How Dawnbreaker and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dawnbreaker and Witch Doctor win 53.46% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 17,891 matches.
Picking one of these heroes should make you seriously consider grabbing the other. Dawnbreaker provides the perfect global setup for Witch Doctor to land his entire combo. Solar Guardian drops Dawnbreaker into a fight with a stun, which is all the time Witch Doctor needs to land a Paralyzing Cask and Maledict. While the target is locked down, Dawnbreaker can unload with Starbreaker and Luminosity. All that damage she deals in a short window makes the final burst from Maledict devastating. Even if the target survives her initial assault, they often won't survive the curse.
This duo creates constant pressure across the entire map once Dawnbreaker gets her ultimate. The enemy has to be wary of any gank turning into a larger fight. Their best bet is to try and burst Witch Doctor before Dawnbreaker arrives or save a disable for his Death Ward channel. For your team, the plan is simple: Witch Doctor finds a target, Dawnbreaker joins the fight from anywhere, and you secure a kill. This lets you control the tempo and force objectives, as the other team has to respect that you can start a favorable fight at any time.
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 | 57.47% | 750 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.57% | 2,685 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.11% | 2,698 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.56% | 773 |
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 | 53.46% | ▲ +0.8pp | 17,891 |
| 7.41d | 52.66% | ▼ -0.5pp | 196,159 |
| 7.41c | 53.15% | ▼ -0.7pp | 115,235 |
| 7.41b | 53.82% | — | 97,793 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.