Batrider vs Phantom Lancer

Quick answer

Phantom Lancer is a spell-based counter to Batrider. Doppelganger — basic self-dispel: Sticky Napalm: removes Napalm stacks, not Firefly's ground damage. Despite that interaction, the stored matchup model favours the opponent. Model edges are not measured win rates.

Batrider vs Phantom Lancer: game-time comparison

Batrider positionPhantom Lancer position

These positions face each other in lane. Usual positions are assumed from recent games — change them to match your game.

Role impact

Lane opponents — early trades matter directly.

Side-lane partners still affect the lane; this is not an isolated duel. Whole-match win rates and economy stay unchanged: those samples are not position-filtered.

Batrider · Offlane

Usual role

Item priorities · 20:00

Crimson Guard
Role priority · 12–22 min
Why against Phantom Lancer
Blocks the bulk of their physical chip damage in the exact window their army is strongest.
Mjollnir / Battle Fury
Situational / another teammate may buy · 14–28 min
Why against Phantom Lancer
Chain Lightning and cleave hit every illusion and summon at once, so their army melts while you hit the real hero.

Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.

Lane skill & item build

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Phantom Lancer · Carry

Usual role

Item priorities · 20:00

Linken's Sphere
Role priority · 18–28 min
Why against Batrider
Eats the one spell that starts every fight against your core.
Lotus Orb
Situational / another teammate may buy · 18–28 min
Why against Batrider
Reflects their single-target opener back on the caster.

Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.

Lane skill & item build

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Batrider

Phantom Lancer

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Win rates below are eventual outcomes among games lasting at least 20 minutes, not live win predictions. Pro hero averages use up to 200 recent games per hero; opposing-pair results have their own sample.

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Counter-item windows

Crimson Guard
12–22 min · In window
Against Phantom Lancer
Blocks the bulk of their physical chip damage in the exact window their army is strongest.
Mjollnir / Battle Fury
14–28 min · In window
Against Phantom Lancer
Chain Lightning and cleave hit every illusion and summon at once, so their army melts while you hit the real hero.

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Counter-item windows

Linken's Sphere
18–28 min · In window
Against Batrider
Eats the one spell that starts every fight against your core.
Lotus Orb
18–28 min · In window
Against Batrider
Reflects their single-target opener back on the caster.

Public head-to-head at 20:00+: No public sample available. Sampled from the latest 20,000 recorded public matches, filtered to this patch.

Sources & sample limits

OpenDota parsed pro telemetry; missing observations stay blank.
STRATZ net-worth histories use up to 12 recent games per hero, with their own sample count. Unavailable histories stay blank; earned gold is separate.
Items use recorded purchase times plus final inventories; earlier sold items and exact six-slot histories are not reconstructed.
Counter-item windows are mechanical guidance, not measured item-driven win-rate changes.
Public results use dated OpenDota public matches; longer games are a different cohort.

Lane meeting & late-game evidence

Batrider position 3; Phantom Lancer position 1 — can meet in lane.

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For late-game evidence, compare the 25–60 minute outcome cohorts and recorded economy above. These do not prove which hero outscales the other.

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Spell answers & exceptions

Basic cleanse

Phantom Lancer — Doppelganger — basic self-dispel

Sticky Napalm: removes Napalm stacks, not Firefly's ground damage.

A spell answer covers the named effect, not the entire enemy kit or a guaranteed win.

Batrider

+2.4% vs Phantom Lancer · Soft edge

Flaming Lasso drags a core away: real hero

All counters to Phantom Lancer Batrider guide: builds & timings

Phantom Lancer

-1.8% vs Batrider

Spell-based counter: Phantom Lancer counters specific parts of Batrider's kit. Doppelganger — basic self-dispel: Sticky Napalm: removes Napalm stacks, not Firefly's ground damage.

Despite the counter, the stored matchup model favours the opponent. This is not a measured win rate.

Doppelganger — basic self-dispel: Sticky Napalm: removes Napalm stacks, not Firefly's ground damage.

All counters to Batrider Phantom Lancer guide: builds & timings

Mechanical counters describe specific spell interactions, not an answer to every ability. Proven effectiveness requires strong matchup evidence; neither guarantees a win.

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Batrider

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