How Centaur Warrunner and Phantom Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Centaur Warrunner and Phantom Assassin win 50.76% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 15,237 matches.
Setting up kills with Hoof Stomp gives Phantom Assassin a perfect window to connect with Phantom Strike and land her attacks. Centaur Warrunner provides the exact kind of hard lockdown a carry like PA needs to secure a kill before the target can react. However, both heroes require significant farm to hit their key item timings. Centaur needs his Blink Dagger to be a threat, while PA is focused on her own core items. This can lead to them playing on opposite sides of the map for much of the early game, unable to leverage their potential combo.
When the timings do align, a Stampede-led gank or a Blink-Stomp can easily net a kill for PA and build momentum. The draft succeeds when Centaur can turn early-game pressure into space for his carry to farm. The problem arises when the enemy team groups up early or pressures PA's lane directly. This forces Centaur into a more reactive role, slowing down both heroes' progression and making it much harder to find those clean initiations needed to get Phantom Assassin rolling.
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 | 50.57% | 973 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.45% | 2,686 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.01% | 1,858 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.74% | 447 |
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 | 50.76% | ▼ -1.1pp | 15,237 |
| 7.41d | 51.82% | ▲ +0.5pp | 129,147 |
| 7.41c | 51.27% | ▲ +2.5pp | 50,395 |
| 7.41b | 48.73% | — | 45,946 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.