How Chaos Knight and Skywrath Mage perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight and Skywrath Mage win 52.83% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,676 matches.
Pairing a long stun with a huge magic nuke seems like a clear kill setup, but there's a problem. Chaos Knight’s Chaos Bolt has a variable stun duration. If Skywrath Mage commits Mystic Flare on a target that only gets stunned for a short time, the enemy can often walk right out of it, wasting a massive cooldown. The combination is a gamble every single time. While Skywrath's silence is always good for setting up a physical beatdown, it doesn't solve the core issue of their main spells not lining up reliably.
Across the game, their kits can feel at odds with each other. Chaos Knight wants to use Reality Rift to pull a target directly into his illusions for a quick physical burst. Skywrath Mage, however, wants that same enemy to be held still at a safe casting distance. This means they often fight over where the target should be. While they can threaten heroes in the lane, their lack of a cohesive plan for teamfights means they don't scale well together and don't amplify each other's strengths later on.
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 | 51.95% | 693 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.76% | 1,248 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.31% | 709 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.46% | 159 |
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 | 52.83% | ▲ +1.9pp | 7,676 |
| 7.41d | 50.92% | ▲ +0.6pp | 85,105 |
| 7.41c | 50.31% | ▲ +1.2pp | 31,586 |
| 7.41b | 49.11% | — | 34,172 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.