How Abaddon and Phantom Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Abaddon and Phantom Assassin win 53.45% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,130 matches.
Keeping Phantom Assassin alive long enough to find her crits is the main idea here. She wants to blink onto a target and burst it down, but she's vulnerable to stuns and initial return damage. Abaddon offers a solution with Aphotic Shield, which can instantly remove a disable that would otherwise stop her cold. The shield also provides a small buffer, letting her survive the first few moments after committing with Phantom Strike. This allows her to stay on a target and keep attacking when she might normally have to back off.
This pairing can allow Phantom Assassin to farm more aggressively, knowing Abaddon has a potential save. In fights, the enemy team faces a dilemma: try to focus down PA and risk Abaddon's Borrowed Time turning the engagement around, or ignore her and let her run wild. The synergy isn't game-breaking, as a well-timed silence or enough coordinated damage can still overwhelm PA before a save lands. It simply tilts the odds slightly in her favor when she decides to go in.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate 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 | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 53.31% | 649 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.95% | 1,280 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.43% | 803 |
| Divine & Immortal | 42.95% | 149 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 53.45% | ▲ +0.6pp | 7,130 |
| 7.41d | 52.86% | ▲ +0.2pp | 91,180 |
| 7.41c | 52.61% | ▲ +1.0pp | 31,466 |
| 7.41b | 51.60% | — | 30,534 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.