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Phantom Assassin

Popularity: #5

Leaderboard: #47

Ban Rank: #13

KDA Rank: #36

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 50.3%
Pick Rate 20.4%
Attributes
Phantom Assassin Image

538 +44.0/lvl

255 +20.4/lvl

Strength Image

19 +2.0/lvl

Agility Image

21 +3.4/lvl

Intelligence Image

15 +1.7/lvl

Stats
Attack

Damage:

56 - 58 + 3.4/level (168.6 - 170.6 at level 30)

Attack

Range:

150

Attack

Armor:

4.5 + 0.6/level (23.3 at level 30)

Attack

Movement:

310

Roles

Carry

Durable

Nuker

Pusher

Support

Escape

Disabler

Initiator

Facets

Veiled One

Win Rate: 51.5%

Pick Rate: 62.9%

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: 48.4%

Pick Rate: 37.1%

Coup de Grace procs every {s:bonus_attacks_to_proc} attacks on the same hero or {s:bonus_attacks_to_proc_creeps} 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.

CHANCE OF DEADLY FOCUS: =0%

DAGGER CHANCE OF DEADLY FOCUS: =0%

CRITICAL DAMAGE: 125%

ATTACKS TO TRIGGER: 6

Abilities

Innate Ability Image
Immaterial

BREAKABLE: Yes


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%


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LEVEL 15 TALENT: +15% Immaterial Evasion


Q

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.


MOVE SLOW: -50%

ATTACK DAMAGE: 30% / 45% / 60% / 75%

Cooldown

6

Mana Cost

30

Cast Range

700 / 850 / 1000 / 1150


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  • -2s Stifling Dagger Cooldown
  • +20% Stifling Dagger Damage

The first skill learned by the Sisters of the Veil often signals an incoming hit.
W

Phantom Strike

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


BONUS ATTACK SPEED: 100 / 130 / 160 / 190

DURATION: 2.5

Cooldown

11 / 9 / 7 / 5

Mana Cost

35 / 40 / 45 / 50

Cast Range

1000


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  • +0.5s Phantom Strike Duration
  • +200 Phantom Strike Cast Range
  • +60 Phantom Strike Attack Speed

Mortred's silken veil is the last thing her unfortunate target sees.
E

Blur

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


DURATION: 30

COOLDOWN REDUCTION: 50%

Cooldown

60 / 55 / 50 / 45

Mana Cost

50

Cast Range

625 / 550 / 475 / 400


Aghanim ScepterAghanim Shard

Aghanim's Scepter

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.


Meditation allows a Veiled Sister to carefully anticipate her opponents in combat.

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.


CHANCE OF DEADLY FOCUS: 17%

DAGGER CHANCE OF DEADLY FOCUS: 34%

CRITICAL DAMAGE: 200% / 325% / 450%


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  • +10% Coup de Grace chance

A divine strike, Mortred honors her opponent by choosing them for death.

Fan of Knives

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


MAX HEALTH DAMAGE: 28%

BREAK DURATION: 3

RADIUS: 550

Cooldown

15

Mana Cost

50


Talents

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Triple Strike Stifling Dagger

+ 1.2 %

+10% Coup de Grace chance

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+60 Phantom Strike Attack Speed

+ 0.4 %

+20% Stifling Dagger Damage

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+200 Phantom Strike Cast Range

+ 2.7 %

+15% Immaterial Evasion

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-2s Stifling Dagger Cooldown

+ 1.1 %

+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 instead of stifling dagger post-laning phase 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.

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