How Marci and Queen of Pain perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Marci and Queen of Pain win 46.18% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,705 matches.
Fighting together often feels disjointed because both heroes initiate in ways that don't help the other. Marci wants to close the gap with Rebound and then toss an enemy back into her team with Dispose. Queen of Pain, however, has her own mobility with Blink and wants to choose her own angle of attack. A Dispose throw can easily move a target out of position for Scream of Pain or force QoP to use Blink again just to stay in range. They both bring burst and control, but the setup doesn't chain together cleanly; one hero's aggressive move can disrupt the other's.
As a result, the pair struggles to create consistent map pressure and secure objectives. Instead of a clean gank, their initiations can get messy, allowing targets to escape or even turn the fight. Queen of Pain typically wants to snowball off early kills to control the game's tempo, but Marci's all-in style doesn't provide the reliable lockdown she needs to guarantee those kills against slippery targets. Enemy teams can exploit this by baiting one hero's commitment and then focusing them down before the other can effectively follow up.
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 | 42.20% | 218 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.58% | 480 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.22% | 463 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.78% | 180 |
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 | 46.18% | ▲ +2.2pp | 3,705 |
| 7.41d | 43.99% | ▲ +0.4pp | 45,360 |
| 7.41c | 43.59% | ▼ -2.3pp | 25,693 |
| 7.41b | 45.89% | — | 32,361 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.