How Kez and Pudge perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Kez and Pudge win 46.14% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 48,975 matches.
Struggling to build a lead often defines this pairing's early and mid-game. Pudge is constantly looking for aggressive pickoffs across the map, but Kez, as a melee carry, needs protected space to secure his own farm and hit crucial item timings. This creates a fundamental disconnect in their game plans. A successful Meat Hook initiation from Pudge doesn't translate into an easy kill if Kez is on the other side of the lane. By the time he runs over, the Dismember might be finished. Kez wants to get into a sustained fight where he can leverage his parry and stances, not scramble to catch up to Pudge's chaotic, long-range initiations.
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 | 48.92% | 415 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.53% | 1,599 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.21% | 1,728 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.95% | 703 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 46.14% | ▲ +0.7pp | 48,975 |
| 7.41e | 45.44% | 0.0pp | 182,075 |
| 7.41d | 45.44% | ▼ -1.2pp | 167,080 |
| 7.41c | 46.68% | — | 101,994 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.