How Mars and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Mars and Witch Doctor win 46.58% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,022 matches.
Picking these two heroes together looks like a setup for a perfect teamfight combo, but the reality is often clumsy. The core problem is that Arena of Blood doesn't protect a channeling Witch Doctor. Mars wants to trap key targets inside his ultimate and fight them there, but this leaves Witch Doctor exposed on the outside. The enemy team can simply walk around the Arena and kill him while he's channeling Death Ward. Even if they can't get to him, the Arena's wall can block line of sight for the Ward if enemies move to the opposite side of the circle.
What ends up happening is that Mars will initiate a fight, but Witch Doctor can't find a safe place to use his ultimate effectively. The combo relies on the enemy team ignoring the Witch Doctor, which rarely happens. A good Mars player will try to use his spells to keep enemies pinned for the Death Ward, but the two ultimates feel disconnected. One hero traps the enemy, and the other hero has to stand perfectly still somewhere else, hoping nobody notices him.
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 | 46.41% | 334 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.43% | 1,161 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.05% | 1,130 |
| Divine & Immortal | 41.04% | 346 |
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 | 46.58% | ▼ -1.8pp | 1,022 |
| 7.41d | 48.41% | ▲ +1.4pp | 105,086 |
| 7.41c | 47.01% | ▲ +1.2pp | 74,047 |
| 7.41b | 45.82% | — | 78,728 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.