How Slardar and Weaver perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Slardar and Weaver win 47.73% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,803 matches.
Pairing a powerful armor reduction debuff with a physical damage carry seems like an obvious win. Slardar can apply Corrosive Haze to a key hero, setting them up for Weaver to quickly bring them down. The catch is in their preferred fighting styles. Slardar is an initiator who wants to jump in, land his stun, and force a hard commit from his team to burst down a target. Weaver, by contrast, is an agile skirmisher who excels at chipping away at enemies with Shukuchi and kiting. He's not a hero that wants to stand his ground and man-fight, which can leave Slardar exposed after he goes in.
This dynamic often leads to awkward fights. Slardar might find a perfect initiation with Blink and Crush, but the immediate follow-up damage from Weaver isn't guaranteed. If the enemy team turns on the fragile Weaver, he's forced to use Time Lapse or Shukuchi to escape, leaving the Haze target alive and Slardar in a poor position. Weaver needs time to deal his damage safely, while Slardar's kit is built around creating a short, decisive window for a kill. Their timings simply don't align as well as they might appear on paper.
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 | 49.67% | 459 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.38% | 856 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.61% | 638 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.44% | 215 |
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 | 47.73% | ▲ +0.2pp | 5,803 |
| 7.41d | 47.50% | ▼ -0.4pp | 77,547 |
| 7.41c | 47.92% | ▼ -0.3pp | 45,101 |
| 7.41b | 48.20% | — | 54,214 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.