How Dark Willow and Templar Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Dark Willow and Templar Assassin win 45.87% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 14,583 matches.
Picking a support for Templar Assassin often means finding reliable, instant lockdown for her burst damage. Dark Willow's kit works against this plan. Her Cursed Crown has a delay, giving opponents time to use defensive spells before Templar Assassin can land a clean Meld strike. The bigger issue comes during teamfights. Dark Willow may use Terrorize to scatter enemies, which is the exact opposite of what TA wants. A priority target that TA was about to eliminate is suddenly running for their life, often saving them from the burst attempt. This core conflict in their abilities makes it difficult for them to coordinate ganks or focus a single enemy down.
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 | 41.67% | 144 |
| Crusader & Archon | 39.86% | 414 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.45% | 506 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.50% | 200 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 45.87% | ▲ +1.0pp | 14,583 |
| 7.41e | 44.86% | ▲ +0.5pp | 44,921 |
| 7.41d | 44.36% | ▼ -1.1pp | 31,046 |
| 7.41c | 45.42% | — | 11,879 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.