How Phantom Lancer and Templar Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Lancer and Templar Assassin win 45.12% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 297 matches.
Teamfights often feel awkward because these heroes have conflicting offensive styles. Phantom Lancer wants to create a chaotic swarm of illusions that overwhelms the enemy backline over a sustained fight. Templar Assassin, on the other hand, prefers to find one high-value target and burst it down with a few precise attacks from Meld. The widespread chaos from PL can make it difficult for TA to isolate and stick to her chosen victim. Beyond that, both heroes are greedy cores that compete for the same farm on the map, and their shared reliance on physical damage makes it simple for the enemy team to counter-build with armor.
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 | 42.19% | 237 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.25% | 316 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.38% | 160 |
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 | 45.12% | ▼ -1.4pp | 297 |
| 7.41d | 46.51% | ▼ -0.4pp | 28,181 |
| 7.41c | 46.91% | ▲ +0.2pp | 13,607 |
| 7.41b | 46.73% | — | 15,397 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.