How Pangolier and Phantom Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Pangolier and Phantom Assassin win 46.35% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,180 matches.
Trying to set up a kill for Phantom Assassin often feels a bit clumsy with a Pangolier on the team. She thrives on having a single target locked down so she can jump in with Phantom Strike and land her burst damage. Pangolier's control, however, is all about disruption and displacement. A Rolling Thunder initiation might stun the whole enemy team, but it also knocks them around unpredictably. This can easily push PA’s intended victim out of her reach or interrupt her attack sequence right as she's about to land a critical blow.
Across the game, this lack of focused setup means the pair doesn't quite click. They aren't actively working against each other, but they don't enable one another either. Phantom Assassin has to rely more on her own Stifling Dagger slow to get kills, while Pangolier creates general chaos nearby. The result is two heroes who often feel like they're fighting separate battles within the same teamfight. They can still win through raw damage output, but they miss out on the clean pick-off potential that other hero combinations would provide for PA.
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 | 47.39% | 306 |
| Crusader & Archon | 41.93% | 725 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.22% | 715 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.03% | 244 |
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 | 46.35% | ▼ -0.2pp | 5,180 |
| 7.41d | 46.51% | ▼ -1.3pp | 64,638 |
| 7.41c | 47.85% | ▼ -1.2pp | 54,254 |
| 7.41b | 49.09% | — | 63,168 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.