How Dark Willow and Huskar perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow and Huskar win 45.10% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,368 matches.
Putting a control hero with a low-health diver seems like a good plan, but the timing is all wrong. Huskar wants to jump in with Life Break and stay in the fight at critical health levels, forcing the enemy to overcommit. Dark Willow's kit works against this. Her Cursed Crown has a delay, which is often too slow to stop the enemy from bursting Huskar down once he's committed. Worse, her Terrorize ultimate forces enemies to run away, which completely ruins Huskar's setup and can even save the target he just sacrificed his own health to reach.
This mismatch plays out poorly in mid-game teamfights. Huskar will find his opening and go in, expecting follow-up, but Dark Willow’s contribution isn't the kind of save he needs to survive a coordinated response. She can’t provide healing or a clutch defensive buff to let him thrive at low life. Instead of enabling him, her spells create a different kind of chaos that doesn't align with his goals. The enemy team quickly learns they can ignore the fairy and collapse on Huskar before her crowd control fully takes effect.
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 | 47.47% | 198 |
| Crusader & Archon | 41.10% | 326 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.20% | 253 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.06% | 129 |
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 | 45.10% | ▲ +2.3pp | 2,368 |
| 7.41d | 42.80% | ▼ -3.6pp | 30,461 |
| 7.41c | 46.39% | ▼ -0.4pp | 17,598 |
| 7.41b | 46.74% | — | 18,924 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.