How Alchemist and Troll Warlord perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Alchemist and Troll Warlord win 48.98% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,229 matches.
Picking both of these heroes often forces a choice about who gets to farm. Both Alchemist and Troll Warlord want to occupy the safest parts of the map to hit their item timings, which can lead to them competing for resources and slowing each other down. This puts tremendous pressure on your other roles to create all the space against enemy aggression. While an Alchemist can eventually hand Troll Warlord a very useful Aghanim's Scepter and Acid Spray does reduce armor, these benefits might not be enough to compensate for a strained early and mid-game. The success of this pairing depends heavily on how much farm the map provides.
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 | 52.41% | 145 |
| Crusader & Archon | 41.87% | 203 |
| Legend & Ancient | 41.13% | 124 |
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 | 48.98% | ▲ +0.8pp | 1,229 |
| 7.41d | 48.20% | ▼ -0.5pp | 17,078 |
| 7.41c | 48.66% | ▼ -1.3pp | 11,731 |
| 7.41b | 49.95% | — | 15,018 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.