How Necrophos and Techies perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Necrophos and Techies win 53.41% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,801 matches.
Pushing into a fortified position becomes a nightmare against this duo. Techies litters an area with Proximity Mines and slows enemies with Sticky Bombs, creating zones of constant threat. Anyone caught in the blast is also taking sustained damage from Necrophos’s Heartstopper Aura. This layered damage means enemies are pushed into Reaper's Scythe's kill threshold far earlier than they expect. A well-timed Blast Off! can also silence a key target, preventing them from using a defensive item or spell to survive the initial onslaught and guaranteeing the setup for Necrophos.
This pairing creates immense pressure around objectives. The enemy team can’t commit to a fight without risking catastrophic losses before it even starts. They are forced to buy detection and move slowly, giving Necrophos and Techies time to get their spells off cooldown and reposition. The goal for this pair is to force fights on their terms, in pre-prepared locations. The opponent's only real option is to try and achieve a pickoff with a smoke gank before the defensive web is fully spun, avoiding a direct confrontation at all costs.
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 | 56.92% | 917 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.82% | 2,054 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.06% | 1,615 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.55% | 549 |
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 | 53.41% | ▼ -0.0pp | 1,801 |
| 7.41d | 53.43% | ▼ -0.4pp | 198,462 |
| 7.41c | 53.79% | ▼ -0.9pp | 115,323 |
| 7.41b | 54.68% | — | 103,188 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.