How Lone Druid and Phantom Lancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lone Druid and Phantom Lancer win 50.22% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,798 matches.
Facing this duo feels like being pulled in two directions at once. The enemy team must commit resources to handle Phantom Lancer's illusions spreading across the map, but that leaves them vulnerable to Lone Druid's Spirit Bear hitting their towers. In teamfights, the problem gets worse. Area-of-effect spells used to clear illusions are less effective against the tanky bear, while single-target damage spent on the bear leaves the real Phantom Lancer free. This split pressure on both objectives and heroes creates space for both cores to farm. The heroes needed to answer one threat are often weak against the other, leaving the enemy with no good options.
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 | 47.93% | 169 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.86% | 362 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.55% | 173 |
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 | 50.22% | ▲ +0.4pp | 1,798 |
| 7.41d | 49.84% | ▼ -1.7pp | 20,789 |
| 7.41c | 51.56% | ▼ -2.8pp | 14,871 |
| 7.41b | 54.38% | — | 23,548 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.