How Mars and Skywrath Mage perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Mars and Skywrath Mage win 45.44% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 779 matches.
Picking these two together often feels like you're trying to force a combo that doesn't quite work. The core issue lies in how their ultimates interact. Mars traps enemies inside Arena of Blood, a large circular space, but they can still move freely within it. Skywrath Mage needs a target to be locked in one spot to land a full Mystic Flare, which has a very small damage area. An enemy caught in the Arena can simply walk to the opposite side of the circle, completely avoiding Skywrath's primary source of burst damage. The spells are fundamentally at odds.
For this pairing to have an impact, the execution has to be perfect. Mars needs to land a spear that stuns a target against the Arena wall, giving Skywrath the opening he needs. This is an unreliable, high-difficulty play that often requires another hero's help to set up. In messy fights, the fragile Skywrath Mage is easily focused and killed while trying to get in position, leaving Mars without the necessary damage to finish anyone off inside his Arena. The combo demands too much coordination for a payoff that other hero pairings can achieve much more easily.
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 | 49.43% | 263 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.66% | 859 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.57% | 866 |
| Divine & Immortal | 42.34% | 385 |
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 | 45.44% | ▼ -0.3pp | 779 |
| 7.41d | 45.78% | ▲ +1.4pp | 79,504 |
| 7.41c | 44.34% | ▲ +0.9pp | 50,867 |
| 7.41b | 43.40% | — | 55,178 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.