How Phantom Assassin and Spectre perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Assassin and Spectre win 46.17% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 405 matches.
Facing this combination in the late game puts the enemy team in a bind. Any hero caught alone is a likely kill. Spectre's Haunt reveals a target's position, and Phantom Assassin can instantly follow up with a Phantom Strike for the finishing burst. This forces opponents to huddle together as a five-hero unit, surrendering map control and farm. It’s incredibly difficult to itemize defensively against both the sustained damage and Desolate from Spectre and the sudden physical crits from Phantom Assassin. This stretches enemy resources thin as they try to survive the dual-pronged assault.
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 | 47.97% | 419 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.21% | 553 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.45% | 165 |
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 | 46.17% | ▼ -7.1pp | 405 |
| 7.41d | 53.26% | ▼ -1.4pp | 41,504 |
| 7.41c | 54.61% | ▲ +1.7pp | 20,782 |
| 7.41b | 52.89% | — | 19,052 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.