How Skywrath Mage and Zeus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Skywrath Mage and Zeus win 49.01% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 17,267 matches.
Stacking up magic damage is the plan here. Skywrath Mage can use Ancient Seal to amplify all incoming magic damage on a target, which makes everything Zeus does hit much harder. A single target caught by the silence can be deleted from the map before they can react, especially if both Mystic Flare and Thundergod's Wrath are available. It’s a very direct and obvious way to secure a pickoff, turning any enemy hero into a potential burst target from the mid-game onward.
The issue is that both heroes do the same thing. They offer immense magical burst but little else. Your team will lack stuns, physical damage, and durability if you don't draft around them carefully. This makes the lineup predictable and very vulnerable to items like Black King Bar or Pipe of Insight. While Zeus and Skywrath Mage can combine their spells to melt one hero, the rest of the enemy team can often run them over once that initial burst is used, leading to an even trade at best.
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 | 49.43% | 1,145 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.91% | 2,781 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.64% | 2,040 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.87% | 638 |
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 | 49.01% | ▼ -2.1pp | 17,267 |
| 7.41d | 51.13% | ▲ +0.3pp | 247,088 |
| 7.41c | 50.80% | ▲ +0.9pp | 98,999 |
| 7.41b | 49.86% | — | 87,989 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.