How Muerta and Wraith King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Muerta and Wraith King win 47.20% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 500 matches.
Thinking you can itemize against two right-click cores is the main trap here. While Wraith King brings a classic physical beatdown, Muerta's Pierce the Veil converts all her attack damage to magic during teamfights. This creates a split-damage problem that's very difficult to build against. On top of that, Wraith King offers the reliable, single-target lockdown Muerta needs to unload her damage with Wraithfire Blast. His presence as a durable frontliner, especially with Reincarnation ready, consistently buys her the space and time she needs to operate safely from the back lines.
The fight pattern becomes very straightforward. Wraith King initiates on a key hero, and while they're stunned, Muerta can activate her ultimate to help secure the kill. If the enemy team turns to focus Muerta, they have to deal with a durable king peeling for her. If they try to burst down Wraith King first, they have to kill him twice while Muerta has free rein to attack from a distance. The strategy creates a target priority crisis, and either choice is often the wrong one. The main counterplay involves getting ahead early before both heroes can secure the items they need to enable this dynamic.
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 | 50.66% | 304 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.91% | 601 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.95% | 427 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.27% | 107 |
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 | 47.20% | ▼ -5.3pp | 500 |
| 7.41d | 52.47% | ▲ +0.9pp | 61,327 |
| 7.41c | 51.61% | ▼ -1.2pp | 35,254 |
| 7.41b | 52.82% | — | 37,464 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.