How Ringmaster and Warlock perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Ringmaster and Warlock win 47.71% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,793 matches.
The theory of using Ringmaster's crowd control to set up for Warlock often falls apart in practice. Warlock’s Chaotic Offering already forces enemies to clump up or scatter, which usually provides the opening needed for a good Fatal Bonds. The real problem is the lack of follow-through. Both heroes bring control and sustained effects to a fight, but neither provides the immediate, high-impact damage to capitalize on that setup. A team with both Ringmaster and Warlock can execute a perfect multi-hero lockdown but still lack the burst to actually secure kills, leaving them exposed once their long cooldowns have been used.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 46.20% | 158 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.48% | 198 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 47.71% | ▲ +0.7pp | 5,793 |
| 7.41e | 47.06% | ▲ +1.2pp | 20,703 |
| 7.41d | 45.89% | ▼ -0.9pp | 23,245 |
| 7.41c | 46.78% | — | 8,455 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.