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Phantom Assassin

Blinks onto her foes with critical strikes

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Phantom Assassin portrait

Win rate

51.3%

A across all ranks

Pick rate

13.4%

of public matches

Public picks

452.6K

in the sample

Pro scene

0

0 bans · 0% win rate

Win rate by rank

  • Herald1Herald52.3%
  • Guardian2Guardian51.6%
  • Crusader3Crusader51.9%
  • Archon4Archon51.6%
  • Legend5Legend51.1%
  • Ancient6Ancient50.1%
  • Divine+7Divine+49.3%

Bars start at 50%. Sample sizes: Herald 16.3K · Guardian 50.7K · Crusader 86.4K · Archon 117.6K · Legend 108.5K · Ancient 49.5K · Divine+ 23.5K.

Last 6 days

51.2%

Popular item build

Starting items

Bought before the horn

  1. 1

    Iron Branch

    55g
  2. 2

    Quelling Blade

    100g
  3. 3

    Tango

    90g
  4. 4

    Magic Stick

    200g
  5. 5

    Faerie Fire

    65g
  6. 6

    Circlet

    155g

Laning

The first minutes

  1. 1

    Boots of Speed

    500g
  2. 2

    Power Treads

    49%1,400g
  3. 3

    Ring of Health

    700g
  4. 4

    Broadsword

    1,000g
  5. 5

    Void Stone

    700g
  6. 6

    Perseverance

    50%1,400g

Mid game

Core items

  1. 1

    Battle Fury

    49%3,900g
  2. 2

    Desolator

    55%3,500g
  3. 3

    Black King Bar

    55%4,050g
  4. 4

    Power Treads

    49%1,400g
  5. 5

    Yasha

    2,100g

Late game

The full build

  1. 1

    Satanic

    5,050g
  2. 2

    Black King Bar

    55%4,050g
  3. 3

    Sacred Relic

    3,400g
  4. 4

    Abyssal Blade

    6,250g
  5. 5

    Demon Edge

    2,200g
  6. 6

    Desolator

    55%3,500g

Most-bought items for Phantom Assassin in OpenDota’s sample of parsed public matches (1,801 purchases counted). Bars compare each item with the most-bought one in its phase. The percentage is the win rate in games where Phantom Assassin bought the item by minute 30 (green or red when it is clearly above or below Phantom Assassin’s average). Teams that are ahead buy items sooner, so a high number shows the item goes with winning games, not that it causes the win. Items with fewer than 100 games show no percentage. Cheap components are hidden from the mid and late game.

Best win rate by purchase time

Bought ≤ 12 min

  1. Mithril Hammer

    72 games

    67%
  2. Battle Fury

    86 games

    63%
  3. Perseverance

    414 games

    56%

Bought 12–15 min

  1. Mithril Hammer

    87 games

    67%
  2. Battle Fury

    278 games

    58%
  3. Perseverance

    197 games

    46%

Bought 15–20 min

  1. Desolator

    217 games

    64%
  2. Mithril Hammer

    703 games

    59%
  3. Battle Fury

    284 games

    41%

Bought 20–30 min

  1. Sange

    69 games

    77%
  2. Aghanim's Shard

    73 games

    74%
  3. Skull Basher

    205 games

    72%

Final items compared within the same purchase window (at least 60 games each), so they are not simply ranked by how late or expensive they are. Still a correlation: a team that is far ahead can buy anything sooner.

What these items do

  • Iron Branch

    55

    • +1 All Attributes

    Use: Plant Tree: Targets the ground to plant a happy little tree that lasts for 20 seconds.

  • Quelling Blade

    100

    Active: Chop Tree: Destroy a target tree.

    Full description

    4s

    Active: Chop Tree. Destroy a target tree.

    Passive: Quell. Increases attack damage against non-hero units by 8 for melee heroes, and 4 for ranged.

    • Effects of multiple quelling blades do not stack.
  • Tango

    90

    Use: Devour: Consumes a target tree to gain 7 health regeneration for 16 seconds. Consuming an Ironwood Tree doubles the heal duration. Comes with 3 charges.

  • Magic Stick

    200

    Active: Energy Charge: Instantly restores 15 health and mana per charge stored. Max 10 charges. Gains a charge whenever a visible enemy within 1200 range uses an ability.

    Full description

    17s

    Active: Energy Charge. Instantly restores 15 health and mana per charge stored. Max 10 charges. Gains a charge whenever a visible enemy within 1200 range uses an ability.

    • Gains charges for spells cast by visible enemies in 1200 range.
    • Certain abilities and item abilities will not add charges.
  • Faerie Fire

    65

    • +2 Damage

    Use: Imbue: Instantly restores 85 health.

    Full description

    5s

    Use: Imbue. Instantly restores 85 health.

  • Circlet

    155

    • +2 All Attributes
  • Boots of Speed

    500

    • +45 Move Speed

    Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.

  • Power Treads

    1,400

    • +25 Damage

    Active: Switch Attribute: Switches between +10 Strength, +10 Agility, or +10 Intelligence. Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.

