How Alchemist and Pudge perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Alchemist and Pudge win 49.80% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 11,011 matches.
Getting hooked out of position is bad enough, but it's worse when an Alchemist is waiting. Pudge's Meat Hook and Dismember provide a perfect lockdown for Alchemist to land a fully charged Unstable Concoction. The Acid Spray dropped on top of the disabled target reduces their armor, making them melt even faster. This single-target burst is reliable and effective at securing pick-offs throughout the game. Later on, Alchemist can even donate an Aghanim's Scepter to Pudge, strengthening his initiation for the late game.
The success of this pairing often comes down to how well Pudge performs in the early stages. If he's landing his hooks and creating pressure, Alchemist gets the space he needs to farm and accelerate his item timings. The team can snowball off these early kills. However, if Pudge is having a quiet game, the duo offers very little. Alchemist needs time and space, and if Pudge isn't providing it, the enemy team can easily group up and punish the greed before Alchemist is ready to fight.
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 | 53.05% | 788 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.14% | 2,046 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.48% | 1,529 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.71% | 466 |
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 | 49.80% | ▼ -0.0pp | 11,011 |
| 7.41d | 49.83% | ▲ +0.2pp | 159,884 |
| 7.41c | 49.61% | ▼ -2.9pp | 108,732 |
| 7.41b | 52.49% | — | 192,123 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.