How to play against Phantom Lancer
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What Ancient+ players end with against Phantom Lancer markedly more often than in other games, and by which minute they buy it. From 15,000 ranked matches and purchase logs of 4,300 games
If you are a core (1-3)
Maelstromby min 16
Bought in 11% of games against Phantom Lancer - 1.7× the usual
Shiva's Guardby min 33
Bought in 13% of games against Phantom Lancer - 1.4× the usual
If you are a support (4-5)
No special answer: strong players on this role build as usual
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