How Drow Ranger and Mars perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Drow Ranger and Mars win 43.09% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 854 matches.
Picking Mars to set up kills for a Drow Ranger sounds good on paper, but their most important abilities work against each other. The core problem is Arena of Blood. If Drow is outside the arena, her attacks are blocked by the wall, leaving her unable to hit the targets Mars has trapped. The alternative is for Drow Ranger to be inside the arena, which forces a fragile, long-range hero into a close-quarters brawl. This is the last place she wants to be, as she is easily focused and loses her Marksmanship agility bonus when enemies are nearby, crippling her damage.
In teamfights, this conflict creates an impossible choice for the Drow player. Mars will often trap key heroes, but Drow is either left outside doing nothing or is forced to enter the arena and risk immediate death. An enemy team is usually happy to have a squishy Drow trapped with them, as she has no way to escape the confined space. While Mars might occasionally set up a kill with a Spear of Mars in the lane, the fundamental anti-synergy with his ultimate makes it very difficult for this duo to execute fights together later in the game.
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 | 41.56% | 308 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.79% | 994 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.59% | 1,114 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.82% | 445 |
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 | 43.09% | ▼ -4.2pp | 854 |
| 7.41d | 47.25% | ▲ +1.2pp | 115,987 |
| 7.41c | 46.03% | ▲ +1.2pp | 65,399 |
| 7.41b | 44.79% | — | 53,861 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.