Phantom Assassin
Carry

Melee · Carry · Escape

How to counter Phantom Assassin

In lane

  • • Pudge has way more stats to work with in lane. • Rot does not care about the evasion of Phantom Assassin. • Meat Shield is excellent at blocking her damage early on. • Phantom Assassin's big power spike is Black King Bar. Dismember goes through it.
  • • Viper can Poison Attack her in lane to slowly chip her to death. • Unless he is totally alone and it's a bad situation for Viper, even if he gets jumped by her and her support in lane, he will probably kill her due to the combination of Corrosive Skin and Poison Attack. • Viper Strike is an excellent break for Immaterial, nullifying her evasion. It also goes through Black King Bar.
  • • Counter Helix is excellent against her relatively low HP and evasion. • This is a historical counter because in most games and at any point Axe can kill Phantom Assassin with the combination of Blink Dagger + Berserker's Call + Blade Mail.

In game

  • • Phantom Assassin is an explosive hero which means Winter's Curse can make her murder a teammate immediately. • Cold Embrace is a great save against her physical damage. • Phantom Assassin's big power spike is Black King Bar. Winter's Curse goes through it.
  • • Phantom Assassin is a relatively low health hero which makes the Purifying Flames + Fortune's End damage combo strong. • She has no organic dispel for Fate's Edict disarming her. • False Promise can save an ally, potentially wasting her Black King Bar duration.

Items

  • Ghost Scepter
    • You need this item to save yourself from her jump and burst potential.
  • Monkey King Bar
    • Phantom Assassin's biggest strength is having evasion with Immaterial. This item totally nullifies evasion.

Kit

Talent tree

  1. Triple Strike Stifling Dagger

    25

    +10% Coup de Grace chance

  2. +60 Phantom Strike Attack Speed

    20

    +200 Phantom Strike Cast Range

  3. +15% Stifling Dagger Damage

    15

    +20% Immaterial Evasion

  4. -2s Stifling Dagger Cooldown

    10

    +0.8s Phantom Strike Duration

Attributes

At level 1, before items.

Growth

Strength
19 + 2.2
Agility
22 + 3.4
Intelligence
15 + 1.7
Damage
57–59

Health & mana

Health
538
Health regen
2.9
Mana
255
Mana regen
0.8

Combat

Armour
4.7
Magic resist
25%
Attack range
150
Base attack time
1.7s
Attack point
0.3
Projectile speed
900

Movement & vision

Move speed
310
Turn rate
0.8
Day vision
1800
Night vision
800
Legs
2