How Phantom Assassin and Terrorblade perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Assassin and Terrorblade win 41.32% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 242 matches.
Putting two hard carries on the same team seems like a safe bet for the late game, but the reality is that it cripples your team's tempo. Phantom Assassin and Terrorblade both need huge amounts of safe farm, forcing them to compete for the same areas of the map and slowing down each other's key item timings. This intense greed means your team lacks the ability to fight or apply pressure during the mid-game. Even if you survive, the enemy can easily itemize against your lineup with armor. In teamfights, PA is trying to execute a backline hero while Terrorblade needs a frontline to hit towers; their goals rarely align.
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 | 43.63% | 204 |
| Crusader & Archon | 41.31% | 213 |
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 | 41.32% | ▼ -4.6pp | 242 |
| 7.41d | 45.93% | ▼ -0.5pp | 19,584 |
| 7.41c | 46.39% | ▼ -0.2pp | 11,917 |
| 7.41b | 46.63% | — | 11,089 |
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Data updated Aug 14, 2026.