How Morphling and Phantom Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Morphling and Phantom Assassin win 40.99% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 222 matches.
Morphing into Phantom Assassin gives access to Blur's defensive benefits, but this doesn't fix the core issue of this pairing. Both heroes are extremely greedy, demanding the lion's share of the map's farm to hit their critical item timings. Playing them together means one will inevitably be starved, crippling the team's mid-game and creating a huge window for the enemy to seize control. Even if the game goes late, both Morphling and Phantom Assassin provide single-target physical damage. This makes the team's entire offensive plan predictable and easy to shut down with armor, evasion, or a simple Ghost Scepter, leaving the lineup with no alternative way to win a fight.
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 | 40.36% | 223 |
| Crusader & Archon | 40.56% | 249 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.86% | 105 |
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 | 40.99% | ▼ -5.0pp | 222 |
| 7.41d | 45.97% | ▲ +1.8pp | 21,000 |
| 7.41c | 44.18% | ▼ -0.6pp | 10,499 |
| 7.41b | 44.75% | — | 10,478 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.