Phantom Lancer
Creates illusions of himself to trick or attack foes
Overwhelm single-target lineups with Phantom Lancer, a late-game illusion carry who creates an endless supply of clones. He easily burns mana in a rapid flurry of attacks, utilizing his Doppelganger ability to constantly mislead and elude foes.
Phantom Lancer abilities, talents and win rates on this page are from Dota 2 patch 7.41e.
Phantom Lancer Performance Summary
On patch 7.41e, Phantom Lancer holds a 52.16% win rate across 378,852 ranked games. It holds steady across skill brackets (51.65% in Guardian up to 52.83% in Divine), so Phantom Lancer performs about the same at every level of play. Captains treat Phantom Lancer as a threat: 66.67% of its 30 contested pro drafts ended in a ban.
Base Stats
StrengthAgility
Intelligence
Damage
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Attack RangeWin Rates by Rank
Herald
Guardian
Crusader
Archon
Legend
Ancient
DivineFaces of Phantom Lancer
Innate Ability
Whenever an illusion of Phantom Lancer is created, its outgoing damage cannot go below a fixed value for 3 seconds.
Talent Tree
Abilities
Sends a magical spirit lance to a target enemy unit that damages and slows, while summoning an illusory phantom to attack the unit.
120
10 / 9 / 8 / 7s
Phantom Lancer briefly vanishes from the battlefield. After 1 second, Phantom Lancer and any of his nearby illusions reappear at a random position within the targeted location, along with two additional doppelgangers. Extends duration of all illusions. The two added doppelgangers have different properties: one takes normal damage and deals none, while the other takes 500% bonus damage and deals -80% less damage.
7022 / 18 / 14 / 10s
When targeting an enemy for an attack, Phantom Lancer quickly charges into range, gaining increased movement speed and evasion.
15 / 11 / 7 / 3s
Phantom Lancer has a chance to fracture his presence on an attack, creating an illusion of himself. Illusions also have a chance to fracture further. Illusions created from Phantom Lancer last for 8 seconds, while illusions created from other illusions last 4 seconds.
Aghanim's Upgrades
Increases Range. Whenever Phantom Lancer Rushes through enemies, he creates Juxtapose illusions that attack them. Additionally, every 600 units rushed creates a Juxtapose illusion that rushes to the target alongside Phantom Lancer.
Adds an active ability to Juxtapose. Renders Phantom Lancer invisible for up to 8 seconds while generating a duplicate image to confuse enemies. His movement speed is increased by 15% during this invisibility.
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