How Arc Warden and Lion perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Arc Warden and Lion win 51.02% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 10,760 matches.
Picking this pair in a draft often means committing to two different game plans. Lion provides excellent, long-duration lockdown with Hex and Earth Spike, setting up perfect kill windows on a single enemy. The problem is that Arc Warden is often not the hero who wants to capitalize on that immediately. He's usually more concerned with farming his core items and using his Tempest Double to apply pressure from a distance. Lion wants an active partner to roam with, but Arc Warden's main body needs to stay safe and accumulate gold, creating a tempo mismatch.
This can lead to a disjointed mid-game. A well-placed stun from Lion might go unpunished because the main Arc Warden is across the map. While the Tempest Double can contribute, its impact isn't always the same, and the pair can struggle to secure kills that other combinations would. If the game goes long enough for Arc Warden to become a monster, Lion's control is certainly helpful. The journey there can be awkward, however, as one hero wants to fight while the other wants to farm.
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 | 52.08% | 793 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.28% | 1,867 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.73% | 1,256 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.35% | 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 | 51.02% | ▲ +1.3pp | 10,760 |
| 7.41d | 49.68% | ▼ -0.0pp | 116,459 |
| 7.41c | 49.71% | ▲ +1.1pp | 46,343 |
| 7.41b | 48.59% | — | 48,948 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.