How Broodmother and Zeus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Broodmother and Zeus win 49.80% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,510 matches.
Revealing the whole enemy team with Thundergod's Wrath gives a brief window for Broodmother to see her next move. She can identify isolated targets to hunt with her spiderlings or spot rotations coming her way, letting her push towers more safely. Zeus can also use Lightning Bolt to provide true sight over wards or high ground, which helps Broodmother maintain control of her territory. This vision is a useful tool, but it's not something she can rely on constantly throughout the laning stage or mid-game pushes.
The main issue is that these two heroes often want to play in different parts of the map. A Broodmother is usually focused on taking over a lane and forcing reactions, creating space by splitting the map. Meanwhile, Zeus typically wants to group with his team to apply his magic damage in teamfights. While his ultimate can help her from anywhere, their overall strategies don't always align. They function fine alongside each other, but one hero's game plan doesn't necessarily create the perfect setup 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 | 52.58% | 329 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.11% | 546 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.70% | 362 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.48% | 134 |
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 | 49.80% | ▼ -0.0pp | 4,510 |
| 7.41d | 49.81% | ▼ -0.9pp | 49,460 |
| 7.41c | 50.69% | ▲ +0.7pp | 21,854 |
| 7.41b | 50.04% | — | 26,476 |
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Data updated Aug 18, 2026.