How Lion and Warlock perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lion and Warlock win 49.78% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 12,552 matches.
Facing this pair can be frustrating. Lion's disables provide a perfect setup for Warlock to land a full-duration Upheaval or a multi-hero Chaotic Offering. The real threat, however, comes from Fatal Bonds. When Warlock links several enemies together, Lion’s single-target Finger of Death suddenly becomes a major source of area damage that punishes anyone standing nearby. This forces opponents to scatter when they might otherwise want to group up and focus a target, making teamfights awkward to coordinate and execute.
The effectiveness of this duo is tied directly to their long ultimate cooldowns. Once Chaotic Offering and Finger of Death are on the table, both Lion and Warlock offer much less immediate threat for a significant amount of time. They are also both slow, immobile heroes who are vulnerable to being picked off if they get caught out of position. Smart teams will play around these weaknesses, either by forcing fights when the key spells are down or by focusing on bursting one of them down before they can get their combination off.
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 | 50.25% | 794 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.50% | 2,063 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.57% | 1,503 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.53% | 375 |
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 | 49.78% | ▲ +0.7pp | 12,552 |
| 7.41d | 49.13% | ▼ -1.5pp | 152,988 |
| 7.41c | 50.67% | ▲ +0.5pp | 79,681 |
| 7.41b | 50.21% | — | 83,472 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.