Phantom Assassin

Stats

These are the base values written in the game files. Totals derived from attributes (HP, mana, armor) depend on engine-side formulas, so no estimated values are shown.

Recommended items

Items the in-game shop recommends for this hero (curated by Valve). These are not win-rate statistics.

Phase Boots 1450 Desolator 3500 Black King Bar 4050 Battle Fury 3900 Ring of Aquila — Abyssal Blade 6250 Magic Wand 460 Mask of Madness 1900 Skull Basher 2875 Vladmir's Offering 2200 Power Treads 1400 Stout Shield 100

Abilities

Stifling Dagger

Cooldown 6s Mana 30 Range 700 / 850 / 1000 / 1150 PHYSICAL

ActiveCooldown6sMana30Range700 / 850 / 1000 / 1150

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.

Raw values (from the game files)（6）

%MOVE SLOW	-50
dagger_speed	1200
SLOW DURATION	2.1 / 2.4 / 2.7 / 3
BASE DAMAGE	65 / 70 / 75 / 80
attack_factor	-70 / -55 / -40 / -25
%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

Cooldown 0.1s Mana 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 Range 650 / 750 / 850 / 950

ActiveCooldown0.1sMana35 / 40 / 45 / 50Range650 / 750 / 850 / 950

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

Raw values (from the game files)（3）

BONUS ATTACK SPEED	80 / 120 / 160 / 200
DURATION	3.0
creep_lifesteal_penalty	40

Patch history

7.41b 2026-04-07

• Duration increased from 2.5s to 3s
• Bonus Attack Speed rescaled from 100/130/160/190 to 80/120/160/200

7.40 2025-12-15

• 11/9/7/5s cooldown replaced with 2 charges with 21/18/15/12s base charge restore time

Blur Innate

Cooldown 45s Mana 50 Range 500

ActiveCooldown45sMana50Range500

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.

Raw values (from the game files)（7）

DURATION	30
VANISH RADIUS	500
VANISH BUFFER	0.8
%MANA COST REDUCTION DURING BLUR	0
BUFF DURATION AFTER BLUR	0
%MANA COST REDUCTION AFTER BLUR	0
%BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED	9.5

• Attacking Roshan with a regular attack will dispel Blur.

Patch history

7.41e 2026-07-30

• Now cannot be dispelled

7.41 2026-03-24

• 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

7.40 2025-12-15

• Active Movement Speed increased from 3/6/9/12% to 6/9/12/15%

Fan of Knives

Cooldown 14s Mana 80 PHYSICAL

ActiveCooldown14sMana80

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

Raw values (from the game files)（7）

%MAX HEALTH DAMAGE	30
pct_health_damage	2
degen	-50
BREAK DURATION	4
RADIUS	550
projectile_speed	1000
max_damage_initial	-1

Patch history

7.40b 2025-12-23

• Now pierces Debuff Immunity

Immaterial Passive

Passive

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

Raw values (from the game files)（1）

%BONUS EVASION	25 / 35 / 45 / 55

Coup de Grace Passive

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.

Raw values (from the game files)（4）

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

Patch history

7.41b 2026-04-07

• Critical Damage increased from 200/300/400% to 200/325/450%

Talents

One of the two per level is chosen. They appear in the order registered in the game files.

Patch history (hero and talents)

Background

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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