How Grimstroke and Pudge perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Grimstroke and Pudge win 56.64% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,223 matches.
Securing pick-offs to build a lead is the main goal here. Grimstroke's Soulbind turns Pudge's single-target lockdown into a teamfight-winning tool. Latching two enemies together means a successful Dismember will disable both of them, often for its full duration, even through spell immunity. Before that ultimate is available, Grimstroke can use Ink Swell to stun a target, giving Pudge an easy setup for a guaranteed Meat Hook. This chain of control makes it incredibly difficult for a single hero to survive an encounter with the pair.
The threat of this combination forces enemies to play defensively and stick together much earlier than they would want. A lone hero farming a lane or jungle is a potential double kill for Pudge and Grimstroke once they have their ultimates. This constant pressure opens up the map for your own team to farm more aggressively and safely secure objectives. The other team’s main counterplay is to maintain vision and group up, which can starve them of resources and make them predictable.
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 | 53.71% | 700 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.03% | 2,159 |
| Legend & Ancient | 56.08% | 1,958 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.20% | 788 |
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 | 56.64% | ▲ +2.5pp | 2,223 |
| 7.41d | 54.15% | ▼ -0.1pp | 177,101 |
| 7.41c | 54.22% | ▲ +0.6pp | 81,479 |
| 7.41b | 53.65% | — | 73,814 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.