How Bounty Hunter and Queen of Pain perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bounty Hunter and Queen of Pain win 50.76% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,054 matches.
Seeing a Track debuff appear on your hero is unnerving, as it often means a Queen of Pain is about to Blink in for a kill. The core idea is simple: Bounty Hunter provides the vision and the gold bonus from his ultimate, and QoP delivers the burst damage to secure the pickoff. This can accelerate Queen of Pain’s item progression, letting her complete a key item ahead of schedule to continue snowballing. Bounty Hunter's Jinada slow can also help her stick on a target after the initial burst.
The effectiveness of this pairing, however, depends entirely on executing that gank-heavy game plan. If the enemy team plays safely and groups up, both heroes can struggle to find openings. Neither Bounty Hunter nor Queen of Pain offers much sustained tower push or lockdown for big teamfights. The strategy requires building a lead through assassination, and if those opportunities don't materialize, the duo provides less utility for defending high ground or fighting grouped-up opponents compared to more conventional pairings.
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 | 42.45% | 384 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.61% | 825 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.00% | 738 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.20% | 341 |
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 | 50.76% | ▲ +1.7pp | 6,054 |
| 7.41d | 49.04% | ▲ +0.2pp | 75,278 |
| 7.41c | 48.85% | ▼ -2.2pp | 40,886 |
| 7.41b | 51.09% | — | 45,675 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.