How Chen and Pugna perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 48.57%
Win rate when Chen and Pugna are on the same team, over 35 ranked matches (7.41e).
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chen and Pugna win 48.57% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 35 matches.
Small sample: this pairing has only 35 ranked matches in the current window, so its win rate will swing more than deep-sample pairings as new games come in.
Why this works
Thinking of this pair as a simple healing combo misses their main purpose. The real strength is overwhelming tower pressure. Chen brings an army of creeps, and Pugna brings Nether Blast; together they can melt objectives before the enemy team has time to organize a defense. In fights, Pugna can Decrepify a target to set them up for his own Life Drain, while Chen’s Penitence amps the damage further. You don't see this duo played together very often, so it's hard to say for sure how consistently it works.
Chen + Pugna across patches
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 early
48.57%
▲ +3.5pp
35
7.41d
45.07%
▼ -4.7pp
2,403
7.41c
49.82%
▼ -6.7pp
2,184
7.41b
56.49%
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2,372
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As teammates, Chen and Pugna win 48.57% of ranked matches in patch 7.41e (35 matches) — below the 50% baseline for a duo.
How many matches back the Chen + Pugna number?
35 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41e, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily. This pairing is below our 100-match deep-sample bar, so expect the number to swing more than usual.