How Batrider and Bristleback perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Batrider and Bristleback win 41.90% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,124 matches.
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.
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 | 44.55% | 101 |
| Crusader & Archon | 36.40% | 239 |
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 | 41.90% | ▼ -1.7pp | 1,124 |
| 7.41d | 43.60% | ▼ -0.8pp | 17,112 |
| 7.41c | 44.41% | ▼ -5.8pp | 9,878 |
| 7.41b | 50.20% | — | 19,396 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.