How Dazzle and Pugna perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dazzle and Pugna win 49.35% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,682 matches.
Trying to win a teamfight with this pair can feel like you have two of the same hero. Dazzle can save a channeling Pugna with Shallow Grave, which is their one main point of positive interaction. Outside of that specific defensive play, they run into structural problems. Both heroes are fragile backliners who want to stay far away from danger, making them prime targets for anyone who can close the gap. They bring overlapping utility—magic damage and sustain—but provide almost no lockdown. This forces the rest of your team to find all the stuns and initiation. Since Dazzle's armor reduction doesn't amplify Pugna's main damage spells, they can feel redundant instead of complementary, creating a draft that's often too fragile to function.
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 | 52.27% | 132 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.12% | 255 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.08% | 144 |
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 | 49.35% | ▲ +0.8pp | 1,682 |
| 7.41d | 48.57% | ▲ +0.6pp | 18,789 |
| 7.41c | 48.02% | ▲ +0.3pp | 7,921 |
| 7.41b | 47.69% | — | 8,245 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.