How Abaddon and Skywrath Mage perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Abaddon and Skywrath Mage win 51.12% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,996 matches.
Lining up a kill for Skywrath Mage usually needs a stun to hold the target inside Mystic Flare. Abaddon doesn't offer that kind of lockdown. His Curse of Avernus provides a slow, which helps, but mobile enemies can often still escape the damage. This leaves Skywrath's most impactful spell feeling unreliable. While Abaddon is excellent at keeping his fragile partner alive with an Aphotic Shield or a timely Mist Coil, this defensive support doesn't fix the core issue: a lack of offensive setup. The two heroes are trying to accomplish different things in a fight.
This pairing relies heavily on the other heroes in the draft to provide the control that Skywrath needs. If you have stuns coming from other positions, the combination feels fine. Abaddon can create space and keep people alive while Skywrath unloads from a safe distance. But if the draft is light on lockdown, fights become messy. Skywrath struggles to find good opportunities for his ultimate, and Abaddon's sustain-oriented kit doesn't create the instant burst scenarios his partner is looking for. This makes their success together feel very situational.
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 | 51.30% | 386 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.31% | 845 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.76% | 588 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.97% | 145 |
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 | 51.12% | ▲ +0.1pp | 4,996 |
| 7.41d | 51.05% | ▲ +1.0pp | 68,164 |
| 7.41c | 50.05% | ▲ +0.6pp | 22,254 |
| 7.41b | 49.46% | — | 22,633 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.