How Dragon Knight and Slark perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Slark win 49.68% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,284 matches.
Facing a Dragon Tail into a Pounce feels like a death sentence. Dragon Knight offers a reliable, single-target stun that gives Slark a perfect window to latch onto a hero and build Essence Shift stacks. This basic ganking setup is the main point of connection between them. Beyond that, their game plans tend to diverge. Dragon Knight is a frontliner who wants to group up, use Elder Dragon Form to siege towers, and force objectives with his team. Slark prefers to play on the fringes, looking for isolated pickoffs and using Shadow Dance to stay alive in chaotic skirmishes rather than pushing down a lane.
Their success together depends entirely on whether they can align these different goals. If Slark can secure a kill or two right before Dragon Knight is ready to pressure a tower, the game feels easy. More often, though, they operate on separate timetables, leading to situations where DK is trying to frontline for a team while his Slark is farming on the other side of the map. The opposing team's goal becomes exploiting this split, either by collapsing on the solo Slark or forcing a five-on-four fight away from him. It's a pairing that requires constant communication to work.
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 | 51.98% | 429 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.54% | 1,021 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.91% | 642 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.55% | 143 |
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 | 49.68% | ▼ -0.4pp | 5,284 |
| 7.41d | 50.07% | ▼ -0.4pp | 59,098 |
| 7.41c | 50.47% | ▼ -0.0pp | 32,720 |
| 7.41b | 50.48% | — | 38,648 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.