of your screen (works for both desktop and mobile).
• Otherwise, you might find Appendix I to be useful in finding what you may require as well.

This guide is accurate as of Phoenix 2 Version 7.3.2, and equally applicable to all of iOS, Android and PC platforms.

Guide Status:
Active Maintenance (Patching in new videos and occasional small content updates)

The Copyright Information of this guide is clearly indicated in the last section of this guide. Please read it if you intend to replicate any content of this guide on your own resources, as you must adhere to this Copyright Information.

Please read the Glossary section before you proceed to read the rest of the guide, otherwise you will get lost.