How Crystal Maiden and Necrophos perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Crystal Maiden and Necrophos win 52.17% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 28,254 matches.
Catching an enemy with Frostbite makes them an easy target for Necrophos to wear down with Heartstopper Aura and Death Pulse. The real power comes later. A good Freezing Field forces the enemy team to either run or commit, and anyone caught in the slow becomes a prime target for Reaper's Scythe. Crystal Maiden’s global mana regeneration also fuels Necrophos's constant spellcasting, letting him use Death Pulse far more often to sustain himself and pressure the lane from the very beginning.
This pairing wants to force fights around objectives. Their plan is simple: Crystal Maiden provides the control to hold enemies in place, and Necrophos follows up with his sustained damage and a finishing blow from his ultimate. The enemy has to have a way to break Freezing Field's channel immediately, or have enough mobility to scatter before the damage piles up. If they hesitate, Necrophos gets the kills he needs to snowball, making each subsequent fight even harder for them to win.
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 | 58.07% | 1,870 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.98% | 4,600 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.73% | 3,518 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.26% | 1,003 |
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 | 52.17% | ▼ -1.6pp | 28,254 |
| 7.41d | 53.73% | ▼ -0.0pp | 310,223 |
| 7.41c | 53.75% | ▼ -0.0pp | 135,859 |
| 7.41b | 53.79% | — | 119,994 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.