How Drow Ranger and Hoodwink perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Drow Ranger and Hoodwink win 43.52% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 17,674 matches.
Landing a Bushwhack on an enemy provides a great setup for Drow Ranger to deal damage. In theory, this combination of a long stun and high physical output should secure kills easily. The problem is that both heroes are fragile and need to play from the back line. If an enemy gets on top of Drow Ranger, Hoodwink offers little protection beyond that same stun, which might be on cooldown or impossible to land without a nearby tree. There's also some minor friction, as Drow's Gust can sometimes push enemies away when Hoodwink is trying to set up a stun or channel Sharpshooter.
This pairing creates a draft that heavily relies on the other three heroes to be a durable frontline. Without a tanky core to create space and absorb pressure, aggressive teams can simply run at both Drow Ranger and Hoodwink, shutting down Marksmanship and picking them off. While they excel at kiting and controlling a single focused target, they often fold when faced with multiple gap-closing heroes. Their damage is also almost entirely physical, which allows opponents to counter them both with armor items. The pairing isn't a disaster, but it creates structural weaknesses that are often easy to exploit.
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 | 46.56% | 1,091 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.83% | 2,603 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.83% | 2,065 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.08% | 678 |
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 | 43.52% | ▼ -5.2pp | 17,674 |
| 7.41d | 48.72% | ▼ -0.0pp | 231,033 |
| 7.41c | 48.74% | ▲ +0.4pp | 108,103 |
| 7.41b | 48.34% | — | 75,892 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.