How Phantom Lancer and Terrorblade perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Lancer and Terrorblade win 44.34% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 106 matches.
Using Conjure Image to farm a lane and the adjacent jungle leaves very little for Phantom Lancer to find himself. This conflict over resources is the core issue with this pairing. Both Terrorblade and Phantom Lancer are exceptionally greedy carries who each need the safest and richest parts of the map to hit their item timings. Putting them on the same team means neither hero gets enough gold to become a true threat. This forces your team to play defensively for an extended period, trying to make space for two heroes instead of one, which is an opening the enemy can easily exploit by grouping up and taking objectives.
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 | 40.19% | 107 |
| Crusader & Archon | 37.50% | 112 |
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 | 44.34% | ▼ -0.7pp | 106 |
| 7.41d | 44.99% | ▼ -0.9pp | 11,291 |
| 7.41c | 45.85% | ▲ +0.6pp | 6,674 |
| 7.41b | 45.29% | — | 6,160 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.