    Win rate when bought49.1% · 694 games

    • ≤ 12 min49%604
    • 12–15 min62%39
    • 15–20 min42%45
    • 20–30 min–6
    Full description

    Active: Switch Attribute. Switches between +10 Strength, +10 Agility, or +10 Intelligence. Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.

    • Power Treads can be built using a Belt of Strength, Band of Elvenskin, or a Robe of the Magi.
  • Ring of Health

    700

    • +4.5 Health Regen
  • Broadsword

    1,000

    • +15 Damage
  • Void Stone

    700

    • +1.75 Mana Regen
  • Perseverance

    1,400

    • +5.5 Health Regen
    • +2.25 Mana Regen

    Win rate when bought49.6% · 710 games

    • ≤ 12 min56%414
    • 12–15 min46%197
    • 15–20 min31%84
    • 20–30 min–15
  • Battle Fury

    3,900

    • +50 Damage
    • +7.5 Health Regen
    • +2.75 Mana Regen

    Active: Chop Tree: Destroy a target tree.

    Win rate when bought49.5% · 681 games

    • ≤ 12 min63%86
    • 12–15 min58%278
    • 15–20 min41%284
    • 20–30 min18%33
    Full description

    3s

    Active: Chop Tree. Destroy a target tree.

    Passive: Quell. Increases attack damage against non-hero units by 10 for melee heroes, and 5 for ranged.

    Passive: Cleave. Deals 60% of attack damage as physical damage in a cone up to 650 around the target. Deals 40% against creeps. (Melee Only)

    • Cleave damage goes through spell immunity.
    • If multiple sources of Cleave are present, each Cleave's damage is applied separately.
  • Desolator

    3,500

    • +55 Damage

    Passive: Corruption: Your attacks reduce the target's armor by -6 for 7 seconds.

    Win rate when bought55.1% · 503 games

    • ≤ 12 min–22
    • 12–15 min–10
    • 15–20 min64%217
    • 20–30 min47%254
    Full description

    Passive: Corruption. Your attacks reduce the target's armor by -6 for 7 seconds.

    Passive: Soul Stealer. Desolator gains +2 damage every time an enemy hero dies while affected by Corruption, to a maximum of 30.

    • Armor reduction works on buildings.
  • Black King Bar

    4,050

    • +10 Strength
    • +24 Damage

    Active: Avatar: Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage.

    Win rate when bought54.9% · 468 games

    • ≤ 12 min–7
    • 12–15 min–5
    • 15–20 min62%37
    • 20–30 min53%419
    Full description

    95s50

    Active: Avatar. Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage. For the duration of the effect, any negative effect from enemy spells has no effect. Duration: 9 / 8 / 7s Dispel Type: Basic Dispel

    • Purchasing another Black King Bar will not reset its immunity duration.
    • Avatar duration is not affected by increases to buff duration.
  • Yasha

    2,100

    • +16 Agility
    • +15 Damage
    • +10% Move Speed
    Full description
    • Yasha-based movement speed bonuses from multiple items do not stack.
  • Satanic

    5,050

    • +25 Strength
    • +25 Damage
    • +25% Lifesteal

    Active: Unholy Rage: Increases Lifesteal percentage to 175% for 6 seconds. Dispel Type: Basic Dispel

    Full description

    40s

    Active: Unholy Rage. Increases Lifesteal percentage to 175% for 6 seconds. Dispel Type: Basic Dispel

    Passive: Lifesteal. Heals the attacker for a percentage of physical damage dealt.

  • Sacred Relic

    3,400

    • +55 Damage
  • Abyssal Blade

    6,250

    • +35 Damage
    • +30 Strength

    Active: Overwhelm: Stuns a target enemy unit for 1.6 seconds. Pierces Debuff Immunity.

    Full description

    35s75

    Active: Overwhelm. Stuns a target enemy unit for 1.6 seconds. Pierces Debuff Immunity.

    Passive: Bash. Grants melee heroes a 25% chance on hit to stun the target for 1.2 seconds and deal 120 bonus physical damage. Bash chance for ranged heroes is 10%.

    • The stun is melee range.
    • Does not stack with other bashes, and does not grant bash to Clones and Tempest Doubles.
    • Multiple sources of damage block do not stack.
    • The following heroes cannot trigger Bash on this item: Spirit Breaker, Faceless Void, Slardar, and Kez while in Sai mode.
  • Demon Edge

    2,200

    • +40 Damage

Abilities

Stifling Dagger

6s30

Throws a dagger slowing the enemy unit's movement speed, dealing 65 / 70 / 75 / 80+30 / 45 / 60 / 75% of Phantom Assassin's attack damage as physical damage and applying attack effects from items and abilities.

MOVE SLOW
-50%
SLOW DURATION
2.1 / 2.4 / 2.7 / 3
BASE DAMAGE
65 / 70 / 75 / 80
ATTACK DAMAGE
30 / 45 / 60 / 75%
  • If an attack effect is chance-based, the chance of its application will be the same as its chance to occur.
  • Spell-immune enemies are not affected by Stifling Dagger's slow.
  • Stifling Dagger grants vision around its location while it travels and upon impact.

