How Dragon Knight and Sven perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Sven win 51.95% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,186 matches.
Setting up kills with a Dragon Tail into Sven's Storm Hammer is the main plan. The long stun duration gives Sven plenty of time to lay into a target, especially with God's Strength active. The issue is that both heroes often want to fill a similar role as the team's durable, damage-dealing frontliner. They require a lot of farm and don't offer much for each other beyond that stun chain. Dragon Knight is tough but doesn't necessarily create the space Sven needs in the way a different initiator might. This overlap means they can end up competing for farm and fighting over who gets to be the raid boss.
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 | 52.53% | 297 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.92% | 582 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.57% | 392 |
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 | 51.95% | ▲ +1.8pp | 3,186 |
| 7.41d | 50.12% | ▼ -1.4pp | 30,975 |
| 7.41c | 51.50% | ▲ +0.5pp | 14,063 |
| 7.41b | 50.97% | — | 15,956 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.