How Dark Seer and Huskar perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Seer and Huskar win 44.92% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,861 matches.
Putting Ion Shell on a charging Huskar seems like an obvious plan, but in practice, their kits can work at cross-purposes. Huskar's main damage comes from his own attacks at low health, and he's often the primary target for magic burst. Ion Shell's damage doesn't scale with his kit and doesn't help him survive that initial focus. Dark Seer excels at setting up multi-hero teamfights with Vacuum and Wall of Replica, but Huskar is usually more interested in using Life Break to isolate and kill a single high-value target. While Surge is a nice bonus, it doesn't solve the core issue that each hero often wants a different kind of fight.
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 | 41.51% | 106 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.55% | 188 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.91% | 159 |
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 | 44.92% | ▲ +0.1pp | 1,861 |
| 7.41d | 44.85% | ▼ -2.9pp | 15,709 |
| 7.41c | 47.80% | ▼ -0.4pp | 7,762 |
| 7.41b | 48.17% | — | 7,370 |
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Data updated Aug 18, 2026.