How Kunkka and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Kunkka and Witch Doctor win 52.51% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 9,478 matches.
Setting up a kill with X Marks the Spot is the main idea here. Kunkka can lock down a target and bring them back, giving Witch Doctor a clear window to land Maledict and channel a full Death Ward. A Torrent on the return spot makes it even more secure. This combination provides powerful single-target burst that can secure early kills. The sequence is very telegraphed, though. An enemy with an escape or a way to interrupt Witch Doctor can turn the gank around, leaving both heroes with key spells on cooldown.
Across the game, this pairing relies on finding those isolated pickoffs. A successful X-combo into Death Ward can remove a core hero before a fight even starts. The problem is that both heroes often have different positioning goals. Kunkka wants to be in the thick of it with Ghostship and Tidebringer, while Witch Doctor needs to stay far back to channel his ultimate. This can lead to awkward fights where Kunkka is too far from his support to help, or the combo is simply unavailable, leading to a partnership that looks better on paper than it often is in practice.
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 | 49.71% | 517 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.90% | 1,473 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.49% | 1,276 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.60% | 289 |
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 | 52.51% | ▲ +0.9pp | 9,478 |
| 7.41d | 51.62% | ▲ +0.1pp | 109,929 |
| 7.41c | 51.51% | ▲ +0.6pp | 57,476 |
| 7.41b | 50.86% | — | 55,218 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.