Maelstrom is much better than a 
Battle Fury on a 
Phantom Assassin.Maelstrom ( = more critical chance) and on the costliness of a Battle Fury .
Yasha if you want to raise the probability over the time? |
| Shadow Fiend using a Blink Dagger to dodge Phantom Assassin's Stifling Dagger |
Phantom Assassin mid whilst I was
playing 
Shadow Fiend. She poked me down with 
Daggers so that I was on
very low health and then blinked in for the kill. How can I play against Phantom Assassin and similar heroes that can just harass you down until
there is nothing left that you can do
I don't get it, ppl are complaining about
She's typically food for nukes, stuff likeLion,
Lina eat her for breakfast. Also
Pudge DESTROYS her so just draft magic dmg.
LategameMonkey King Bar and
Black King Bar are standard counters
Also special mention goes to ursa since his overpower atks don't "waste" on evasion (i.e. he will get his dmg in, it just takes him a little longer).
Omniknight, just heal whoever she jumps too and you can prevent blinking and slowing in the first place with
Repel. There's also your ult too!
Yeah I still think she's crap imo
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| "I'm here to blur the line between life and death." |
Phantom Assassin is a melee agility Hero fitting the role of hard carry.
Mortred is best-known, and infamous for, her ability to inflict
staggering damage with single strikes. Her abilities synergise supremely
well with each other, rendering her an extremely formidable foe once
she has acquired the items she requires. She is a very farm-dependent
melee Hero, but she farms creeps with much more ease than many of her
fellow carries, using her Stifling Dagger for last hitting. Besides eliminating the weakness most melee Heroes
have in their farming, it also saves her from expending gold on
important melee carry items like 
Quelling Blade. Her second ability, 
Phantom Strike, acts as both her escape and initiate, while 
Blur gives her an edge against other Heroes that depend on their physical
attacks by evading them; giving her partial damage immunity to many
carries. Her ultimate 
Coup de Grâce,
the strongest critical strike in the game, is what connects Mortred
with four-digit damage and what gives her a place amongst the very best
support killers in the late game, since they usually fall instantly from
the divine strike her ultimate provides.