How Windranger and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Windranger and Witch Doctor win 50.53% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 23,521 matches.
Setting up a kill with these two heroes relies on a classic stun-into-damage sequence. Windranger’s Shackleshot can lock a target down for a long time, giving Witch Doctor a perfect window to channel his Death Ward. Adding Maledict on top of that makes the kill almost certain. The problem is that this entire play hinges on Windranger landing a good Shackleshot, which is one of the more difficult and conditional stuns in the game. If the shackle misses or only latches for a short duration, the whole gank falls apart, and a powerful ultimate is left without a setup.
This makes their mid-game pickoff potential very inconsistent. When the combo works, they can delete a key enemy from the fight before it even begins. When it fails, Witch Doctor is often left standing in a bad spot and can be easily killed while channeling or trying to retreat. Experienced opponents will save their stuns and mobility spells specifically to interrupt the Death Ward or save the shackled ally. Because the success of the partnership is so dependent on perfect execution against a resisting enemy, the results tend to even out across the game.
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 | 51.48% | 1,519 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.63% | 3,800 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.47% | 2,961 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.61% | 829 |
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 | 50.53% | ▲ +0.3pp | 23,521 |
| 7.41d | 50.25% | ▲ +0.4pp | 257,392 |
| 7.41c | 49.85% | ▲ +0.5pp | 118,861 |
| 7.41b | 49.33% | — | 108,643 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.