Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Lancer wins the Drow Ranger vs Phantom Lancer matchup: Phantom Lancer beats Drow Ranger in 56.48% of 2,084 ranked matches.
A screen full of illusions from Juxtapose is the core problem here. Drow Ranger's Marksmanship wants to focus down a single hero, but it ends up getting wasted on worthless clones. This gives Phantom Lancer a clear opening to get on top of her. He can use Phantom Rush to close the distance, and even if Drow tries to create space with Gust, he can often dodge the silence with Doppelganger. She wants to stand back and kite, but Phantom Lancer is built to force a messy, close-range fight where she has no good targets and no way out.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Drow Ranger's win rate against Phantom Lancer in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Drow Ranger win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 46.86% | 1,259 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.04% | 2,536 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.82% | 1,710 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.62% | 588 |
Drow Ranger's win rate against Phantom Lancer in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Drow Ranger win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 43.52% | ▼ -3.7pp | 2,084 |
| 7.41d | 47.18% | ▲ +1.2pp | 236,798 |
| 7.41c | 45.99% | ▲ +1.1pp | 104,412 |
| 7.41b | 44.87% | — | 81,258 |
Move this data into a draft
Drow Ranger starts on Radiant and Phantom Lancer on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.