How Invoker and Templar Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Invoker and Templar Assassin win 46.35% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 38,012 matches.
Pairing these two cores looks great on paper, especially when you think about Alacrity on a farmed Templar Assassin. The problem is that both heroes are premier mid-laners who need a fast start to function. Forcing one to a different lane compromises their timings from the very beginning. An Invoker needs levels to be effective, while Templar Assassin needs specific item timings to start snowballing. They end up competing for the safest farm on the map, slowing each other down. This creates a greedy composition that often lacks the lockdown or frontline presence to enable TA's aggressive Meld strikes or protect a vulnerable Invoker, leaving two powerful heroes unable to execute their individual game plans.
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 | 44.16% | 308 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.62% | 1,210 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.23% | 1,434 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.03% | 489 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 46.35% | ▲ +0.2pp | 38,012 |
| 7.41e | 46.11% | ▼ -0.5pp | 114,126 |
| 7.41d | 46.64% | ▼ -0.6pp | 94,799 |
| 7.41c | 47.19% | — | 43,975 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.