How Broodmother and Skywrath Mage perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Broodmother and Skywrath Mage win 51.36% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,057 matches.
Forcing an early advantage can feel straightforward with this duo. Broodmother excels at isolating a single hero with her webs and overwhelming them, which gives Skywrath Mage a perfect window to act. Skywrath's Ancient Seal stops the target from using escape spells and makes them extremely vulnerable to magic damage. Following that up with a full Mystic Flare on a slowed enemy almost guarantees a kill. This gives the pair a decent ganking setup to punish anyone caught rotating alone, allowing Broodmother to more safely control her part of the map and farm aggressively.
The problem is their game plans often diverge as things progress. Skywrath Mage typically wants to group with the team to find fights, while Broodmother is usually off on a sidelane creating her own pressure. This separation can leave Skywrath exposed without a real frontline, and it can force Broodmother into five-on-five teamfights where she struggles against coordinated area-of-effect spells. Since both heroes are quite fragile and lack defensive abilities to help each other, they rely on getting an early lead. If they fall behind, neither offers the tools needed to stage a comeback for the other.
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 | 59.40% | 335 |
| Crusader & Archon | 56.09% | 583 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.17% | 261 |
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 | 51.36% | ▲ +0.9pp | 3,057 |
| 7.41d | 50.43% | ▲ +0.0pp | 39,476 |
| 7.41c | 50.39% | ▲ +0.5pp | 19,173 |
| 7.41b | 49.92% | — | 26,608 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.