How Lone Druid and Viper perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lone Druid and Viper win 47.55% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,855 matches.
Facing down a tower push from this pair can feel impossible. Viper can place Nethertoxin on the objective for constant damage while also breaking the passives of any heroes trying to defend. This pressure is amplified by Lone Druid and his Spirit Bear providing a huge amount of physical right-click damage. It becomes very difficult for the defending team to find a good initiation, because Viper's constant slows make it easy for the bear to chase down anyone who steps out of position. A single target caught by Viper Strike is almost certainly dead.
The problem is that both heroes often want to play the same game. They both excel at winning their lane and then using that lead to pressure objectives, but this means they can end up competing for farm and space. Their combined strength is taking down single targets and buildings, but they don't offer much in the way of teamfight-winning stuns or area-of-effect control. Against lineups that can clear waves from a safe distance or have multiple ways to kite the Spirit Bear, this duo's game plan can fall apart if they don't get a significant early lead.
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 | 45.28% | 159 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.06% | 317 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.28% | 184 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.50% | 101 |
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 | 47.55% | ▼ -0.1pp | 1,855 |
| 7.41d | 47.65% | ▼ -1.1pp | 23,872 |
| 7.41c | 48.75% | ▼ -2.2pp | 17,156 |
| 7.41b | 50.94% | — | 26,679 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.