How Necrophos and Clockwerk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Necrophos and Clockwerk win 51.17% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 856 matches.
Catching a single hero with Power Cogs gives Necrophos a clear target to focus his spells on. The trapped enemy is forced to take Heartstopper Aura damage and becomes simple to hit with Death Pulse. This constant pressure helps wear an enemy down, bringing them into Reaper's Scythe range more reliably. Clockwerk's role is to create that initial window of isolation with Hookshot, allowing Necrophos to apply his damage from a safe distance before committing.
This duo is strongest during the mid-game, turning positional mistakes into pickoffs. The enemy team has to account for this by staying grouped and keeping items like Force Staff ready to save whoever Clockwerk catches. If the target can be pulled from the cogs quickly, Necrophos may not have the time to secure the kill, and the initiation can fail. It becomes a game of vision and reaction time, where Clockwerk needs to find a good opening and Necrophos needs to be ready to follow up before the target is saved.
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 | 55.22% | 268 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.65% | 868 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.40% | 927 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.89% | 484 |
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 | 51.17% | ▼ -1.3pp | 856 |
| 7.41d | 52.46% | ▼ -0.8pp | 95,503 |
| 7.41c | 53.24% | ▲ +0.5pp | 52,616 |
| 7.41b | 52.78% | — | 28,243 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.