How Earthshaker and Templar Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Earthshaker and Templar Assassin win 46.16% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 847 matches.
Getting hit by a long-range Fissure while a Templar Assassin is nearby feels like a guaranteed death. In reality, these two heroes often step on each other's toes. Earthshaker is looking for multiple enemies to clump together for Echo Slam, but TA excels at deleting a single, isolated hero with her burst damage. That same Fissure can physically block Templar Assassin from closing the distance for her Meld strike, wasting precious stun duration. Both heroes also desperately want a Blink Dagger, meaning they compete for early farm priority and one of them will inevitably hit their timing much later than desired, resulting in awkward and disjointed initiations.
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 | 42.53% | 395 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.88% | 851 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.89% | 710 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.98% | 285 |
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 | 46.16% | ▼ -1.4pp | 847 |
| 7.41d | 47.56% | ▲ +0.5pp | 71,843 |
| 7.41c | 47.04% | ▲ +1.2pp | 32,237 |
| 7.41b | 45.85% | — | 42,207 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.