How Phantom Assassin and Slark perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Assassin and Slark win 51.20% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,676 matches.
Drafting both Phantom Assassin and Slark puts a lot of pressure on your team to win the mid-game. You end up with two cores who need a lot of farm, don't create space for each other, and deal the same type of damage. This allows the enemy to itemize efficiently against you; a single Ghost Scepter or Heaven's Halberd is a good answer to both of your carries. The success of this pairing often comes down to target selection and forcing the enemy to use their defensive items on the wrong hero, opening a window for the other to clean up.
This lineup is extremely greedy and can feel weak during the laning stage. Neither hero offers the lockdown or magical damage needed to set up kills for the other. However, if both Phantom Assassin and Slark can find their farm and hit their item timings, the enemy team is faced with two elusive, high-damage threats. This can stretch their defensive resources thin, as they need multiple ways to kite or survive physical burst. The game often balances on a knife's edge, depending entirely on whether your two cores can get ahead and stay ahead.
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 | 48.25% | 659 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.90% | 1,016 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.25% | 511 |
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 | 51.20% | ▲ +0.2pp | 5,676 |
| 7.41d | 51.03% | ▼ -0.7pp | 68,304 |
| 7.41c | 51.72% | ▲ +0.3pp | 36,907 |
| 7.41b | 51.37% | — | 38,952 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.