How Warlock and Zeus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Warlock and Zeus win 49.79% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 10,081 matches.
Linking several enemies with Fatal Bonds creates a perfect setup for Zeus to unload his arsenal. Each zap from Lightning Bolt or proc from Static Field gets multiplied across the bonded targets, turning his already high area damage into a serious threat. If Warlock can also land Chaotic Offering to stun everyone in place, it guarantees Zeus can hit his full combo without anyone escaping. This core interaction forms the basis of their teamfight plan: Warlock clumps them up and links them, and Zeus provides the burst damage to bring them all down at once.
The success of this duo hinges entirely on executing that big teamfight combo. Warlock and Zeus want to group up as five and force fights around Roshan or towers, where the enemy is likely to be clustered together. The problem is that this game plan is very predictable. Opponents will see the draft and immediately start thinking about spreading out in fights, building magic resistance items like Pipe of Insight, and rushing Black King Bars to ignore the spell damage. If the enemy team can successfully split the map or pick off either Warlock or Zeus before a fight begins, the entire strategy can fall apart.
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 | 54.27% | 621 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.06% | 1,690 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.58% | 1,289 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.77% | 329 |
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 | 49.79% | ▼ -0.4pp | 10,081 |
| 7.41d | 50.17% | ▼ -0.0pp | 147,565 |
| 7.41c | 50.22% | ▲ +0.2pp | 61,721 |
| 7.41b | 50.01% | — | 61,282 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.