How Dark Willow and Undying perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow and Undying win 52.09% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 8,925 matches.
Setting up a big Tombstone fight is the shared goal. Dark Willow can use Bramble Maze to trap enemies within the zombie swarm, or Cursed Crown to stun a key target so the zombies can pile on. This combination aims to create a large, chaotic area that the enemy can't easily fight in or escape from. When it lines up, opponents are forced to either run from Terrorize into the zombies or get rooted in place while Undying steals their strength with Decay.
In practice, this duo's game plans can clash. Undying wants to force aggressive fights from the very start of the game, but Dark Willow is fragile and often prefers to get some levels before she can contribute safely. Their teamfight potential relies heavily on that Tombstone staying up, and many lineups have the tools to destroy it from a safe distance, dismantling the entire strategy. The synergy requires good timing and a favorable enemy composition to work, otherwise their efforts can feel redundant.
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 | 51.29% | 349 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.28% | 940 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.59% | 892 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.90% | 423 |
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 | 52.09% | ▲ +2.0pp | 8,925 |
| 7.41d | 50.14% | ▲ +0.1pp | 61,937 |
| 7.41c | 50.01% | ▲ +0.8pp | 22,174 |
| 7.41b | 49.26% | — | 22,730 |
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Data updated Aug 18, 2026.