How Brewmaster and Riki perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Brewmaster and Riki win 47.33% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 131 matches.
A lot of players see these two as having separate jobs, but Brewmaster creates the perfect cover for Riki. Once Primal Split is used, the enemy team is overwhelmed trying to manage three different units, stuns, and slows. This chaos gives Riki total freedom of movement. He can wait for a Brewling to corner a support, then Blink Strike for the kill. A well-placed Smoke Screen on heroes already slowed by Cinder Brew leaves them unable to cast spells or fight back effectively. By the time the enemy team realizes where Riki is, their backline is already gone.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 47.66% | 107 |
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 | 47.33% | ▼ -4.9pp | 131 |
| 7.41d | 52.25% | ▼ -1.0pp | 10,387 |
| 7.41c | 53.28% | ▲ +0.7pp | 5,848 |
| 7.41b | 52.62% | — | 5,682 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.