Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Phantom Lancer wins the Phantom Lancer vs Troll Warlord matchup: Phantom Lancer beats Troll Warlord in 50.69% of 17,832 ranked matches.
Trying to burst down a single hero is what Troll Warlord does best, but Phantom Lancer makes that nearly impossible by flooding the screen with illusions. Troll’s main answer is the area damage from his melee Whirling Axes and, usually, a Battlefury. This gives him the cleave needed to cut through the fakes and find the real hero. The entire fight often hinges on whether PL can get his Diffusal Blade first. By draining Troll Warlord's small mana pool, Phantom Lancer can stop the axes from being used at all, leaving Troll with no way to handle the illusion swarm.
This creates a constant arms race. If Troll gets ahead, his farm speed and cleave can keep PL’s army under control. If Phantom Lancer gets the jump, Troll will lack the mana to fight back effectively. The dynamic gets even trickier around Troll's ultimate, Battle Trance. A smart PL player can kite a Tranced Troll by sending illusions to absorb the forced attacks. The Troll player, in turn, needs to find and commit to the real PL before activating his ultimate, or have his team provide a lockdown. The fight can swing based on a single good Doppelganger or a well-timed ultimate.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Phantom Lancer's win rate against Troll Warlord 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 | 55.32% | 282 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.27% | 605 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.25% | 359 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.04% | 102 |
Phantom Lancer's win rate against Troll Warlord 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 50.69% | ▼ -0.3pp | 17,832 |
| 7.41e | 50.98% | ▼ -0.2pp | 52,405 |
| 7.41d | 51.14% | ▲ +0.3pp | 50,832 |
| 7.41c | 50.80% | — | 23,082 |
Move this data into a draft
Phantom Lancer starts on Radiant and Troll Warlord on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 4, 2026.