Morphling + Witch Doctor

Why this works

Setting up a kill with Death Ward can look straightforward, but the coordination here is often awkward. Morphling's stun from Adaptive Strike is only long when he has high Strength, which is exactly when his own damage is lowest. If he's built for damage with high Agility, the stun is too short to reliably hold a target still. Witch Doctor's Paralyzing Cask is also not a guaranteed lockdown on a single hero, since it prefers to bounce. This means the initial setup relies on a lot of things going right at once, and it's rarely as simple as one hero stunning for the other.

Through the mid-game, this slight disconnect continues. Witch Doctor typically wants to group with the team to force fights where his ultimate can have a huge impact. Morphling, however, is a carry who often needs space to farm and may prefer to split-push or find solo pick-offs on the edges of the map. While they can certainly win fights together if the enemy clumps up perfectly, their different timings and preferred ways of playing the map mean they don't always enable each other's game plans. The result is a pairing that doesn't consistently add up to more than its parts.