How Bristleback and Luna perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bristleback and Luna win 48.22% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 10,617 matches.
Picking these two heroes together creates a very straightforward front-to-back game plan. Bristleback is a natural frontline tank who can run at the enemy and absorb attention with Quill Spray spam, creating space for Luna to safely attack with her Moon Glaives from a distance. His Viscous Nasal Goo provides a slow to help keep targets in range. However, the pairing lacks any hard lockdown. Without a reliable stun from her frontline partner, it's difficult for Luna to guarantee a kill with her Eclipse, and she has fewer tools to help her escape if she gets jumped on by mobile heroes.
The success of this duo often hinges on whether the enemy team can break this formation. The plan is for Bristleback to be the main target, but opponents with good initiation can often bypass him and go straight for Luna. Both heroes also require a significant amount of farm to come online, and they can sometimes find themselves competing for safe farming space on the map. It puts a lot of pressure on the rest of the team to provide the control and utility that both Bristleback and Luna are missing from their own kits.
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 | 55.72% | 962 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.60% | 1,747 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.69% | 1,013 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.00% | 300 |
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 | 48.22% | ▲ +0.0pp | 10,617 |
| 7.41d | 48.19% | ▼ -0.4pp | 113,587 |
| 7.41c | 48.54% | ▼ -1.2pp | 48,574 |
| 7.41b | 49.78% | — | 54,056 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.