How Abaddon and Dark Willow perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Abaddon and Dark Willow win 48.70% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,187 matches.
Saving a teammate often feels a little awkward with this pair. Abaddon is at his best when he can keep an ally in the fight with Aphotic Shield and his ultimate. Dark Willow, however, usually relies on her own tools like Shadow Realm or Terrorize to get out of trouble, so Abaddon's saves can feel redundant or poorly timed. On the offensive side, Willow’s control from Bramble Maze or Cursed Crown is decent, but it’s not the long, hard lockdown that an aggressive Abaddon needs to stick to a target and build up Curse of Avernus. They both offer forms of peel and disruption, but their abilities don't stack together to create something special.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 55.03% | 169 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.25% | 320 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.53% | 281 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 48.70% | ▲ +0.2pp | 2,187 |
| 7.41d | 48.52% | ▲ +0.8pp | 28,741 |
| 7.41c | 47.75% | ▲ +0.5pp | 9,840 |
| 7.41b | 47.27% | — | 9,924 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.