How Medusa and Slark perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Medusa and Slark win 48.24% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,755 matches.
Facing this duo forces a difficult choice. Do you try to burst the Medusa through her Mana Shield, or do you chase the slippery Slark? In theory, a good Stone Gaze from Medusa can set up a huge fight for Slark, letting him build Essence Shift stacks on helpless targets. The problem is that both heroes need a lot of farm to come online, and they often want to do different things. Slark is looking for early pickoffs, while Medusa usually needs to hit creeps for a long time. This can lead to them being on opposite sides of the map, unable to help each other when it counts, making their overall success feel inconsistent.
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 | 47.69% | 195 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.59% | 340 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.33% | 210 |
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 | 48.24% | ▼ -1.3pp | 2,755 |
| 7.41d | 49.52% | ▲ +0.2pp | 25,327 |
| 7.41c | 49.35% | ▼ -1.8pp | 14,719 |
| 7.41b | 51.19% | — | 17,354 |
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Data updated Aug 18, 2026.