How Earthshaker and Kez perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Earthshaker and Kez win 45.05% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 950 matches.
Pairing a big initiator with a carry seems like a simple recipe, but it often goes wrong here. Earthshaker will land a perfect Echo Slam, stunning multiple enemies, and Kez is left wanting. As a duelist, Kez excels at isolating and killing a single hero, using his stances to outplay them one-on-one. He doesn't have the area damage needed to properly capitalize on a multi-hero stun. The fight becomes awkward; Earthshaker creates a huge opening, but Kez can only focus down one enemy during that lockdown, leaving the rest of the opposing team to recover and turn things around. They each want to play the game in a fundamentally different way.
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 | 43.61% | 321 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.65% | 782 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.08% | 771 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.70% | 286 |
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 | 45.05% | ▼ -0.2pp | 950 |
| 7.41d | 45.28% | ▼ -1.6pp | 69,808 |
| 7.41c | 46.83% | ▼ -0.4pp | 44,699 |
| 7.41b | 47.18% | — | 32,890 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.