How Phantom Assassin and Pudge perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Assassin and Pudge win 52.76% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 51,520 matches.
Finding a target for Phantom Assassin to burst is the main idea here. Pudge provides a long, single-target lockdown with Meat Hook and Dismember, holding an enemy completely still. This gives PA a free window to Phantom Strike onto the target and get her attacks off without them escaping or fighting back. The slow from Rot also helps her stick to a target once she's on them. It’s a straightforward plan: Pudge grabs, PA kills. This gives the duo a way to secure pickoffs on isolated heroes and build a lead through ganking.
The whole strategy, however, hinges on landing that initial hook on a valuable target. If Pudge is having a rough game or the enemy has good vision and positioning, he offers very little. Likewise, if Phantom Assassin is behind on farm, she won't have enough damage to finish the job even with a full Dismember duration. Enemy teams that group up early or have saves like a Force Staff can easily punish this one-dimensional ganking style, leaving both heroes out of position and unable to contribute to a wider teamfight.
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 | 53.01% | 4,150 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.57% | 9,392 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.93% | 5,268 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.58% | 1,137 |
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 | 52.76% | ▲ +0.3pp | 51,520 |
| 7.41d | 52.48% | ▲ +0.4pp | 576,818 |
| 7.41c | 52.08% | ▲ +0.8pp | 264,447 |
| 7.41b | 51.28% | — | 251,400 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.