How Phantom Lancer and Rubick perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Lancer and Rubick win 51.82% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,076 matches.
Thinking about how to best enable a Phantom Lancer often means looking for defensive supports. Rubick takes a different approach, offering proactive control that lets the carry dictate the fight. A Telekinesis lift provides the perfect setup for Phantom Lancer to Phantom Rush onto a target and start spawning illusions. Later in the game, enemies will be forced to draft big area-of-effect spells to counter the illusion army. This plays directly into Rubick's hands, as he can steal those exact counters with Spell Steal, winning the fights that were supposed to be lost.
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 | 52.53% | 851 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.45% | 2,853 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.63% | 2,529 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.08% | 1,136 |
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 | 51.82% | ▼ -0.6pp | 3,076 |
| 7.41d | 52.46% | ▼ -1.1pp | 238,566 |
| 7.41c | 53.59% | ▼ -0.5pp | 138,721 |
| 7.41b | 54.10% | — | 130,266 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.