Phantom Lancer · Position 1

Phantom Lancer

Tier S56.2% win rate

Win rate

56.2%

Pick rate

4.8%

Net worth

19,719

KDA

3.38

Counter Tips

How to beat Phantom Lancer

Buy Mjollnir or cleave to clear illusions instantly, since his whole kit crumbles when the army dies.

Sentry wards or a dust reveal his Dopplewalk illusions, letting you focus the real Phantom Lancer.

Catch him before he spawns the illusion wave, as a lone PL without clones is a weak fighting hero.

Pick AoE disables and burst like Earthshaker or Axe, which punish his army and kill him quickly.

He needs farm and mana, so pressure him early and keep him from reaching his illusion power spike.

Items

Item counters for Phantom Lancer

Strong answers

Notable answers

Mjollnir

Chain lightning helps clear illusions.

Shiva's Guard

Clears illusions and reduces attack speed and regeneration.

Crimson Guard

Negates damage from illusions.

Battle Fury

Cleave damage helps destroy illusions.

Silver Edge

Breaks Juxtapose and Phantom Rush.

Lane Matchups

Statistics of heroes laning against Phantom Lancer

Showing the statistics of heroes from the opposing lane when laning against Phantom Lancer

Heroes labeled yellow are those that perform well in specific roles with at least a 15% lane presence, even though these are not their primary positions

INDEX	HERO	WIN RATE	POSITION	LANE WIN/DRAW RATE
1	Crystal Maiden	56%	4	69%
2	Elder Titan	56%	3 4	60%
3	Tidehunter	55%	3	55%
4	Bounty Hunter	54%	4	70%
5	Io	54%	4	68%
6	Keeper of the Light	53%	4	63%
7	Axe	52%	3	72%
8	Necrophos	52%	3	75%
9	Dark Seer	52%	3	61%
10	Pugna	51%	4	65%
11	Spirit Breaker	51%	3 4	65%
12	Centaur Warrunner	51%	3	65%
13	Abyssal Underlord	51%	3	67%
14	128	51%	4	65%
15	Earthshaker	50%	3 4	57%
16	Enchantress	50%	4	70%
17	Visage	50%	3	61%
18	Legion Commander	50%	3	71%
19	Techies	50%	4	66%
20	Earth Spirit	50%	3 4	56%
21	135	50%	3	69%
22	Bane	49%	4	72%
23	Mirana	49%	4	68%
24	Pudge	49%	3 4	68%
25	Zeus	49%	4	68%
26	Warlock	49%	4	66%
27	Night Stalker	49%	3	75%
28	Undying	49%	3 4	84%
29	Nyx Assassin	49%	4	61%
30	Abaddon	49%	3 4	65%
31	Lich	48%	4	67%
32	Treant Protector	48%	4	75%
33	Rubick	48%	4	66%
34	Dazzle	47%	4	66%
35	Doom	47%	3	71%
36	Phoenix	47%	3 4	65%
37	Oracle	47%	4	58%
38	Tiny	46%	3 4	58%
39	Vengeful Spirit	46%	4	62%
40	Kunkka	46%	3	76%
41	Lion	46%	4	58%
42	Jakiro	46%	4	64%
43	Timbersaw	46%	3	52%
44	Skywrath Mage	46%	4	73%
45	121	46%	4	62%
46	136	46%	3 4	64%
47	Shadow Shaman	45%	4	61%
48	Slardar	45%	3	59%
49	Witch Doctor	45%	4	70%
50	Enigma	45%	3 4	62%

All Positions

Statistics of heroes playing against Phantom Lancer

Showing the statistics of heroes from all position when playing against Phantom Lancer

INDEX	HERO	WIN RATE	POSITION
1	Leshrac	57.6%	2
2	Meepo	55.6%	2
3	Tidehunter	54.6%	3
4	Elder Titan	53.8%	3
5	Io	53.7%	5
6	Sven	53.5%	1
7	Necrophos	52.7%	2
8	Axe	52.4%	3
9	Crystal Maiden	52.4%	5
10	Bounty Hunter	52.4%	4
11	128	52.3%	2
12	Dark Seer	51.9%	3
13	Centaur Warrunner	51.6%	3
14	Lone Druid	51.4%	1
15	Keeper of the Light	51.2%	2
16	Treant Protector	51%	5
17	Abyssal Underlord	50.5%	3
18	Spirit Breaker	50.4%	4
19	Ember Spirit	50.3%	2
20	135	50.1%	3
21	Abaddon	50%	5
22	Legion Commander	50%	3
23	Earth Spirit	49.9%	2
24	Warlock	49.8%	5
25	Earthshaker	49.6%	3
26	Visage	49.6%	3
27	Pugna	49.3%	4
28	136	49.2%	2
29	Undying	49.1%	5
30	Nyx Assassin	49.1%	4
31	Techies	49.1%	4
32	Luna	49%	1
33	Night Stalker	48.6%	3
34	Pudge	48.5%	4
35	Anti-Mage	48.2%	1
36	Puck	48.2%	2
37	Lina	48%	2
38	Juggernaut	47.8%	1
39	Lifestealer	47.8%	1
40	Phoenix	47.7%	4
41	113	47.7%	2
42	Drow Ranger	47.6%	1
43	Phantom Assassin	47.6%	1
44	Broodmother	47.6%	2
45	Rubick	47.6%	4
46	Oracle	47.6%	5
47	Kunkka	47.5%	3
48	Bane	47.4%	5
49	Mirana	47.4%	4
50	155	47.4%	3

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