How Chen and Phantom Lancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 47.60%
Win rate when Chen and Phantom Lancer are on the same team, over 3,204 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Chen and Phantom Lancer win 47.60% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,204 matches.
Why this works
Picking Chen alongside Phantom Lancer creates a slight tension in the team's game plan. On one hand, Chen provides sustain for the main hero and his army with Hand of God, and Penitence is a solid tool to help Phantom Lancer's illusions converge and melt a single target. The two can coordinate for ganks this way. The core issue, however, lies in their preferred timings and map movements. Chen wants to group with his creeps and force objectives early, creating deathball pressure. This is precisely when Phantom Lancer needs to be farming key items in a safe lane, not fighting. By the time he comes online, Chen’s own peak impact has often started to fade, leaving their windows of power misaligned.
Chen + Phantom Lancer across patches
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
7.41f
47.60%
▲ +0.4pp
3,204
7.41e
47.19%
▼ -1.0pp
7,852
7.41d
48.20%
▼ -1.1pp
8,854
7.41c
49.28%
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4,586
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