How Death Prophet and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Death Prophet and Witch Doctor win 51.00% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,653 matches.
Taking objectives or controlling teamfights can feel a bit awkward with this duo. Death Prophet wants to activate Exorcism and run at the enemy team, while Witch Doctor needs to plant his feet to channel Death Ward. This creates a positional conflict; either Death Prophet runs too far ahead for the Ward to cover her, or Witch Doctor has to channel from a dangerously forward position to stay relevant. While their other spells offer decent damage, they lack the kind of reliable, long-duration lockdown that would let both of these powerful ultimates shine at the same time.
Throughout the game, this tension forces the team to choose who they're playing around. In a siege, Death Prophet wants to push under the tower, but the rest of her team might need to hang back to protect the channeling Witch Doctor. A smart enemy team can exploit this by disengaging from one threat to isolate and burst the other. It puts a lot of pressure on landing a perfect Cask or finding a Voodoo Restoration target to keep everyone alive, as the heroes themselves don't naturally cover each other's weaknesses.
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 | 50.70% | 574 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.53% | 1,203 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.13% | 811 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.70% | 217 |
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 | 51.00% | ▲ +2.2pp | 7,653 |
| 7.41d | 48.77% | ▼ -0.0pp | 89,060 |
| 7.41c | 48.81% | ▲ +0.6pp | 47,804 |
| 7.41b | 48.20% | — | 49,571 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.