How Dragon Knight and Zeus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Zeus win 51.02% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 8,438 matches.
Getting caught by Dragon Tail is often a death sentence with Zeus on the team. The reliable, long-duration stun provides a perfect window for Zeus to unload his full magical burst onto a stationary target. Dragon Knight creates the opening, and Zeus provides the damage to secure the kill. This makes ganking isolated enemies straightforward, allowing the pair to create pressure and control the map by punishing anyone caught out of position.
In larger teamfights, however, their game plans can diverge. Dragon Knight needs to be in the front, soaking damage and hitting objectives, while Zeus must remain far in the back to stay alive. A coordinated opponent will exploit this spacing, either by kiting the durable knight or diving past him to eliminate the fragile Zeus. While the stun-into-burst combo is certainly useful for a pickoff, it’s a fairly common dynamic that doesn't dramatically change how either hero wants to approach the game.
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 | 51.28% | 665 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.10% | 1,501 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.68% | 930 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.61% | 216 |
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 | 51.02% | ▲ +0.2pp | 8,438 |
| 7.41d | 50.78% | ▲ +0.7pp | 111,974 |
| 7.41c | 50.09% | ▲ +0.3pp | 48,396 |
| 7.41b | 49.84% | — | 48,370 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.