How Death Prophet and Slardar perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Death Prophet and Slardar win 49.25% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,086 matches.
Pushing down a tower with an active Exorcism feels like the main goal here. Slardar's Corrosive Haze drastically amplifies the physical damage from Death Prophet's ghosts, making it possible to shred a specific hero who tries to defend. With Slithereen Crush holding the target in place, Death Prophet can easily drain them with Spirit Siphon and ensure the ghosts stay focused. This combination of armor reduction, lockdown, and sustained physical damage is the core idea behind pairing these two heroes.
The problem is that this combo is very all-in and dependent on both ultimates. Slardar is a natural initiator who wants to find pickoffs, but Death Prophet's long cooldown on Exorcism means she can't always join him. If the target gets away after the initial stun, or if the teamfight splits up, the focused damage potential is wasted. Both heroes need to be in the middle of the fight to be effective, but they lack the tools to stick to mobile enemies together. This often leads to situations where their timings don't line up, making their powerful combination less reliable across an entire game.
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 | 51.44% | 278 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.66% | 447 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.48% | 337 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.86% | 107 |
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 | 49.25% | ▲ +1.6pp | 3,086 |
| 7.41d | 47.64% | ▼ -1.6pp | 39,697 |
| 7.41c | 49.21% | ▼ -0.2pp | 22,420 |
| 7.41b | 49.45% | — | 22,686 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.