How Dragon Knight and Lich perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Lich win 52.01% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,520 matches.
Setting up a big Chain Frost can be awkward with Dragon Knight as the initiator. His main lockdown, Dragon Tail, is a single-target stun. This is great for killing one hero but does nothing to group enemies for Lich’s ultimate to bounce effectively. The stun secures a few hits on the primary target, but the spell’s true potential is unlocked by hitting multiple heroes clumped together. While Frost Shield is a solid defensive buff for a frontliner like Dragon Knight, their core offensive abilities don't have a clear, powerful interaction.
This leaves the pair feeling a bit disconnected in mid-game teamfights. Dragon Knight wants to use his stun to isolate and eliminate one key target, and Lich can certainly contribute damage to that goal. However, this single-target focus means a fight-winning Chain Frost often relies on enemies making a positioning mistake rather than being set up by an ally. Both heroes are durable and good at pushing, but their most powerful spells pull them toward slightly different fighting styles, limiting their combined impact compared to more specialized pairings.
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 | 52.77% | 379 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.75% | 943 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.14% | 700 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.03% | 165 |
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 | 52.01% | ▲ +1.0pp | 7,520 |
| 7.41d | 51.00% | ▲ +0.9pp | 61,563 |
| 7.41c | 50.10% | ▲ +1.2pp | 31,662 |
| 7.41b | 48.88% | — | 34,439 |
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Data updated Aug 18, 2026.