How Dark Willow and Kez perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow and Kez win 45.51% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 345 matches.
Controlling the map feels like a constant struggle, as both heroes often end up competing for resources instead of creating pressure. Dark Willow excels at setting up kills with widespread control like Bramble Maze, which is best followed by area-of-effect damage or chain stuns. Kez, however, is a duelist who wants to isolate and surgically take down a single target using his stances and parries. In teamfights, Dark Willow might lock down several enemies, but Kez can only capitalize on one of them. The rest of her valuable setup is wasted, leading to inefficient fights that stall out pushes and objective takes.
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 | 54.74% | 137 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.71% | 280 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.59% | 270 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.57% | 175 |
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 | 45.51% | ▲ +2.4pp | 345 |
| 7.41d | 43.14% | ▼ -1.4pp | 28,408 |
| 7.41c | 44.54% | ▼ -0.6pp | 19,742 |
| 7.41b | 45.11% | — | 14,335 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.