How Wraith King and Sniper perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Wraith King and Sniper win 59.33% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,686 matches.
Picking against this duo forces a difficult choice on the enemy team. Wraith King provides an ideal front line for Sniper. He can initiate with a stun and is durable enough to stand his ground, but his real value comes from Reincarnation. Forcing opponents to kill him twice creates a massive window of opportunity where they are committed and exposed. During all this chaos, Sniper is free to stand far behind the fight, safely hitting targets with his extreme range. It’s the classic front-to-back teamfight setup, and it works very well.
From the mid-game onward, this pairing becomes a problem. Wraith King can walk up to towers with his army, forcing a response. If the enemy team tries to jump on Sniper, they risk getting stunned and focused down. If they try to kill Wraith King first, they have to burn through two health bars while Sniper picks them apart. The best counter is coordinated burst and multiple heroes who can close the gap simultaneously, but executing that against a stun and a huge health pool is never easy.
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 | 61.27% | 1,996 |
| Crusader & Archon | 59.21% | 4,861 |
| Legend & Ancient | 56.81% | 2,952 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.80% | 500 |
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 | 59.33% | ▲ +3.1pp | 3,686 |
| 7.41d | 56.27% | ▼ -0.2pp | 353,915 |
| 7.41c | 56.45% | ▲ +1.7pp | 170,209 |
| 7.41b | 54.72% | — | 169,533 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.