Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight wins the Chaos Knight vs Pudge matchup: Chaos Knight beats Pudge in 51.18% of 18,630 ranked matches.
Trying to land a critical Hook often feels like a guessing game against Chaos Knight. His Phantasm illusions can completely surround him, making it difficult for Pudge to isolate the real hero with either Hook or Dismember. Rot is Pudge's only area-of-effect tool, and it doesn't deal damage fast enough to clear the illusions before they and the real Chaos Knight tear through his large health pool. If Chaos Knight gets the jump, the fight is usually over before Pudge can land his full combo.
This dynamic forces the Pudge player to be proactive early, seeking pickoffs on Chaos Knight before he gets his ultimate online. A successful gank on a solo CK is still a kill. Later, Chaos Knight can turn the tables, using his illusions to hunt Pudge or to safely siege objectives. The matchup really hinges on which hero gets the initiation: a Pudge caught by a Phantasm swarm is helpless, but a lone Chaos Knight caught by a Hook is equally doomed.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Chaos Knight's win rate against Pudge 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 | Chaos Knight win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 49.31% | 1,525 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.78% | 3,160 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.70% | 1,846 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.58% | 466 |
Chaos Knight's win rate against Pudge in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Chaos Knight win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 51.18% | ▲ +0.7pp | 18,630 |
| 7.41d | 50.50% | ▼ -0.1pp | 201,596 |
| 7.41c | 50.62% | ▲ +0.5pp | 74,355 |
| 7.41b | 50.13% | — | 80,477 |
Move this data into a draft
Chaos Knight starts on Radiant and Pudge on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.