How Dark Willow and Wraith King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow and Wraith King win 56.79% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 840 matches.
Pairing a durable frontliner with a fragile backliner can feel risky, but Dark Willow provides exactly what Wraith King needs to secure kills. Her long-duration lockdown from Cursed Crown and Bramble Maze holds targets in place for a hero who can otherwise be kited. This lets Wraith King walk up and connect, turning his slow, steady damage into a real threat. Terrorize also offers a powerful reset if a fight goes poorly, giving him a chance to reposition or even come back with Reincarnation while the enemy team is scattered. It helps convert his raw durability into kills.
This duo comes online in the mid-game, making ganks much more effective. Any hero Dark Willow catches is in serious trouble once Wraith King arrives. The enemy has to make a hard choice: either commit everything to bursting Wraith King through his first life and then deal with his skeletons, or try to dive the backline to get to Willow first. This pressure often splits their focus, creating the opening your team needs to win the teamfight. The plan isn't complicated, but it forces the other team to have a very specific answer.
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 | 54.10% | 451 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.78% | 1,004 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.92% | 785 |
| Divine & Immortal | 56.25% | 208 |
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 | 56.79% | ▲ +3.3pp | 840 |
| 7.41d | 53.45% | ▲ +1.2pp | 78,853 |
| 7.41c | 52.25% | ▲ +0.7pp | 35,103 |
| 7.41b | 51.51% | — | 38,295 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.