How Dark Seer and Skywrath Mage perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Seer and Skywrath Mage win 48.59% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,826 matches.
Pulling enemies together with Vacuum for a Mystic Flare can seem like a strong combination on paper. The problem is that Vacuum doesn't provide a hard stun, allowing targets to use defensive items or simply walk out of the damage zone before it fully lands. Outside of this specific play, the two heroes don't have a lot of natural overlap. Dark Seer wants to create sustained chaos with Ion Shell and Wall of Replica, drawing out fights. Skywrath Mage, by contrast, is entirely focused on bursting down a single target as quickly as possible. Their overall game plans can feel disconnected, making their success together very situational.
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 | 53.19% | 188 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.29% | 523 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.00% | 460 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.68% | 224 |
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 | 48.59% | ▼ -0.3pp | 3,826 |
| 7.41d | 48.91% | ▼ -0.4pp | 38,780 |
| 7.41c | 49.26% | ▲ +0.4pp | 12,347 |
| 7.41b | 48.85% | — | 11,600 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.