How Dark Willow and Weaver perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow and Weaver win 47.32% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 317 matches.
Trying to set up a kill with Dark Willow feels awkward for Weaver. Cursed Crown has a long delay before the stun lands, but Weaver wants to use Shukuchi to burst a target and reposition instantly. By the time the stun goes off, Weaver is often already moving to his next position or has been forced to back off. The core of the problem is a tempo mismatch: Dark Willow provides slow, telegraphed control, while Weaver's kit is built around rapid, unpredictable aggression. Her spells don't really help him do what he wants to do.
This disconnect plays out across the map. In teamfights, Weaver zips in and out, while Dark Willow tries to find a moment for her spells to land. They rarely focus the same target at the same time because their timing is so different. Weaver might apply The Swarm to a hero Dark Willow can't reach, or she might land a perfect Bramble Maze on a target Weaver isn't interested in. Each hero ends up playing for their own survival rather than combining their strengths, leading to scattered fights that lack a killing blow.
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 | 43.29% | 231 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.23% | 367 |
| Legend & Ancient | 41.91% | 241 |
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 | 47.32% | ▲ +1.9pp | 317 |
| 7.41d | 45.38% | ▲ +0.9pp | 36,638 |
| 7.41c | 44.50% | ▼ -0.1pp | 18,340 |
| 7.41b | 44.56% | — | 23,256 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.