How Necrophos and Pudge perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Necrophos and Pudge win 55.54% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,886 matches.
Committing to this duo means you're playing for attrition and pickoffs. Pudge can be much more aggressive with Rot because Necrophos's Death Pulse constantly tops him off, letting him apply that slow and damage for longer without melting himself. A successful hook almost guarantees a kill; the target is held in place by Dismember, worn down by Heartstopper Aura and Rot, and then finished by Reaper's Scythe. In teamfights, they form a durable frontline that constantly drains the enemy's resources. Enemies are forced into bad positions, having to choose between running from two slow heroes or dying to their combined sustained damage.
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 | 57.39% | 2,408 |
| Crusader & Archon | 56.11% | 6,651 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.24% | 5,364 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.34% | 1,929 |
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 | 55.54% | ▲ +1.0pp | 5,886 |
| 7.41d | 54.52% | ▲ +0.8pp | 547,649 |
| 7.41c | 53.76% | ▲ +0.5pp | 267,950 |
| 7.41b | 53.30% | — | 234,673 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.