How Dragon Knight and Jakiro perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Jakiro win 48.50% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,509 matches.
Facing this pair can feel predictable. Dragon Knight offers a solid single-target lockdown with Dragon Tail, while Jakiro brings delayed area control with Ice Path and Macropyre. The problem is that these tools don't combine into a truly threatening initiation. There isn't a clean setup for Jakiro's spells, and the combined damage is mostly slow-burn magic, not the instant burst needed to delete a key hero. Enemies often have a moment to use a defensive item or reposition before the full damage comes out, weakening the whole offensive.
Their shared goal is to group up and pressure towers, and they are quite good at that specific job. Dragon Knight can tank the tower in his dragon form while Jakiro's spells clear waves and burn down the structure. The issue arises when fights happen away from buildings. Both heroes lack mobility and can be easily kited or split apart by more agile lineups. A team facing them can often choose to avoid these slow pushes, take fights on their own terms, and pick off the vulnerable Jakiro who needs to stay far behind his frontline DK.
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% | 500 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.75% | 1,061 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.74% | 634 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.44% | 108 |
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 | 48.50% | ▲ +1.4pp | 5,509 |
| 7.41d | 47.15% | ▲ +2.2pp | 64,743 |
| 7.41c | 44.90% | ▼ -0.1pp | 25,555 |
| 7.41b | 45.00% | — | 32,201 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.