Phantom Lancer vs Wraith King

Quick answer

Phantom Lancer is a spell-based counter to Wraith King. Doppelganger — timed projectile avoidance while hidden: Wraithfire Blast: a timed disjoint avoids the incoming stun projectile. The stored matchup model also favours this counter. Model edges are not measured win rates.

Phantom Lancer vs Wraith King: game-time comparison

Phantom Lancer positionWraith King position

These positions don't share a lane; compare teamfight interaction instead. Usual positions are assumed from recent games — change them to match your game.

Role impact

Separate lanes — this is a rotation & teamfight matchup.

Neither hero's lane record establishes a direct laning advantage over the other. Whole-match win rates and economy stay unchanged: those samples are not position-filtered.

Phantom Lancer · Carry

Usual role

Item priorities · 20:00

Eye of Skadi
Role priority · 20–34 min
Why against Wraith King
Skadi's attacks cut their healing, regen and lifesteal, so heroes who win by sustaining through fights can't outheal your damage.
Heaven's Halberd
Situational / another teammate may buy · 14–26 min
Why against Wraith King
Disarms their main right-click core for most of a fight, and the evasion blunts their hits on you.

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

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Wraith King · Carry

Usual role

Item priorities · 20:00

Mjollnir / Battle Fury
Role priority · 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.
Crimson Guard
Situational / another teammate may buy · 12–22 min
Why against Phantom Lancer
Blocks the bulk of their physical chip damage in the exact window their army is strongest.

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

Lane skill & item build

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Phantom Lancer

Wraith King

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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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0 hero games · 0 vs Wraith King · 0 gold records · 0 net-worth records

Counter-item windows

Eye of Skadi
20–34 min · In window
Against Wraith King
Skadi's attacks cut their healing, regen and lifesteal, so heroes who win by sustaining through fights can't outheal your damage.
Heaven's Halberd
14–26 min · In window
Against Wraith King
Disarms their main right-click core for most of a fight, and the evasion blunts their hits on you.

Eventual win rate: —
Opposing-pair wins: —
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0 hero games · 0 vs Phantom Lancer · 0 gold records · 0 net-worth records

Counter-item windows

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.
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.

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

Phantom Lancer position 1; Wraith King position 1.

Direct lane evidence is not applicable to these selected positions.

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

Projectile avoidance

Phantom Lancer — Doppelganger — timed projectile avoidance while hidden

Wraithfire Blast: a timed disjoint avoids the incoming stun projectile.

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

Phantom Lancer

+0.0% vs Wraith King

Spell-based counter: Phantom Lancer counters specific parts of Wraith King's kit. Doppelganger — timed projectile avoidance while hidden: Wraithfire Blast: a timed disjoint avoids the incoming stun projectile.

The stored matchup model also favours Phantom Lancer; the kit counter is not a guaranteed win.

Doppelganger — timed projectile avoidance while hidden: Wraithfire Blast: a timed disjoint avoids the incoming stun projectile.

All counters to Wraith King Phantom Lancer guide: builds & timings

Wraith King

+0.0% vs Phantom Lancer

Wraithfire Blast: real hero

All counters to Phantom Lancer Wraith King 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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