Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Sven wins the Phantom Lancer vs Sven matchup: Sven beats Phantom Lancer in 56.63% of 2,815 ranked matches.
Fighting into a farmed Sven is often a losing battle for Phantom Lancer. Your whole game plan is to overwhelm an enemy with illusions, but Sven's Great Cleave rips through them all at once. This means you can't really man-fight him, and even trying to poke from the side is risky. If he pops God's Strength and lands his area stun, your entire illusion army can vanish in a couple of swings, leaving the real hero exposed. You're forced to play much more carefully, relying on your team to create openings and trying to catch Sven only when his big abilities are on cooldown.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Phantom Lancer's win rate against Sven 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 | 45.69% | 1,079 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.71% | 2,578 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.69% | 1,822 |
| Divine & Immortal | 39.63% | 709 |
Phantom Lancer's win rate against Sven 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 | 43.37% | ▼ -3.5pp | 2,815 |
| 7.41d | 46.91% | ▼ -1.2pp | 173,194 |
| 7.41c | 48.14% | ▲ +0.3pp | 68,184 |
| 7.41b | 47.89% | — | 65,479 |
Move this data into a draft
Phantom Lancer starts on Radiant and Sven on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.