How Phantom Assassin and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phantom Assassin and Tusk win 46.94% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 8,636 matches.
Struggling to find the right tempo is common for this pair. Tusk wants to be aggressive from the start, using Snowball and Ice Shards to force fights and gank lanes. Phantom Assassin, however, really needs to focus on farming her first couple of major items before she can contribute meaningfully to those fights. While Tusk can set up a kill, PA often lacks the early damage to secure it, and joining the fight means she's not hitting creeps. This forces a choice between slowing down Phantom Assassin’s farm or having Tusk play a less effective, more passive game than he’d like.
The result is that the game often feels disconnected. Tusk might be making space and finding picks on supports, but Phantom Assassin is stuck farming a lane far away, unable to capitalize. By the time PA has her items and is ready to fight, the early-game window where Tusk is strongest has started to close. The combo relies on the game going well for other lanes to give PA space, rather than the two heroes creating their own pressure together from the outset.
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 | 43.61% | 571 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.78% | 1,360 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.47% | 1,247 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.72% | 414 |
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 | 46.94% | ▼ -0.2pp | 8,636 |
| 7.41d | 47.17% | ▼ -1.3pp | 95,148 |
| 7.41c | 48.43% | ▲ +1.1pp | 48,077 |
| 7.41b | 47.29% | — | 50,515 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.