How Bristleback and Invoker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bristleback and Invoker win 50.11% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 17,387 matches.
Trying to pin down a target against this duo is a real headache. Bristleback creates a durable, disruptive frontline that's hard to ignore, constantly slowing enemies with Goo and stacking up damage. This gives Invoker all the time and space he needs to land his spells from the back line. A well-placed Cold Snap or Ice Wall on a target already slowed by Bristleback pretty much guarantees a kill, letting the two of them control the pace of a teamfight by creating a clear front and back.
The main issue is that both heroes are greedy. They both need a lot of experience and farm to come online, and they don't do much to accelerate each other's laning phase. A game plan can get split if the Invoker wants to farm key items while the Bristleback hits a timing and wants to force fights with the team. Unless the lanes go well for both of them, one hero is often playing from behind, which prevents the whole front-to-back strategy from ever really getting started.
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 | 52.28% | 1,314 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.13% | 2,940 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.10% | 1,809 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.09% | 499 |
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 | 50.11% | ▼ -0.3pp | 17,387 |
| 7.41d | 50.44% | ▼ -1.1pp | 209,645 |
| 7.41c | 51.50% | ▼ -1.7pp | 116,701 |
| 7.41b | 53.16% | — | 126,207 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.