How Dark Willow and Death Prophet perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow and Death Prophet win 50.24% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,745 matches.
Pairing Dark Willow and Death Prophet often forces a difficult choice in teamfights, because their most powerful spells actively work against each other. Death Prophet wants to activate Exorcism and run at the enemy team, needing them to stay close for her ghosts to deal damage. Dark Willow’s Terrorize does the opposite, scattering the entire enemy team and making it impossible for the ghosts to connect with their targets. This core conflict means one of them often has to hold their ultimate, crippling your team's potential. Their other abilities don't line up well either; the delay on Cursed Crown isn't reliable enough to set up a full Spirit Siphon channel.
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 | 45.28% | 212 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.68% | 355 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.16% | 303 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.11% | 142 |
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 | 50.24% | ▲ +4.4pp | 2,745 |
| 7.41d | 45.84% | ▼ -0.2pp | 28,880 |
| 7.41c | 46.07% | ▼ -0.4pp | 13,477 |
| 7.41b | 46.45% | — | 14,110 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.