How Phantom Lancer and Clockwerk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Lancer and Clockwerk win 51.09% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 503 matches.
Thinking of this pair as a big combo is the wrong way to look at it. Clockwerk’s job isn’t to set up for Phantom Lancer’s whole army; it’s to give him a safe target to start building that army. A good Hookshot followed by Power Cogs isolates a single enemy hero completely. This gives Phantom Lancer a free window to attack, spawning illusions from Juxtapose without the risk of being burst down by the rest of the enemy team before he can get started.
This pattern creates pickoffs across the map that can turn into objectives. Clockwerk finds a lone target, and Phantom Lancer turns that kill into an illusion swarm that can then push a tower or control the area. To counter this, enemies have to play grouped up and defensively to avoid getting caught by Hookshot. This forces them into a reactive posture, letting Clockwerk and his carry dictate the pace of the game and choose their engagements.
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 | 48.40% | 188 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.41% | 459 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.14% | 409 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.00% | 230 |
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 | 51.09% | ▼ -0.3pp | 503 |
| 7.41d | 51.43% | ▼ -2.1pp | 48,071 |
| 7.41c | 53.48% | ▲ +2.0pp | 27,851 |
| 7.41b | 51.46% | — | 16,740 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.