How Grimstroke and Phantom Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Grimstroke and Phantom Assassin win 49.79% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,440 matches.
Landing Soulbind on two enemies gives Phantom Assassin a great opportunity. Her Stifling Dagger is a single-target spell, so it gets duplicated onto the second tethered hero. This allows her to harass and slow two targets from a distance, which is normally a weakness for her. Grimstroke's other spells, like Stroke of Fate and Phantom's Embrace, also offer the control needed to hold someone in place for Phantom Assassin to close the distance with Phantom Strike. The combo provides a safe way to apply pressure and sets up cleaner entries for a hero who struggles against being kited.
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 | 50.80% | 685 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.77% | 1,557 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.57% | 1,186 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.16% | 285 |
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 | 49.79% | ▼ -3.4pp | 1,440 |
| 7.41d | 53.21% | ▼ -0.8pp | 117,283 |
| 7.41c | 54.00% | ▲ +1.1pp | 55,371 |
| 7.41b | 52.93% | — | 48,407 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.