How Batrider and Bristleback perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 44.06%
Win rate when Batrider and Bristleback are on the same team, over 3,525 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Batrider and Bristleback win 44.06% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,525 matches.
Why this works
Controlling the pace of the game can feel a bit awkward with this duo. Both heroes want to take over the map early, but they do it in ways that don't always align. Batrider’s whole game is about isolating a key target with Flaming Lasso and dragging them out of the fight. The problem is that Bristleback wants the opposite; he thrives when enemies clump up on him, allowing him to stack Quill Sprays on multiple people. A good Lasso initiation can actually split the fight, pulling a hero away from Bristleback and leaving him with fewer targets to punish. They end up wanting to fight in two different directions at once, making their combined impact less than the sum of its parts.
Batrider + Bristleback across patches
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
7.41f
44.06%
▲ +0.2pp
3,525
7.41e
43.91%
▲ +0.3pp
10,611
7.41d
43.60%
▼ -0.8pp
17,112
7.41c
44.41%
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9,878
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