How Skywrath Mage and Troll Warlord perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Skywrath Mage and Troll Warlord win 53.38% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,912 matches.
Applying Ancient Seal to a target stops them from using their escape spells, which is often all the setup Troll Warlord needs. With the enemy silenced and slowed by a follow-up Concussive Shot, Troll can freely build up Fervor stacks and secure the kill before they can react with abilities. This simple ganking pattern gives the duo a way to create pressure and find pickoffs from the early game onward. Skywrath Mage's burst damage complements Troll's sustained physical output, making it difficult for many heroes to survive their combined focus fire.
This pairing helps Troll Warlord's early and mid-game snowball potential, turning his lane advantage into map control. An early kill or two lets him accelerate his farm and hit his timings sooner. The synergy does fall off a bit if the game goes late or if the enemy team has good saves. Items like a Force Staff or Glimmer Cape can still rescue a silenced ally, and a well-positioned enemy team can often burst the fragile Skywrath Mage before he can cast his full combo. If Troll gets kited or forced to use Battle Trance on the wrong target, their offensive potential fizzles out.
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 | 54.59% | 458 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.74% | 751 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.94% | 408 |
| Divine & Immortal | 58.33% | 108 |
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 | 53.38% | ▲ +1.9pp | 4,912 |
| 7.41d | 51.50% | ▼ -0.5pp | 54,079 |
| 7.41c | 52.05% | ▲ +0.9pp | 24,394 |
| 7.41b | 51.16% | — | 23,653 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.