How Alchemist and Chaos Knight perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Alchemist and Chaos Knight win 51.78% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,914 matches.
Giving Alchemist's Aghanim's Scepter to Chaos Knight isn't always the master plan here. The more consistent value comes from their teamwork in fights. Alchemist's Acid Spray melts armor, which makes every attack from Chaos Knight and his Phantasm illusions significantly more dangerous. It softens up a whole area for CK to Reality Rift into and commit his ultimate. Unstable Concoction can also set up a clean stun, preventing a target from escaping the initial Chaos Bolt and letting the illusions get their first hits in.
This pairing often tries to force the issue early. With the armor reduction and lockdown, they can secure kills in lane and start to snowball. The goal is for Alchemist to use his farming speed to create space and an item advantage, while Chaos Knight uses that advantage to break open the map. The weakness is that it's a very physical-damage-focused plan. If the enemy team can survive the initial burst with saves or Ghost Scepters and can punish Alchemist's greed, the duo's timing can fall apart before their advantage becomes overwhelming.
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 | 48.33% | 180 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.81% | 408 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.21% | 224 |
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 | 51.78% | ▲ +1.7pp | 1,914 |
| 7.41d | 50.04% | ▼ -2.3pp | 26,498 |
| 7.41c | 52.30% | 0.0pp | 15,381 |
| 7.41b | 52.30% | — | 25,501 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.