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~14:26
Manta Style~20:44
Aghanim's Scepter~25:53

Skill order, levels 1–25

57.2% · 180 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

12% · 68.2% · 44

-4s Doppelganger Cooldown

88% · 72.6% · 328

-70% Juxtapose Illusion Damage Taken

39% · 66.9% · 154

+100 Spirit Lance Damage

61% · 66.9% · 236

+125 Doppelganger Cast Range

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50% Illusion Spirit Lance Damage

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+3% Juxtapose Illusion Trigger Chance

92% · 52.7% · 740

+1s Spirit Lance Slow Duration

8% · 50.0% · 64

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

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

52.7% · 203

57.3% · 75

61.1% · 72

Neutral items

62.4% · 141

50.8% · 128

53.8% · 93

45.9% · 74

59.7% · 67

44.6% · 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~14:26

5–10 min	▲ 81.3%	32
10–15 min	▲ 58.0%	486
15–20 min	▼ 45.0%	149
20–25 min	▼ 28.8%	52
25–30 min	▲ 58.3%	12
30–35 min	▼ 0.0%	4
35–40 min	▲ 100.0%	2
40–45 min	▲ 100.0%	1
45–50 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 10:00: 81.2% wins; later: 52.9%.

Manta Style~20:44

10–15 min	▲ 88.6%	35
15–20 min	▲ 59.8%	346
20–25 min	▲ 50.5%	214
25–30 min	▼ 37.7%	69
30–35 min	▼ 40.6%	32
35–40 min	▲ 60.0%	10
40–45 min	▲ 100.0%	2
50–55 min	▼ 0.0%	2

Bought before 20:00: 62.5% wins; later: 47.1%.

Aghanim's Scepter~25:53

10–15 min	▲ 75.0%	4
15–20 min	▲ 75.6%	45
20–25 min	▲ 69.4%	232
25–30 min	▼ 49.5%	210
30–35 min	▼ 38.7%	62
35–40 min	▼ 38.9%	18
40–45 min	▲ 83.3%	6
45–50 min	▼ 40.0%	5
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	4

Bought before 25:00: 70.5% wins; later: 47.2%.

Orchid Malevolence~31:26

10–15 min	▲ 66.7%	6
15–20 min	▲ 60.0%	15
20–25 min	▲ 66.7%	33
25–30 min	▲ 66.1%	115
30–35 min	▲ 65.6%	122
35–40 min	▲ 65.3%	72
40–45 min	▲ 56.0%	25
45–50 min	▲ 55.6%	9
50–55 min	▲ 75.0%	4

Bought before 30:00: 65.7% wins; later: 64.2%.

Eye of Skadi~36:25

20–25 min	▲ 75.0%	4
25–30 min	▲ 85.0%	40
30–35 min	▲ 73.9%	115
35–40 min	▲ 71.0%	100
40–45 min	▲ 71.7%	53
45–50 min	▲ 63.2%	19
50–55 min	▲ 62.5%	8
55–60 min	▲ 66.7%	3
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 76.7% wins; later: 70.1%.

Bloodthorn~36:46

20–25 min	▲ 71.4%	7
25–30 min	▲ 79.3%	29
30–35 min	▲ 77.9%	77
35–40 min	▲ 67.5%	80
40–45 min	▲ 77.8%	63
45–50 min	▲ 68.8%	16
50–55 min	▲ 66.7%	3
55–60 min	▼ 33.3%	3
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 77.9% wins; later: 71.1%.

Heart of Tarrasque~39:28

20–25 min	▲ 62.5%	8
25–30 min	▲ 75.0%	20
30–35 min	▲ 74.5%	47
35–40 min	▲ 68.2%	66
40–45 min	▲ 71.9%	64
45–50 min	▲ 72.2%	36
50–55 min	▲ 66.7%	12
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	4
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1
65–70 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 35:00: 73.3% wins; later: 70.3%.

Diffusal Blade~17:58

5–10 min	▼ 33.3%	9
10–15 min	▼ 40.6%	64
15–20 min	▼ 32.6%	43
20–25 min	▲ 56.3%	16
25–30 min	▲ 50.0%	6
30–35 min	▲ 75.0%	4
35–40 min	▲ 66.7%	3
40–45 min	▲ 66.7%	6
45–50 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 15:00: 39.7% wins; later: 46.2%.