How Nature's Prophet and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Nature's Prophet and Witch Doctor win 47.61% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,298 matches.
Getting caught by a long-range Sprout and seeing a Witch Doctor appear feels like a death sentence. The setup for Maledict is there, but the follow-through is clumsy. Nature's Prophet's trees can easily block the path for a Paralyzing Cask bounce or get in the way of the Death Ward's line of sight. Since Sprout doesn't stun, a trapped hero can often use an item or escape ability before Witch Doctor can stack his damage. It looks scarier than it is because their lockdowns actively interfere with each other.
This disconnect gets worse as the game progresses. Witch Doctor wants his team grouped and ready to fight around his ultimate, looking for a big wombo combo. Nature's Prophet is one of the best heroes at playing the opposite style, constantly applying pressure to lanes far away from his team. The result is that Nature's Prophet is often split-pushing when Witch Doctor needs a front line or extra lockdown, and the Prophet is left without the potent teamfight backup that makes his global presence truly threatening. They fundamentally want to be in different places on the map.
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 | 46.61% | 768 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.94% | 1,711 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.50% | 1,115 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.58% | 307 |
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 | 47.61% | ▲ +3.0pp | 1,298 |
| 7.41d | 44.64% | ▼ -0.5pp | 145,376 |
| 7.41c | 45.17% | ▲ +0.2pp | 70,783 |
| 7.41b | 44.96% | — | 66,048 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.