How Legion Commander and Slark perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Legion Commander and Slark win 53.88% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,333 matches.
Playing against this pair feels like there's no escape. Legion Commander provides the ultimate lockdown with Duel, creating a perfect window for Slark to build up Essence Shift stacks on a target that can't run away. The initiation can even start with Slark's Pounce, leashing an enemy long enough for a guaranteed Duel. Any stuns or disables thrown at Slark to try and save the duelled hero are often purged away by his Dark Pact, allowing him to continue attacking freely. Both heroes benefit directly, with Slark gaining permanent stats and Legion Commander gaining damage.
This duo turns the mid-game into a hunt. Once their ultimates are online, they can roam together and secure kills across the map, forcing opponents to play passively and grouped up. The main counter is to try and burst Legion Commander before she can cast Duel, or have enough saves to keep her target alive through the duration. Trying to save a dueled ally is risky; it often baits multiple heroes into a bad position, opening them up to the rest of Slark and Legion's team.
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 | 53.82% | 903 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.46% | 2,773 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.92% | 2,164 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.71% | 508 |
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 | 53.88% | ▲ +1.7pp | 2,333 |
| 7.41d | 52.22% | ▼ -0.7pp | 199,182 |
| 7.41c | 52.89% | ▼ -0.3pp | 119,688 |
| 7.41b | 53.16% | — | 143,325 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.