How Morphling and Sniper perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Morphling and Sniper win 48.78% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,677 matches.
Picking two farm-heavy cores who need a lot of protection puts a huge strain on the rest of the team. Morphling and Sniper both want to sit in a lane and hit creeps for a long time. Neither hero offers much control or team setup in the early phases. Sniper provides long-range damage but is immobile and easily ganked. Morphling is slippery but often needs his supports to secure the lane, leaving Sniper vulnerable. This creates a greedy draft where both key heroes want the same resources and protection, stretching the team thin before they can come online.
The game plan becomes surviving until both carries have their items. The enemy team knows this and will likely group up early to pressure towers and force fights you aren't ready for. Without a strong front line or initiators from the other three positions, your team will struggle to make space. While a late-game Morphling diving into a fight while Sniper provides cover fire from a distance can be effective, getting to that point is the challenge. Opponents will constantly try to find and kill Sniper, and if they succeed, Morphling is often left without the sustained backup damage he needs to clean up.
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 | 53.07% | 505 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.33% | 1,256 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.83% | 854 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.36% | 226 |
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 | 48.78% | ▲ +1.0pp | 7,677 |
| 7.41d | 47.78% | ▼ -0.1pp | 92,013 |
| 7.41c | 47.92% | ▲ +1.5pp | 34,764 |
| 7.41b | 46.40% | — | 37,458 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.