Blinks onto her foes with critical strikes
The moment she finds her prey, Phantom Assassin strikes. Instantly closing in on a target, she effortlessly dodges attacks as she relentlessly cuts away at her foe. Without warning, any one of her attacks could prove suddenly and brutally fatal.
Win Rate 50.1%
Pick Rate 19.0%
Attributes
418 +44/lvl
180 +20.4/lvl
19 +2/lvl
21 +3.4/lvl
15 +1.7/lvl
Stats
Damage:
35 - 37 + 3.4/level (133.6 - 135.6 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
1 + 0.6/level (18.4 at level 30)
Movement:
310
Roles
Carry
Escape
Nuker
Initiator
Durable
Disabler
Support
Pusher
Facets
Veiled One
Win Rate: 51.7%
Pick Rate: 61.0%
Blur is no longer dispelled when attacking and reduces mana costs during and after Blur.
Blur
Blur is no longer dispelled when attacking and reduces mana costs during and after Blur.
MANA COST REDUCTION DURING BLUR:
30%
BUFF DURATION AFTER BLUR:
5
MANA COST REDUCTION AFTER BLUR:
100%
Methodical
Win Rate: 47.6%
Pick Rate: 39.0%
Coup de Grace procs every 6 attacks on the same hero or 4 attacks on non hero units.
Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace procs every 6 attacks on the same hero or 4 attacks on non hero units.
CRITICAL DAMAGE:
125%
Abilities
Immaterial
Phantom Assassin focuses inward, increasing her ability to evade enemy attacks. Evasion improves with Phantom Assassin's levels. Stacks diminishingly with other sources of Evasion.
STARTING EVASION: 20%
BONUS EVASION PER LEVEL: 1.5%
Stifling Dagger
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.
AFFECTS:unit
PASSIVE:No
DISPELLABLE:basic
DEBUFF:yes
move slow:-50
dagger speed:1200
duration:2.2 / 2.8 / 3.4 / 4
base damage:65 / 70 / 75 / 80
attack factor:-70 / -55 / -40 / -25
attack factor tooltip:30 / 45 / 60 / 75
-2s Stifling Dagger Cooldown
+20% Stifling Dagger Damage
6
30
Phantom Strike
Teleports to a unit, friendly or enemy, and grants bonus attack speed while attacking if it's an enemy unit.
AFFECTS:unit
PASSIVE:No
DISPELLABLE:basic
BUFF:yes
bonus attack speed:100 / 130 / 160 / 190
duration:2.5
AbilityCastRange:1000
creep lifesteal penalty:40
+0.5s Phantom Strike Duration
+200 Phantom Strike Cast Range
+60 Phantom Strike Attack Speed
11 / 9 / 7 / 5
35 / 40 / 45 / 50
Blur
Phantom Assassin blurs her body, increasing her movement speed, causing her to be impossible to see until she attacks or comes near enemy heroes, towers, or outposts.
BUFF:yes
duration:30
radius:625 / 550 / 475 / 400
fade duration:0.4 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 1
break on attack:1
active movespeed bonus:3 / 6 / 9 / 12
Aghanim`s Scepter Upgrade
Causes Blur to have instant cast time and applies a dispel. Any time Phantom Assassin gets a hero kill, her abilities are refreshed. Reduces cooldown.
Aghanim`s Shard Upgrade
Increases your movement speed by 40% while in Blur's active.
60 / 55 / 50 / 45
50
Coup de Grace
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.
PASSIVE:Breakable
crit chance:17
dagger crit chance:34
crit bonus:200 / 325 / 450
duration:6 / 8 / 10
+10% Coup de Grace chance
Fan of Knives
Phantom Assassin releases sharp blades around her, dealing a percentage of each victim's max health on impact and applying Break.
PASSIVE:No
DISPELLABLE:basic
pct health damage initial:28
pct health damage:2
degen:-50
duration:3
radius:550
projectile speed:1000
max damage initial:-1
15
50
Talents
Triple Strike Stifling Dagger
+ 1.2 %
+10% Coup de Grace chance
+60 Phantom Strike Attack Speed
+ 0.3 %
+20% Stifling Dagger Damage
+200 Phantom Strike Cast Range
+ 1.8 %
+15% Immaterial Evasion
-2s Stifling Dagger Cooldown
+ 0.7 %
+0.5s Phantom Strike Duration
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Use Stifling Dagger to secure creep lasthits.
Try to get to cornucopia early in tough lanes and skip power treads. Send out extra regen if necessary to sustain and survive the lane.
Opponents are likely to have a lot of stick charges so take that into account when playing aggressively.
You can disjoint most projectile spells and ranged attacks with Blur.
When farming dangerous areas or stacks, consider using Blur.
Make sure to max phantom strike after stifling dagger for faster farming speed.
You typically want to focus on killing disabling supports and backliners at the start of the fight.
Check opponents' inventories for break effects and evasion-piercing items. Adjust playstyle and itemization accordingly.
Pick up aghanims shard if you need the break vs heroes like timbersaw/bristleback etc..
Counter Strategy
PA uses Stifling Dagger frequently to obtain lasthits. Buy Magic Stick and Magic Wand to get charges.
PA is weak against spell harass in early game. Manage your mana and pressure her
Armor items are good against PA as she is all about physical damage
Cheap items that allow you to survive PA's Phantom Strike are Ghost Scepter, Glimmer Cape and Eul's Scepter
Consider purchasing items that pierce through evasion, breaks passives or causes magical damage to counter PA's innate passive evasion ability
PA can be killed by a well timed Blade Mail
Control power runes to prevent PA from getting double damage
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.