How Phantom Lancer and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Lancer and Vengeful Spirit win 54.67% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 13,529 matches.
Having a constant source of bonus damage makes every one of Phantom Lancer's illusions a bigger threat. Vengeful Spirit provides this with her Vengeance Aura, which significantly speeds up his farm and strengthens his push. The synergy goes deeper than that, though. Her Wave of Terror reduces armor, letting the illusion army melt single targets, while Magic Missile offers reliable lockdown to hold an enemy in place. If Phantom Lancer gets caught, a quick Nether Swap from Vengeful Spirit can easily save him and turn the fight around.
This pairing lets Phantom Lancer hit his key item timings much earlier and join fights with more impact than usual. An opponent's main goal becomes shutting him down in the laning stage, because a free-farming PL with Venge's buffs is a serious problem. Once he's ready, the duo can proactively hunt for kills with Swap and use the empowered illusions to take objectives. The game often becomes a race against the clock for the other team to end things before this combination takes over the entire map.
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 | 55.04% | 943 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.63% | 2,223 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.09% | 1,653 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.28% | 507 |
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 | 54.67% | ▲ +0.7pp | 13,529 |
| 7.41d | 53.98% | ▲ +0.4pp | 135,437 |
| 7.41c | 53.56% | ▼ -0.1pp | 46,244 |
| 7.41b | 53.62% | — | 43,323 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.