How Dragon Knight and Ringmaster perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Ringmaster win 48.54% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,392 matches.
Setting up a big fight with Ringmaster's crowd control can feel promising, but Dragon Knight often doesn't bring the immediate damage needed to capitalize on it. While Ringmaster can use his hypnotic abilities to pull enemies into a perfect clump, the follow-through can be lacking. Dragon Knight provides his own stun and a durable frontline body, but both heroes are geared more towards control and attrition than burst. This means you can lock down multiple targets successfully but then struggle to secure a kill before they recover and retaliate. The pairing can control a fight's tempo but often needs another core to provide the actual finishing power.
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 | 51.45% | 138 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.79% | 373 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.56% | 343 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.64% | 110 |
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 | 48.54% | ▲ +0.6pp | 2,392 |
| 7.41d | 47.96% | ▼ -0.1pp | 24,114 |
| 7.41c | 48.09% | ▲ +0.3pp | 9,140 |
| 7.41b | 47.76% | — | 9,732 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.