How Bristleback and Juggernaut perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bristleback and Juggernaut win 50.15% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 22,437 matches.
Forcing fights with Bristleback can create a perfect runway for Juggernaut. As enemies try to disengage from the constant Quill Sprays and Goo stacks, their slowed movement makes them easy targets. Juggernaut can then connect with a full Blade Fury or find an isolated hero for Omnislash without needing to burn his own mobility items. The enemy team is forced to split its attention: deal with the unkillable nuisance in their face, or get run down by the carry who is hitting them for free from the side. Bristleback draws the spells and attention, leaving Juggernaut free to do his job.
This pairing relies on hitting a mid-game timing where both heroes are ready to fight. If Juggernaut falls behind on farm, he can't capitalize on the space Bristleback makes. Likewise, if the enemy has strong kiting tools or ways to burst Juggernaut from a distance, Bristleback's frontline pressure doesn't translate into kills. The game plan is for Bristleback to make them run and for Juggernaut to cut them down, but if the enemy team refuses to play that game and splits them up or out-ranges them, the combination offers little 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 | 54.56% | 1,556 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.65% | 2,888 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.65% | 1,541 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.20% | 322 |
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 | 50.15% | ▼ -0.4pp | 22,437 |
| 7.41d | 50.59% | ▲ +0.2pp | 194,482 |
| 7.41c | 50.39% | ▼ -1.4pp | 93,193 |
| 7.41b | 51.75% | — | 97,669 |
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Data updated Aug 18, 2026.