How Chaos Knight and Lone Druid perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight and Lone Druid win 47.48% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,091 matches.
Putting two heavy physical cores on the same team might seem like a straightforward way to win fights, but the reality is more complicated. Both Chaos Knight and Lone Druid are greedy heroes that need a lot of space and farm to hit their key item timings. They often end up wanting to farm the same safe parts of the map, which can slow down the whole team's momentum and leave you vulnerable in the mid-game. The pairing can work, but it relies on your team playing perfectly to create enough space for two carries. If it does get to a late game, dealing with both Phantasm illusions and a farmed Spirit Bear can overwhelm an enemy team that lacks answers.
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 | 45.61% | 114 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.00% | 198 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.95% | 149 |
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 | 47.48% | ▼ -1.7pp | 1,091 |
| 7.41d | 49.15% | ▼ -0.4pp | 12,347 |
| 7.41c | 49.58% | ▼ -2.3pp | 7,562 |
| 7.41b | 51.90% | — | 11,593 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.