How Marci and Templar Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Marci and Templar Assassin win 48.50% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 266 matches.
Trying to set up a kill for Templar Assassin often goes wrong when Marci uses Dispose. The throw repositions the enemy, which is the last thing TA wants when she needs a target to stand still for a Meld strike and follow-up attacks. This core misalignment makes their ganking attempts feel clumsy and ineffective. While Sidekick provides a damage boost that Templar Assassin appreciates, its lifesteal is less impactful on a hero who already has Refraction to block incoming damage. Overall, Marci's primary setup tool actively works against TA’s damage pattern, and their kits don't offer much else to make up for this fundamental conflict.
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 | 40.30% | 134 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.82% | 251 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.50% | 202 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.00% | 100 |
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 | 48.50% | ▲ +3.0pp | 266 |
| 7.41d | 45.50% | ▲ +0.1pp | 21,943 |
| 7.41c | 45.40% | ▲ +0.6pp | 10,325 |
| 7.41b | 44.84% | — | 14,446 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.