How Bane and Pugna perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bane and Pugna win 49.79% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,420 matches.
Struggling to convert kills into objectives can be a theme with this duo. Both Bane and Pugna rely on channeling their key spells, Fiend's Grip and Life Drain, to secure a pickoff. While this can delete an isolated target, it makes the pair extremely stationary and vulnerable. Any hero with a decent area-of-effect stun can neutralize the entire combo, often leaving both of you exposed. The setup demands perfect positioning and an enemy team that lacks easy interrupts. Pugna's Decrepify can amplify Bane's magical damage, but the overlapping weakness of being rooted during channels often makes the partnership feel inflexible. It's a high-risk plan that is either a free kill or a total disaster, with little room in between.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 49.25% | 199 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.41% | 142 |
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 | 49.79% | ▲ +0.6pp | 1,420 |
| 7.41d | 49.15% | ▼ -0.6pp | 15,403 |
| 7.41c | 49.79% | ▲ +2.7pp | 6,582 |
| 7.41b | 47.11% | — | 5,629 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.