How Anti-Mage and Dragon Knight perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Anti-Mage and Dragon Knight win 49.96% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,176 matches.
Thinking of this pair as a classic front-to-back setup is a common mistake. The core issue is that their game plans are on different timers. Dragon Knight hits a major power spike with his ultimate and wants to group with his team to push down towers in the mid-game. He provides a strong, durable frontline for taking objectives. Anti-Mage, on the other hand, is at his weakest during this same period. He needs to avoid fights and farm for his own core items before he can contribute effectively.
This conflict in tempo often leaves the team feeling split. If they group to follow Dragon Knight's lead, they are fighting without their primary carry and can get overwhelmed. If they try to stall and make space for Anti-Mage, they risk wasting DK's strongest window of impact. The enemy team can exploit this by forcing fights or taking map control while your team is divided. While a late-game Anti-Mage can still win, getting there is often a real struggle for this lineup.
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 | 49.18% | 429 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.85% | 911 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.05% | 558 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.37% | 121 |
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 | 49.96% | ▲ +0.8pp | 5,176 |
| 7.41d | 49.13% | ▲ +1.1pp | 61,433 |
| 7.41c | 48.05% | ▼ -0.2pp | 27,900 |
| 7.41b | 48.22% | — | 29,137 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.