How Hoodwink and Lycan perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Hoodwink and Lycan win 49.27% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,129 matches.
Fighting for the same farm and tempo can make this duo feel awkward. Both Lycan and Hoodwink need a good start to hit their timings, and they can end up wanting the same parts of the map to get there. While Hoodwink can set up a nice Bushwhack for Lycan's wolves to jump on a target, their damage profiles are too similar. Enemies can often stack armor and feel safe from both heroes' physical attacks. Lycan's Shapeshift push is strong, but Hoodwink doesn't bring the kind of large-scale teamfight control or save he needs when the initial charge doesn't secure a kill, leaving the team without a solid plan B.
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 | 50.00% | 112 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.45% | 314 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.89% | 264 |
| Divine & Immortal | 61.25% | 160 |
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 | 49.27% | ▲ +0.7pp | 2,129 |
| 7.41d | 48.58% | ▼ -1.5pp | 22,936 |
| 7.41c | 50.04% | ▼ -0.1pp | 13,189 |
| 7.41b | 50.11% | — | 8,833 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.