How Dragon Knight and Templar Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Templar Assassin win 44.19% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 215 matches.
Putting a durable initiator in front of a glass cannon feels like a classic setup, but it rarely plays out that way. The core issue is that Dragon Knight and Templar Assassin both want to hit their item timings and dominate the exact same phase of the game. This forces them to compete for farm and map control, often slowing each other down. While Dragon Knight’s stun can set up a kill for Templar Assassin, the duo struggles against teams that can spread out. Once TA blows up her initial target, the slow-moving dragon form has trouble controlling the rest of the fight, allowing enemies to reset or kite them until Refraction is down.
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 | 43.61% | 133 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.21% | 261 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.85% | 165 |
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 | 44.19% | ▼ -0.2pp | 215 |
| 7.41d | 44.37% | ▲ +1.0pp | 20,031 |
| 7.41c | 43.36% | ▲ +2.0pp | 10,511 |
| 7.41b | 41.39% | — | 14,103 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.