How Grimstroke and Marci perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Grimstroke and Marci win 54.41% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 329 matches.
Picking a core Marci can feel like a bit of a gamble, as she needs help making her initiations stick. Grimstroke provides a straightforward way to solve that problem. The combo revolves around Soulbind. Once two enemies are tethered, Marci can jump in with Rebound to stun them both. She can then Dispose one target, which also stuns and drags the other hero along with it. This creates a clean lockdown chain for Marci to start hitting with Unleash. Grimstroke can follow up with his own slow and silence, which helps secure the kill on Marci's primary target and control the second one.
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 | 42.40% | 125 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.24% | 278 |
| Legend & Ancient | 57.68% | 293 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.13% | 113 |
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 | 54.41% | ▲ +1.8pp | 329 |
| 7.41d | 52.66% | ▲ +0.7pp | 26,318 |
| 7.41c | 51.97% | ▼ -0.7pp | 12,501 |
| 7.41b | 52.71% | — | 12,801 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.