How Gyrocopter and Queen of Pain perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Gyrocopter and Queen of Pain win 39.91% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 426 matches.
Pairing two heroes with heavy area damage can look like a free win, but Gyrocopter and Queen of Pain often find their damage profiles overlap too much. Both cores rely heavily on magic damage to be effective in the early and mid-game. This makes it straightforward for opponents to itemize against the entire strategy, with items like a Pipe of Insight heavily mitigating the impact of both Call Down and Scream of Pain. The duo also lacks a reliable, instant stun. Gyrocopter needs a target held in place to connect his full spell combo, and Queen of Pain's slows are rarely enough to guarantee that.
This weakness becomes clear as teams start grouping. The initial burst from Queen of Pain's Blink-in combo isn't followed by enough control to let Gyrocopter safely unload his own damage. Instead of a coordinated assault, fights often split into two separate efforts, with Queen of Pain diving a backline target while Gyrocopter tries to fight the frontline. Without a strong initiator to set the terms of the engagement, both heroes are left vulnerable and can be picked off before they contribute their full potential, forcing them to play from behind.
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 | 31.65% | 139 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.11% | 450 |
| Legend & Ancient | 38.90% | 383 |
| Divine & Immortal | 36.50% | 137 |
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 | 39.91% | ▲ +0.5pp | 426 |
| 7.41d | 39.40% | ▼ -0.9pp | 42,067 |
| 7.41c | 40.33% | ▼ -2.3pp | 24,849 |
| 7.41b | 42.65% | — | 32,256 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.