How Broodmother and Medusa perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Broodmother and Medusa win 49.59% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 740 matches.
Playing against this lineup feels like a race against two different clocks. Broodmother wants to own one side of the map with her webs and spiderlings, constantly pushing and farming their jungle. Meanwhile, Medusa is on the other side, methodically clearing camps and waves to hit her item timings. The problem is that both heroes demand immense resources and attention, often leaving the rest of the team starved for farm and unable to play together. If the enemy team is coordinated, they can punish this split-map strategy, picking off one core while the other is too far away to help. The lineup can feel disjointed, as Broodmother's pressure doesn't always translate into the safe space Medusa needs.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 53.39% | 118 |
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 | 49.59% | ▲ +1.7pp | 740 |
| 7.41d | 47.94% | ▲ +0.7pp | 10,656 |
| 7.41c | 47.28% | ▼ -1.4pp | 6,058 |
| 7.41b | 48.72% | — | 8,059 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.