How Chaos Knight and Hoodwink perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight and Hoodwink win 49.03% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,548 matches.
Controlling the map can feel difficult with this duo, as neither hero clears creep waves very quickly. This can slow down the team's ability to pressure towers or farm the enemy jungle. While Hoodwink's Bushwhack provides an excellent setup for Chaos Knight to close the distance with Reality Rift and land his own stun, the combo is heavily dependent on positioning. Hoodwink needs trees to be fully effective, but Chaos Knight can't always wait for her to find the perfect angle. This small conflict in their ideal fighting grounds means their gank attempts aren't always successful.
In the mid-game, you're mostly looking for pickoffs on isolated heroes. A successful Bushwhack into a full Chaos Knight burst can secure a kill and maybe an objective afterwards. However, if the enemy team groups up and forces fights, the pair can struggle. They have overlapping strengths in single-target lockdown but share weaknesses against teams with lots of area-of-effect damage. Chaos Knight's illusions from Phantasm get cleared out quickly, and without them, his impact drops off significantly. It often comes down to snowballing from early kills before the other team is ready to fight as five.
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 | 48.55% | 482 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.94% | 897 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.41% | 555 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.34% | 145 |
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 | 49.03% | ▲ +0.5pp | 5,548 |
| 7.41d | 48.58% | ▼ -0.1pp | 63,053 |
| 7.41c | 48.68% | ▼ -0.9pp | 27,153 |
| 7.41b | 49.62% | — | 27,220 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.