How Chen and Phantom Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Chen and Phantom Assassin win 47.41% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,246 matches.
Picking these two together forces a difficult choice on your team's strategy from the very start. Chen wants to group up with his creeps and apply pressure as soon as possible, taking towers and forcing early fights. This is the exact opposite of what Phantom Assassin wants to do. She needs space and time to farm her core items before she can contribute meaningfully. If Phantom Assassin joins the early aggression, her farm slows to a crawl and her late-game potential is crippled. If she ignores the calls to group, Chen's army is often fighting shorthanded, squandering his most impactful window and failing to secure objectives. The team gets pulled in two different directions.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 44.12% | 102 |
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 | 47.41% | ▲ +0.1pp | 3,246 |
| 7.41e | 47.34% | ▲ +1.4pp | 8,971 |
| 7.41d | 45.93% | ▼ -1.0pp | 10,562 |
| 7.41c | 46.92% | — | 5,836 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.