How Anti-Mage and Sniper perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Anti-Mage and Sniper win 50.51% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 26,651 matches.
Having two cores that both need a lot of farm can stretch a team's resources very thin. Anti-Mage wants to split the map and find isolated farm, while Sniper wants to do the same from a safe spot, usually near his team. Neither hero provides the lockdown or frontline presence the other needs to be effective early. Anti-Mage can't really protect Sniper from getting jumped, and Sniper's slows aren't enough to set up Blink-in kills for his partner. They both need items before they can fight, and they don't do much to help each other get those items faster.
This often leads to a mid game where your team is forced to give up map control and avoid fights. The enemy can group up and take objectives while Anti-Mage and Sniper are still farming. If your other three heroes can successfully create space and stall the game long enough, having two powerful late-game carries can eventually win you the game. The risk is that the enemy team will simply run you over before that happens, punishing the greedy draft before it gets a chance to come online.
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 | 52.06% | 2,157 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.18% | 4,701 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.57% | 2,658 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.02% | 441 |
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 | 50.51% | ▲ +0.7pp | 26,651 |
| 7.41d | 49.86% | ▼ -0.2pp | 325,785 |
| 7.41c | 50.02% | ▲ +1.5pp | 145,060 |
| 7.41b | 48.55% | — | 131,750 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.