How Disruptor and Phantom Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Disruptor and Phantom Assassin win 51.47% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 13,939 matches.
Securing kills for a farming carry often relies on reliable lockdown, which Disruptor provides. A successful Glimpse can pull an enemy into a Static Storm, holding them in place for Phantom Assassin to jump on with Phantom Strike and deliver a full burst of damage. The main issue here is one of timing. Disruptor is an active hero who wants to force fights and create pressure from early on, while Phantom Assassin is a hard carry who needs dedicated time to farm her core items. If PA is busy farming a lane or the jungle, Disruptor’s long-cooldown ultimate can be used for a pickoff that she can't reach, creating a tempo mismatch.
This lane's success depends heavily on coordination. When they do connect, the combo can secure early kills that accelerate Phantom Assassin’s farm and help her snowball. However, if the game state separates them, they offer little to each other. Disruptor can't defensively save a Phantom Assassin who gets caught out, unlike other supports with heals or dispels. He can only offer counter-initiation. This means PA is still very vulnerable to ganks before her Black King Bar. Their effectiveness together isn't automatic; it requires the team to play around their specific pickoff-oriented strategy.
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 | 47.87% | 844 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.32% | 2,339 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.41% | 1,698 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.04% | 490 |
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 | 51.47% | ▲ +0.8pp | 13,939 |
| 7.41d | 50.64% | ▼ -0.1pp | 150,858 |
| 7.41c | 50.77% | ▲ +1.2pp | 66,203 |
| 7.41b | 49.57% | — | 64,346 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.