How Chaos Knight and Lina perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight and Lina win 51.09% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 10,632 matches.
Facing this duo in a lane can feel like a coin toss. A successful gank attempt starts with Chaos Knight's Reality Rift, followed by a Chaos Bolt. This sets up a clear shot for Lina's Light Strike Array, and the combination of her magical burst with CK's physical damage can delete a single target very quickly. The issue lies in the execution. Chaos Bolt's stun has a random duration, and a short stun can give the enemy just enough time to react and dodge the follow-up from Lina. This makes their setup potent but not always reliable.
Later in the game, the two heroes don't solve each other's core problems. Chaos Knight still struggles against teams that can clear his illusions, which Lina does nothing to prevent. Likewise, CK doesn't offer much protection for a fragile Lina if she gets flanked. They both want to do the same thing: find one enemy and blow them up. When this works, it's effective. When the initial stun chain fails or the enemy team plays spread out, these two can feel like they are playing separate games on the same map.
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 | 48.89% | 857 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.16% | 1,691 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.28% | 1,073 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.18% | 285 |
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 | 51.09% | ▲ +0.7pp | 10,632 |
| 7.41d | 50.44% | ▲ +1.2pp | 98,540 |
| 7.41c | 49.20% | ▲ +0.8pp | 33,663 |
| 7.41b | 48.36% | — | 35,514 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.