How Dazzle and Sniper perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dazzle and Sniper win 51.89% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 10,767 matches.
Holding high ground or securing Roshan relies on keeping your main damage source alive. Dazzle enables this for Sniper with a well-timed Shallow Grave, giving him precious extra seconds to fire away when enemies finally break formation and dive him. The slow from Poison Touch can also help Sniper create a bit of distance, while Shadow Wave offers some light healing to offset chip damage during a siege. It’s a simple plan: keep the glass cannon firing, and Dazzle has the one tool that lets him do that under direct threat.
In practice, the value of this duo emerges during mid-game teamfights when Sniper has damage items and becomes the primary target. The entire fight can swing on whether Dazzle can apply Grave in time. However, experienced enemies will play around this. They can focus Dazzle first, knowing he is also fragile and immobile, or use chain-disables on Sniper to run out the Grave's duration. Since both heroes are easy to catch out, a coordinated jump can often neutralize the synergy entirely before it has a chance to matter.
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 | 50.00% | 872 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.16% | 1,978 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.05% | 1,148 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.45% | 231 |
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 | 51.89% | ▲ +1.3pp | 10,767 |
| 7.41d | 50.59% | ▼ -1.9pp | 127,705 |
| 7.41c | 52.48% | ▲ +2.1pp | 51,981 |
| 7.41b | 50.37% | — | 52,982 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.