How Anti-Mage and Warlock perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Anti-Mage and Warlock win 51.54% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 10,638 matches.
Securing a safe lane for a carry like Anti-Mage is Warlock's main contribution. A timely Shadow Word can turn around a gank or simply keep Anti-Mage healthy enough to keep farming, which is critical for his timings. In later teamfights, the duo has a classic combination: Warlock's Fatal Bonds can link several enemies together, causing them to share the damage from Anti-Mage’s Mana Void. This allows a single ultimate to hit an entire team, giving Anti-Mage a way to contribute to fights even before he has all his core items.
The main difficulty is that these two heroes often want to play on different clocks. Warlock hits a major power spike with his Golem and wants to force five-on-five teamfights to take objectives. Meanwhile, Anti-Mage typically prefers to split-push and farm during the mid-game, avoiding those same fights. This pairing works best when the game slows down, allowing Warlock to use his spells defensively to protect his carry. If the team is forced to fight early, Anti-Mage might not be ready, leaving Warlock's big ultimate without its ideal follow-up.
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 | 54.67% | 728 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.16% | 1,906 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.76% | 1,170 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.85% | 243 |
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 | 51.54% | ▲ +1.0pp | 10,638 |
| 7.41d | 50.56% | ▲ +0.5pp | 128,224 |
| 7.41c | 50.04% | ▼ -0.1pp | 58,138 |
| 7.41b | 50.09% | — | 62,862 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.