How Medusa and Skywrath Mage perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Medusa and Skywrath Mage win 51.13% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,427 matches.
A well-timed Stone Gaze can force enemies into a difficult position. They have to either stop attacking and look away, or risk being turned to stone. When Skywrath Mage follows up by dropping Mystic Flare on the same area, this choice becomes much worse. Opponents must decide between taking massive damage while running away from Medusa or holding their ground and being disabled by the petrify. It’s a decent setup for punishing enemy teams who group up without a plan.
The problem is that these two heroes often operate on different timelines. Skywrath wants to be aggressive from the very start, using his high early damage to secure kills and control the map. Medusa, on the other hand, is a slow-starting carry who needs a lot of safe farm to build her core items. This can create a disconnect where the team's tempo hero is peaking while the carry isn't ready to fight, making it a challenge to coordinate their strengths effectively across the whole game.
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 | 49.54% | 323 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.06% | 867 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.34% | 602 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.92% | 130 |
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 | 51.13% | ▲ +0.2pp | 5,427 |
| 7.41d | 50.96% | ▼ -0.2pp | 65,195 |
| 7.41c | 51.20% | ▲ +0.4pp | 31,703 |
| 7.41b | 50.81% | — | 34,461 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.