How Phantom Assassin and Troll Warlord perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Assassin and Troll Warlord win 51.45% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,373 matches.
Sharing the map between two such farm-dependent heroes can create an economic strain. Both Troll Warlord and Phantom Assassin want to occupy the safest lanes and jungle areas to hit their core item timings. This competition for resources often means one hero has to play from behind, delaying the point where the team can confidently fight or take objectives. Later in the game, their roles overlap significantly. They both excel at bringing down a single target with physical attacks, which allows the enemy team to focus their defensive item choices on armor and evasion. The lack of magical burst or strong team-wide control from this pair puts a lot of pressure on the rest of your draft to compensate.
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 | 51.21% | 414 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.32% | 307 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.04% | 102 |
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 | 51.45% | ▲ +1.8pp | 2,373 |
| 7.41d | 49.69% | ▼ -0.4pp | 29,706 |
| 7.41c | 50.09% | ▲ +1.0pp | 16,415 |
| 7.41b | 49.07% | — | 15,678 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.