How Necrophos and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Necrophos and Witch Doctor win 52.06% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 32,149 matches.
Trying to outlast their damage is a losing game. The core of this pairing is how Witch Doctor's Maledict interacts with Necrophos's kit. All the constant damage from Death Pulse and Heartstopper Aura gets tallied up for that final Maledict burst. This turns Reaper's Scythe into a surefire kill, since the target gets hit by the Scythe's heavy magic damage and then immediately takes the amplified pop from Maledict. A Paralyzing Cask from Witch Doctor often guarantees the whole sequence connects.
This combo defines the teamfight. Their side wants to catch a single important hero with Maledict and have Necrophos deliver the finisher. The enemy team is put in a terrible spot; they either need a strong dispel to save the target, or they need to find a way to burst down Witch Doctor before he can get his spells off. If they can't do either, they simply can't group up and fight head-on, because this duo will methodically dismantle them one hero at a time.
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 | 57.89% | 1,957 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.03% | 5,393 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.30% | 3,944 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.40% | 1,004 |
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 | 52.06% | ▼ -1.5pp | 32,149 |
| 7.41d | 53.53% | ▲ +0.3pp | 376,050 |
| 7.41c | 53.21% | ▲ +0.5pp | 179,974 |
| 7.41b | 52.70% | — | 161,116 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.