How Death Prophet and Earthshaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Death Prophet and Earthshaker win 51.03% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,480 matches.
Pairing Earthshaker's stuns with Exorcism sounds better on paper than it is in practice. The core issue is that both heroes bring a massive, fight-defining ultimate to the table. Committing both Echo Slam and Exorcism to the same engagement is often redundant overkill. You’re using two of your team's biggest cooldowns to win one fight, which can leave you exposed for the next several minutes. Death Prophet wants to be a constant front-line threat, running at targets, while Earthshaker often prefers to wait for the perfect moment to jump from the shadows, so their desired positioning can conflict.
Throughout the game, this duo can struggle to find a good tempo. If Earthshaker finds an amazing initiation, his own follow-up damage is frequently enough to win the fight without needing Death Prophet’s full commitment. On the other hand, if DP is sieging a tower with her ultimate, Earthshaker is relegated to a purely defensive role, waiting to counter-initiate. This forces the team to choose between two different game plans, and the heroes don't naturally combine their strengths into a single, cohesive strategy.
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 | 47.62% | 420 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.81% | 801 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.00% | 762 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.35% | 283 |
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 | 51.03% | ▲ +2.6pp | 6,480 |
| 7.41d | 48.43% | ▲ +0.6pp | 70,873 |
| 7.41c | 47.86% | ▼ -0.7pp | 35,146 |
| 7.41b | 48.53% | — | 38,049 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.