How Death Prophet and Necrophos perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Death Prophet and Necrophos win 52.41% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 601 matches.
Fighting for the same farm and map space can make the early game feel cramped. Both Death Prophet and Necrophos need items to become the unkillable center of a teamfight, but neither farms particularly fast. They want to do the same job: walk at the enemy, sustain through damage, and grind them down over time with abilities like Exorcism and Heartstopper Aura. This overlap means your draft often lacks the instant lockdown needed to start a fight cleanly. While their combined pressure can eventually overwhelm enemies if they get ahead, getting to that point is unreliable when you're competing for resources with each other before you can compete with the other team.
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 | 53.33% | 360 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.25% | 640 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.75% | 480 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.11% | 169 |
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 | 52.41% | ▲ +3.7pp | 601 |
| 7.41d | 48.67% | ▲ +0.2pp | 61,387 |
| 7.41c | 48.46% | ▼ -0.3pp | 32,954 |
| 7.41b | 48.79% | — | 30,276 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.