How Dragon Knight and Troll Warlord perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Troll Warlord win 54.86% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 175 matches.
Pushing down a lane with both these heroes can feel strong, since they both want to hit towers. The trouble is that they often want the same farm on the map to reach their timings, and neither is exceptional at creating space for the other. Dragon Knight’s Dragon Tail is a solid stun to set up kills for Troll Warlord, but their overall strategies can be redundant. They share similar goals of being a durable front-liner who takes objectives. This can work out if you can simply group up and brute-force the enemy base, but it can also leave your team feeling a bit one-dimensional and fighting over resources.
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 | 53.57% | 112 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.36% | 233 |
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 | 54.86% | ▲ +4.2pp | 175 |
| 7.41d | 50.67% | ▼ -1.1pp | 16,176 |
| 7.41c | 51.73% | ▲ +0.8pp | 9,485 |
| 7.41b | 50.92% | — | 9,554 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.