How Hoodwink and Queen of Pain perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Hoodwink and Queen of Pain win 44.00% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 11,964 matches.
Setting up for a kill on a core hero often reveals the problem with this pairing. Both Queen of Pain and Hoodwink bring a lot of damage, but they lack a simple, reliable way to hold a target down for each other. Queen of Pain can Blink in and slow someone with Shadow Strike, but Hoodwink needs a nearby tree to land her Bushwhack for a stun. They are both looking to execute the same kind of fragile target, but neither provides the easy setup the other needs to guarantee their combo. It leads to a feeling of redundancy rather than teamwork.
Across the game, this duo can feel disconnected. Early gank attempts rely too much on perfect positioning for Hoodwink or the enemy being out of position, as they lack straightforward lockdown. In larger teamfights, they tend to operate on separate planes. Queen of Pain wants to dive the enemy backline to burst a support, while Hoodwink prefers staying near trees on the flank, looking for a long-range Sharpshooter. This leaves the rest of their team without a cohesive frontline or a clear plan, as their two damage-dealers are playing their own separate games.
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 | 44.90% | 490 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.16% | 1,564 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.16% | 1,543 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.79% | 605 |
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 | 44.00% | ▼ -0.2pp | 11,964 |
| 7.41d | 44.19% | ▼ -0.7pp | 145,331 |
| 7.41c | 44.90% | ▼ -3.9pp | 98,411 |
| 7.41b | 48.83% | — | 99,629 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.