How Drow Ranger and Huskar perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Drow Ranger and Huskar win 42.82% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,144 matches.
Trying to build a game plan around both Huskar and Drow Ranger can lead to a clash of timings. Huskar wants to fight constantly from the moment he gets his ultimate, using his low-health aggression to snowball through the early and mid-game. He creates chaos and wants his team to follow him in. Drow Ranger, on the other hand, is a more traditional carry who prefers to hit creeps and build items before joining major teamfights. She provides a slow with Frost Arrows, which can help Huskar stick to a target, but her main contribution requires farm and space that Huskar’s aggressive tempo doesn't always create.
This often leads to an awkward mid-game where the team feels pulled in two different directions. Either Huskar is forced to play a slower game that doesn't suit him, or Drow Ranger is pulled into fights before she has the damage and survivability items she needs. While they don't actively work against each other, their ideal game scripts are so different that it's hard to execute a clean strategy. The lineup lacks a cohesive power spike, making it difficult to close out games before one of the two cores falls off.
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 | 43.75% | 704 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.76% | 1,021 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.00% | 634 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.06% | 187 |
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 | 42.82% | ▼ -3.8pp | 7,144 |
| 7.41d | 46.65% | ▼ -3.0pp | 105,207 |
| 7.41c | 49.62% | ▲ +1.3pp | 60,102 |
| 7.41b | 48.36% | — | 49,079 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.