How Bane and Kez perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bane and Kez win 44.00% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,807 matches.
Holding an enemy in place with Fiend's Grip for a carry seems like an ideal setup, but the execution can be awkward. The main issue is that both Bane and Kez invest their most powerful tools into killing a single hero. A duelist like Kez is already built to isolate and eliminate a target; the extra lockdown from Bane is often overkill, especially when both ultimates have long cooldowns. This heavy focus on single-target pickoffs leaves your team without much area control or wave clear. Against teams that group up, this duo can struggle to find an opening, as disabling one enemy still leaves Kez exposed to the others.
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 | 40.85% | 142 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.00% | 300 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.48% | 308 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.07% | 181 |
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 | 44.00% | ▼ -1.4pp | 2,807 |
| 7.41d | 45.43% | ▼ -2.4pp | 27,037 |
| 7.41c | 47.87% | ▼ -1.3pp | 13,095 |
| 7.41b | 49.15% | — | 7,943 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.