How Anti-Mage and Pangolier perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Anti-Mage and Pangolier win 45.59% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,519 matches.
Rolling into the enemy team as Pangolier often leaves the rest of his lineup playing a man down. His active, chaotic fighting style clashes with Anti-Mage's need for a quiet early and mid-game to farm core items. While Pangolier looks to force engagements with Swashbuckle and his ultimate, Anti-Mage is focused on split-pushing and avoiding the enemy team entirely. This puts the two cores on different pages, with one trying to start fights and the other trying to build a gold lead on the other side of the map. Their timings don't naturally align.
The success of this pairing depends heavily on the other three heroes' ability to survive Pangolier's aggressive plays. The space he creates can be useful, but it's an indirect benefit. Pangolier's disruption doesn't offer the kind of clean lockdown that sets up a good Mana Void, and he often scatters enemies that Anti-Mage would prefer to have pinned down. The team can feel split between two different game plans, and getting through the mid-game requires the enemy to not punish this strategic disconnect before Anti-Mage is ready to contribute.
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 | 40.32% | 253 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.35% | 658 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.27% | 634 |
| Divine & Immortal | 41.33% | 225 |
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 | 45.59% | ▼ -0.2pp | 4,519 |
| 7.41d | 45.79% | ▼ -0.4pp | 60,853 |
| 7.41c | 46.19% | ▼ -1.6pp | 48,666 |
| 7.41b | 47.78% | — | 56,398 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.