How Dragon Knight and Slardar perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Dragon Knight and Slardar win 51.76% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 16,931 matches.
Applying Corrosive Haze to a target can amplify Dragon Knight's physical damage, particularly while he's in Elder Dragon Form. The armor reduction helps his right-clicks feel more impactful. Slardar and Dragon Knight can also chain their stuns together, creating a solid lockdown window on one hero. This gives them a clear, shared game plan for picking off a key enemy. This combination offers a straightforward way to focus down a single opponent, but it relies on both heroes being in position to execute.
The challenge arises from their shared weaknesses. Both are melee-range initiators who want to be in the thick of the fight, leaving them susceptible to kiting, disengage, and heavy control spells. If a fight gets drawn out or they can't stick to their Haze target, their effectiveness drops off. Dragon Knight needs his ultimate and specific items to be a threat, while Slardar wants to be aggressive much earlier. Should their timings fail to align or if the enemy team can survive their initial burst, their straightforward plan can falter.
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 | 59.02% | 122 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.94% | 415 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.61% | 469 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.39% | 164 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 51.76% | ▲ +0.6pp | 16,931 |
| 7.41e | 51.15% | ▲ +2.8pp | 33,596 |
| 7.41d | 48.38% | ▼ -2.1pp | 25,544 |
| 7.41c | 50.51% | — | 15,701 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.