How Chaos Knight and Pugna perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight and Pugna win 50.69% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,592 matches.
Deciding to run this pair is a test of coordination. Pugna can keep Chaos Knight topped up with Life Drain during a fight, giving the carry more room to operate. The main problem is Decrepify. If Pugna throws it on Chaos Knight’s target, all of CK's physical damage from his Phantasm illusions is suddenly nullified, completely wasting the cooldown. This duo relies on Pugna playing around his carry, using his spells to save Chaos Knight or damage secondary targets instead of trying to set up the primary kill. When the timing is right, it feels okay, but one poorly aimed spell can easily lose the fight.
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 | 50.66% | 229 |
| Crusader & Archon | 57.62% | 453 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.44% | 246 |
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 | 50.69% | ▲ +0.4pp | 2,592 |
| 7.41d | 50.25% | ▼ -0.9pp | 28,398 |
| 7.41c | 51.19% | ▼ -0.3pp | 12,234 |
| 7.41b | 51.50% | — | 13,283 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.