How Beastmaster and Phantom Lancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Beastmaster and Phantom Lancer win 46.98% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 562 matches.
Forcing a fight with Primal Roar often feels awkward for this pair. Beastmaster wants to control the map's tempo early, using his ultimate and summons to secure kills and take towers. This is the exact window when Phantom Lancer is weakest and needs to be farming safely to build up his core items. By the time Phantom Lancer comes online and can overwhelm the enemy with illusions, Beastmaster’s own peak impact has usually passed. While the attack speed from Inner Beast technically helps the illusions, it doesn't solve the core problem: these two heroes simply want to play the game at a completely different pace from one another, leaving your team feeling disjointed.
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 | 47.81% | 251 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.47% | 607 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.16% | 389 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.93% | 169 |
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 | 46.98% | ▲ +0.1pp | 562 |
| 7.41d | 46.92% | ▼ -1.0pp | 50,545 |
| 7.41c | 47.89% | ▼ -3.1pp | 31,938 |
| 7.41b | 50.95% | — | 52,722 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.