How Huskar and Phoenix perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Huskar and Phoenix win 50.68% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 219 matches.
Pairing these two seems like a mistake, since Huskar wants to be low on health. The key is that Phoenix's Sun Ray isn't a sudden burst of healing; it's a controllable beam. A good Phoenix can carefully manage Huskar's health, keeping him in that perfect low-HP sweet spot to maximize his damage while preventing him from actually dying. This allows Huskar to play far more aggressively than he normally could. In teamfights, Huskar can Life Break a target and Phoenix can follow up with Supernova, forcing enemies to choose between dealing with a raging Huskar or a giant stunning egg. The whole strategy is still fragile against coordinated burst, but it creates intense pressure.
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 | 49.63% | 135 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.66% | 253 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.30% | 181 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.00% | 100 |
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 | 50.68% | ▲ +5.0pp | 219 |
| 7.41d | 45.64% | ▼ -4.0pp | 27,776 |
| 7.41c | 49.60% | ▼ -2.3pp | 25,714 |
| 7.41b | 51.90% | — | 29,738 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.