How Mars and Silencer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Mars and Silencer win 44.80% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 692 matches.
Using Arena of Blood and Global Silence together is the core issue. Both are massive, long-cooldown abilities designed to win a teamfight, but they don't enhance each other. Mars traps enemies so his team can unload damage, while Silencer’s ultimate already stops those same enemies from casting spells to escape or retaliate. This overlap feels wasteful, as one of these spells is often enough to control the engagement on its own. Using both to solve one problem means you are not getting full value from either hero's most important contribution.
This lack of synergy creates awkward moments across the game. Their laning combination is not particularly strong, and later your team is forced to choose: use one ultimate and hope it's enough, or use both and be powerless for the next few minutes. An aware enemy team will exploit this. They can bait out one of the big spells, reset, and then force a fight or take an objective while knowing you've spent a critical cooldown. Mars and Silencer can both win fights, but together they struggle to create more than the sum of their parts.
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 | 44.85% | 194 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.55% | 782 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.33% | 792 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.05% | 293 |
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 | 44.80% | ▼ -3.7pp | 692 |
| 7.41d | 48.46% | ▲ +1.5pp | 76,636 |
| 7.41c | 46.93% | ▲ +1.0pp | 51,937 |
| 7.41b | 45.96% | — | 53,104 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.