How Bristleback and Enigma perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bristleback and Enigma win 49.71% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,114 matches.
Standing inside a Black Hole while Bristleback is free to run at your team is an awful feeling. It lets him build up Quill Spray stacks on everyone at once, and with enemies held in place, Viscous Nasal Goo ensures no one is getting away if the channel ends early. Enigma basically creates the perfect multi-hero target for Bristleback to ramp his damage against, turning a single-target brawler into a teamfight menace for a few seconds.
This synergy is entirely dependent on that one spell, though. Bristleback offers no lockdown to help Enigma get a clean Black Hole, nor can he protect Enigma from being interrupted. If the enemy team has good positioning or saves a stun for the channel, the whole plan falls apart. Outside of that specific ultimate combo, their kits don't overlap much. Bristleback wants long, scrappy fights, while Enigma looks for one clean initiation, so their ideal teamfights often look very different.
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 | 52.74% | 347 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.92% | 532 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.79% | 233 |
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 | 49.71% | ▼ -0.1pp | 3,114 |
| 7.41d | 49.85% | ▲ +0.1pp | 42,282 |
| 7.41c | 49.79% | ▼ -1.0pp | 18,435 |
| 7.41b | 50.83% | — | 19,676 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.