How Necrophos and Viper perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Necrophos and Viper win 50.37% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,346 matches.
Drafting these two together commits you to a slow-burn game plan, winning fights by attrition rather than instant burst. Viper is great at pinning a target down, especially with Viper Strike. This heavy slow forces enemies to stand and fight, letting Necrophos stick to them and get maximum value from Heartstopper Aura. All of this sustained damage from both heroes reliably brings an enemy into Reaper's Scythe range for a clean kill. The constant pressure from their combined slows and magical damage wears down entire teams. While they can be vulnerable to aggressive gap-closers, they create a zone of control that few heroes can afford to stay in for long.
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 | 55.84% | 831 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.07% | 1,494 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.88% | 910 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.61% | 251 |
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 | 50.37% | ▼ -1.0pp | 1,346 |
| 7.41d | 51.37% | ▲ +0.1pp | 138,932 |
| 7.41c | 51.23% | ▲ +0.1pp | 66,432 |
| 7.41b | 51.16% | — | 59,999 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.