How Dragon Knight and Pugna perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Pugna win 49.94% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,363 matches.
Pairing these two heroes often creates a trade-off between teamfight and objective control. On one hand, their combined pushing power is potent. Pugna's Nether Blast melts towers that Dragon Knight is already sieging in Elder Dragon Form. A long Dragon Tail stun also gives Pugna a perfect window to channel Life Drain on a key target. The main point of friction comes from Decrepify. Pugna can save an ally or amplify magic damage, but doing so makes the target immune to Dragon Knight's powerful physical attacks. This potential for miscoordination in fights means their success together can be inconsistent, depending heavily on timing and communication.
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 | 56.32% | 190 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.94% | 423 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.16% | 258 |
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 | 49.94% | ▲ +1.0pp | 2,363 |
| 7.41d | 48.94% | ▼ -1.9pp | 25,654 |
| 7.41c | 50.84% | ▲ +2.7pp | 14,047 |
| 7.41b | 48.11% | — | 14,896 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.