How Bane and Phantom Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bane and Phantom Assassin win 50.05% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,374 matches.
Setting up a kill with this duo can look straightforward on paper. The ideal play involves Bane using Fiend's Grip to lock down a high-value target, giving Phantom Assassin a guaranteed window to jump in with Phantom Strike and land her attacks. With the enemy unable to react or escape, she has a few seconds of free rein to find a critical strike and secure a pickoff. This single-target removal is the entire basis for their plan, turning any out-of-position hero into a potential kill and creating a numbers advantage for the next objective.
The plan's weakness is its simplicity. As the game progresses, opponents learn to stick together, making it much harder for Phantom Assassin to find an isolated target that Bane can disable safely. If Bane's channel is broken by another enemy, the gank fails and both heroes are often left in a bad position. Furthermore, if PA’s initial burst isn't enough to finish the job during the Fiend's Grip duration, the target might survive and turn the fight. The success of the lane relies entirely on executing this one specific play before the enemy can adapt.
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 | 49.92% | 619 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.67% | 1,158 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.59% | 763 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.93% | 228 |
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 | 50.05% | ▼ -0.8pp | 7,374 |
| 7.41d | 50.88% | ▼ -0.7pp | 79,986 |
| 7.41c | 51.58% | ▲ +1.2pp | 28,797 |
| 7.41b | 50.43% | — | 24,558 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.