How Mars and Templar Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Mars and Templar Assassin win 46.95% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 377 matches.
Both heroes want to hit an early timing and take over the map, but they often compete for the same farm to do it. Templar Assassin needs to flash-farm camps to get ahead, while Mars needs similar jungle space to recover if his lane is difficult. Their abilities also clash in fights. Templar Assassin excels at hitting multiple enemies lined up for Psionic Blades, but Mars's Arena of Blood traps enemies in a circle. This makes it very difficult for TA to get her signature spill damage off, forcing her to slowly hit one target at a time and wasting her burst potential.
This tension leads to a split game plan. Mars wants to start a big five-on-five fight with his Arena, but Templar Assassin's contribution inside is limited and she's very exposed. Meanwhile, TA would rather be looking for solo pickoffs with Meld strikes from an angle the teamfight doesn't provide. The team gets pulled in two different directions, unable to commit fully to either a teamfight or a ganking strategy. The enemy team can exploit this by forcing fights on their own terms, leaving the Mars and TA duo looking for two different kinds of opportunities at once.
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 | 36.11% | 108 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.73% | 353 |
| Legend & Ancient | 40.61% | 362 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.93% | 209 |
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 | 46.95% | ▲ +2.7pp | 377 |
| 7.41d | 44.21% | ▲ +0.8pp | 32,650 |
| 7.41c | 43.38% | ▲ +1.3pp | 18,797 |
| 7.41b | 42.05% | — | 24,724 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.