How Muerta and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Muerta and Witch Doctor win 48.71% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,380 matches.
Playing with this pair can feel like you're either running the map or getting run over, with little in between. The game plan hinges on securing early kills to create space for Muerta to farm. If Witch Doctor can land a Paralyzing Cask from the fog, Muerta can follow up and secure a takedown, which lets them control their part of the map. If that initial gank fails or they get counter-ganked, they have few tools to escape or reset, often leading to a lost lane and a difficult mid-game.
The core issue is that both heroes are quite stationary and fragile. While Maledict and Pierce the Veil can combine for a lot of damage, Muerta has to stand still to attack and Witch Doctor must channel his Death Ward. This makes them a predictable, immobile target for any enemy with good gap close or area-of-effect lockdown. They don't offer each other much defensive help, so if one gets caught, the other often can't do much to save them, collapsing their shared damage plan.
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 | 52.51% | 419 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.83% | 968 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.29% | 757 |
| Divine & Immortal | 41.05% | 190 |
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 | 48.71% | ▲ +0.8pp | 6,380 |
| 7.41d | 47.93% | ▼ -0.2pp | 89,974 |
| 7.41c | 48.13% | ▼ -0.7pp | 55,657 |
| 7.41b | 48.79% | — | 59,479 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.