How Death Prophet and Snapfire perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Death Prophet and Snapfire win 47.16% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,873 matches.
Pairing these heroes often looks better on paper than it feels in-game. While Snapfire's Firesnap Cookie can provide a stun to set up Death Prophet's abilities, their overall game plans can conflict. Death Prophet wants to be the center of the fight with Exorcism, running at targets and draining them with Spirit Siphon. Snapfire, on the other hand, wants to find a safe, stationary position in the back to channel a full Mortimer Kisses. This fundamental difference in positioning means they often want to be in two different places at once, making it hard to focus their damage.
This tension plays out in mid-game teamfights. If Death Prophet gets a good Exorcism and charges in, Snapfire might be too far away to provide immediate backup with her other spells. If Snapfire finds the perfect spot for her ultimate, Death Prophet might not have the sustained lockdown to keep enemies in the impact zone. Instead of one hero enabling the other, they can sometimes pull the fight in different directions. This creates openings for opponents to isolate one of them, preventing the duo from reaching their full damage potential and leading to slightly disjointed engagements.
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 | 47.24% | 326 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.69% | 803 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.75% | 800 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.51% | 346 |
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 | 47.16% | ▼ -1.6pp | 5,873 |
| 7.41d | 48.79% | ▲ +1.1pp | 86,526 |
| 7.41c | 47.69% | ▲ +2.0pp | 31,537 |
| 7.41b | 45.70% | — | 17,783 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.