How Drow Ranger and Pudge perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Drow Ranger and Pudge win 49.48% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 56,048 matches.
Drafting these two together is a bet on a simple gank-and-push plan. Pudge can supply the initiation that Drow Ranger completely lacks. A successful Meat Hook into Dismember gives Drow a stationary target to unload her high physical damage on. The follow-up from Frost Arrows then makes sure that even if the target survives the initial burst, they have no real chance to get away. It's a straightforward way to secure pickoffs on isolated heroes and convert them into objectives.
The success of this duo leans heavily on Pudge's accuracy during the mid-game. When hooks land, they create space for Drow Ranger to farm safely and take towers. If hooks are missed, both heroes can feel exposed and vulnerable to counter-attack, since neither is particularly durable or mobile. The enemy team will try to group up and use vision to avoid getting caught, forcing fights where Pudge's single-target lockdown is less effective and Drow can be focused 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 | 52.73% | 3,262 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.29% | 8,925 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.68% | 6,856 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.48% | 2,313 |
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 | 49.48% | ▼ -4.5pp | 56,048 |
| 7.41d | 53.94% | ▲ +0.8pp | 724,341 |
| 7.41c | 53.12% | ▲ +1.4pp | 291,489 |
| 7.41b | 51.72% | — | 232,332 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.