Anti-Mage + Ursa

Why this works

Thinking two hard-hitting carries will overwhelm the enemy often backfires here. Both Anti-Mage and Ursa are greedy cores who need a lot of farm and map space to hit their key item timings. They don't offer each other much setup; Ursa provides a slow with Earthshock, but the team still lacks the hard lockdown needed for reliable kills. This leaves the draft feeling very one-dimensional. You have two heroes trying to do the same job—hit a single target until it dies—while competing for the resources to do it effectively.

That strain on resources is easy for opponents to punish. The team struggles to make space for two demanding cores, leaving them vulnerable to mid-game aggression and tower pushes. In fights, their plans often conflict. Ursa wants to blink in and commit with Enrage, while Anti-Mage is always looking for an escape with Blink if things look bad. This leads to disjointed engagements where one hero gets abandoned, preventing the team from executing a clean game plan and winning fights before the very late game.