How Drow Ranger and Riki perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Drow Ranger and Riki win 47.70% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,111 matches.
Picking these two together leans on a very specific kind of fight. The idea is for Riki to initiate on a target and drop Smoke Screen. This creates a zone where the enemy is silenced, slowed, and has trouble hitting back, making it an ideal setup for Drow Ranger to stand outside the cloud and unload damage. Her own Frost Arrows can stack with the slow, making it almost impossible for someone to escape the area of effect without help. This turns Riki's setup into a very high-threat situation for anyone caught, assuming Drow is positioned correctly to follow up.
This pairing is strongest when playing for aggressive pickoffs around the map. Riki’s scouting allows the duo to find isolated enemies and execute their combo before a defense can be mounted, forcing opponents to group up. The main weakness is a lack of defensive peel. If Drow Ranger gets jumped by multiple heroes, Riki can’t tank damage or provide a hard stun to save her. He offers disruption, but a coordinated dive can still punish this backline, which keeps the partnership from feeling consistently overwhelming.
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 | 49.01% | 608 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.60% | 1,041 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.01% | 723 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.33% | 203 |
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 | 47.70% | ▼ -5.7pp | 1,111 |
| 7.41d | 53.39% | ▲ +0.4pp | 100,839 |
| 7.41c | 52.99% | ▲ +1.6pp | 44,827 |
| 7.41b | 51.43% | — | 34,424 |
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Data updated Aug 14, 2026.