How Dawnbreaker and Wraith King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dawnbreaker and Wraith King win 57.58% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 719 matches.
Trying to burst down one of these heroes often backfires badly. The enemy team might commit everything to kill Wraith King, only for Dawnbreaker to fly in with Solar Guardian right as he starts to Reincarnate. This creates a huge heal and stun zone on top of a hero they thought they had dealt with. The core problem for opponents is that both heroes offer a "second chance"—one through an ultimate, the other through a global save. Stacking them makes it incredibly difficult to secure a kill on the frontline before they can turn the fight completely around.
This dynamic defines the mid-game. Wraith King can confidently take towers and force objectives, knowing his partner can join the fight from anywhere on the map. The enemy is left with bad options: either ignore Wraith King and get run over, or focus him and get punished by Dawnbreaker's arrival. To beat this, opponents have to split them up perfectly or have enough sustained damage and control to kill Wraith King twice while also dealing with Dawnbreaker, which is a massive ask. The pressure they create together is immense.
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 | 55.70% | 237 |
| Crusader & Archon | 58.34% | 737 |
| Legend & Ancient | 59.36% | 753 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.85% | 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 | 57.58% | ▲ +1.7pp | 719 |
| 7.41d | 55.87% | ▲ +0.4pp | 61,970 |
| 7.41c | 55.49% | ▼ -0.7pp | 35,851 |
| 7.41b | 56.18% | — | 36,044 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.