How Outworld Destroyer and Slardar perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Outworld Destroyer and Slardar win 51.71% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,150 matches.
Trying to burst down a single target is the main plan for this pair. Slardar provides a reliable stun with Slithereen Crush, which gives Outworld Destroyer a clean window to apply damage. The problem is that Slardar’s Corrosive Haze is designed to amplify physical damage by shredding armor. Outworld Destroyer deals almost entirely magical and pure damage, so he gets no benefit from Haze beyond the vision it provides. They both excel at focusing one hero, but their core damage abilities don't actually help each other.
This dynamic often leads to a disjointed game plan. While they can sometimes overwhelm a support in the mid-game through raw damage, the lack of synergy becomes a problem against durable cores. Outworld Destroyer may need to target a specific hero with Sanity's Eclipse, but that target might not be the one Slardar has marked for a physical damage follow-up. They end up functioning more like two independent heroes fighting near each other rather than a cohesive unit that makes the other stronger.
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 | 47.54% | 284 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.39% | 775 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.86% | 657 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.47% | 223 |
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 | 51.71% | ▲ +3.4pp | 5,150 |
| 7.41d | 48.31% | ▼ -0.9pp | 47,458 |
| 7.41c | 49.21% | ▲ +0.1pp | 25,529 |
| 7.41b | 49.14% | — | 26,673 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.