Phantom Assassin
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Phantom Assassin
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
| +44HP and +0.2HP regeneration | |
| +0.57 armor and 3.4 attack speed +3.4 Main Attack Damage | |
| +20.4MP and +0.085MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance | |
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Instant Projectile Speed
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110 (131)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.3 + 0.7
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0.8
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Default
Gib Type | ||
2012-06-11
Released | ||
2004-03-01
(2.60) | ||
Competitive Span
2012-06-14 — Present | ||
Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.40b) and is mostly accurate. |
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| Blinks onto her foes with critical strikes. | |
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| Of all the assassins raised by the Sisters of the Veil, only one is known by name: Mortred. Through meditation and prophecy, the order identifies the next target to die at her hands. Attacks miss against the Phantom Assassin as she Blurs into her surroundings, traversing undetected across the land to catch her victims unaware. She opens the encounter with a Stifling Dagger, thrown from the shadows, then leaps upon the crippled target to deliver a flurry of Phantom Strikes, followed by a Fan of Knives hurled into all directions. Without warning, any one of her attacks could be the Coup de Grâce, leaving behind only the blood-splattered ground as testament to her efficiency. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | Cape, Female, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
After a numbers of attacks on the same enemy hero, Coup de Grace grants the Deadly Focus buff with a higher critical strike factor.
+100% Critical Damage Bonus
Stifling Dagger applies a stackable debuff on enemy units.
Upgrades
[edit]Aghanim's
[edit]Grants the Fan of Knives ability.
Breaks while dealing a percentage of the affectred enemy units' max health on impact.
Breaks while dealing a percentage of the affectred enemy units' max health on impact.
Talents
[edit]| Triple Stifling Dagger Strikes | 25 | +10% Coup de Grace Chance -1 |
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| +60 Phantom Strike Attack Speed | 20 | +200 Phantom Strike Cast Range |
| +15% Stifling Dagger Instant Attack Damage | 15 | +20% Immaterial Evasion |
| -1.5s Stifling Dagger Cooldown | 10 | +0.6s Phantom Strike Duration |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Bio
[edit]I'm here to blur the line between life and death.▶️Mortred, the Phantom Assassin
Aliases:
PA, Mortred
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.
Voice:
Blur
[edit]No
Affects
Self
Mortred is untargetable, invisible, and enemy units only see the assassin's sihoulette within their vision radius for a certain duration.
Casting Mortred's own abilities do not break the invisibility.
Casting Mortred's own abilities do not break the invisibility.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.77
Dispel Radius: 625/550/475/400
Effect Delay: 0
Dispel Delay: 0.4/0.6/0.8/1
Move Speed Bonus: 6%/9%/12%/15%
Untargetable Duration: 30
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Applies a basic dispel with an instant cast time upon cast.
Grants cooldown advancement to all of her other basic abilities, except Blur, any time Phantom Assassin gets a hero kill.
Reduces Blur's cooldown.
Applies a basic dispel with an instant cast time upon cast.
Grants cooldown advancement to all of her other basic abilities, except Blur, any time Phantom Assassin gets a hero kill.
Reduces Blur's cooldown.
Cast Animation:
0 + 0
This ability levels up with Coup de Grace.
Meditation allows a Veiled Sister to carefully anticipate her opponents in combat.
Hero Model
[edit]Details
Tap on the
innate abilities for more details.
Abilities
[edit]Stifling Dagger
[edit]Throws a dagger slowing the enemy unit's movement speed, dealing a portion of Mortred's attack damage as instant attack and applying attack modifiers.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.47
Cast Range:
700/850/1000/1150
Attack Damage Bonus: 65/70/75/80
Move Speed Slow: 50%
Slow Duration: 2.1/2.4/2.7/3
Talent Upgrade
Launches additional Stifling Daggers upon cast toward other random enemy units centered around the unit-targeted enemy.
Launches additional Stifling Daggers upon cast toward other random enemy units centered around the unit-targeted enemy.
Secondary Target Radius: 300
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Advances Stifling Dagger's cooldown per hero kill credited to Mortred.
Advances Stifling Dagger's cooldown per hero kill credited to Mortred.
The first skill learned by the Sisters of the Veil often signals an incoming hit.
Phantom Strike
[edit]Unit
Affects
Self
Cast Animation: 0.25 + 0.8
Grants bonus attack speed while attacking if the targeted unit is an enemy.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Advances Blink Strike's cooldown per hero kill credited to Mortred.
Advances Blink Strike's cooldown per hero kill credited to Mortred.
Mortred's silken veil is the last thing her unfortunate target sees.
Immaterial
[edit]Fan of Knives
[edit]Cast Animation: 0.15 + 0.9
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Advances Fan of Knives' cooldown per hero kill credited to Mortred.
