How Disruptor and Skywrath Mage perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Disruptor and Skywrath Mage win 47.75% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,812 matches.
Pairing a Mystic Flare with a Static Storm seems like the ideal setup, but the abilities don't always align as well as they appear. Disruptor's control is more about repositioning and area denial than true lockdown. A hero caught in Kinetic Field can still often use items or blink out, and while Glimpse is powerful, it doesn't root the target in place for the full duration of Skywrath Mage's damage. Skywrath needs a target to be completely pinned down to guarantee his ultimate connects, and Disruptor's disruption is often too brief or avoidable to reliably provide that.
This leads to a dynamic where the duo can bully a lane with spell spam but may struggle to convert that pressure into kills against mobile opponents. As the game goes on, a single defensive purchase like a Force Staff or Black King Bar on an enemy core can completely neutralize the combo. This often forces the pair to hunt for isolated, weaker targets instead of being able to control teamfights and eliminate the primary threat, which is what you would hope for from two such magically potent heroes.
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 | 48.58% | 352 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.72% | 1,073 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.22% | 1,012 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.36% | 382 |
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 | 47.75% | ▼ -0.5pp | 7,812 |
| 7.41d | 48.29% | ▲ +0.8pp | 85,551 |
| 7.41c | 47.50% | ▼ -0.6pp | 36,122 |
| 7.41b | 48.14% | — | 37,967 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.