How Anti-Mage and Bane perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Anti-Mage and Bane win 49.62% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,773 matches.
Setting up a kill with Fiend's Grip gives Anti-Mage a perfect window to Blink in and burn all of a target's mana. Bane provides the long, single-target lockdown that Anti-Mage lacks, turning a slippery hero into a sitting duck. This is especially true in the mid-game, where a pickoff on a key core can open up the map. Nightmare can also be used to save Anti-Mage or set up a multi-hero fight, giving him time to choose his entry point. The combination is straightforward but relies heavily on coordination.
The dynamic often feels awkward because the two heroes want to play the game at different speeds. Bane is an early-game enforcer, looking to secure kills and control lanes. Anti-Mage, on the other hand, needs a lot of space and time to farm his core items before he can safely join fights. This can lead to situations where Bane is trying to force action while Anti-Mage is on the other side of the map. If the enemy team is aggressive and coordinated, they can exploit this timing gap and punish the lineup before the pickoff potential ever comes online.
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 | 52.29% | 436 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.73% | 1,090 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.00% | 714 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.20% | 247 |
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 | 49.62% | ▼ -1.2pp | 6,773 |
| 7.41d | 50.78% | ▲ +0.4pp | 74,353 |
| 7.41c | 50.40% | ▲ +0.5pp | 25,146 |
| 7.41b | 49.94% | — | 21,223 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.