How Dawnbreaker and Io perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dawnbreaker and Io win 53.71% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,235 matches.
Relocating in with Io while Dawnbreaker uses Solar Guardian on the same target creates an instant three or four-man gank anywhere on the map. The target gets hit by Dawnbreaker's landing stun and heal pulse while Io arrives to add Tether's speed and Overcharge's damage reduction. The sudden arrival of so many heroes is overwhelming and almost always secures a kill. After the initial burst, Io’s Tether helps the relatively slow Dawnbreaker stick to fleeing enemies, ensuring her hammer combos and slows connect.
This global threat completely changes how the enemy has to play the mid-game. They can't group up to push a tower or gank a core without the risk of an immediate, full-team counter-initiation. It forces them to spread out and play passively, ceding map control and objective timers. The main counterplay is to find and burst down Io before he can get Relocate off, or to have enough global presence of their own to split the map effectively. Otherwise, the Dawnbreaker and Io duo dictates the pace and location of every fight.
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 | 57.09% | 268 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.15% | 1,001 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.22% | 1,031 |
| Divine & Immortal | 56.60% | 470 |
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 | 53.71% | ▲ +2.0pp | 6,235 |
| 7.41d | 51.74% | ▼ -1.5pp | 52,486 |
| 7.41c | 53.19% | ▼ -1.3pp | 24,510 |
| 7.41b | 54.45% | — | 21,968 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.