Phantom Assassin Counters (7.41f)
Who counters Phantom Assassin in Dota 2 7.41f? The heroes Phantom Assassin beats and loses to, ranked by win rate from ranked matches.
Phantom Assassin is a snowball carry whose Blur evasion, Phantom Strike blink, and Coup de Grace crits delete single targets. She farms and fights immobile, low-evasion-counter heroes: Nature's Prophet, Chen and Mars can't survive her bursts. PA is hard-countered by tanks, true-strike, and execute: Wraith King respawns and out-tanks, Axe Calls and Culls her, and Tidehunter or Spectre survive or out-scale. Draft tip: Phantom Assassin is a brutal snowball carry into squishy drafts; she's countered by Wraith King, Axe, MKB/true-strike, and break.
In Dota 2 7.41f, the heroes that counter Phantom Assassin hardest are Wraith King, Pudge and Nyx Assassin — Phantom Assassin wins only 43.6%, 46.5% and 46.8% of ranked matches against them.
Why these counters work
- Wraith King — Reincarnation demands the assassin's trick work twice in a row — and Wraith King's sustained lifesteal trade is exactly the long fight her burst kit avoids.
- Nyx Assassin — Spiked Carapace returns her own crit: the bigger the Coup de Grâce, the harder Phantom Assassin executes herself on the reflect.
- Troll Warlord — Whirling Axes' blind makes her physical-only damage whiff at the worst moments, and Troll simply out-lasts her burst window in an extended melee trade.
- Axe — Berserker's Call ignores Blur, Counter Helix punishes her rapid attack rate, and Culling Blade executes through whatever HP her burst left behind.
Phantom Assassin is strong against
 Nature's Prophet | 59.78% | 22,793 |
 Batrider | 59.15% | 2,649 |
 Huskar | 58.92% | 11,216 |
 Shadow Demon | 58.57% | 4,914 |
 Chen | 58.15% | 1,441 |
 Shadow Fiend | 57.49% | 37,983 |
 Kez | 57.18% | 9,919 |
 Beastmaster | 56.71% | 5,174 |
 Monkey King | 56.35% | 12,088 |
 Enchantress | 56.28% | 6,784 |
 Tiny | 56.22% | 9,926 |
 Treant Protector | 56.20% | 7,717 |
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Phantom Assassin struggles against
 Wraith King | 43.56% | 27,642 |
 Pudge | 46.53% | 55,423 |
 Nyx Assassin | 46.76% | 12,563 |
 Troll Warlord | 46.97% | 8,873 |
 Axe | 47.25% | 34,094 |
 Vengeful Spirit | 47.59% | 24,090 |
 Legion Commander | 47.72% | 30,262 |
 Dawnbreaker | 47.88% | 17,408 |
 Dragon Knight | 48.10% | 15,227 |
 Lich | 48.14% | 21,057 |
 Phoenix | 48.37% | 9,161 |
 Spirit Breaker | 48.47% | 35,254 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who counters Phantom Assassin in Dota 2?
- Wraith King, Pudge and Nyx Assassin are Phantom Assassin's toughest matchups in patch 7.41f: Phantom Assassin's win rate drops to 43.6% against Wraith King, 46.5% against Pudge and 46.8% against Nyx Assassin.
- How do you counter Phantom Assassin?
- Pick or ban the heroes Phantom Assassin struggles against most in patch 7.41f: Wraith King (Phantom Assassin wins only 43.6% against them), Pudge (46.5%) or Nyx Assassin (46.8%). The full matchup table above covers every hero.
- Who is Phantom Assassin strong against?
- Phantom Assassin performs best against Nature's Prophet (59.8% win rate), Batrider (59.2%) and Huskar (58.9%) in patch 7.41f.
- Is Phantom Assassin good in the current patch?
- Phantom Assassin wins 51.5% of quality-filtered ranked matches in patch 7.41f, with a 14.4% pick rate — ranking #27 of 127 heroes by win rate.
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Data updated Sep 22, 2026.