How Dark Willow and Phoenix perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow and Phoenix win 49.62% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,604 matches.
Pairing these two for teamfight control can often feel redundant. The ideal play is for Dark Willow to use Terrorize or Bramble Maze to protect Phoenix's Supernova. In reality, the timing is difficult. A poorly timed Terrorize can make enemies run out of the Supernova radius right before it completes. Cursed Crown can also overlap with the egg's stun, wasting a disable. Their lockdown abilities don't always stack cleanly and require serious communication to avoid working against each other.
During the lane, they offer good harass but lack a simple kill combo. The real test is in mid-game teamfights, which hinge on Phoenix finding a good Supernova and Dark Willow using her spells defensively for it. The enemy team will focus the egg, and if Willow misuses her control, it breaks easily. Since both heroes deal primarily magic damage, opponents can build items to mitigate their spells, making it even harder for the combo to have a major impact.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 46.32% | 326 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.26% | 398 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.92% | 192 |
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 | 49.62% | ▲ +2.0pp | 2,604 |
| 7.41d | 47.59% | ▼ -1.5pp | 29,786 |
| 7.41c | 49.11% | ▼ -1.0pp | 16,446 |
| 7.41b | 50.15% | — | 19,179 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.