How Phantom Assassin and Timbersaw perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Assassin and Timbersaw win 40.45% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 937 matches.
Facing Timbersaw in lane is miserable, as he constantly chips away at your health and forces you out. This early pressure rarely matters for the overall game, however. The core problem is that these two heroes operate on completely different timelines. Timbersaw wants to be aggressive and force teamfights in the mid-game when he is strongest. At that same moment, Phantom Assassin is almost never ready to join, as she needs to be safely farming for her own core items like a Desolator or BKB. By the time PA is ready to contribute, Timbersaw's impact is already fading, and the window to take over the map has likely closed.
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 | 42.05% | 516 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.14% | 1,101 |
| Legend & Ancient | 39.46% | 707 |
| Divine & Immortal | 32.78% | 180 |
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 | 40.45% | ▼ -4.5pp | 937 |
| 7.41d | 44.95% | ▼ -0.9pp | 77,316 |
| 7.41c | 45.82% | ▲ +1.6pp | 35,881 |
| 7.41b | 44.23% | — | 28,280 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.