How Lone Druid and Necrophos perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lone Druid and Necrophos win 46.93% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,759 matches.
Expecting a big flashy combo from these two is the wrong way to look at it. The synergy is much simpler. Lone Druid’s Spirit Bear is a massive, durable body that is always at the front of a fight. This gives Necrophos a perfect, constant target for Death Pulse heals and a bodyguard to play behind. The bear soaks attention and damage, buying the time and space Necrophos needs to get his spells off, sustain the push, and wear down enemies with Heartstopper Aura. It turns fights into a slow grind that favors their attrition.
Once they group up, the game plan is to push towers. Lone Druid hits the objective with his bear while Necrophos provides sustain and threatens a Reaper's Scythe on any defender who gets too close. This duo is strong at controlling the pace of a siege, but they aren't without weaknesses. Teams with high mobility and good initiation can often bypass the bear and jump on the fragile Lone Druid hero or Necrophos himself. If the enemy can split them up or kite them effectively, the whole push falls apart.
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 | 49.24% | 262 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.33% | 708 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.79% | 564 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.68% | 261 |
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 | 46.93% | ▼ -3.3pp | 3,759 |
| 7.41d | 50.27% | ▼ -0.9pp | 44,802 |
| 7.41c | 51.14% | ▼ -2.3pp | 31,379 |
| 7.41b | 53.44% | — | 45,904 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.