How Death Prophet and Lycan perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 55.56%
Win rate when Death Prophet and Lycan are on the same team, over 81 ranked matches (7.41e).
In Dota 2 7.41e, Death Prophet and Lycan win 55.56% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 81 matches.
Small sample: this pairing has only 81 ranked matches in the current window, so its win rate will swing more than deep-sample pairings as new games come in.
Why this works
Drafting these two together often forces a difficult choice about the game's pace. Death Prophet wants to group and win a slow, grinding siege with Exorcism, drawing out fights so her spirits have maximum impact. This plan is fundamentally at odds with Lycan, who excels at using Shapeshift for rapid-assaults on a single target or objective before the enemy can properly respond. One hero will almost always be playing against their own strengths. Either Lycan gets dragged into a static fight he isn't built for, or Death Prophet is left trying to solo-carry a brawl while her ally is pushing a lane elsewhere.
Death Prophet + Lycan across patches
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 early
55.56%
▲ +9.1pp
81
7.41d
46.45%
▼ -0.5pp
6,782
7.41c
46.91%
▲ +1.9pp
4,805
7.41b
44.99%
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4,148
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Do Death Prophet and Lycan work well together in Dota 2?
As teammates, Death Prophet and Lycan win 55.56% of ranked matches in patch 7.41e (81 matches) — above the 50% baseline for a duo.
How many matches back the Death Prophet + Lycan number?
81 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41e, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily. This pairing is below our 100-match deep-sample bar, so expect the number to swing more than usual.