How Lich and Winter Wyvern perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lich and Winter Wyvern win 50.77% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,909 matches.
Casting both big ice ultimates together is a common mistake that wastes their potential. Winter Wyvern's Winter's Curse forces enemies to attack one of their own, but it also makes that cursed target immune to damage from Wyvern's allies. This means if Lich throws Chain Frost on the Cursed hero, the spell will have no effect on that primary target. The ults actively cancel each other out, preventing the massive burst of damage you might expect from combining two powerful AoE spells.
In a real fight, this forces you to use the spells separately, turning one big teamfight moment into two smaller, less impactful ones. Both Lich and Winter Wyvern are defensive, backline casters who provide slows and control from a distance. They can make the laning phase difficult for opponents with their slows, but their lack of coordinated burst in the mid-game means they don't really amplify each other's strengths. They each do their own thing, but rarely do it together.
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 | 44.25% | 174 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.16% | 417 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.42% | 351 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.42% | 161 |
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 | 50.77% | ▲ +1.9pp | 2,909 |
| 7.41d | 48.91% | ▼ -0.6pp | 36,627 |
| 7.41c | 49.53% | ▼ -0.0pp | 19,098 |
| 7.41b | 49.56% | — | 18,097 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.