Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Lancer wins the Phantom Lancer vs Slardar matchup: Phantom Lancer beats Slardar in 55.45% of 1,459 ranked matches.
Picking Slardar into a potential Phantom Lancer game is a huge risk. Slardar's entire plan revolves around applying Corrosive Haze to a single important enemy and having his team focus them down. This strategy completely falls apart against Phantom Lancer. First, finding the real hero among the illusions is difficult enough. More importantly, even if Slardar does manage to apply his ultimate, PL can instantly remove the armor reduction with a well-timed Doppelganger. This single interaction defangs Slardar, leaving him unable to contribute meaningful damage and forced to bash away at illusions while the real hero takes him apart.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Phantom Lancer's win rate against Slardar 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 | Phantom Lancer win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 56.56% | 663 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.61% | 1,489 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.55% | 1,055 |
| Divine & Immortal | 56.27% | 343 |
Phantom Lancer's win rate against Slardar in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Phantom Lancer win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 55.45% | ▲ +0.1pp | 1,459 |
| 7.41d | 55.30% | ▲ +0.9pp | 113,583 |
| 7.41c | 54.37% | ▼ -0.1pp | 64,584 |
| 7.41b | 54.50% | — | 60,215 |
Move this data into a draft
Phantom Lancer starts on Radiant and Slardar on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.