How Bristleback and Nature's Prophet perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bristleback and Nature's Prophet win 40.56% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 853 matches.
Trying to run down an enemy as Bristleback is hard when your team's main source of lockdown can trap you both inside a ring of trees. It speaks to a core conflict in what these heroes want to do. Bristleback thrives in the middle of a grouped-up brawl, turning his back and spamming Quill Spray. Nature's Prophet, on the other hand, excels at playing away from his team, applying pressure across the map with Teleportation and forcing the enemy to split up. These two game plans actively work against each other.
This leaves Bristleback starting teamfights without a key ally. Often the fight is already decided by the time Nature's Prophet can join from across the map, if he joins at all. An enemy team can capitalize on this by either ganking the isolated Prophet or simply running over the under-supported Bristleback deathball. Your team is forced to react to two different game plans at once, and it rarely comes together smoothly against a coordinated opponent.
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 | 47.17% | 761 |
| Crusader & Archon | 39.06% | 1,175 |
| Legend & Ancient | 36.49% | 559 |
| Divine & Immortal | 35.77% | 137 |
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 | 40.56% | ▼ -2.6pp | 853 |
| 7.41d | 43.14% | ▼ -0.7pp | 109,240 |
| 7.41c | 43.83% | ▼ -1.6pp | 53,597 |
| 7.41b | 45.46% | — | 55,474 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.