Phantom Lancer — win rate, matchups and best allies

Popular builds

A build is the first three key items a player bought, in any order, shown in the most common buying order. Win rate and how often it is played are shown under each, from matches with item timings.

Selected build

Key items, in buying order

Yasha~13:07
Manta Style~19:28
Aghanim's Scepter~23:40

Skill order, levels 1–25

59.6% · 717 games with this order

Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Spirit Lance	1		3		5		7
Doppelganger		2										12		14	15
Phantom Rush				4				8	9	10
Juxtapose						6							13					18
Talent											T					T				T					T
Attributes																	17		19		21	22	23	24

The most common order. Games count if they followed it for as long as they lasted, from 10 points on. Gold numbers: the levels where an ultimate point or a talent usually comes. T: a talent is taken here; the tree shows which.

Talents

+2s Illusory Armaments Duration

6% · 73.8% · 61

-4s Doppelganger Cooldown

94% · 71.2% · 933

-70% Juxtapose Illusion Damage Taken

39% · 59.7% · 618

+100 Spirit Lance Damage

61% · 63.1% · 978

+125 Doppelganger Cast Range

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50% Illusion Spirit Lance Damage

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+3% Juxtapose Illusion Trigger Chance

96% · 56.6% · 1,811

+1s Spirit Lance Slow Duration

4% · 50.7% · 67

+2 to All Attributes · levels 17, 19, 21–24

Talents at 10, 20, 25: the games of this build. Talents at 15: all the hero's games at this rank and position, because this build has under 30 games on a side. Under each talent: how often it is picked, win rate, games. ★ the higher win rate we are 95% sure of, with at least 30 games on each side. Bar: how often each side is picked.

Starting items

53.2% · 714

54.3% · 302

55.4% · 249

Neutral items

52.3% · 530

58.8% · 464

46.1% · 271

47.7% · 258

58.4% · 219

45.7% · 162

When to buy

Win rate depending on when the item was bought (first purchase, 5-minute windows). Earlier is usually better — this shows by how much.

Yasha~13:07

5–10 min	▲ 74.3%	206
10–15 min	▲ 52.4%	1,899
15–20 min	▼ 43.4%	251
20–25 min	▼ 47.9%	96
25–30 min	▲ 51.7%	29
30–35 min	▼ 33.3%	15
35–40 min	▼ 0.0%	4
40–45 min	▼ 0.0%	2

Bought before 10:00: 74.3% wins; later: 51.0%.

Manta Style~19:28

10–15 min	▲ 78.8%	222
15–20 min	▲ 53.6%	1,354
20–25 min	▲ 52.1%	528
25–30 min	▼ 39.4%	216
30–35 min	▼ 42.3%	52
35–40 min	▼ 25.0%	16
40–45 min	▼ 25.0%	4
45–50 min	▼ 0.0%	1
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 78.8% wins; later: 51.3%.

Aghanim's Scepter~23:40

10–15 min	▲ 69.2%	13
15–20 min	▲ 68.8%	382
20–25 min	▲ 61.3%	1,183
25–30 min	▼ 37.5%	525
30–35 min	▼ 37.1%	132
35–40 min	▼ 47.8%	23
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	6
45–50 min	▲ 83.3%	6
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	1
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	3

Bought before 20:00: 68.9% wins; later: 52.9%.

Orchid Malevolence~30:57

10–15 min	▲ 50.0%	10
15–20 min	▼ 45.2%	42
20–25 min	▲ 70.6%	170
25–30 min	▲ 62.7%	542
30–35 min	▲ 62.0%	482
35–40 min	▲ 57.5%	252
40–45 min	▲ 62.0%	92
45–50 min	▼ 43.8%	16
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	12
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	3
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 30:00: 63.4% wins; later: 60.3%.

Eye of Skadi~34:48

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 90.0%	20
25–30 min	▲ 84.8%	263
30–35 min	▲ 69.1%	530
35–40 min	▲ 65.9%	311
40–45 min	▲ 60.4%	159
45–50 min	▲ 52.5%	61
50–55 min	▲ 62.5%	24
55–60 min	▼ 12.5%	8

Bought before 30:00: 85.2% wins; later: 65.4%.

Bloodthorn~35:53

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 82.6%	23
25–30 min	▲ 80.0%	145
30–35 min	▲ 67.4%	427
35–40 min	▲ 64.8%	358
40–45 min	▲ 68.7%	182
45–50 min	▲ 53.2%	62
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	22
55–60 min	▼ 33.3%	3
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	6

Bought before 35:00: 71.1% wins; later: 64.0%.

Heart of Tarrasque~39:53

20–25 min	▲ 81.8%	11
25–30 min	▲ 71.9%	57
30–35 min	▲ 76.8%	155
35–40 min	▲ 83.8%	241
40–45 min	▲ 69.8%	232
45–50 min	▲ 71.1%	149
50–55 min	▲ 60.0%	40
55–60 min	▼ 42.9%	14
60–65 min	▼ 25.0%	4
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 75.8% wins; later: 73.6%.

Aghanim's Blessing~49:02

30–35 min	▲ 100.0%	3
35–40 min	▲ 100.0%	17
40–45 min	▲ 85.7%	77
45–50 min	▲ 74.2%	120
50–55 min	▲ 67.9%	78
55–60 min	▲ 53.7%	41
60–65 min	▲ 55.6%	9
65–70 min	▼ 42.9%	7
70–75 min	▼ 33.3%	3

Bought before 45:00: 88.7% wins; later: 67.1%.