How Drow Ranger and Troll Warlord perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Drow Ranger and Troll Warlord win 46.13% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,413 matches.
Giving Troll Warlord bonus agility from Marksmanship seems good on paper, but it only applies while he's in ranged form. The issue is that Troll does his most effective fighting in melee, especially when using Battle Trance to lock down and finish a target. He loses the bonus damage and armor from Drow Ranger's aura the moment he switches to commit. This can make their core abilities feel at odds with one another. While Drow's slows from Frost Arrows can help set up a kill, both heroes ultimately function as the primary physical damage dealer for the team. They often want similar farm patterns and fill the same niche without offering much to solve the other's core 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 | 50.53% | 376 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.02% | 307 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.57% | 105 |
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 | 46.13% | ▼ -3.6pp | 2,413 |
| 7.41d | 49.76% | ▲ +0.4pp | 30,715 |
| 7.41c | 49.40% | ▲ +1.8pp | 13,849 |
| 7.41b | 47.64% | — | 12,344 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.