How Dawnbreaker and Lina perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dawnbreaker and Lina win 51.45% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 20,305 matches.
Setting up a kill from across the map is the main idea here. Dawnbreaker’s Solar Guardian provides a stun upon landing, giving Lina an easy window to place Light Strike Array and follow up with her full damage combo. The target is held in place for the full duration, making it much easier to secure a burst kill that might otherwise be difficult. The reverse also works; Lina can use her own stun to hold a target still, ensuring Dawnbreaker’s ultimate lands on a priority hero without them simply walking away.
This game plan revolves entirely around converting those ultimate cooldowns into kills and objectives. Aware opponents will play cautiously, grouping up to make single-target ganks difficult and to punish Dawnbreaker's landing. The success of this pairing often hinges on whether they can find isolated heroes early on. If they manage a few successful ganks, Lina's damage can snowball and the threat becomes much more real. If the enemy plays safe and weathers the initial timings, the synergy offers much less throughout the mid and late game.
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 | 51.00% | 747 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.94% | 2,703 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.45% | 3,203 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.06% | 1,477 |
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 | 51.45% | ▲ +0.4pp | 20,305 |
| 7.41d | 51.03% | ▲ +0.4pp | 181,449 |
| 7.41c | 50.64% | ▲ +0.0pp | 82,906 |
| 7.41b | 50.61% | — | 67,335 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.