agility

Phantom Assassin

Blinks onto her foes with critical strikes

Melee

Delete squishy supports instantly with Phantom Assassin, a highly evasive physical carry. She naturally dodges attacks with Blur while blinking directly onto priority targets, unleashing massive critical strikes that are notoriously and brutally fatal.

Phantom Assassin abilities, talents and win rates on this page are from Dota 2 patch 7.41e.

1/3
Complexity
3/3
Carry
1/3
Escape

Phantom Assassin Performance Summary

On patch 7.41e, Phantom Assassin holds a 50.76% win rate across 529,844 ranked games. That average hides a 3.9-point swing between skill brackets — 52.47% in Herald against 48.55% in Divine — so Phantom Assassin rewards knowing the hero far more than the raw number suggests.

Base Stats

Phantom Assassin
Health538+1 / s
Mana255
AttributeBase / Growth per lvl
strengthStrength
19+2.2 per lvl
agilityAgility
22+3.4 per lvl
intelligenceIntelligence
15+1.7 per lvl
StatValue
DamageDamage
57 – 59
ArmorArmor
4.7
Movement SpeedMovement Speed
310
Attack RangeAttack Range
150

Win Rates by Rank

Patch7.41e
Public Win Rate51%529.8K matches
RankPicksWin Rate
HeraldHerald
33.2K
52%
GuardianGuardian
94K
52%
CrusaderCrusader
120K
51%
ArchonArchon
119.6K
51%
LegendLegend
86.7K
50%
AncientAncient
47.2K
50%
DivineDivine
29.2K
49%

Faces of Phantom Assassin

Data Timeframe: Past 6 months

Innate Ability

Blur
No Target

Phantom Assassin blurs her body, disjointing incoming projectiles, increasing her movement speed, causing her to be impossible to see until she comes near enemy heroes or towers.

Duration30s
Vanish Radius500
Vanish Buffer0.8s
Bonus Movement Speed9.5%
Cast Range500
Cast Time0.3s
Mana50
Cooldown45s

Talent Tree

Triple Strike Stifling Dagger
25
+10% Coup de Grace chance
+60 Phantom Strike Attack Speed
20
+200 Phantom Strike Cast Range
+15% Stifling Dagger Damage
15
+20% Immaterial Evasion
-2s Stifling Dagger Cooldown
10
+0.8s Phantom Strike Duration

Abilities

Stifling Dagger
PhysicalDispellable
Unit Target

Throws a dagger slowing the enemy unit's movement speed, dealing 65+30% of Phantom Assassin's attack damage as physical damage and applying attack effects from items and abilities.

Move Slow-50%
Dagger Speed1200
Slow Duration2.1 / 2.4 / 2.7 / 3s
Base Damage65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Attack Factor-70 / -55 / -40 / -25
Cast Range700 / 850 / 1000 / 1150
Cast Time0.3s
Mana30
Cooldown6s
Phantom Strike
Pierces BKBDispellable
Unit Target

Teleports to a unit, friendly or enemy, and grants bonus attack speed while attacking if it's an enemy unit.

Bonus Attack Speed80 / 120 / 160 / 200
Duration3s
Creep Lifesteal Penalty40
Cast Range650 / 750 / 850 / 950
Cast Time0.25s
Max Charges2
Charge Restore Time21 / 18 / 15 / 12s
Mana35 / 40 / 45 / 50
Cooldown0.1s
Immaterial
Passive

Phantom Assassin focuses inward, increasing her ability to evade enemy attacks. Stacks diminishingly with other sources of Evasion.

Bonus Evasion25% / 35% / 45% / 55%
Coup de Grace
Pierces BKB
Passive

Phantom Assassin refines her combat abilities, acquiring a chance of gaining Deadly Focus with each attack. When attacking with Deadly Focus, Phantom Assassin will consume the buff and guarantee a critical hit. Stifling Dagger has a bonus chance to cause Deadly Focus.

Chance Of Deadly Focus17%
Dagger Chance Of Deadly Focus34%
Critical Damage200% / 325% / 450%
Deadly Focus Duration6 / 8 / 10s

Aghanim's Upgrades

Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Fan of Knives

Phantom Assassin releases sharp blades around her, dealing a percentage of each victim's max health on impact and applying Break.

Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Blur

Decreases Cooldown by s. Any time Phantom Assassin gets a hero kill, her ability cooldowns advance 60% of their max cooldown values.