Phantom Assassin vs Crystal Maiden

This guide and recommendation is applicable if you want to target crystal maiden using phantom assassin as your hero.

In a team, you can always target crystal maiden to reduce her ability to level up and therefore reduce her capability to support.

As a carry, I am having a hard time using PA for the purpose of dealing damage early on. But one thing I noticed that this hero is exceptional against CM or Crystal Maiden.

My Recommended Build:

For PA, I usually get the following early in the game:

• Tango
• Clarity
• Regular stick

Mid game, I always get blight stone. You see, this should weaken CM already with every attack.

Mithril hammer is next but not for desolator yet. You should build black king bar first to counter CM’s disable skills.

Later, you can build up desolator to further increase damage against her.

I usually get morbid mask and consume Moon shard later on.

Final set:

• Morbid mask
• Desolator
• Black king bar
• Moon shard