How Dragon Knight and Hoodwink perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Hoodwink win 47.72% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,186 matches.
Combining stuns is the obvious plan here, with Dragon Knight’s Dragon Tail setting up Hoodwink’s Bushwhack. The problem is that this chain is geographically constrained. For Bushwhack to land, there must be a tree, but Dragon Knight’s job is often to push down lanes and siege towers far from the treeline. He creates pressure in open areas where Hoodwink is at her weakest, unable to use her full kit. Their control seems good on paper, but in practice, they often want to fight in different places, which makes their lockdown inconsistent.
As the game progresses, their preferred playstyles can diverge further. Dragon Knight wants to group up and be the durable frontline that hits buildings in Elder Dragon Form. Hoodwink excels at playing from the edges of a fight, looking for pickoffs with Sharpshooter or finding a key stun from the fog of war. This can leave DK feeling like he’s tanking for a team that isn't directly behind him, while Hoodwink may lack the hard frontline anchor needed to create space for her to safely deal damage.
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 | 47.84% | 324 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.39% | 841 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.06% | 612 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.36% | 194 |
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 | 47.72% | ▲ +0.7pp | 6,186 |
| 7.41d | 47.03% | ▲ +0.0pp | 52,897 |
| 7.41c | 47.02% | ▼ -0.9pp | 28,535 |
| 7.41b | 47.94% | — | 28,629 |
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Data updated Aug 18, 2026.