How Morphling and Slark perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Morphling and Slark win 49.76% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 211 matches.
Pairing two slippery, single-target cores might seem like a good way to overwhelm opponents, but the plan falls apart in practice. Both Morphling and Slark are incredibly farm-dependent heroes who want to occupy the safest parts of the map during the early and mid-game. When they're on the same team, they inevitably compete for resources, delaying key item timings for both of them. Neither hero provides the lockdown or teamfight control the other needs to thrive. Slark wants to find a target and stick on them with Pounce, while Morphling needs setup to land his full Adaptive Strike combo. Without it, you end up with a greedy lineup that cedes map control and struggles against coordinated teams.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 47.57% | 206 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.07% | 169 |
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 | 49.76% | ▲ +1.7pp | 211 |
| 7.41d | 48.05% | ▲ +2.8pp | 17,678 |
| 7.41c | 45.22% | ▼ -1.1pp | 9,261 |
| 7.41b | 46.34% | — | 11,709 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.