How Death Prophet and Sven perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Death Prophet and Sven win 51.19% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,073 matches.
Fighting with an early Exorcism can feel awkward for this pairing. Death Prophet wants to group and pressure towers as soon as she gets her ultimate, forcing a fast-paced game. Sven, however, typically needs more time to farm his core items before he can confidently lead a charge. This clash in timings means the window to use Death Prophet’s ultimate aggressively is often wasted. The team is forced to either fight with an under-farmed Sven or wait for him to come online, which can reduce the impact of DP's early power spike.
This dynamic leaves the mid-game plan feeling a little split. If the team groups up to follow Death Prophet's lead, Sven's farm is sacrificed, and he might not have the damage to finish what the ghosts start. If they play a slower game to accommodate Sven, DP loses her best opportunity to create an early advantage by taking objectives. While Sven can certainly clean up a fight that DP has softened up, the core problem is that their ideal game plans don't naturally align, and they can struggle to find a single, unified strategy to execute.
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 | 49.18% | 305 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.27% | 562 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.75% | 467 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.79% | 168 |
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 | 51.19% | ▲ +2.5pp | 4,073 |
| 7.41d | 48.71% | ▲ +0.7pp | 40,601 |
| 7.41c | 48.05% | ▼ -0.7pp | 16,846 |
| 7.41b | 48.78% | — | 18,776 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.