How Dawnbreaker and Zeus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dawnbreaker and Zeus win 50.31% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 16,693 matches.
Picking a hero to capitalize on Zeus's global damage output often leads you to Dawnbreaker. When a fight breaks out, Zeus can immediately contribute with Thundergod's Wrath, damaging and revealing every enemy. This initial burst perfectly sets up Dawnbreaker's arrival. She can then use Solar Guardian to land on an ally in the middle of that fight, bringing a stun, follow-up damage, and a burst of healing. It turns any skirmish into a favorable engagement by combining map-wide magic damage with a durable frontliner who can show up from anywhere.
This forces the enemy team to play on their heels as soon as both heroes have their ultimates. They can't split the map to farm efficiently, because any gank can be instantly turned by this global combination. Their only real options are to either commit everything to bursting a target before Dawnbreaker lands, or have enough saves and mobility to disengage the moment Zeus uses his ultimate. For the Dawnbreaker and Zeus, the game plan is simple: find a pickoff, press your global buttons, and convert that advantage into an objective.
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 | 54.30% | 604 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.04% | 2,323 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.13% | 2,701 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.00% | 1,148 |
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 | 50.31% | ▼ -2.3pp | 16,693 |
| 7.41d | 52.63% | ▼ -0.6pp | 235,905 |
| 7.41c | 53.27% | ▼ -0.1pp | 116,135 |
| 7.41b | 53.34% | — | 85,078 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.