How Bane and Slardar perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bane and Slardar win 49.42% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,033 matches.
Setting up a pick-off is the main idea here. Slardar can find a target and go in with his stun, applying Corrosive Haze. Bane then follows up with Fiend's Grip for a very long lockdown duration. While the target is held, Slardar is free to apply a lot of physical damage, which is amplified by the armor reduction. This sounds effective for securing kills on one hero, but it dedicates two major ultimates to a single target, and both heroes have to commit pretty hard to the kill.
This duo works best when roaming and finding isolated enemies before big teamfights break out. The problem is that more coordinated opponents will stick together, making it hard to find a good Fiend's Grip target who can't be saved. A simple stun on Bane breaks the whole combo. Slardar also doesn't offer much to protect Bane while he's channeling. So while they can delete one hero from a fight, they can struggle against team-wide pushes or save abilities, making their overall impact fairly neutral.
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 | 51.61% | 217 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.01% | 568 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.34% | 456 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.60% | 206 |
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 | 49.42% | ▼ -0.1pp | 4,033 |
| 7.41d | 49.52% | ▼ -1.4pp | 44,042 |
| 7.41c | 50.87% | ▲ +0.1pp | 17,951 |
| 7.41b | 50.77% | — | 15,331 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.