Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Phantom Assassin wins the Lina vs Phantom Assassin matchup: Phantom Assassin beats Lina in 54.68% of 119,643 ranked matches.
Trying to land a full combo on Phantom Assassin often feels impossible for Lina. Phantom Assassin can instantly close the gap with Phantom Strike, forcing a reaction before Lina can even get her stun off. The entire matchup hinges on a Black King Bar timing; once PA gets one, Lina's magical burst is completely negated. This leaves Lina as a fragile target with no escape mechanism. Even if Lina tries to fight back with auto-attacks, PA's passive evasion from Blur makes her a difficult target to bring down before she lands her own critical strikes.
The game starts with Lina having the upper hand, using her superior range and spell damage to harass and control the lane. But this advantage is temporary. As soon as Phantom Assassin acquires her core items, particularly a BKB, she begins to actively hunt Lina across the map. A well-played PA will use the map's cover to find an angle, blink in, and eliminate Lina before she can contribute to a fight. Lina is forced into a defensive build, buying items like a Ghost Scepter or relying heavily on her team's saves to survive the engagement.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Lina's win rate against Phantom Assassin in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Lina win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 44.55% | 1,834 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.89% | 4,577 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.91% | 3,539 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.49% | 623 |
Lina's win rate against Phantom Assassin in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Lina win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 45.32% | ▼ -1.7pp | 119,643 |
| 7.41e | 47.03% | ▼ -0.4pp | 418,244 |
| 7.41d | 47.46% | ▲ +1.4pp | 330,510 |
| 7.41c | 46.05% | — | 136,054 |
Move this data into a draft
Lina starts on Radiant and Phantom Assassin on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.