How Axe and Phantom Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Axe and Phantom Assassin win 52.33% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 111,629 matches.
A successful teamfight often starts with Axe finding an opening. His Berserker's Call locks down a key target, forcing them to stand still and attack him. This is the perfect invitation for Phantom Assassin. She can use Phantom Strike on the taunted enemy without any fear of them running away or using defensive items. It gives her a completely free window to land attacks and proc her critical strikes on a stationary hero, usually deleting them before the lockdown even finishes. Axe provides the one thing PA needs most: a guaranteed target.
This pairing really comes online once Axe gets his Blink Dagger. From that moment on, any enemy hero caught out of position is a potential kill. The threat of this initiation combo forces the opposing team to spread out and play much more defensively, slowing down their map movements and farm. Their main hope is to have excellent warding to see Axe's smoke ganks coming or to have instant saves like a Force Staff ready. If they can’t stop the initial jump from Axe, there's very little they can do to stop Phantom Assassin from cleaning up.
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 | 53.54% | 1,442 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.02% | 4,260 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.53% | 3,109 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.05% | 487 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 52.33% | ▲ +0.1pp | 111,629 |
| 7.41e | 52.21% | ▼ -1.3pp | 358,145 |
| 7.41d | 53.54% | ▼ -1.0pp | 407,149 |
| 7.41c | 54.57% | — | 191,961 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.