Phantom Assassin

Mortred the 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 at all stages of the game. 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 however is what is responsible for her connotations of colossal damage. If the chance strikes, she can hit her opponents like a bullet train, completely obliterating them in seconds.

She is recommended for intermediate players.

Tips

 * Stifling Dagger has multiple uses. It should generally be the first skill maxed, as it allows you to last hit creeps even if they are far from you and later on allows you to slow enemies at a great range.
 * Avoid using Stifling Dagger as a harass tool in the laning phase, as you'll be losing a good amount of CS and it won't deal enough damage to ward off your enemy. However, you should use it on enemy heroes when they back up and attempt to use non-combat items such as Clarity and Healing Salve.
 * Depending on your team's strategy, Phantom Strike can be taken at level 1 as the increased DPS combined with allied disables can secure First Blood.
 * Phantom Strike can target allies and enemies. Jumping to a friendly unit can be useful if Mortred needs to escape.
 * Leveling Blur is usually not recommended early on. However, a single point can be very helpful if your lane opponents are primarily harassing you with basic attacks, or orb-walking.

Update History
June 14, 2012 Patch
 * Added Chaos Knight,  Phantom Assassin and  Gyrocopter to Captain's Mode
 * Fixed Phantom Strike. landing position.
 * Fixed Coup de Grace visual effect to play only when the critical strike attack lands.
 * Fixed Coup de Grace working on denies and wards.
 * Fixed Phantom Strike facing direction after landing.
 * Fixed Blur showing hero name on minimap when it should be hidden.
 * Fixed Blink Strike not being blocked by Linken's Sphere.
 * Phantom Strike now shows you a buff icon while you are attacking fast.
 * Fixed Stifling Dagger being dodgeable.
 * Fixed Phantom Strike visual and sound effect sometimes playing on targets it can't hit.
 * Fixed Phantom Strike attacks sometimes being delayed.

June 11, 2012 Patch
 * Added Chaos Knight,  Phantom Assassin, and  Gyrocopter!

January 26, 2012 Patch
 * Fixed players being able to play as Gyrocopter, Bane, Lanaya and Phantom Assassin.