How Bane and Windranger perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bane and Windranger win 47.89% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,056 matches.
Pairing these two heroes often seems like a good idea, but it can create a redundant game plan. Both Bane and Windranger excel at isolating and eliminating a single target. Committing both Fiend's Grip and Focus Fire to one kill is a huge investment of long-cooldown abilities. While it can secure a kill, it leaves your team with few resources to handle the rest of the enemy team. This single-target focus can also leave your draft predictable and lacking broader teamfight control or area damage, which can become a problem if the game goes late.
Early on, the damage from Windranger might not be enough to finish a target during Bane's ultimate without more help. Later, when her damage is significant, opponents will have purchased items like Force Staff or Glimmer Cape. These common support items are perfect for breaking the Fiend's Grip channel or saving the target, completely nullifying the combo. A coordinated enemy team will simply group as five, making it very difficult for this duo to find the isolated pickoffs they need to build an advantage.
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 | 45.98% | 348 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.04% | 793 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.53% | 720 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.40% | 432 |
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 | 47.89% | 0.0pp | 6,056 |
| 7.41d | 47.89% | ▼ -0.2pp | 64,563 |
| 7.41c | 48.10% | ▲ +0.2pp | 21,476 |
| 7.41b | 47.94% | — | 17,419 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.