How Kez and Lycan perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Kez and Lycan win 52.43% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 103 matches.
Facing down two melee cores often simplifies the game for your opponents. Lycan wants to use Shapeshift to force objectives early with his summons, but Kez typically needs more farm and levels to be an effective duelist. This creates a timing conflict where the team is either playing too slow for Lycan or too fast for Kez. Both heroes also compete for space on the map and deal primarily physical damage, making them easier to itemize against. To be fair, this isn't a common duo, so maybe there's a specific build that makes it work.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 43.69% | 103 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.47% | 101 |
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 | 52.43% | ▲ +7.0pp | 103 |
| 7.41d | 45.48% | ▼ -1.9pp | 8,869 |
| 7.41c | 47.33% | ▲ +1.9pp | 6,376 |
| 7.41b | 45.43% | — | 3,044 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.