The name makes it sound farcical.
If it doesnt account for phase it wouldnt be very effective. The azimuth angle at which channel separation is maximal is not always the angle at which phase is optimal. If these did not coincide I think it would be preferable to select the azimuth angle for phase optimizaton as the ear would be far more sensitive to phase error.
Get the Feickert Adjust+ tools if you intend to optimize azimuth angle. It records measurements and plots results, and it is useful for other setup tasks as well.