How Phantom Lancer and Undying perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Lancer and Undying win 55.24% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,299 matches.
Picking a carry like Phantom Lancer often means accepting a tough laning stage, but adding Undying flips that script. Undying's constant Decay spam makes it a losing proposition for opponents to trade hits. If they try to go on PL, a single Tombstone creates a massive zone of control that guarantees his safety and often turns the fight around. This constant pressure allows Phantom Lancer to secure the farm he needs to come online without the usual struggle.
Once teamfights begin, the combination becomes overwhelming. Tombstone forces the enemy team to split their focus; they have to hit the tomb, deal with the zombies, or try to ignore it and get swamped by the slow. This chaos is the perfect environment for Phantom Lancer to build his illusion army and pick targets. With the added damage amplification from Flesh Golem, escaping his swarm is nearly impossible, forcing the other team to find specific area-of-effect answers.
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 | 53.76% | 837 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.15% | 2,096 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.53% | 1,556 |
| Divine & Immortal | 57.80% | 654 |
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 | 55.24% | ▲ +0.6pp | 2,299 |
| 7.41d | 54.64% | ▲ +0.4pp | 140,823 |
| 7.41c | 54.20% | ▼ -0.1pp | 61,403 |
| 7.41b | 54.27% | — | 57,675 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.