How Chen and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 44.11%
Win rate when Chen and Witch Doctor are on the same team, over 1,723 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Chen and Witch Doctor win 44.11% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,723 matches.
Why this works
Pairing two supports with healing abilities sounds like it would make your cores unkillable, but the reality is more complicated. Chen and Witch Doctor both want similar positions in a fight: sitting in the backline, providing sustain, and using their spells from a safe distance. This leaves your team without a strong initiator or frontline presence to set up plays. Witch Doctor needs enemies to be held down for a good Death Ward, but Chen’s controlled creeps are rarely enough lockdown and often melt to area-of-effect spells. Instead of covering each other's weaknesses, they end up fighting for the same role, resulting in drafts that lack control and a clear game plan.
Chen + Witch Doctor across patches
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
7.41f
44.11%
▼ -1.8pp
1,723
7.41e
45.88%
▲ +0.7pp
4,677
7.41d
45.17%
▼ -0.7pp
5,736
7.41c
45.90%
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3,510
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