Quick answer
The stored matchup model favours Phantom Assassin over Skywrath Mage by +1.6%. This is not a measured win rate; compare recorded patch results below.
These positions don't share a lane; compare teamfight interaction instead. Usual positions are assumed from recent games — change them to match your game.
Separate lanes — this is a rotation & teamfight matchup.
Neither hero's lane record establishes a direct laning advantage over the other. Whole-match win rates and economy stay unchanged: those samples are not position-filtered.
Usual role
Situational / another teammate may buy · 10–20 min
Keeps your supports and mid alive through the burst they are drafted to delete you with.
Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.
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Usual role
Role priority · 8–18 min
A 1,500-gold answer that removes their kill window on you completely.
Situational / another teammate may buy · 14–26 min
Disarms their main right-click core for most of a fight, and the evasion blunts their hits on you.
Situational / another teammate may buy · 20–32 min
Break removes the passive their whole kit is built on before their items cover for it.
Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.
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Win rates below are eventual outcomes among games lasting at least 20 minutes, not live win predictions. Pro hero averages use up to 200 recent games per hero; opposing-pair results have their own sample.
0 hero games · 0 vs Skywrath Mage · 0 gold records · 0 net-worth records
10–20 min · In window
Keeps your supports and mid alive through the burst they are drafted to delete you with.
0 hero games · 0 vs Phantom Assassin · 0 gold records · 0 net-worth records
8–18 min · Past window
A 1,500-gold answer that removes their kill window on you completely.
14–26 min · In window
Disarms their main right-click core for most of a fight, and the evasion blunts their hits on you.
20–32 min · In window
Break removes the passive their whole kit is built on before their items cover for it.
Public head-to-head at 20:00+: No public sample available. Sampled from the latest 20,000 recorded public matches, filtered to this patch.
Phantom Assassin position 1; Skywrath Mage position 5.
Direct lane evidence is not applicable to these selected positions.
For late-game evidence, compare the 25–60 minute outcome cohorts and recorded economy above. These do not prove which hero outscales the other.
Compare full lane combinationsA spell answer covers the named effect, not the entire enemy kit or a guaranteed win.
+1.6% vs Skywrath Mage · Soft edge
+1.5% vs Phantom Assassin · Soft edge
No specific answer is documented here for Skywrath Mage against Phantom Assassin; that does not prove the hero has no answer.
Mechanical counters describe specific spell interactions, not an answer to every ability. Proven effectiveness requires strong matchup evidence; neither guarantees a win.
Phantom Assassin
Skywrath Mage