How Nature's Prophet and Slark perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Nature's Prophet and Slark win 43.22% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,055 matches.
Both of these heroes want to play a solo game on opposite sides of the map. Slark is looking to roam and find isolated pickoffs after the laning stage, while Nature's Prophet uses Teleportation to apply pressure to unattended lanes. This leaves the rest of your team playing at a constant numbers disadvantage, making it difficult to secure objectives or defend towers. While a well-placed Sprout can set up a kill for Slark, Nature's Prophet's kit generally doesn't provide the teamfight control or save that Slark needs to function effectively in larger engagements.
The game often feels fractured as a result. The enemy team can group as five and force fights or take Roshan while Slark is hunting and Nature's Prophet is pushing a lane. The pressure created by each hero rarely translates into a unified team advantage. Instead, you get two independent operators who don't enable each other's game plans. Slark has to find his own opportunities without reliable setup, and NP's split-pushing fails to create the safe space Slark needs to farm or the coordinated distraction needed to take objectives together.
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 | 45.53% | 615 |
| Crusader & Archon | 40.46% | 1,394 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.54% | 960 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.05% | 252 |
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 | 43.22% | ▼ -0.3pp | 1,055 |
| 7.41d | 43.47% | ▼ -0.8pp | 114,931 |
| 7.41c | 44.23% | ▼ -0.3pp | 63,336 |
| 7.41b | 44.50% | — | 70,191 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.