How Doom and Dragon Knight perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Doom and Dragon Knight win 47.49% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,434 matches.
Drafting both Doom and Dragon Knight often creates a very durable lineup that can struggle to secure kills. Both heroes excel as tanky frontliners who want to control the mid-game, but their strengths overlap. While a target locked down by Doom is helpless, the combined damage from Dragon Knight and Doom might not be enough to burst that hero down quickly. This gives the enemy team a window to reposition or counter-initiate once the effect ends. You end up with two heroes filling a similar role, both needing considerable farm to be effective, which can leave your team lacking the offensive speed or damage diversity to handle the rest of the enemy lineup.
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 | 36.11% | 108 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.20% | 218 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.28% | 177 |
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 | 47.49% | ▲ +1.9pp | 1,434 |
| 7.41d | 45.60% | ▼ -2.0pp | 18,928 |
| 7.41c | 47.57% | ▲ +1.1pp | 9,366 |
| 7.41b | 46.44% | — | 12,517 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.