How Drow Ranger and Medusa perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Drow Ranger and Medusa win 42.44% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,972 matches.
Thinking about the bonus damage Drow Ranger provides with her aura can make this pairing seem strong, but the heroes have conflicting needs. Both Drow Ranger and Medusa are greedy carries who want to occupy the safest farming areas on the map, often competing for resources and slowing each other down. Their preferred teamfight positioning is also opposite. Medusa wants to be a frontline presence, tanking with Mana Shield and using Stone Gaze to control the fight. Drow Ranger, however, needs to stay far on the backline to keep her Marksmanship passive active. This creates a scattered formation that’s difficult for supports to protect, making it hard to execute a clean fight.
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 | 40.33% | 243 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.12% | 311 |
| Legend & Ancient | 31.73% | 104 |
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 | 42.44% | ▼ -5.2pp | 1,972 |
| 7.41d | 47.64% | ▲ +0.4pp | 27,002 |
| 7.41c | 47.22% | ▲ +0.2pp | 13,172 |
| 7.41b | 47.01% | — | 12,195 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.