How Kez and Phantom Lancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Kez and Phantom Lancer win 47.67% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 451 matches.
Putting two hard carries on one team is always a gamble. Both Kez and Phantom Lancer need a lot of farm to be effective, which can starve the rest of your team and make for a fragile early game. The upside is that you get two distinct threats later on. Kez excels at dueling and picking off a single high-value target with his stance-swapping abilities, while Phantom Lancer overwhelms the enemy team with a sea of illusions. If the game goes long enough for both to get their items, you have threats on two different axes. The problem is getting there, as neither hero offers much to help the other through the difficult early and mid-game stages.
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 | 50.97% | 206 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.35% | 419 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.37% | 247 |
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 | 47.67% | ▼ -2.0pp | 451 |
| 7.41d | 49.72% | ▼ -2.0pp | 32,414 |
| 7.41c | 51.73% | ▼ -0.6pp | 20,533 |
| 7.41b | 52.36% | — | 15,007 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.