Advances Fan of Knives' cooldown per hero kill credited to Mortred.
A sister is generally given a single name, but powerful names often have plentiful allies.
Coup de Grace
[edit]Passive
Affects
Self / Enemy Units
Mortred's attacks have a chance to proc the Deadly Focus buff, causing her next attack to be an ensured critical strike.
Stifling Dagger has a higher chance to cause Deadly Focus.
A divine strike, Mortred honors her opponent by choosing them for death.
Recent Matches
[edit]Main Article: Phantom Assassin/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 9, 2026 - 16:00 EET | Qualifier | EEU CQ DreamLeague S28 | 1 : 0 | ||||||
| January 9, 2026 - 12:00 SGT | Qualifier | SEA CQ DreamLeague S28 | 1 : 0 | ||||||
| January 8, 2026 - 21:10 UTC | Qualifier | SA OQ2 DreamLeague S28 | 0 : 1 | ||||||
| January 8, 2026 - 18:00 EET | Qualifier | EEU OQ2 DreamLeague S28 | 1 : 0 | ||||||
| January 8, 2026 - 16:00 CET | Qualifier | WEU OQ2 DreamLeague S28 | 0 : 1 |
Recent Changes
[edit]Description
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Fan of Knives now affects
debuff immune enemy units.
- Fan of Knives now affects

Talents:
- LVL 10 +0.5s Phantom Strike buff duration increased to +0.6s.
- Increased Blur movement speed bonus from 3%/6%/9%/12% to 6%/9%/12%/15%.
- Phantom Strike
- Now has 2 charges that have a 21/18/15/12-second restore time.
- U Reduced cooldown from 11/9/7/5 to 0.1 on each level.
- Increased Immaterial evasion from 20%/30%/40%/50% to 25%/35%/45%/55%.
Dota Plus Progress
[edit]Main Article: Hero Challenges
Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.
| Phantom Assassin's Relics | Voice Lines | |
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Bronze |
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Silver |
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Gold |
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Platinum |
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Master |
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Grandmaster |
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[edit]Trivia
[edit]- Mortred's name is derived from Mordred, a character in the Arthurian legend who betrayed and fought King Arthur at the Battle of Camalann.
- " Coup de Grâce" is a French term (pronounced "koo duh gras") which literally means "blow of mercy", and refers to the killing blow of a wounded person or animal, friendly or not, to end their suffering. The phrase originates from medieval times, specifically Knights (see above - Knights of the Round Table). When a combatant was gravely injured (in battle, duels, jousting, etc...) but not killed; a coup de grâce was often, although not always, performed. Traditionally a rondel dagger was used as this could make a small puncture in breastplate and was long enough to reach the heart.
- ▶️ "I'm an immaterial girl!" is probably a reference to the song Material Girl performed by Madonna.
- In DotA: Allstars, Blur caused Mortred to become transparent to the enemy, scaling with levels and making her nearly invisible and untargetable to inexperienced players, thus her title "Phantom Assassin". This aspect of the ability is replicated to a limited degree with Blur's active component in Dota 2.
- Mortred's idle animation is a typical fencing stance, with perpendicular feet, one arm extended forth and the other one folded and up in the air. However, her weapon is wielded not with the extended arm, but with the arm at rest. There are treatises, at least for the Italian school of fencing, which do show an extended arm but this is exclusively used when wielding a rapier or other single-handed thrusting swords.
- Mortred is featured in the Dota 2 comic, The Contract.
- In DotA, Phantom Assassin was Shendelzare's sister, but she became maniacal and murdered her, turning her into the Vengeful Spirit.
- This is the lore explenation of why Vengeful Spirit was a Radiant (formerly Sentinel) hero, and Phantom Assassin a Dire (formerly Scourge) hero, despite being a Night Elf.
- None of these lore aspects were kept in Dota 2, Phantom Assassin and Vengeful Spirit have no association with each other.
- Instead, Phantom Assassin is now affiliated with The Sisters of the Veil, a secretive organization of assassins.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Phantom Assassin's hero concept is originally based on the Warden, a Night Elf melee hero.
- Stifling Dagger is based on the Warden's Shadow Strike. Before Stifling Dagger, Phantom Assassin had Shadow Strike as well.
- Blink Strike is based on the Warden's Blink.
- Fan of Knives is inspired by the Warden's Fan of Knives, with a similar base concept, and the same ability name.
- Coup de Grace's original iteration was identical to the Blademaster's Critical Strike.
- Phantom Assassin's hero concept is originally based on the Warden, a Night Elf melee hero.
Gallery
[edit]- Bone Harvest sprite - alive