How Brewmaster and Necrophos perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Brewmaster and Necrophos win 52.29% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,205 matches.
Creating a long, chaotic teamfight with Primal Split gives Necrophos an ideal window to work. While Brewmaster's spirits are disrupting the enemy backline and stunning a key target, Necrophos can position safely and wait for the right moment. The sustained damage from the Fire spirit's aura and Cinder Brew helps grind enemies down into Reaper's Scythe threshold. This combo hinges on their ultimates being available together, though. If the timings are off, or if enemies can kite out the duration of Primal Split, their coordination falls apart, and the two don't offer much else to each other until their big spells are ready again.
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 | 47.69% | 130 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.38% | 290 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.49% | 301 |
| Divine & Immortal | 61.64% | 146 |
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 | 52.29% | ▼ -0.1pp | 2,205 |
| 7.41d | 52.40% | ▲ +0.3pp | 25,632 |
| 7.41c | 52.10% | ▲ +1.1pp | 11,223 |
| 7.41b | 51.01% | — | 9,745 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.