How Underlord and Phantom Lancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Underlord and Phantom Lancer win 52.88% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 938 matches.
Picking an offlaner to enable an illusion carry is a classic strategy, and this pair executes it perfectly. Phantom Lancer's illusions are normally fragile, but Underlord's Atrophy Aura reduces the base attack damage of all nearby enemies. This makes the entire illusion army significantly harder to clear out with right-clicks. While enemies are bogged down trying to deal with the swarm, Underlord can lock them in place with Pit of Malice, guaranteeing they get surrounded. The constant burn from Firestorm also helps soften up clumped-up heroes for Phantom Lancer to finish off.
This combination forces the enemy team into a dilemma during mid-game teamfights. They can't afford to ignore Underlord, but focusing him gives Phantom Lancer free rein to build up an overwhelming number of illusions. Trying to burst the carry is also tough when a root can come out at any moment. To beat this, opponents need to coordinate ganks before PL gets too strong or draft heavy area-of-effect magic damage to clear the illusions quickly. Otherwise, the map control from Fiend's Gate combined with PL's split-pushing becomes too much to handle.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate 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 | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 52.41% | 290 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.76% | 865 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.01% | 732 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.00% | 320 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 52.88% | ▼ -0.3pp | 938 |
| 7.41d | 53.23% | ▼ -0.9pp | 67,146 |
| 7.41c | 54.11% | ▲ +0.1pp | 34,198 |
| 7.41b | 54.01% | — | 31,958 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.