How Huskar and Lina perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Huskar and Lina win 44.09% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 558 matches.
Fights in the mid-game often feel disjointed with this pairing. Huskar needs to dive deep to be effective, but Lina lacks the tools to properly support his aggression. She offers a single stun and a burst of damage, but no healing, defensive buffs, or saves that a low-health Huskar relies on to survive after using Life Break. Instead of enabling him, Lina is forced to play on the edge of the fight, trying to contribute from a distance while Huskar is being focused. This leaves both heroes feeling like they're fighting on their own.
The result is a composition that often feels greedy and lacks a clear, unified game plan. Both Huskar and Lina typically want to be a primary core, which can stretch the team's resources thin and create competition for farm. If one of them has a bad start, they can't effectively create space or set up kills for the other. The enemy team can exploit this by focusing on whichever hero is the bigger threat at the moment, knowing that the other doesn't have the right kit to peel or turn the fight around.
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 | 39.96% | 448 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.44% | 618 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.36% | 417 |
| Divine & Immortal | 38.71% | 124 |
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 | 44.09% | ▲ +0.7pp | 558 |
| 7.41d | 43.35% | ▼ -1.7pp | 58,472 |
| 7.41c | 45.06% | ▲ +0.4pp | 37,737 |
| 7.41b | 44.65% | — | 37,835 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.