Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Techies wins the Pugna vs Techies matchup: Techies beats Pugna in 50.36% of 22,932 ranked matches.
Getting jumped by Techies can be a serious problem for Pugna. The silence from Blast Off! will interrupt a Life Drain channel, and hidden Proximity Mines can instantly kill the fragile hero if he isn't careful about his positioning. Setting up a Nether Ward becomes a risky proposition when key locations are already mined. Even a defensive Decrepify can be a mistake, as the amplified magic damage often helps Techies finish the kill rather than allowing for an escape.
The whole game becomes a struggle over vision and area control. Techies wants to make the map dangerous for Pugna to move through, forcing him to play from behind. Pugna's counterplay is to use the long range and low cooldown of Nether Blast to methodically clear mines before his team moves into an area. The hero who better predicts the other's positioning will usually win the engagement, which keeps the matchup from becoming too one-sided.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Pugna's win rate against Techies 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 | Pugna win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 41.41% | 256 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.36% | 691 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.13% | 682 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.16% | 172 |
Pugna's win rate against Techies in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Pugna win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 49.64% | ▼ -0.4pp | 22,932 |
| 7.41e | 50.05% | ▲ +0.6pp | 61,984 |
| 7.41d | 49.41% | ▲ +0.6pp | 61,351 |
| 7.41c | 48.85% | — | 34,040 |
Move this data into a draft
Pugna starts on Radiant and Techies on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 4, 2026.