How Dazzle and Lion perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dazzle and Lion win 49.68% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 8,935 matches.
Picking these two supports together often leaves you with overlapping strengths and shared weaknesses. Lion offers hard lockdown with Hex, which creates a window for Dazzle to apply Poison Touch, but their spell interactions don't go much deeper. Both heroes are fragile back-liners who are prime targets for enemy aggression. Dazzle excels in drawn-out fights with Shallow Grave and heals, while Lion is all about deleting one hero with Finger of Death, so their ideal fight timings can feel disconnected.
This pairing puts a lot of pressure on the cores to be the primary playmakers. During the lane, Lion and Dazzle have kill potential but are also very easy to kill in return. As the game progresses, they tend to function independently—Lion hunting for a setup, Dazzle positioning for a save. They provide fundamental support tools to their team, but don't combine them in a way that creates a distinct advantage or its own game plan.
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 | 44.58% | 637 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.39% | 1,556 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.71% | 1,024 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.91% | 275 |
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 | 49.68% | ▲ +0.6pp | 8,935 |
| 7.41d | 49.12% | ▼ -1.1pp | 107,846 |
| 7.41c | 50.18% | ▼ -0.1pp | 46,754 |
| 7.41b | 50.24% | — | 46,835 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.