Anti-Mage + Storm Spirit

Why this works

Splitting the map for farm becomes a major problem with these two cores. Both Anti-Mage and Storm Spirit are incredibly greedy heroes who need a ton of resources to hit their key item timings and come online. They occupy a similar space as mobile, elusive damage dealers, but this leaves the team composition feeling fragile and lacking a solid frontline. Instead of complementing each other, they often end up competing for the safest and most efficient farm on the map, slowing down the entire team's progression and making it hard to establish control.

This conflict in resource needs creates a difficult mid-game. Storm Spirit wants to be active, finding pickoffs to snowball his advantage. However, Anti-Mage's game plan is to avoid fighting entirely until he has his core items. This disconnect forces the team to either play passively and give up map control, or take unfavorable four-versus-five fights. The enemy can easily exploit this by grouping up and pressuring objectives, knowing that your two strongest heroes are playing completely different games and can't effectively support one another until it's often too late.