How Invoker and Outworld Destroyer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Invoker and Outworld Destroyer win 50.13% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,478 matches.
Setting up an Invoker's Sun Strike with Astral Imprisonment is the obvious idea, but these heroes often step on each other's toes. Both Outworld Destroyer and Invoker are greedy cores who need a lot of farm and experience to hit their timings. On the same team, they compete for the same resources from the start. Since both primarily deal magic damage, it also makes it easier for the enemy to itemize. A single Pipe of Insight or a few BKBs can diminish the impact of two of your most important heroes instead of one.
This resource strain means the game can feel like an uphill battle. One hero usually has to take a less-than-ideal lane, delaying their timings. In teamfights, their spell-stacking requires tight coordination that often fails. A poorly timed Astral can save an enemy from a combo, while a Tornado can pull targets out of Sanity's Eclipse. It's more common for them to get in each other's way, creating a draft that feels slightly less effective than having heroes who fill more distinct roles.
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 | 51.02% | 196 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.24% | 682 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.50% | 659 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.43% | 210 |
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 | 50.13% | ▲ +1.8pp | 4,478 |
| 7.41d | 48.31% | ▼ -0.1pp | 43,121 |
| 7.41c | 48.45% | ▲ +0.5pp | 22,569 |
| 7.41b | 47.99% | — | 23,218 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.