How Bristleback and Legion Commander perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bristleback and Legion Commander win 51.41% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 389 matches.
Locking a hero down with Duel creates the perfect target for Bristleback. He can unload Quill Sprays on a stationary enemy that can't escape, quickly building up lethal damage. Because Legion Commander forces the target to stand and fight, Bristleback is guaranteed to land his spells and attacks. He can even turn his back to other enemies trying to help, triggering even more sprays onto the primary target and securing Duel wins that Legion might otherwise lose on her own. The damage simply becomes overwhelming.
The shared game plan is simple and aggressive. Legion Commander finds an isolated hero, and Bristleback provides the damage to secure the Duel victory before anyone can react. This forces enemies into a bad choice: abandon their ally, or try to save them and clump up for Bristleback’s area damage. Either way, the fight often snowballs in your favor. The constant threat of this combo creates space and keeps the enemy team playing defensively from the mid-game onward.
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 | 51.02% | 441 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.47% | 476 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.46% | 227 |
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 | 51.41% | ▼ -1.0pp | 389 |
| 7.41d | 52.38% | ▼ -0.9pp | 46,554 |
| 7.41c | 53.30% | ▼ -0.5pp | 29,085 |
| 7.41b | 53.85% | — | 34,122 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.