How Doom and Silencer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Doom and Silencer win 47.81% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,990 matches.
Facing a double-silence initiation can feel oppressive. The plan is to lock down the enemy team with Global Silence, letting Doom walk in and land his own ultimate on the most important target without resistance. This creates a window where one enemy is totally disabled and their teammates can't use spells to help. On paper, it’s a clean way to start a fight and secure a kill. The issue is that both ultimates serve a similar purpose, and using them together can be redundant when a different kind of disable might be more useful.
In practice, the timing is awkward. If Silencer uses Global Silence first, smart opponents will simply back away, forcing Doom to chase and miss his window. If Doom initiates first, the enemy team can often react with items to save their ally before the Global comes out. While the combo can delete a hero from a fight when it lines up, it's a predictable strategy that enemies can prepare for. The two heroes often end up trying to control the same moment, leading to clumsy executions where neither gets full value from their long cooldown.
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 | 45.10% | 357 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.69% | 1,136 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.98% | 1,030 |
| Divine & Immortal | 40.90% | 401 |
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 | 47.81% | ▼ -0.1pp | 7,990 |
| 7.41d | 47.90% | ▼ -0.5pp | 106,693 |
| 7.41c | 48.37% | ▲ +0.4pp | 44,948 |
| 7.41b | 47.96% | — | 50,458 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.