How Bounty Hunter and Dragon Knight perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bounty Hunter and Dragon Knight win 51.03% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,563 matches.
Playing for different tempos can leave a team feeling disjointed. Bounty Hunter excels at creating early-game pressure and pickoffs, using Track to accelerate his team's economy through skirmishes. Dragon Knight operates on a slower, more deliberate clock. He needs time to farm key items before he can truly come online, using Dragon Form to siege objectives as a durable frontline. The core issue is that Bounty Hunter wants to fight constantly all over the map, while Dragon Knight prefers to group up and systematically take towers during his ultimate's cooldown.
This can result in awkward mid-games where neither hero is able to fully execute their plan. Bounty Hunter might find an opening, but Dragon Knight isn't in position to convert the kill into a tower. Conversely, Dragon Knight might be ready to push with his team, but BH is off scouting or trying to secure a solo kill elsewhere. The Track gold is always useful, but it doesn't solve the fundamental conflict in their game plans. For the pairing to succeed, they have to coordinate their timings perfectly, which often proves difficult to do.
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 | 49.58% | 240 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.48% | 460 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.30% | 304 |
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 | 51.03% | ▲ +0.7pp | 2,563 |
| 7.41d | 50.33% | ▲ +1.4pp | 30,970 |
| 7.41c | 48.90% | ▲ +0.8pp | 15,899 |
| 7.41b | 48.07% | — | 16,964 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.