How Bounty Hunter and Slardar perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bounty Hunter and Slardar win 49.35% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,586 matches.
Applying vision to a key target is the main idea here. Bounty Hunter's Track and Slardar's Corrosive Haze both reveal an enemy, which can feel a little redundant. The main benefit is security; if a target has a way to dispel one debuff, the other might still stick, making slippery heroes much easier to pin down. Tracking from a distance gives Slardar a clear path to run in and apply Corrosive Haze, setting up a kill. The extra gold from successful ganks helps the entire team, but it relies on actually securing those kills in the first place.
This duo encourages a heavy pickoff strategy. Bounty Hunter roams to find opportunities, and Slardar follows up with the physical damage and stun to bring a target down. The gold from Track can speed up a Blink Dagger timing on Slardar, letting him be the primary initiator. The game plan can struggle if the enemy team decides to group up and fight as five. Both heroes are focused on a single target and can be kited or overwhelmed by strong teamfight compositions, saves, or area-of-effect control, which keeps this pairing from being a reliable 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 | 45.91% | 318 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.23% | 736 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.85% | 565 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.41% | 249 |
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 | 49.35% | ▼ -0.4pp | 4,586 |
| 7.41d | 49.77% | ▼ -1.3pp | 55,582 |
| 7.41c | 51.06% | ▲ +0.6pp | 27,769 |
| 7.41b | 50.47% | — | 27,001 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.