Phantom Strike

0.1s35 / 40 / 45 / 50

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

BONUS ATTACK SPEED
80 / 120 / 160 / 200
DURATION
3

Blur

Innate45s50

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.

DURATION
30
VANISH RADIUS
500
VANISH BUFFER
0.8
BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED
9.5%
  • Attacking Roshan with a regular attack will dispel Blur.

Aghanim’s ShardAny time Phantom Assassin gets a hero kill, her ability cooldowns advance 60% of their max cooldown values.

Fan of Knives

Granted by Aghanim’s Scepter14s80

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

MAX HEALTH DAMAGE
30%
BREAK DURATION
4
RADIUS
550

Immaterial

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

BONUS EVASION
25 / 35 / 45 / 55%

Coup de Grace

Ultimate

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 FOCUS
17%
DAGGER CHANCE OF DEADLY FOCUS
34%
CRITICAL DAMAGE
200 / 325 / 450%
ATTACKS TO TRIGGER
0
DEADLY FOCUS DURATION
6 / 8 / 10

Talents

+10% Coup de Grace chance

25

Triple Strike Stifling Dagger

+200 Phantom Strike Cast Range

20

+60 Phantom Strike Attack Speed

+20% Immaterial Evasion

15

+15% Stifling Dagger Damage

+0.8s Phantom Strike Duration

10

-2s Stifling Dagger Cooldown

Base stats

Attributes

  • StrengthStrength19+2.2/lvl
  • AgilityAgility22+3.4/lvl
  • IntelligenceIntelligence15+1.7/lvl

At level 1

Damage
57–59
Attack time
1.7s
Attack range
150 (melee)
Move speed
310
Armor
4.7
Magic resistance
25%
Health
538 (+2.9/s)
Mana
255 (+0.8/s)
Vision day / night
1800 / 800

Recent changes

latest 12 patches
  1. 7.41e
    • Blur:Now cannot be dispelled
  2. 7.41c
    • Base Agility increased from 21 to 22
    • Damage at level 1 increased from 56-58 to 57-59
    • Talents:Level 10 Talent Phantom Strike Duration increased from +0.6 to +0.8s
  3. 7.41b
    • Strength gain increased from 2.0 to 2.2
    • Phantom Strike:Duration increased from 2.5s to 3s
    • Bonus Attack Speed rescaled from 100/130/160/190 to 80/120/160/200
    • Coup de Grace:Critical Damage increased from 200/300/400% to 200/325/450%
  4. 7.41
    • Blur:No longer levels with Coup de Grace
    • Vanish Radius rescaled from 625/550/475/400 to 500
    • Vanish Buffer rescaled from 0.4/0.6/0.8/1s to 0.8s
    • Active Movement Speed changed from 6/9/12/15% to 9.5% + 0.5% per level
  5. 7.40c
    • Talents:Level 10 Talent Stifling Dagger Cooldown Reduction increased from 1.5s to 2s
  6. 7.40b
    • Fan of Knives:Now pierces Debuff Immunity
    • Talents:Level 10 Talent Phantom Strike Duration increased from +0.5s to +0.6s
  7. 7.40
    • Blur:Active Movement Speed increased from 3/6/9/12% to 6/9/12/15%
    • Phantom Strike:11/9/7/5s cooldown replaced with 2 charges with 21/18/15/12s base charge restore time
  8. 7.39e
    • Immaterial:Bonus Evasion increased from 20/30/40/50% to 25/35/45/55%
  9. 7.39d
    • Blur:Cooldown decreased from 50s to 45s
    • Talents:Level 15 Talent Immaterial Evasion increased from +15% to +20%

Lore

Through a process of divination, children are selected for upbringing by the Sisters of the Veil, an order that considers assassination a sacred part of the natural order. The Veiled Sisters identify targets through meditation and oracular utterances. They accept no contracts, and never seem to pursue targets for political or mercenary reasons. Their killings bear no relation to any recognizable agenda, and can seem to be completely random: A figure of great power is no more likely to be eliminated than a peasant or a well digger. Whatever pattern the killings may contain, it is known only to them. They treat their victims as sacrifices, and death at their hand is considered an honor. Raised with no identity except that of their order, any Phantom Assassin can take the place of any other; their number is not known. Perhaps there are many, perhaps there are few. Nothing is known of what lies under the Phantom Veil. Except that this one, from time to time, when none are near enough to hear, is known to stir her veils with the forbidden whisper of her own name: Mortred.

Win rates come from public Dota 2 matches (OpenDota), 3.4M matches counted, refreshed Oct 24, 2026. Tiers use the win rate in the chosen rank: S 52.5%+, A 51%+, B 49%+, C 47.5%+, D below; heroes with too few games are left unrated. Hero data and patch notes are Valve’s. Builds Forge is an unofficial fan site, not affiliated with Valve.