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.

▲ 52.8%1,074 · 83%Talent path: 10 left, 20 right, 25 right

Selected build

Key items, in buying order

Yasha~11:55
Manta Style~18:06
Aghanim's Scepter~21:49

Skill order, levels 1–25

53.7% · 499 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

4% · 70.4% · 27

-4s Doppelganger Cooldown

96% · 68.4% · 617

-70% Juxtapose Illusion Damage Taken

46% · 58.1% · 408

+100 Spirit Lance Damage

54% · 58.9% · 482

+125 Doppelganger Cast Range

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50% Illusion Spirit Lance Damage

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+3% Juxtapose Illusion Trigger Chance

95% · 52.6% · 1,024

+1s Spirit Lance Slow Duration

5% · 56.0% · 50

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

Talents at 10, 20: the games of this build. Talents at 15, 25: 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

49.3% · 292

60.3% · 136

49.6% · 133

Neutral items

51.9% · 287

59.7% · 201

47.6% · 168

48.7% · 154

61.7% · 94

39.3% · 56

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~11:55

5–10 min	▲ 67.0%	188
10–15 min	▼ 48.6%	1,047
15–20 min	▼ 39.5%	76
20–25 min	▼ 42.3%	26
25–30 min	▼ 0.0%	1
30–35 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 10:00: 67.0% wins; later: 47.8%.

Aghanim's Scepter~21:49

10–15 min	▲ 62.5%	8
15–20 min	▲ 63.7%	355
20–25 min	▲ 50.8%	769
25–30 min	▼ 31.6%	136
30–35 min	▼ 38.5%	13
35–40 min	▼ 20.0%	5
40–45 min	▲ 100.0%	2
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	2
50–55 min	▼ 0.0%	1
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 63.6% wins; later: 47.7%.

Manta Style~18:06

10–15 min	▲ 66.8%	265
15–20 min	▼ 47.2%	678
20–25 min	▲ 52.2%	201
25–30 min	▼ 37.7%	69
30–35 min	▼ 41.7%	12
35–40 min	▲ 66.7%	6
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	4
45–50 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 15:00: 66.8% wins; later: 47.7%.

Orchid Malevolence~30:12

10–15 min	▼ 40.0%	5
15–20 min	▲ 71.4%	7
20–25 min	▲ 72.9%	133
25–30 min	▲ 51.6%	339
30–35 min	▲ 63.4%	298
35–40 min	▲ 51.2%	123
40–45 min	▲ 58.1%	31
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	4
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 57.6% wins; later: 59.7%.

Eye of Skadi~32:00

20–25 min	▲ 85.0%	20
25–30 min	▲ 72.6%	310
30–35 min	▲ 60.6%	269
35–40 min	▲ 62.3%	122
40–45 min	▲ 71.1%	45
45–50 min	▲ 53.3%	15
50–55 min	▲ 66.7%	3
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 73.3% wins; later: 61.6%.

Bloodthorn~34:29

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 92.3%	13
25–30 min	▲ 70.9%	134
30–35 min	▲ 63.5%	263
35–40 min	▲ 63.8%	210
40–45 min	▲ 62.2%	90
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	16
50–55 min	▼ 25.0%	4
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 73.0% wins; later: 62.8%.

Heart of Tarrasque~38:03

20–25 min	▲ 100.0%	7
25–30 min	▲ 75.6%	41
30–35 min	▲ 73.2%	127
35–40 min	▲ 76.7%	133
40–45 min	▲ 68.3%	126
45–50 min	▲ 73.8%	61
50–55 min	▼ 41.7%	12
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	3
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 74.9% wins; later: 72.0%.

Aghanim's Blessing~47:48

25–30 min	▲ 100.0%	1
35–40 min	▲ 92.3%	13
40–45 min	▲ 86.4%	44
45–50 min	▲ 65.4%	78
50–55 min	▲ 63.4%	41
55–60 min	▲ 69.2%	13
60–65 min	▼ 25.0%	4
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 45:00: 87.9% wins; later: 63.5%.