How Invoker and Phantom Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Invoker and Phantom Assassin win 51.82% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 31,950 matches.
Giving Phantom Assassin an Alacrity is a decent boost, but the real strength of this pairing lies in control. The key interaction is Invoker's Cold Snap. Phantom Assassin's rapid attacks, especially during a Phantom Strike, will constantly refresh the Cold Snap stun. This pins a single target in place, preventing them from kiting or using escape abilities while she gets her crits off. Alacrity is a great follow-up to this lockdown, but the setup from Cold Snap is what makes their ganks so much more reliable than they would be otherwise.
This synergy starts to pay off in the mid-game, once Invoker has his core spells and Phantom Assassin gets her first major damage item. Invoker can find a target and set up the kill with Cold Snap, letting PA blink in and finish the job. However, the combo is very focused on a single hero. If the enemy team stays grouped and has ways to save their allies, like a Glimmer Cape or Force Staff, finding these pickoffs becomes difficult. The success of the lane relies on catching heroes out of position, which isn't always possible against a coordinated opponent.
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 | 51.03% | 2,128 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.22% | 5,510 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.90% | 3,920 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.88% | 965 |
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 | 51.82% | ▼ -0.4pp | 31,950 |
| 7.41d | 52.17% | ▼ -0.9pp | 345,472 |
| 7.41c | 53.09% | ▲ +0.3pp | 181,373 |
| 7.41b | 52.79% | — | 168,722 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.