How Chaos Knight and Snapfire perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight and Snapfire win 51.68% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 8,022 matches.
Controlling the pace of the mid-game becomes a bit more straightforward for this pair. Snapfire gives Chaos Knight a reliable way to start fights from a long distance. A well-placed Firesnap Cookie can launch Chaos Knight directly on top of a target, guaranteeing he gets in range for Reality Rift and Chaos Bolt. This removes much of the usual guesswork from Chaos Knight's initiations. The follow-up stuns and slows from Snapfire's other abilities then make it very difficult for that single target to escape once the combo begins.
This early kill potential helps Chaos Knight secure the farm and space he needs to scale. By picking off key heroes, the duo can create pressure that opens up the map for objectives. The advantage is not overwhelming, however. Enemies can still play around vision, split push, or punish a missed Cookie. Snapfire herself is vulnerable if caught out, and Chaos Knight can still be kited by mobile heroes even after his initial engage. The pairing offers a more consistent way to apply pressure than Chaos Knight might have on his own, which can slightly tilt the game in their favor.
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 | 55.45% | 532 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.11% | 1,349 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.10% | 1,048 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.83% | 287 |
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 | 51.68% | ▼ -2.6pp | 8,022 |
| 7.41d | 54.31% | ▲ +3.5pp | 107,491 |
| 7.41c | 50.82% | ▲ +1.5pp | 27,059 |
| 7.41b | 49.34% | — | 15,442 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.