How Dragon Knight and Faceless Void perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Faceless Void win 48.77% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,644 matches.
The primary issue for this pairing is a clash of game plans and damage types. Dragon Knight wants to group up and pressure objectives with Elder Dragon Form in the mid-game. Faceless Void, on the other hand, typically needs this time to farm crucial items before Chronosphere becomes a decisive teamfight ultimate. When they do combine for a Chronosphere, Dragon Knight's fire damage is steady and applied over time, not the instant burst that best complements Void's lockdown. His Dragon Tail stun also requires him to be close, which isn't guaranteed.
This conflict often forces the team into a split strategy. Either you follow Dragon Knight's tempo and potentially leave Faceless Void under-farmed, or you play around Void's timings and risk wasting DK's mid-game strength. For the combination to feel good, Void needs to land a Chronosphere that DK can immediately step into and start fighting. More often, DK ends up tanking outside the bubble, waiting for it to end, which defeats the purpose of the setup and leaves both heroes feeling a little out of sync.
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 | 49.27% | 412 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.24% | 851 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.96% | 470 |
| Divine & Immortal | 41.03% | 117 |
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 | 48.77% | ▼ -0.2pp | 4,644 |
| 7.41d | 48.94% | ▼ -1.0pp | 58,420 |
| 7.41c | 49.98% | ▼ -0.1pp | 35,559 |
| 7.41b | 50.05% | — | 32,654 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.