How Crystal Maiden and Warlock perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Crystal Maiden and Warlock win 56.59% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 645 matches.
Fighting into this lane can feel restrictive. Warlock's slows combined with Crystal Maiden's root make it hard to position aggressively. Later in the game, the big teamfight potential comes online. A well-placed Chaotic Offering from Warlock provides a long enough stun for Crystal Maiden to get a significant portion of her Freezing Field channeled. If Fatal Bonds is also applied, the damage from her ultimate gets spread across multiple targets, making it difficult for a team to stand together and fight.
The success of this pair often hinges on landing their big ultimate combination. Teams playing against them learn to respect that threat and will try to spread out, making it harder for Warlock to find a good Golem. Since both heroes are fragile and lack mobility, aggressively ganking them before they can group up is a common strategy. If Crystal Maiden gets silenced or stunned before she can channel Freezing Field, or if Warlock is picked off early, the entire combination falls apart. This fragility is a key reason their combined strength isn't more pronounced.
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 | 55.56% | 414 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.73% | 786 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.84% | 434 |
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 | 56.59% | ▲ +5.5pp | 645 |
| 7.41d | 51.07% | ▼ -0.6pp | 56,051 |
| 7.41c | 51.66% | ▼ -0.5pp | 28,964 |
| 7.41b | 52.14% | — | 32,186 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.