How Legion Commander and Viper perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Legion Commander and Viper win 54.73% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,047 matches.
Chasing down a target for Legion Commander becomes much simpler when they are already slowed to a crawl by Viper's poisons. The reduced movement and attack speed make it easy for LC to get in position for a favorable fight. Once Duel is cast, the target is a sitting duck. Nethertoxin placed under the Duel will break any defensive passives the enemy might rely on to survive, while the combined damage from both heroes secures the win before the duration ends.
This pairing hits its stride once Legion Commander gets her Blink Dagger, allowing them to hunt for pickoffs. Viper provides both the initial slow to catch someone and the consistent damage to win the Duel. The main counterplay from the enemy team involves buying early save items like a Glimmer Cape or Force Staff. The duo's weakness is their single-target focus. A coordinated enemy team can punish this by grouping up and forcing fights where focusing one hero isn't enough to win.
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 | 48.71% | 856 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.28% | 1,340 |
| Legend & Ancient | 58.37% | 711 |
| Divine & Immortal | 56.80% | 169 |
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 | 54.73% | ▲ +3.3pp | 1,047 |
| 7.41d | 51.43% | ▼ -0.1pp | 121,305 |
| 7.41c | 51.51% | ▼ -0.2pp | 61,768 |
| 7.41b | 51.70% | — | 66,436 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.