How Dragon Knight and Drow Ranger perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Drow Ranger win 46.83% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,372 matches.
Putting a target in place with Dragon Tail for Drow Ranger to attack is the core plan. The reality is often awkward. Dragon Knight needs to walk up to stun, and he isn't mobile, leaving a gap where Drow can be vulnerable. If anyone gets close to Drow Ranger, she loses the massive damage from Marksmanship, which undermines the whole pairing. Although DK is durable, he lacks a way to taunt or hold enemies in place, so smarter teams will simply walk past him to get to the real threat.
Their shared goal is to group up in the mid-game and push down towers, a task they excel at when DK is in his Elder Dragon Form. Teamfights are where things get inconsistent. If Dragon Knight can't control the right targets or gets kited, mobile heroes will have an easy time getting past him. The entire fight then becomes about protecting Drow Ranger from these divers. The game often hinges on whether DK can create enough space for Drow to attack freely, or if the enemy team can exploit their combined lack of mobility to get on top of her.
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 | 44.10% | 712 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.70% | 1,308 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.79% | 703 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.62% | 133 |
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 | 46.83% | ▼ -3.0pp | 7,372 |
| 7.41d | 49.84% | ▲ +0.7pp | 93,272 |
| 7.41c | 49.13% | ▲ +0.7pp | 40,117 |
| 7.41b | 48.40% | — | 35,179 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.