How Earth Spirit and Phantom Lancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Earth Spirit and Phantom Lancer win 51.77% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,047 matches.
Kicking an enemy hero back into a growing army of illusions is a good start, but the real strength is the follow-up control. Earth Spirit's long-range silence from Geomagnetic Grip prevents a target from casting their escape or area-of-effect spells, which is exactly the window Phantom Lancer needs to build up illusions and overwhelm them. Earth Spirit provides reliable, repeated lockdown on key targets throughout a fight. This allows Phantom Lancer to safely commit and stick to his preferred target. The chaos from PL's illusions also helps Magnetize spread to multiple heroes, softening up the entire enemy team for him to clean up.
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 | 43.15% | 197 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.63% | 693 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.72% | 882 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.47% | 443 |
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 | 51.77% | ▼ -0.6pp | 1,047 |
| 7.41d | 52.35% | ▼ -0.9pp | 54,145 |
| 7.41c | 53.22% | ▲ +0.1pp | 22,809 |
| 7.41b | 53.13% | — | 20,758 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.