How Invoker and Pugna perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Invoker and Pugna win 51.75% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,781 matches.
Amplifying Invoker’s magic with Decrepify is the main reason to pair these heroes. Any of his combos, from a simple Sun Strike to a full Meteor and Deafening Blast, become lethal when the target is ethereal. This gives the duo strong pickoff potential starting in the mid-game. Pugna can also help sustain a spell-heavy Invoker with Life Drain, keeping him healthy enough to stay in the fight. The entire plan is to coordinate these abilities to delete a key enemy from a distance.
The trouble is that both heroes are fragile and often play from the back lines. A team with both Pugna and Invoker can feel greedy, lacking a durable frontliner to create space or initiate. If the enemy team survives the initial burst or buys Black King Bars, the duo has little follow-up. They are both prime targets for aggressive dive heroes who can get on top of them. Unless their team is built to protect them, they risk being overwhelmed before they can execute their combo, neutralizing the entire strategy.
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 | 50.86% | 407 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.35% | 1,128 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.64% | 1,016 |
| Divine & Immortal | 59.75% | 395 |
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 | 51.75% | ▲ +0.7pp | 7,781 |
| 7.41d | 51.04% | ▼ -0.3pp | 80,003 |
| 7.41c | 51.38% | ▼ -0.3pp | 43,873 |
| 7.41b | 51.69% | — | 42,981 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.