How Arc Warden and Bristleback perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Arc Warden and Bristleback win 51.93% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,890 matches.
Focusing down a Bristleback who is running at your team can feel impossible when Arc Warden is around. A well-placed Magnetic Field on top of Bristleback makes him incredibly resilient to right-click damage, forcing enemies to either reposition or disengage entirely. This protection lets Bristleback stay in the fight longer, applying more stacks of his slow and Quill Spray without fear of being bursted by physical attacks. Arc Warden can also use Flux to help lock down a fleeing target that Bristleback is chasing, creating a decent single-target threat.
This duo can excel at creating a strong front line for sieging towers or controlling Roshan. The Tempest Double can apply these same effects, letting the real Arc Warden contribute from a safer position. However, the combination is heavily reliant on positioning and is much less effective against lineups with heavy magical burst, which can ignore the Field's protection. Enemies will try to kite Bristleback out of the zone or focus their spells on the vulnerable Arc Warden instead. This makes fights hinge on cooldowns and positioning from both sides.
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 | 50.77% | 392 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.76% | 723 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.06% | 340 |
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 | 51.93% | ▲ +1.6pp | 3,890 |
| 7.41d | 50.32% | ▼ -0.7pp | 48,290 |
| 7.41c | 51.02% | ▲ +0.1pp | 20,057 |
| 7.41b | 50.93% | — | 22,321 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.