How Hoodwink and Pangolier perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Hoodwink and Pangolier win 43.91% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,184 matches.
Setting up a stun with Pangolier's `Rolling Thunder` sounds like it should be a great opener for Hoodwink. The reality is that the spell is too chaotic. An enemy stunned by the ball is also knocked back, often in an unpredictable direction. This makes it incredibly hard for Hoodwink to land a follow-up `Bushwhack` that requires a specific position near a tree. Pangolier is trying to turn the fight into a pinball machine, but that movement actively works against Hoodwink’s need for stationary targets to land her spells.
In practice, this means both heroes tend to operate independently within the same fight. Pangolier will initiate and start rolling, scattering the enemy team, while Hoodwink has to wait for the chaos to settle before she can safely contribute her lockdown or `Sharpshooter`. By the time she gets a clean look, the opportunity for a quick, focused kill is often gone. Instead of a clean setup and follow-up, you get two heroes whose main teamfight tools are slightly out of sync with one another.
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 | 39.86% | 138 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.72% | 522 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.13% | 562 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.24% | 340 |
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 | 43.91% | ▼ -0.3pp | 4,184 |
| 7.41d | 44.19% | ▼ -2.1pp | 54,097 |
| 7.41c | 46.29% | ▼ -2.7pp | 53,602 |
| 7.41b | 49.03% | — | 58,900 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.