How Phantom Assassin and Spirit Breaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Assassin and Spirit Breaker win 52.54% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 28,240 matches.
Catching someone with a Charge of Darkness is the ideal setup for this pair. Spirit Breaker’s stun gives Phantom Assassin the perfect window to Phantom Strike onto a target without getting immediately disabled or kited. This single-target focus is how they try to get ahead, turning Spirit Breaker’s global presence into early kills for his carry. Without that initial lockdown, Phantom Assassin has a much harder time sticking to mobile heroes, as her own slow from Stifling Dagger often isn't enough to secure a kill on its own.
The plan can fall apart if that initial burst fails. Both heroes deal primarily physical damage, so opponents can itemize with armor or a Ghost Scepter to survive the initial gank. A failed gank leaves Phantom Assassin behind on farm and Spirit Breaker out of position. Since neither hero offers much wave clear or area-of-effect damage, the duo can struggle to defend towers or fight into teams that are grouped up. Their success really depends on being able to pick off heroes one by one and snowball from that advantage.
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 | 51.56% | 2,434 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.13% | 4,857 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.33% | 2,927 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.45% | 652 |
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 | 52.54% | ▼ -0.2pp | 28,240 |
| 7.41d | 52.69% | ▲ +0.4pp | 315,757 |
| 7.41c | 52.25% | ▲ +1.0pp | 154,848 |
| 7.41b | 51.26% | — | 161,749 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.