Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Phantom Lancer wins the Kez vs Phantom Lancer matchup: Phantom Lancer beats Kez in 56.23% of 24,967 ranked matches.
Thinking Kez can win a straight manfight against any other carry is the trap here. His entire kit, from stance-swapping to his parry, is built to excel in a one-on-one duel against a single, predictable opponent. Phantom Lancer completely denies him this clean fight. Kez’s precision tools are wasted trying to find the real hero among a swarm of illusions. A well-timed parry might block a weak illusion attack, and his burst damage gets spread thinly across multiple copies instead of deleting a priority target.
Early in the lane, Kez might be able to pressure Phantom Lancer before he can create a lot of copies. But once the mid-game hits, the matchup flips entirely. Kez wants to isolate and execute a hero, but he can never find the real PL to commit his abilities on. He gets bogged down and drained by the illusion army, unable to do his job in a teamfight or split-push effectively. Kez is forced into buying area-of-effect items that don't fit his duelist design, while PL builds his standard items and eventually overwhelms him.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Kez'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 | Kez win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 49.66% | 292 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.35% | 796 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.48% | 884 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.86% | 338 |
Kez'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 | Kez win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 43.77% | ▲ +1.1pp | 24,967 |
| 7.41e | 42.66% | ▼ -1.1pp | 90,449 |
| 7.41d | 43.75% | ▼ -1.9pp | 74,496 |
| 7.41c | 45.64% | — | 43,378 |
Move this data into a draft
Kez 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 Oct 4, 2026.